WNBC Radio sign-off on WABC-TV

On October 7, 1988 at 5:30PM, WNBC radio in New York signed off for the last time. This is how WABC-TV/channel 7 covered the news on "Eyewitness News" at 5. Reported by Garrett Glazer.

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[johnissoevil]

0:02-0:05-That voice-over sounds familiar. Wasn't he the primary announcer on WWOR in the early 90s?

[kiotr2009]

Bill Owen. Yes, he was the voice of WWOR a couple years after he left ABC.

[wmbrown6]

The station I.D. was voiced by Bill Owen.

[thedecider1984]

see what happens when u get rid of howard stern

[ElectricYangNYC]

I see Ernie now, I keep thinking about KFC... "Keep Fucking that Chicken"! Lmfao!!!

[robertrivasphotos]

I Joey still around? last I heard he was doing late light coast to coast?

[PedroGMan]

@johnissoevil And Ernie is currently at Fox5 with Dari Alexander. Fox5/UPN9's Harry Martin was a reporter at Eyewitness News, I do believe. I am not so sure. But Ernie is perhaps the longest running NY anchor this side of NBC4's Chuck and Sue.

[spxmet]

A report on a rival station, with a tremendous respect for its' history. WNBC AM has been gone for 23 years, and Alan Colmes looks prettymuch the same!

[radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 0:06 To 0:22, It Was WABC-TV's Channel 7 Eyewitness News At 5 Video Open From Friday Evening, October 7, 1988.

[radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 0:00 To 0:06, It Was WABC-TV's Channel 7 Eyewitness News Video ID From October 1988.

[fatmanfiftythousand]

@chyrongeek At least a few still do.

[Buckpenn]

It took me a while to notice that NBC was out of the radio business. WHK was NBC radio's last Cleveland affiliate, and was affiliated with the network before; 1956 until the fall of 1958.

[dinfg6]

I saw clips of ROZ was on KRON back in the early 1980's