These are a few excerpts from a 1967 WHDH-TV/Channel 5 retrospective about the "Impossible Dream" Boston Red Sox. Ken Coleman and Don Gillis are the hosts.
All rights are acknowledged.
These are snippets from a 1982 WCVB-TV special about the station's history. WCVB signed on the air in 1972 after Boston's original Channel 5, WHDH-TV, was stripped of its license by the FCC after a long legal battle.
All rights are acknowledged.
This sequence contains excerpts from a live special that WBZ-TV/Boston aired on the occasion of the station's 35th anniversary in 1983. It is from an off-air VHS recording.
The filmed portions of this special were originally produced for Channel 4's 30th birthday in 1978.
Barry Nolan and Sara Edwards from "Evening Magazine" are the hosts.
All rights are acknowledged.
This sequence contains excerpts from a live special that WBZ-TV/Boston aired on the occasion of the station's 35th anniversary in 1983. It is from an off-air VHS recording.
The filmed portions of this special were originally produced for Channel 4's 30th birthday in 1978.
Barry Nolan and Sara Edwards from "Evening Magazine" are the hosts.
All rights are acknowledged.
This excerpt is from a presentation made at the 1971 ABC Affiliates Convention. "The Place to Be" was the theme of the network's promotional campaign for the 1971-72 season.
All rights are acknowledged.
This sequence contains excerpts from the 15th anniversary retrospective of WCVB-TV's "Good Day!" program. The special aired on January 27, 1989.
ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" was modeled after this Boston live, local program.
"Good Day!" was in production between 1973 and '91.
All rights are acknowledged.
Steve Sohmer, vice president of Advertising and Creative Services at NBC Television, presents the network's new promotional campaign, "Be There," to affiliated stations.
Sample spots for WBZ-TV/Boston, WTHR-TV/Indianapolis and WNBC-TV/New York City are shown.
All rights are acknowledged.
Once a common practice among television stations, WBZ-TV/Boston distributed preview tapes to advertisers each year to entice them to purchase ad time. This is an excerpt from a 1984 sales tape. It has a "casino theme" in recognition of the state lottery drawings that had recently come to Channel 4.
At the end is a spot from NBC-TVs "Be There" campaign.
All rights are acknowledged.
First is a close from a 1981 episode of "The Donahue Show," then two 1970s main themes follow. (The music is a bit scratchy -- it comes from an old cassette recording.)
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This is a segment from a 1987 WCVB-TV special about the station's history. WCVB signed on the air in 1972 after Boston's original Channel 5, WHDH-TV, was stripped of its license by the FCC.
All rights are acknowledged.
"Five All Night, Live All Night" was an overnight talk-variety program that was produced by WCVB-TV/Boston in the early 1980s.
In this sequence, "Tomorrow Show" host Tom Snyder speaks about his visit to the program in 1980; and then we see a 1981 clip of "FANLAN" with guest Janet Langhart, formerly the co-host of Channel 5's "Good Day!"
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News director turned news consultant Al Primo appeared on CNN's "Take Two" program in 1982 to discuss his company's "image makeover" of local newscasts. WBZ-TV in Boston is used as an example.
Al Primo is considered the originator of the "Eyewitness News" format that was developed at WABC-TV in 1968 and later adopted in many other television markets.
All rights are acknowledged.
This sequence contains excerpts from the 15th anniversary retrospective of WCVB-TV's "Good Day!" program. The special aired on January 27, 1989.
ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" was modeled after this Boston live, local program.
"Good Day!" was in production between 1973 and '91.
All rights are acknowledged.
![WCVB-TV \"Good Day!\" Retrospective - 1989 - Part 1 of 2](http://img.youtube.com/vi/J6WM-ToO9Jw/2.jpg "WCVB-TV \\"Good Day!\\" Retrospective - 1989 - Part 1 of 2")
![NBC-TV \"Be There\" Promo Campaign - Spring 1983 - Part 2 of 2](http://img.youtube.com/vi/4EmYoKPBQzg/2.jpg "NBC-TV \\"Be There\\" Promo Campaign - Spring 1983 - Part 2 of 2")
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