Thanks to this, I learned today that (per Wikipedia) WHB and KMBC shared time on channel 9, switching every 90 minutes, between mid-1953 and June, 1954, when KMBC took over for good. Thus the "WHB-TV Channel 9 signs over to KMBC-TV" promos. Short life for those promos! Nice piece of history here.
1:26: Now we know why Ethel kept telling everyone to have more crackers at her dinner party -- after the appetizer, the salad, the main course, and even dessert! "Serve them all through the meal, they said!"
Great grabs, especially with the now defunct WHB and the ident for the changeover from WHB to KMBC! WVEC, Lynchburg, is the oldest continuous primary ABC affiliate south of the Mason Dixon line, with WLOS in Asheville a close second. Both still have their original call letters, although WLOS has always been on Channel 13
Stan Sawyer was also an actor, and a children's show host during the 1950s, as well as a voiceover artiste. His notable products he shilled during his career were for RCA,Nabisco,Salem Cigarettes,Ideal Toys and Firestone Tires. Sawyer was the original "Captain Jet" on "Channel 2, New York".
I find it very interesting how, back in the day, some local stations showed a brief commercial while identifying themselves.
Thanks to this, I learned today that (per Wikipedia) WHB and KMBC shared time on channel 9, switching every 90 minutes, between mid-1953 and June, 1954, when KMBC took over for good. Thus the "WHB-TV Channel 9 signs over to KMBC-TV" promos.
Short life for those promos! Nice piece of history here.
People say TV's gotten too commercialized today? Nah, buddy, it's ALWAYS been that way!
1:26: Now we know why Ethel kept telling everyone to have more crackers at her dinner party -- after the appetizer, the salad, the main course, and even dessert! "Serve them all through the meal, they said!"
WNBT is now WNBC.
WHB-TV is now KMBC-TV.
WVEC-TV is now on Channel 13.
WNAC-TV shut down in 1982. Channel 7 Boston is now WHDH.
The channel 15 spot in Norfolk, VA is now occupied by PBS affiliate WHRO-TV.
I finally see why Oreo won out over Hydrox.
The former’s name doesn’t sound like something I put in the sink or laundry.
Great grabs, especially with the now defunct WHB and the ident for the changeover from WHB to KMBC!
WVEC, Lynchburg, is the oldest continuous primary ABC affiliate south of the Mason Dixon line, with WLOS in Asheville a close second. Both still have their original call letters, although WLOS has always been on Channel 13
WVEC is in the Hampton Roads area, not Lynchburg.
i assume you'd hear local announce over the silent part, perhaps "stay tuned for so and so" and a spoken id?
Usually a standard station I.D. {"WNBT-TV, Channel 4, New York."}
@@fromthesidelines - Would have been "WNBT New York, Channel 4"; the -TV didn't come in to that station until it became WRCA-TV on Oct. 17, 1954.
5:02- Stan Sawyer, announcer.
"WCBS-TV, Channel 2, New York."
Stan Sawyer was also an actor, and a children's show host during the 1950s, as well as a voiceover artiste. His notable products he shilled during his career were for RCA,Nabisco,Salem Cigarettes,Ideal Toys and Firestone
Tires. Sawyer was the original "Captain Jet" on "Channel 2, New York".
@@armorybrunotjr.3204...Stan was one of the best at his craft.
I'm guessing Bill Gilliam hadn't yet come on board at CBS?
WVEC TV 15 is now ch 13
WHAS TV 9 CBS is now CH 11 ABC
WHB TV CBS 9 is now KMBC TV 9 ABC
Just to let you know that WHB in KC is now SportsRadio 810 AM.
cool
Thought stations in the South had sponsored station IDs..