From what I heard, WOIO took the FOX affiliation for Cleveland, OH because WUAB refused on account of the markets in their cable footprint having enough stations for Fox to hook up with.
Logo looks like the one WVIT in Hartford used at around that time; metallic call letters with a script "thirty" over it. It was owned by Viacom at the time.
"This is your announcer speaking." A tribute to Ernie Anderson's identification of himself on "The Tim Conway Comedy Hour" and on "The Carol Burnett Show" (as "your Wacko announcer speaking"--Carol's production company at that time was "Wacko, Inc.").
2:36 AWESOME A SINE WAVE DUET. Me and an Englishman driving people bonkers with our tones. Wait a second I sang this next to a man half my height and twice my weight???? A Wigan man no less????. Im the DOOT tone he's the BEEEP
Long Live 1.Independent (1985-1986) era and Fox (1986-1994) era WOIO 19 2.Independent (1968-1995) era WUAB 43 3.Preview (1981-1983) era and Independent (1983-1986) era WCLQ 61 4.Independent (1985-1997) era WBNX 55
Malrite: the Gannett of Fox/Independent stations in the 80's and 90's.
One of my favorite sign-off National Anthem videos.
Felix Brown, the rendition was the same with WGHP for the mid 1980s
WOIO is currently owned and operated by Gray Television as of 2023.
Back when stations weren’t 24/7.
From what I heard, WOIO took the FOX affiliation for Cleveland, OH because WUAB refused on account of the markets in their cable footprint having enough stations for Fox to hook up with.
Logo looks like the one WVIT in Hartford used at around that time; metallic call letters with a script "thirty" over it. It was owned by Viacom at the time.
When you can afford a graphics designer but not a staff photographer, this may be what you do.
"This is your announcer speaking." A tribute to Ernie Anderson's identification of himself on "The Tim Conway Comedy Hour" and on "The Carol Burnett Show" (as "your Wacko announcer speaking"--Carol's production company at that time was "Wacko, Inc.").
I wonder if John Christopher Burns was aware of that when he wrote the copy for Bill “Troll” Tullis
the voiceover is the same used at the then WTBS in Atlanta Georgia who agrees????!!!!!!!!
Cherilyn Hannen It was indeed the late Bill "The Troll" Tullis from TBS.
2:36 AWESOME A SINE WAVE DUET. Me and an Englishman driving people bonkers with our tones. Wait a second I sang this next to a man half my height and twice my weight???? A Wigan man no less????. Im the DOOT tone he's the BEEEP
This is a very late 80s sign-off, I see!
hey capnvid47, can you record the WOIO sign off from 2016?
I don't even think they sign-off anymore.
they went 24/7 I guess
Yep.
WOIO went 24/7 in September 1994, shortly after the affiliation switch to CBS. (Prior to that, they **only** signed off on Monday mornings.)
@@RustyMuckSo did WTOL, Channel 11 in Toledo. Ohio.
woio cbs 19 owned by raycom media
Long Live 1.Independent (1985-1986) era and
Fox (1986-1994) era WOIO 19 2.Independent (1968-1995) era WUAB 43 3.Preview (1981-1983) era and
Independent (1983-1986) era
WCLQ 61 4.Independent (1985-1997) era WBNX 55
this is cbs
@Melissa Atkinson really
For fucks sakes WOIO didn’t become cbs until September 1994 you trolling asshat quit with the misinformation
woio cbs 19 owned by raycom media