XETV 6 News December 30 1977

Ron Fortner anchors this brief XETV Channel 6 "News Up to Date" from December 30, 1977 - including local commercials, promos for XETV programming, a station ID and bumper for the Ten O'Clock Movie.

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[SCRIPPSCAST2007]

What's the music on this piece!?!? I just have to ask because this sounds alot like something I've heard on the radio a time back!!!

[robatsea2009]

I think it's from the Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" album

[roon41]

@librarianeric I think it was repeated on Xetv..we didn't have an antenna high enough to receive any LA Stations when I was little..they had to be at least 25 feet up..either way, no worries :-)

[librarianeric]

@roon41 No disrespect, but Seymour was not on a San Diego station (although we were able to pull it in) - Seymour was on either KHJ or KTLA.

[darthmaul33]

Yes, it's the tune "On The Run"

[videodoe]

@roon41: THANK YOU so much for stating the name of the 70's thru early 80's era XETV announcer/voiceover guy who I never knew the name of all these years! Mike McGregor, huh? His voice has haunted my head since childhood. I'll have to Google him to try to find out what happened to him.

[librarianeric]

@roon41 May I respectfully submit that you've got your channels mixed up? "Seymour Presents" was on KHJ and later KTLA, both LA channels. My dad and I used to watch Seymour all the time!

[darthmaul33]

Yep, it's "On The Run," from Dark Side of the Moon.

[roon41]

Ahh the great XETV and its wonderful announcer Mike McGregor..I loved the Saturday Afternoon show "seymour presents" with some of the best B movies out there...There doesn't appear to be much news videotape on this newscast..

[videodoe]

@tkaye2: XETV was a really ghetto TV outfit in those days (waaaay before they were a FOX and now CW affliate) so this kind of thing is not surprising. LOL! Loved this station as a kid though! They had the best afternoon cartoons back in the day...

[videodoe]

Wow! I grew up watching XETV 6 and I don't even remember them having a newscast!?! This must have been REALLY short-lived! LOVE seeing that old rainbow 6 logo here + hearing the old ch. 6 announcer guy in the beginning who always voiced their station i.d.s, promos, and commercials. What was his name??? A voice from my childhood, for sure! Also loved seeing the commercial spot for the long-gone S.D. Federal. I got my 1st savings account there when I was 5! Thanks so much for posting this!

[Jim5150jvc]

XETV's transmitters were in Tijuana, were they not?