compubit 532 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 On 3/30/2021 at 11:13 PM, VHSgoodiesWA said: KPRC's Ron Stone hosting two episodes of The Eyes of Texas, a short-lived Texas travel magazine. First from late 1987 (partial), second from 1/2/1988. w/ ads - https://archive.org/details/capture-a-114 https://archive.org/details/capture-a-121 OK - I have to call you on this one... The Eyes of Texas ran for over 30 years (1969-1999, original run; repeats through the 2000s) - definitely not short lived. Growing up in Houston in the 70s: Saturday Night at 6:30pm on Channel 2 - that was appointment TV! While it was the original, its primary "competitor", 4 Country Reporter/8 Country Reporter/Texas Country Reporter - out of Dallas - is still going strong closing in on 50 years on the air (1972-present), still producing new episodes each year. You don't see many shows like these two much now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VHSgoodiesWA 101 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Out my way, we used to have Northwest Backroads with Grant Goodeve, ex-'Eight is Enough'. KING-TV produced it for many years and it also ran on KGW, KREM and NWCN. Well produced, just like their weeknight counterpart, Evening Magazine. They stopped airing new episodes about 8 years ago and I don't think it repeats on any of the NW TEGNA stations anymore. More goodies, ex-YouTube. KCOP Los Angeles signs off for literally 15 minutes after a very late movie and comes back on again. Two parts, sign-off then sign-on with part of 'In Studio,' a public affairs program. Taped around Nov 1988. https://archive.org/details/capture-a-320 https://archive.org/details/capture-a-321 Ads from USA's old Cartoon Express block, taped 8/27/92 https://archive.org/details/capture-a-336 Promos from the defunct Action Pay Per View network, taped in December 1990 (before 'Total Recall'). This was just one of several PPV networks available back in the day. Request and Viewer's Choice were a couple others. https://archive.org/details/capture-a-290 Of course, a lot more than that has been uploaded, but these are just the highlights. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VHSgoodiesWA 101 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Sonny Melendrez hosting about half of an episode of 'You and Me, Kid', an early Disney Channel show targeted towards very young children and their parents with activities and play. Rerun taped 3/11/1989. (When I had my old YT account, Disney never messed with those broadcasts, thankfully.) https://archive.org/details/capture-a-407 KRBC Abilene signing off the air one Sunday night in December 1995. They left that ID bumper on all night, as I fast-forwarded to the end of the tape (~30 minutes past sign-off) and it was still there. https://archive.org/details/capture-a-369 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VHSgoodiesWA 101 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Now It Can Be Told, Geraldo's short-lived newsmagazine that ran in the 1991-92 season. This is the 12/18/91 episode as taped from KSTW in Seattle (which ran it at 1:00 in the morning). The episode talks about the dirty secrets of Castro's Cuba (plus those trying to escape to America). https://archive.org/details/capture-a-513 Rare breaks from KIMO Anchorage in 1985 and 1986...plenty of local commercials included. They used Sade's 'Never As Good as the First Time' in their IDs at that time. These were some of the first YouTube uploads I ever did. Thank goodness I still have the tape. https://archive.org/details/capture-a-509 https://archive.org/details/capture-a-511 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VHSgoodiesWA 101 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 (edited) Partial broadcast of PBS' Late Night America with Dennis Wholey, taped off WTTW in July 1984, with guest Bella Abzug. https://archive.org/details/capture-a-541 A variety of children's commercials taped from WGN Superstation in December 1994. Many ads for action figures and board games, keeping in mind it was close to Xmas. https://archive.org/details/capture-a-552 https://archive.org/details/capture-a-553 https://archive.org/details/capture-a-554 https://archive.org/details/capture-a-555 Edited April 16 by VHSgoodiesWA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VHSgoodiesWA 101 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Robin Leach explores the life of teen idol Debbie Gibson on this Lifestyles clip from the early '90s (but taped off a Travel Channel rerun in 1995) https://archive.org/details/capture-a-585 Linda Evans on this infomercial for one of the stupidest and weirdest infomercial products - the Rejuvenique mask. Taped off FX one late night in March 2002. It might improve your skin but yet you look like Jason Voorhees trying to improve it! https://archive.org/details/capture-a-600 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VHSgoodiesWA 101 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) So glad to finally have this one back up on the internet where it belongs... The Disney Channel signs off the air for a one-hour maintenance period, early on May 4th, 1988. They went 24/7 in 1986 but every once in a while, had to go off for maintenance. Before YouTube yanked my account, this video had somewhere in the ballpark of 15-20K views. I can't remember now. https://archive.org/details/capture-a-700 A lot of people still miss ole' George Michael...and not the Wham! singer either. George Michael's Sports Machine from 2/12/1995, taped off KNDO Yakima. https://archive.org/details/capture-a-724 Edited April 24 by VHSgoodiesWA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
8Viewer 292 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 (edited) A clip of WTSP's Murphy in the Morning which ran from 1985 to August 1991, when it was cancelled. It was the last local morning talk program that aired on WTSP. Bill Murphy, of course, had a long run on WTVT's morning news from 1994 to 2009. Edited April 26 by 8Viewer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TexasTVNews 1133 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 The 1990 Pilot of The Joker's Wild with Pat Finn. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VHSgoodiesWA 101 Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 (edited) The ill-fated version. At least Patrick (You WINNNNN!) Wayne didn't host that one AND Tic Tac Dough... Pat went on to much better things. Shop 'Til You Drop was fun to watch, I got to see it when I was very little before PAX dumped the old reruns for the J.D. Roberto version in that big warehouse-like place...and of course The Big Spin, where he turned ordinary Californians into millionaires. Edited May 4 by VHSgoodiesWA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jakob 20 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 This was found a couple days ago. This is a WTVD sign off from 1979. Previously, the audio sign off from the same year was available on tv-signoffs.com. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
newsteam13 209 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 On 4/6/2021 at 11:11 AM, VHSgoodiesWA said: KCOP Los Angeles signs off for literally 15 minutes after a very late movie and comes back on again. Two parts, sign-off then sign-on with part of 'In Studio,' a public affairs program. Taped around Nov 1988. https://archive.org/details/capture-a-320 https://archive.org/details/capture-a-321 KCOP went off the air for 15 MINUTES and then came back on? WOW! The Los Angeles station must've done the technical/transmitting side like today's computers. You know, REBOOT! Turn it off, wait a few minutes (in this case 15 Minutes), and then turn it back on again. But then again, KCOP wasn't the only station that did the computer reboot-style sign off/sign on. Look at CBS-owned WCBS New York. CBS 2 signed off at 5:00am, and then, they returned to the air at 6:00am. TWO OF THE SHORTEST SIGN OFFS/SIGN ONS EVER!!!! Usually, stations used to sign-off anytime between midnight and 2am, and then, come back to the air at like 6:00am! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VHSgoodiesWA 101 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 WCBS was known for that. They were still doing that routine even in the early '90s I believe. And there were several others who decided to do the same, not just the other CBS O&Os. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VHSgoodiesWA 101 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 A look at KCTZ-7 Bozeman (now KBZK/CBS) just a few months after they signed on with ABC programming. Notice the bulletin board used for the 'ID'. Small town TV at its finest. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VHSgoodiesWA 101 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 KCWT!!! At long last!! Take a look at this defunct independent station in Wenatchee, WA: 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit-TV 12 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) Some commercials from WJBK CBS 2 Detroit (now a Fox affiliate) from 1987: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VVGd3JSnZ4 And from WDWB 20 (now WMYD, a MyTV affiliate) from 2004: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVv5eYHqpSw Edited May 28 by Detroit-TV Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WAVY 10 Fan 202 Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Couple of examples from some recent uploads 1987 WJLA spot plugging Magnum, P.I. reruns 1995 KGTV spot plugging American Journal 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jerseyfla 151 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 (edited) Mike Abinanti who runs a video production company posted a bunch of opening title masters from Pinnacle Productions on YouTube. The most notable being 1988-89 ABC Sports Opens with the “I Wandered By A Brookside” theme. Monday Night Football https://youtu.be/3M7VLgLP0a8 Boxing MLB League Championship Series College Football College Basketball 1989 Thursday Night Baseball (For their final season ABC moved Monday Night Baseball to Thursdays) 1989 World Series (This version of the theme was not used for the World Series though) Edited June 27 by jerseyfla 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Hadley 111 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 On 4/24/2021 at 12:58 AM, VHSgoodiesWA said: So glad to finally have this one back up on the internet where it belongs... The Disney Channel signs off the air for a one-hour maintenance period, early on May 4th, 1988. They went 24/7 in 1986 but every once in a while, had to go off for maintenance. Before YouTube yanked my account, this video had somewhere in the ballpark of 15-20K views. I can't remember now. https://archive.org/details/capture-a-700 A lot of people still miss ole' George Michael...and not the Wham! singer either. George Michael's Sports Machine from 2/12/1995, taped off KNDO Yakima. https://archive.org/details/capture-a-724 An updated version of the Disney Channel's maintenance sign-off (spelling "interrupting" and "maintenance" correctly this time) was posted a few days ago: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VHSgoodiesWA 101 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 That must have been the last time the Disney Channel was ever off the air for any sort of period, knowing they went off for a few hours every night in their first few years. The bars also have an ID box just like many OTA TV stations would use in that period. That's something new that wasn't on the '88 recording. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hazim 10 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 (edited) KXTV, 2004, probably around the presidential campaign/election season. Recorded on D-VHS tape as the uploader has some clips of HBO and HDnet recorded on the same format as these two clips, just that the latter two are in HD. https://youtu.be/Ovg7pWcYO2A https://youtu.be/b34L0XlnMVk (PS: My first post after a very long hiatus from this site.) Edited June 28 by Hazim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
justin2kx 215 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Before LIVE! and while hosting The Morning Show, Regis Philbin was host of New York Style, WABC Afternoon Newsmagazine aired before EWN at 5p, of which its promo aired out of 1:52. Circa 1984. Cover Story: Soap star babies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Hadley 111 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 13 hours ago, VHSgoodiesWA said: That must have been the last time the Disney Channel was ever off the air for any sort of period, knowing they went off for a few hours every night in their first few years. The bars also have an ID box just like many OTA TV stations would use in that period. That's something new that wasn't on the '88 recording. I'm not positive, but I think The Disney Channel had their once-monthly maintenance periods for several years after going 24/7. Not sure if that remains the case today, but I know all the other premium networks still shut down for their maintenance once a month. The other day, I found this one from Showtime circa 1985/86 (not 1987, as in the video description): Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VHSgoodiesWA 101 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 I've got part of a Showtime maintenance period from 1991 on a tape somewhere. It went up to YouTube about a year and a half ago and got purged when my channels went down. Several test patterns, I think it was the same ones used in the clip above. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jerseyfla 151 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 5 hours ago, justin2kx said: Before LIVE! and while hosting The Morning Show, Regis Philbin was host of New York Style, WABC Afternoon Newsmagazine aired before EWN at 5p, of which its promo aired out of 1:52. Circa 1984. Cover Story: Soap star babies. The New York Style theme would later be used on the Florida Lottery's Game Show Flamingo Fortune from 1995-1997. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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