Re: Call letters on "American Dreams"

[Ron Bello <RBello@BelloAssoc.com>]

WFIL, channel 6 is now WPVI.

In 1963 it was and still is ABC affiliated.
It was purchased from the family of Walter Annenberg
by CapCities in 1971.  CapCities later bought ABC.


At 01:19 AM 11/19/02 -0500, A. Joseph Ross wrote:
>I've been watching the new show "American Dreams" on NBC, which is set in 
>1963
>Philadelphia, where a couple of the teenagers are regulars on "American 
>Bandstand."  The
>cameras, probably authentically, bear the call letters "WFIL-TV."  At the 
>time, Bandstand
>was on ABC, which means that the Philadelphia station from which it 
>originated must have
>been an ABC affiliate.  The program is now on NBC.  Now, here's my 
>question.  Is there a
>WFIL-TV in Philadelphia today?  And if so, is it an NBC affiliate?  I 
>would imagine that if this
>show were on a station in Philadelphia which competes with WFIL-TV, the 
>NBC affiliate in
>Philadelphia would be quite unhappy about that.
>
>Which reminds me, I was also surprised, watching the Election Night 
>episode on "The West
>Wing" on NBC to hear a TV proclaim that =CBS=
>had just called Delaware for President Bartlet.
>
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