WCIX 10 O'CLOCK NEWS - 1980

WCIX, Channel 6 produced Miami/Ft Lauderdale's first 10pm news, back in the 1970s. It was moderately successful and ran until WCIX became a CBS affiliate in 1989. A young Donna Hannover who later married Mayor Rudi Guiliani anchored at WCIX. This broadcast is anchored by Nick Bogert, now of WTVJ. We start with a pre-tease, a classic "Call to Action" PSA, and then a news open that used satellite pictures and a model of a satellite TV. This is low budget news at its best. BTW, old-timers will remember Channel 6 broadcast to Broward County on Channel 33, before there was a WBFS. WCIX would become WFOR and move to Channel 4 in 1995.

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[ASKconard]

Wow, this is so low budget! Love these videos. You wouldn't happen to have anything from Tampa/St. Pete would you?

[cmsloan2002]

I do, but not older than 10 years

[noahf67]

Sure takes me back to that Fla. summer of '79, cooped up in the house

with ch 6-33 and a pile of old "Blondie" and other great old flicks.

If you've got anymore '79-'80 WCIX-6 stuff, would love to see it..!

[myronfalwell]

Wow. HBO this ain't. If there was only a "behind the scenes" of the open.

[tkaye2]

The guy in the PSA looks like he could send a couple of goons out to break some legs. Maybe that's what he meant by "If you want *us* to help you, please call us"!

Out of all the low-budget gimmicks I've seen in local TV airchecks, the orbiting "satellite" at 1:24 is downright embarrassing. If I didn't know better, I'd think this was from some kind of parody!

[saturnday]

More memories this video brings....I found it funny that in the PSA they would use the area code when announcing the phone number. Back then 305 was THE only area code, from Key West north to Orlando. You didn' t need to dial 10 digits like today. But back then it was also a long distance call between Ft. Lauderdale and Miami.

WCIX was available on cable in Naples/fort myers and even Sarasota which was part of area code 813 that covered everything from Tampa to all of Southwest Florida.

[saturnday]

This is when WCIX was located at 1111 Brickell Avenue in Miami in a dounut shaped concrete building.

Ch's 6&33 had "competition" from channels 45 and 51,the only other independent TV stations at the time. 45 had religious programing with old 1960's sitcoms and movies in the evening, shows like "That Girl" or "Leave it to Beaver". And channel 51 was an English language station, the only one that stayed on overnight with "night owl" movies. 51's studios were located in Dania at the time.

[oaklandfan2k8]

yep it's true KTVU in Oakland, CA used that music during the late 1970's

[mbhfromla]

ktvu also used this music.

[Buswaylocal]

This aired Saturday, December 15, 1979, the day the Shah left for Panama. Love these classic vids!