WBZ-TV 4 Boston - SignOn-Off - Clips 1980's
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@micmac99 KECH 22 (now KPXG TV) in Salem, OR. used this bumper in the early '80s
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The last group of stations I knew of that signed off at night was Mississippi Public Broadcasting...which signed off sunday night with the National Anthem. As far as I know they went 24/7 after the digital switch.
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I now have to revise this..the updated rooftop colors were early 1987 (although the slide was still used on an alternating basis from fall 1987 through 1988), and the capsule-shaped, italicized WBZ logo was from fall 1987 onward.
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Back when TV was worth watching. Thanks for uploading these.
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Wow... there's a trip through the wayback machine.
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Thanks for this video!!!!! I love the clips!!!!!!!
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this brings back so many memories. Watching this puts me back in time for a moment. Thanks for sharing!
1 year ago 2
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I'll give you the synopsis:
Westinghouse merged with CBS shortly after Group "W" signed a deal to have all of its' stations (except KDKA and KPIX) switch to CBS around 1994-95.
By 1998, Westinghouse sold all of it's non-broadcasting units (electric items, nuclear facilites whatever) and rechristened itself as CBS Corporation.
That CBS Corporation was bought out by Viacom, only to be split up in late 2006.
That's it in a nutshell.
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Tell Me,What became of Westinghouse?Is it now CBS Corporation?Did WBZ get a new owner?I know in my local market the Channel 10 WBIR was either merged or sold to Gannet Company after they bought Multi-media,Inc.Thanks.Brainy
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Wasn't the first Ch 4 program on weekends "International Zone," the UN show?
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I remember that exit title for "The Movies" on KPIX as a kid in the late '70s. Of course KPIX was a key Group W station in San Francisco affiliated with CBS.
micmac99 4 years ago
WBZ-TV was running 'The Movies' at least as far back as spring 1975, and possibly before then.
I think I have an audio clip of it from that time- 4/75.
MSTS1 3 years ago
Very interesting stuff...things I thought I would never see again. I don't remember BZ ever signing off, I always thought they were 24/7 from in or around 1978...I would assume these were from a weekend evening when they signed off for maintenence possibly?
Eaglejock1069 4 years ago
That's a good point, and I'd forgotten that..
WBZ went off the air, probably for maintenance, for several hours on, I think, Sunday nights only (which technically would have been the wee-hours of Monday morning).
MSTS1 4 years ago