WPIX 11 New York Action News Opening 1979

This is a WPIX Action news opening from 1979 with famous NY anchor Bill Jorgensen. Note the 1970s newsroom decor. I love the theme music "Move Closer To Your World."

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[tsntana]

Someone mentioned that this was the same newsroom used for Independent Network News program from the 1980's with signs covering up the Channel 11 logos.

So I figured I'd see if someone had a clip from 1980. Found this one from '79. Close enough. And lo and behold...

Thanks for posting this. I like the theme music.

[burbank]

That is correct. They did out these signs up for the Independent Network News Program. I was a kid and remember it. They also had a different theme song for that program, also. Glad you enjoyed it.

[ccarozzo75]

we in Philly can't let go of the theme song, so we still use it on our Action News!!

[MikeChuk21]

Ah, for a world where right (and left) wingnuts didn't see partisan politics hiding around every corner.

[lmnop2daj]

Scary...

[man975dog]

@ccarozzo75 Wow. You're kidding me. They still use the music from the old Channel 11 here in NYC for Philadelphia's Action News local tv news?-That's awesome. By the way, Steve Bosh on the old ch.11 Action News here in NYC was very handsome and good-looking to me. Even now over 30 years later, I still think he's very good-looking and handsome-Yes, I am gay.

[payless1981]

Hey, that's the same theme music Ch. 7 (wkbw) in Buffalo used from the 70's-mid 90's.

[yryriza]

@fscap811 That was an error. I meant to say 46. People smoked like crazy back then like John Wayne's 6 pack a day habit. It's not as if they all got the same cancer. It maybe it played a part in a few of the cancers, but I doubt most of them were due to the nuclear testing, and as we all know Show biz people weren't the healthiest eaters back then. It's not like there was a place that had virtuously no cancer, then after the nukes a bunch get it.

[fscap811]

@yryriza I think you misread the numbers...It was 46, not 4 so it was more than coincidence according to doctors.

[yryriza]

@fscap811 Thanks. It could be coincidence since it's only 4 people, but then again, I heard a similar story about back to the future and Parkinsons and metal exposure.

[fscap811]

@yryriza Of the 220 people in the cast and crew who worked on the movie, 46 died from various forms of cancer and that was very high according to experts. Naturally, the radiation fallout was considered the reason for the high rate of cancer.

[fscap811]

@yryriza I can tell you the story. In 1955, John Wayne was in a movie called "The Conquerer" filmed in the Utah desert which was downwind from the area in Nevada where the U.S. government held many nuclear bomb tests. The fallout from these blasts supposedly wound in high concentration where the movie was filmed. Not only did John Wayne die from cancer, but Susan Hayward, his co-star, along with actress Agnes Moorehead and director Dick Powell also died from various forms of cancer.

[yryriza]

Damn it, I wanted to see that stpry on John Wayne, but it cut off.

[wmbrown6]

@bmulla1560 - I've found that the cuts used by WPIX for their "Action News," which were in the exact same key as they were played here, were designated Cuts 7 (for the ending credits) and 8 (for this opening).