WBMG-TV 42 ... 10/24/1977

End of "Concentration" into "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown", and commercials within special: Zingers, Gems, Koo Koos, McDonald's

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[Stratman78]

I got a question and it's concerning the game show "Concentration".

Now, I understand that this video was recorded back on Monday, October 24, 1977 (I didn't come into the world until April 1978, LOL).

At 9 seconds into the video, the "Concentration" credits stop & the year reads MCMLXXVI (meaning 1976).

Was that a rerun? And if it was, could there be a possibility that CBS affiliate WBMG-TV 42 Birmingham (Now WIAT-TV 42) might have any copies of the Jack Narz syndicated episodes?

[BirminghamRewound]

I'd vote "rerun." I'd almost be certain that 42 has not a trace of the Narz "Concentration" anywhere to their name.

(Wish some of this version existed in full myself)

[birminghamWILDCAT]

Zingers just doesn't come in as many varieties as they used to. I remember in the early 2000's they still made butterscotch flavored ones, but now they don't. And I've walked into the bakery downtown to try to buy some!

[DerrickLee2006]

Who was the V/O announcer for WBMG-TV's ID from 1977? I recall the same announcer did one back in the early 1980s.

[tubiephrank0707]

ALSO ---

In its early days, Channel 42's transmitter was not strong enough to reach all parts of the Birmingham Metro Area. So, for a time a reflector tower was erecte in Irondale, east of the city. It transmitted on Channel 78.

Thanx-A-Lot, TubiePhrank0707

[tubiephrank0707]

Greetings ...

The quirky network audio during the Charlie Brown show was a by-product of the coax-microwave system used to distribute CBS, ABC and NBC programming across the nation from 1951 to the beginning of 1978. That was when satellite signal distribution, with natural quality audio, was fully put into place.

Thanx-A-Lot, TubiePhrank0707

[superbuick]

Sort of... Considering the time period, it's a possibility they aired "It's the Great Pumpkin..." later in the week closer to Halloween.

[A1l2l2e2n4]

Another possibility regarding the differences between the recording date and air date of this particular "Concentration" is that maybe it was one of the last "Concentration" episodes to be taped in 1976. Yet another possibility is that the production co. just "sat on" this particular episode of "Concentration" before they released it.

[Stratman78]

I think that's how they found the CBS episodes of "The Joker's Wild." It was thought that those were wiped or destroyed until they were found in 2000 at WCBS-TV (New York City).

I also heard that "Gambit" (CBS, 1972-76) was also bicycled, shown on WPIX (New York City) and KHJ (Now KCAL, Los Angeles) back in the fall of 1977. In other words, they might be misplaced (it was rumored that the episodes were erased).

I wonder what other shows were bicycled? Makes me wonder now.

[cosmowanda868]

Another possibility is that many syndicated shows back in the day were "bicycled", that is, transferred from one market to the other; as a result, it would mean that a station from one market airs the latest episode, while a station from another market airs an episode produced the previous year.

[secondchance1977]

I found that my local NBC affiliate WLVI 12

has a couple of Hollywood Squares, Crosswits, Its Your Bet, and a Concentration reels their when i visited the place.

[94fordtaurus]

Uh, I think the people believe they're being called 'koo koo' instead of the name of the snack.