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WMAL/WJLA Call Change Promo 1977

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Uploaded by on Oct 13, 2007

WMAL changes it call letters to WJLA Washington

Copyright 1977 WJLA

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  • Didn't that change take place in 1977, not 1976?

  • You're right.  March 1977. Thanks.

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  • "We're only name-dropping." How VERY Washington!

  • Wow, those were the days... God, I miss 'em.

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  • Do I hear "Part Of Your Life"?

  • The call letters were officially changed to WJLA (standing for owner Joseph L. Albritton) on Monday, June 6, 1977.

    A two-third's page ad (on p.D12, Sports section) appeared that day in The Washington Post stating: "A guarantee that your television viewing habits will be completely unchanged by the following announcement. TV-7, formerly known as WMAL-TV 7, will from this day forth be known as WJLA-TV 7. Only our call letters have changed. Everything else at TV7 on your dial remains the same."

  • Actually, it was in May or June of '77

  • Music by Al Ham, the man who brought you "Move Closer to Your World."

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