Network shows that Boston was home

[Paul Hopfgarten]

OK, 1961...I was 3, and not really tuning into a whole lot of TV in those
days <G>

I do remember March 19 1972 very well, I actually got up early to watch the
saign-on for the brand new WCVB and thought the new logo was cool....of
course, 32 years later, well.....

-Paul Hopfgarten
-East Derry NH (Randolph MA in'72)

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Subject: RE: Network shows that Boston was home


On 25 Jan 2004 at 9:08, Paul Hopfgarten wrote:

> I'm not quite old enough to remember Ch 5 carrying NBC and ABC shows in
> there WHDH incarnation. (Wasn't Ch 5 always CBS as WHDH pre 1972?).

No, they were originally affiliated with ABC, and Channel 7 was CBS.
Sometime around
1961, they became a CBS affiliate, and Channel 7 became ABC.

For some reason, when WCVB replaced WHDH-TV on Channel 5, CBS decided to
switch
their affiliation back to Channel 7.  This was considered a blow to WCVB at
the time, since
ABC was always the third network, but a few years later, ABC became Number
One in the
national ratings.

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