These are a few video memories of Boston's late, lamented WLVI-TV/Channel 56. The station ended its long run of independence in 2006 when it was acquired by Sunbeam Television and operated as a duo...
These are a few video memories of Boston's late, lamented WLVI-TV/Channel 56. The station ended its long run of independence in 2006 when it was acquired by Sunbeam Television and operated as a duopoly with Channel 7. WLVI was then moved from its longtime headquarters on Morrissey Boulevard and merged with Sunbeam's WHDH in Government Center.
Channel 56 signed on the air as WKBG in 1966 under the joint ownership of Kaiser Broadcasting and The Boston Globe newspaper. The call letters were changed to WLVI in 1974.
Excerpts in this sequence: * WKBG-TV inaugural sign-on, 1966 * 1970s "Creature Double Feature" bumper * Open from the first half-hour "News at 10" broadcast, 1984 * "Living 56" promo donut, 1985
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Channel 52 had a nightly movie feature called "Hollywood Movie Classics" from 8:00pm-10:00pm featuring films from Warner Bros., MGM, etc. at 10:00pm weekends it was "The Lou Gordon Program". Not sure about what they had weeknights at 10:00. 52 would sign on from either 3:30 or 4:00pm until 11:00pm. I loved all the Kaiser logos but would love to see one from channel 52 on the 'net somewhere.
No local station has bothered to air "Kimba: The White Lion" since. Only on channel 52. There's a complete set on DVD of the original 1960s series on Amazon.
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