During the summer of 1982, WNEV-TV/Boston aired its "New Day Dawning" promotional campaign to build excitement for the new Channel 7. The station came under new ownership in May 1982 after RKO General lost its battle with the FCC to continue operating Channel 7/WNAC-TV.
How long was WHDH with CBS for?
jhshifris1 3 months ago
By spring 1994, the early evening (5pm) newscasts began to overtake WBZ, and the 6pm came in second to 'CVB. Until the NBC affiliation, it was most likely the noon newscast that remained in third (although probably not a distant third, as more people were being attracted to the station now). This resurgence on 'HDH's part caused 'CVB to program additional news at 5pm in September 1994, in which 7 now overtook both 4 and 5. Overall, 7 ranked a close second in most newscasts, pre-NBC.
VaultMasterDBT 6 months ago
Revision: the Sunbeam format launched on 11/1/93, so there was a 14-month period with both CBS affiliation and the tabloid news product. The ratings, indeed, did start to rise during this time. The Winter Olympics in early 1994 helped local viewers watching CBS in being introduced to the new WHDH news product, and the station's 11 pm news came in first place that February (something NETV ownership could not achieve in '92). After that sweeps month, 'HDH held on to second place at 11 pm.
VaultMasterDBT 6 months ago
@VaultMasterDBT They were still in third place until the affiliation switch.
kbirdusa 6 months ago
I remember the "feel good about that," and still can see the ads in my head. I vaguely remember this campagin but I certainly remember that logo. I thought it was neat. Thanks for putting this up.
charlie8575 2 years ago
The BBC started using one-inch helical scan machines in the 1980's.
kimberlyKfnOphiEAGLE 3 years ago
To me, they looked like 2-inch Quad tapes. Thanks for giving me the heads-up. The station could have had Quad equipment, though, because there were still programs recorded using the Quad format.
kimberlyKfnOphiEAGLE 3 years ago
No, those are Type C 1 inch open reel tape. I know, I own one, and its a 34 min tape.
mrmatchgame 3 years ago
There's one of the station's cameras in this video, what make and model is it? What equipment does Seven use now, since becoming WHDH? What kind of high-definition equipment do they have now?
kimberlyKfnOphiEAGLE 3 years ago
If you want to see the type of machines that used those tapes, look at '2-Inch Quad Editing', 'WBZ Eyewitness News 1970' or 'BBC vt'
kimberlyKfnOphiEAGLE 3 years ago