The Morning Show-1983

WABC launched a new 9am programme in 1983, with relative unknowns Regis Philbin and Cyndy Garvey. It was a chat programme known as "The Morning Show" (for full effect, insert a circle-7 into the "o" of "Show"). The Morning Show quickly became as integral a part of Channel 7 as Eyewitness News, and Regis one of Channel 7's stars.
The show went from strength to strength, and WABC still produces the show to this day. The name has changed, though - it's now "Live With Regis and Kelly" and is syndicated throughout the United States.
The theme music is composed by Michael Karp.

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[YankeePat94]

Thumbs up if you will be watching this clip tomorrow, the day Regis retires.

[uszoninyc]

I LOVED Janet & Clay. Got so pissed when they took them off. As far as 'REEEG', I always Liked Cindy Garvey the best. Thought the plastic-nosed, plastic-personality K-L G should have stuck to being the 'singer' on that game show she did with Ron Eli. Ugh! Funny thing was, I had to deal with her once (KLG), and she was as (for REAL) SWEET as you can imagine. Still...

[wmbrown6]

@Bentom86 - Langhart and Cole were the last hosts of WABC's morning show under the "A.M. New York" banner, which lasted until Feb. 29, 1980. ("Good Morning New York" - with Mr. Christian and Andrea Kirby as hosts at first - debuted April 14, 1980. Of the parade of hosts, only Judy Licht appears to have lasted.)

[fromthesidelines]

I appreciate your telling me that, 'wm'.

[wmbrown6]

@Bentom86 - P.S. Before Ms. Licht and Mr. Johnson, I seem to recall Spencer Christian and another lady whose name I forgot co-hosted "Good Morning New York."

[wmbrown6]

@Bentom86 - "AM New York" had a parade of hosts who came and went. The first was future commercial V/O John Bartholomew Tucker (from 1970 to 1972), then a succession of hosts and guest hosts (including a 1973 edition hosted by Leonard Nimoy and Kaye Ballard where photographer Philippe Halsman was the guest; plus, as of 1974, "Eyewitness News' " then-theatre critic Kevin Sanders).

[wmbrown6]

@fromthesidelines - Actually, Mr. Philbin's immediate predecessors on what ended as "Good Morning New York" in early 1983 were Doug Johnson and Judy Licht. ("The Morning Show" was actually a REPLACEMENT for what began as "AM New York" in 1970 and went through two other titles [the aforementioned "GMNY" and, in the 1977-78 period, "The Stanley Siegel Show"].) But until Kathie Lee joined "Reege," "The Morning Show's" ratings were as abysmal as the previous "AM / Good Morning New York."

[Bentom86]

Great clip...but I know that somewhere in You Tube land, there must be a clip of "AM New York", hosted by the GORGEOUS Janet Langhart and popular DJ, the late Clay Cole. That time slot was theirs for a couple of years, but for some oddball reason, they were bounced in early 1980, and the show became "Good Morning New York" with Judy Licht and local newsman Doug Johnson. Then came this show with Regis and Cyndy Garvey. It would phenomenal to see that old Langhart/Cole show again!

[dinfg6]

@KroovyMonsoon However Reeges show was orginally a local show from LA called AM Los Angeles in the 1970's

[dinfg6]

@fromthesidelines Reege was at KABC in 1978 doing AMLA out there