Non-News Classic Video

[TheOneManHerd 553]

The list of locally-produced sitcoms is, unsurprisingly, short. A lot of people in the TV business know of Park Street Under, the sitcom produced by WCVB that's believed to have inspired Cheers and is still remembered by Bostonians of a certain age. On the other hand, you have this: Hamtramck, a production of WDIV in Detroit. A disaster according to almost everyone, it caused the station to be inundated with phone calls from offended viewers, mostly from the Polish community. In fact, according to Mort Crim's memoir, word of the show and it's portrayals made it to Poland itself, and those Poles who heard of it also hated it. In fact, when Crim was on assignment there, his interpreter nearly deserted him when she learned that he worked for WDIV. She stayed on only after Mort and crew convinced her they had nothing to do with Hamtramck.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IZiVLneyHRpQqQuEXlUgRZW8tasZIaEt/view

Edited June 17, 2022 by TheOneManHerd

[MediaZone4K 2158]

Revisiting the final years of the Oprah show, it's amazing how well produced it was in terms of aesthetic. Talk shows today look so washed out and cheap. The bright lighting has not helped declining budgets in the age of HD at all. Outside of the quality of the show Oprah generally had the best aesthetic look of all the talk shows at the time. The video walls here blend in nicely. I like how the producers use the portrait effect to blur the background. The lighting isn't too harsh and the high definition looks smooth. It's amazing how far things have gone downhill since 2010 for daytime TV.

 

Edited July 5, 2022 by iron_lion

[bmasters1 400]

 

From WJZ in Baltimore, Jan. 2, 1995, on the day of the network switch in Charm City (WJZ now with CBS, WBAL back with NBC [11 had moved to CBS in 1981, as I remember it, but came back to NBC here], and WMAR now with ABC): a fun and informative deep dive into why this switch was made, and how it affected mostly where viewers would see their favorite shows; look at the 20:29 mark for a BTS shot that is hardly ever seen, and that is on 60 Minutes, where we see what the correspondent looks at (here, the late Ed Bradley) when he or she sits in front of that simulated magazine backdrop (the correspondent sees an image of himself/herself in front of the simulated magazine backdrop, and there are lights around and a small table in front of him/her); 60 Minutes would of course be at 13, where it still is today.

[MediaZone4K 2158]

The Darkside of the 90s from Vice has an interesting episode on morning show wars from the 1990s.

 

Edited August 31, 2022 by iron_lion

[MediaZone4K 2158]

When Brooklyn's Labor Day West Indian parade was broadcast on TV! Maurice DuBois and Sue Simmons WNBC (1998). Wonder why they stopped broadcasting it?

Edited September 5, 2022 by iron_lion

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

Two uploads from a recording of the Packers vs. Buccaneers playoff game from the 1997 season (played on January 4, 1998)

 

Most (missing the intro) of the FOX pregame show

 

And since I don't see the link to the intro to the game (which for some reason won't display here due to NFL copyright concerns even though the video itself is still up); here's the link.

 

January 4, 1998 FOX NFL intro (Packers vs. Buccaneers - 1997 NFC Divisional Playoff Game)

Edited September 23, 2022 by WAVY 10 Fan
changed game intro link to a separate link since the display is blocked here (though the video isn't)

[Route66Fan 77]

A behind the scenes tour of WBOC-TV, Ch. 16 in Salisbury, Maryland, circa 1960's.

 

[bmasters1 400]

 

NFL Today pregame show for the 1990 NFC Final between the Giants and the 49ers

[MediaZone4K 2158]

Jimmy Kimmel throws back to his first monolouge from 2003. Cool to see Ted Koppel introduce him; ironic as JLK pushed Nightline back a half hour years later.

 

[bmasters1 400]

Rare NBC and ABC Sports baseball openings from the late 70s and early 80s:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[nbc9houston 22]

Talk show featuring KNBC news anchor Kelly Lange and screenwriter/TV producer Gail Parent.  The Kelly and Gail show aired on KNBC during the 1990-91 television season:

 

 

 

More videos of the Kelly and Gail show are on Gail Parent's YouTube page.

Edited March 26, 2023 by nbc9houston

[jerseyfla 207]

An NFL broadcast for the history books! WFLA’s Gayle Sierens becoming the first female play-by-play announcer in NFL history. The game broadcast from December 27, 1987 between the Seahawks and Chiefs has finally been uploaded on YouTube!

 

 

Edited March 27, 2023 by jerseyfla
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[VHSgoodiesWA 303]

A very early appearance of the late Billy Mays on this infomercial from 1989, long before Oxi Clean

from the same tape - KVEW 42 signs off early on 7/24/89

 

[jerseyfla 207]

NBC Staff Announcer Fred Facey acting in an ad for Preparation-H in 1980. This is the first time I have ever seen an image of Fred Facey! So for those who think of him only as a voiceover, close your eyes and imagine him doing a sponsor plug on News 4 New York for Preparation-H and laugh like I did. Plus my name is Bill so this made me crack up more!

 

 

[Route66Fan 77]

A rare sign on from KOAA-TV, Ch. 5, Pueblo, CO, from 1987, featuring both the a variation of the 1979-86 & 1986-current NBC logos! 

Did KOAA-TV come up with the "Proud N 5/30" logo a year, or so, before NBC debuted their current logo & KOAA-TV decided to tack the current NBC logo onto their "Proud N 5/30" logo?

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by Route66Fan

[WWUpdate 1291]

Here's a 1979 KPNX sign-off:

 

 

[H-Town TV Fan 211]

In keeping with the sign-off theme, a extremely rare WDRB sign-off from the late 70s/early 80s:

 

Edited May 4, 2023 by H-Town TV Fan

[bmasters1 400]

A mix of news and non-news-- from graphic designer Jay Cordova, a sampling of work by another famed graphic designer, Bill Feigenbaum, who had worked for CBS Sports in the 80s (he did more than just them, as you'll see here):

 

 

[VHSgoodiesWA 303]

From my trip to western Montana a few weeks ago. Some very low-budget local ads in this compilation from KOUS-4 (ABC) Hardin/Billings, which is now KHMT (FOX), in 1988. That Chevy dealer in Big Timber doesn't even exist anymore.

 

[bmasters1 400]

Game 3 of the 1981 NLCS between the L.A. Dodgers and the former Montreal Expos, from the former Olympic Stadium in Montreal (NBC broadcast, rerun on RDS, with French-language announcers)...

 

 

[Big Rollo Smokes 260]

On 5/4/2023 at 7:17 PM, bmasters1 said:

Game 3 of the 1981 NLCS between the L.A. Dodgers and the former Montreal Expos, from the former Olympic Stadium in Montreal (NBC broadcast, rerun on RDS, with French-language announcers)...

 

 

What, the actual French TV broadcast wasn't available?

[H-Town TV Fan 211]

A WLKY 32 Alive sign-off from the late-1970s!

 

Edited May 14, 2023 by H-Town TV Fan

[VHSgoodiesWA 303]

A sample of what is now CW+. Yakima was one of the dozens of small markets that had a WB feed on cable, specifically WB 100+. Much like Foxnet, they cleared WB, WB Kids, and a plethora of syndicated programs, including Ellen DeGeneres in her first two or three seasons. It took me about eight years of VHS collecting to find a WB 100+ clip, but here it is, with the fictional calls "KWYP":

And here's another look at small-town Montana TV...specifically KTMF 23 in 1997 - lots of local ads but no news department at this time. KGGL-93.3 "Eagle 93" is still around to this day, and it has one of the best FM signals in western Montana. I heard them as far west as the 4th of July Pass area on I-90, west of Kellogg ID.

 

[Route66Fan 77]

A pre-launch test broadcast from KSCH, Ch. 58, Sacramento, CA, from April 1986. What kinds of test patterns were shown here? 

 

[H-Town TV Fan 211]

augustv123's trend of uncovering rare Louisville, KY TV sign-offs continues! This time, a WAVE-3 sign-off from the late 70's:

 

Edited May 21, 2023 by H-Town TV Fan