I believe this segment was broadcast on the final edition of WBZ's "Evening Magazine". Boston was the second city to adopt "Evening" (in April of 1977); San Francisco's KPIX created the format and aired it as a local show beginning in 1976. Once there were multiple stations carrying "Evening", they began top exchange segments. By the fall of 977, the other there Group W/Westinghouse stations (in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh) had launched their own versions of "Evening". Their huge successes led Group W to franchise "Evening" to other cities (in the non-Group W cities, it was titled "PM magazine"). Each station had it's own local hosts and produced a few segments a week; segments that each station thought had national appeal would be sent to the national "Evening"/"PM" office (which I think was in San Francisco) and if the national office agreed, these segments would be distributed to the other stations running "Evening"/"PM", who could then run these segments in their cities. So in a typical week, one would see both locally-produced segments and segments produced by other members of the "Evening"/"PM" cooperative. TV needs something like "Evening/PM Magazine" today!
WCVB-TV's "Chronicle" arrived four years after "Evening Magazine" started on Channel 4.
Interesting video - Gene
I believe this segment was broadcast on the final edition of WBZ's "Evening Magazine".
Boston was the second city to adopt "Evening" (in April of 1977); San Francisco's KPIX created the format and aired it as a local show beginning in 1976. Once there were multiple stations carrying "Evening", they began top exchange segments.
By the fall of 977, the other there Group W/Westinghouse stations (in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh) had launched their own versions of "Evening". Their huge successes led Group W to franchise "Evening" to other cities (in the non-Group W cities, it was titled "PM magazine"). Each station had it's own local hosts and produced a few segments a week; segments that each station thought had national appeal would be sent to the national "Evening"/"PM" office (which I think was in San Francisco) and if the national office agreed, these segments would be distributed to the other stations running "Evening"/"PM", who could then run these segments in their cities. So in a typical week, one would see both locally-produced segments and segments produced by other members of the "Evening"/"PM" cooperative.
TV needs something like "Evening/PM Magazine" today!
You guessed right. It was a sad END OF AN ERA.
I recall that KSAT 12 would air PM Magazine back in the 80's at 6:30. Today, that timeslot belongs to Entertainment Tonight.
Nice. Brings back memories. I remember growing up in Baltimore watching Donna Hamilton and Denise Koch on Evening Magazine 7:30 on Channel 13.
I'm looking for the Philadelphia version where Chef Tell Erhardt(R.I.P.) got his start.
Did Steve Aveson, who now works for New England Cable News, host Baltimore's version of this?
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Yes, Steve Aveson worked at WJZ-TV's "Evening Magazine" after WBZ-TV.
Chef Tell's biography is written and will release in 2013. More info on facebook at /cheftellbooks