WXYZ promos & News brief 1979

Re-posting some WXYZ promos complete with Ernie Anderson voice over and a news preview featuring Bill Bonds & Diana Lewis.

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Entertainment

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• TV
• television
• news
• Detroit
• Michigan
• 1979
• 1970s
• promo
• Bill
• Bonds
• Diana
• Lewis
• Ernie
• Anderson
• Stefanie
• Power
• Robert
• Wagner

[nicka727]

Robatsea2009, have you uploaded the commercials from WXYZ during the movie "The Moon Is Blue" that had various 7:30pm promos such as Name That Tune, Sha-Na-Na, and Match Game PM?

[robatsea2009]

@nicka727 yes, any promos that may have run during the broadcast have been uploaded

[CTubeMan]

Prices going up. Tough Sh**.

[markknize]

@madman3 kinda hot..i never knew that woman was that beautiful

[Zunelander]

Dynamite Donna Summer is still dynamite!

[vgmc7650]

@nickea727 I remember Sha Na Na being on WXON ch. 20 (next WDWB, now WMYD ch. 21.1). If it was on WXYZ I don't recall, as syndies weren't seen doing much station-hopping in any market in those days. (Star Trek: TNG being an exception, first on KATN ch. 2 Fairbanks, then moving to KTVF ch. 11 to complement their library of original ST shows.)

[vgmc7650]

Sadly, my mom remembers Bill as kind of being "Booze" Bonds, due to his being caught (at least twice) for drunk driving. His on-air role got reduced somewhat in the late 90s, doing op-ed pieces during the 5 or 6 (mostly adding nothing, though, to the "issue du jour").

[airdriver]

Somewhere out there, someone has a video of Bill Bonds challenging Mayor Young to a boxing match. I( wish they would post it.

[tucsonia]

Donna Summer was smokin' back in the day too. Has it really been three decades? Jesus.

[trafficwarrior]

Great memories! The newscasters in my town (Jax. Fla.) all look like they rubbed elbows with the country club to get their position on local TV news!

[yohannbiimu]

Diana Lewis got a brief role in the movie Rocky as a newswoman reporter.

[SuperMiketheone]

Strohs? LMAO

[carsnhockey]

Its funny channel 7's logo hasn't changed at all,when I look at all the other classic Detroit stations like 2 or 4,their logos have changed through the years.