WNEW-TV - promo/Woody Woodpecker opening and bumpers - 1986

This is a promo for "What's Happening", followed by the opening and in/out bumpers for Woody Woodpecker cartoons by WNEW-TV in New York, recorded on Jan. 3, 1986. Six months later, WNEW-TV became WNYW as Fox took over the station from Metromedia.

The commercial at the end was cut-off, but the question remains 20 years later: who the heck is "John Jacob Jingle Heimerschmidt"?

Copyright 1986 WNYW/Fox Television Stations, Inc.

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[man975dog]

@megarouge2001 Even though I outgrew watching Woody Woodpecker, I still like it just like I did back in 1986 and b4 1986 when Channel 5 TV here in NYC had Woody Woodpecker running as 1 of their cartoon lineups 4 the morning or afternoon TV programmes.

[megarouge2001]

Holy crap this brings back memories!

[chr5210]

That's the end of Rupert Murdoch's empire regime of Fox Broadcasting Company WNYW 5 and the News Corporation who wanted to hacked with a newspaper The News and the World. And turned back to revived WNEW-TV 5 Metromedia Independent Station with weekday morning cartoons to replace the morning news.

[Mavericker7]

Like I said, I wish someone could uplod more pre-1989 Woody Woodpecker promos from WNEW/WNYW/FOX 5 NY on Youtube.com. Most of the ones I see on here are from the 1989 Woody Woodpecker show that was on Fox back then.

[johnissoevil]

@wtcvidman Alvin and the Chipmunks reruns started on 5 in 1987. And you may be right about Thundercats. Silverhawks started on 5 in 86. The Real Ghostbusters began in 87, as well.

[wtcvidman]

@johnissoevil

I'm pretty sure Alvin & the Chipmunks may have been on too. I know it got added to the lineup sometime (maybe later). Thundercats too. Thundercats may have been on at 3:30 since it started in 1985 & was always on channel 5. Silverhawks (also by Rankin-Bass like Thundercats) came on I think in 1987.

I forgot what channel The Real Ghostbusters was on. But I remember watching all those cartoons every day after coming back from school.

[johnissoevil]

@loretano Actually, Popeye was on at 2:15, followed by Woody and Bugs for an hour at 2:30. Forget what came on at 3:30, but He-Man was at 4, and then Batman at 4:30. I think Charlie's Angels was on WPIX, I could be wrong, though.

[DTD110865]

@1975tooto

Hey, even the independent stations were owned by big companies. Long before Fox, WNEW was owned by Metromedia Television, and even before that, the DuMont Network(which was before I was born).

[xeogear]

lol @ 1:11 Saddle-Sore Woody XD

[Mavericker7]

I wish someone would upload The Woody Woodpecker opening from WNEW in the '80s that featured a clip from Drooler's Delight.