WOR Channel 9 Million Dollar Movie

This version was used in the late 70's I believe. Hopefully the original is out there somewhere!

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[68lincoln]

I remember it well. Nice to see it again. I miss the old "local" channels that I grew up with in the NYC area back in the 1960s and 70s. Broadcast TV today is all loud, tasteless garbage.

[bjroberts65]

This is when television was GOOD, and it was free...Today television is a bunch of HORSESHIT, and you have to pay for it.

[JohnnysCorner]

"...if you missed any part of Abbott & Costello in Hold That Ghost, or wish to see it again, our next showing will be at 11pm..."

[sgtsanchez1231]

Thank you for this. It brought back so much memory. Good to see the checker taxis from back then.

[Medvetz63]

@ nycretroguy,

It WAS the late 1970s for sure. I remember it very well.

DAMN, this brings back memories. Thanks for uploading it, I knew it had to be somewhere on YouTube, I just spent 10 minutes trying to find it.

[ParisLondonRoma]

Channel 5,9, 11 (and marginally 13) used to have a real NYC vibe. Current stations don't really have that. NYC itself has changed a lot and is close to half immigrants who see NYC as a fatted calf to plunder. I'm in the burbs now and am always a little sad when I go to NYC and see how old and worn out it looks.

[oldnytv5911]

Gorgeous. Part of the soundtrack of my youth.

[antony47100]

I remember that theme so well, my family would gather in front of our black & white TV , life was so simple than, I miss those days.

[sapphiretaurus]

@goofyboy99 I liked Bonanza. My dad told me about The Saint being on at 3:00pm, on Channel 5. My mom said Channel Five used to show One Step Beyond in the afternoons, and Boris Karloff's Thriller. I don't remember seeing those then, but I know there was a variety of programming with just few channels around, unlike today. The crime shows of the '70s kill the modern ones. Those cops didn't need fancy technology to catch criminals. They need to bring those kinds of shows back, and westerns, too.

[fscap811]

@jdewitt77 I know exactly what you mean...for me, it was the Bronx, but i'll bet our memories are very similar. People always assume that life gets better with technological advances, but i'll take pre-technology 1975 over today anytime. Thinking back on those times now, it's amazing how much I associate them with the "off" channels, WNEW 5, WOR 9 and WPIX 11, especially around the holidays. People might have more "things" today, but you are right that the quality of life was better then.

[adiedo]

I also recall the theme from the sixties. It didn't have the Tram to Roosevelt Island, nor the TKTS booth. Pretty much the same though.

I liked Ch 11 best, though. I guess mostly b/c of the great kids' programming. Have any of you seen the Yule Log special PIX had a couple of Christmases ago? That was great and I watched that thing up close & personal. It was all about the history of Ch 11 and the Yule log. .

[jdewitt77]

This brings back warm memories of growing up in Brooklyn in the 60s and 70s. I remeber watching so many fine movies on TV then along with my parents. This is when things were going well for most people. It brings me to the point of tears to think about how things were then and how they are now. Thanks for posting this.