WABI-TV rebroadcasts 50th Anniversary special tonight

[Chris Beckwith]

I ended up watching this tonight - though it was 90 minutes long (compared to 60
for Channel 6's retrospective) it had a lot more ads and was padded with
snippets of old CBS programs.  If you've seen the Northeast Historic Film tape
"Maine's Television Time Machine" of WABI's early history a lot of it is nothing
new - and as with WCSH-TV much of the visual record of the station's first few
years exists only in still photographs.  I can't believe they want $39.95 for a
tape of the program! (VHS only, of course)   The legendary George Hale, btw, is
on the mend following gallbladder surgery, though if WABI-AM's website is to be
believed he's also had a lobotomy
(http://wabi-am.clearchannel.com/george_hale.html.)

Can't wait for WVII's 50th - can you say "Stacey's Country Jamboree?"  Ayuh!

Take care,
Chris