From 1978, a promo for "African Queen," one of the films shown as part of the Channel 8 Thursday Night Movie on WMTW. During this time, WMTW was owned by broadcasting legend Jack Paar. This clip was taken from the broadcast of ABC's 25th Anniversary Celebration, February 5, 1978.
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That colorful logo from channel 8! Bring me back beautiful memories from my teenage years. I used to catch that channel with a rooftop antenna from Quebec City.
ez2me2009 1 year ago
While many of the stations in Maine didn't have a big budget they sure did a good job with what they had.
TELEVISIONARCHIVES 2 years ago
wow what memories these Portland TV clips bring
I lived in Lyman in york county when i was a kid i left in 1980.
I especially liked wmtw, i remember the old horror films they showed at night on weekends.
great stuff!! thanks
scotty815 2 years ago
From what I remembered as a kid, they use to show those kinds of movies between Saturday & Sunday afternoons.
Not sure of why they don't just show, the ABC programs on Thursday nights for some reason. Maybe, they must have thought showing family fun entertaining movies would be great for families to get together, every Thursday night at 7pm for 2hrs.
ajaugenti 3 years ago
Did they not carry ABC's Thursday night programming at all, instead showing movies?
eyeh8nbc 3 years ago
Ahhh, totally 70's! I remember the WMTW-TV Channel 8 technicolor bumper. Thanks for the memories.
ajaugenti 3 years ago