tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post7500077941387965956..comments2024-01-02T03:25:05.523-05:00Comments on Cleveland Classic Media: Some notes at Midweek:Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-58198047837622653382009-06-08T14:31:09.921-04:002009-06-08T14:31:09.921-04:00Somewhat off the track, but I noticed four out of ...Somewhat off the track, but I noticed four out of the five NBC O&O's aired "The Mike Douglas Show" at one time or another. (Five of six, if you count the 1963-65 period of the Philly station as NBC-owned WRCV-TV.) The one that didn't: WNBC-TV in New York. The Douglas program was first aired in the Big Apple on WOR-TV starting in 1965, then moved to CBS-owned WCBS-TV in 1968. (Ironic, due to Westinghouse's 1995 acquisition of CBS.)wbhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270661237413315760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-77472532569227064802009-05-02T01:57:00.000-04:002009-05-02T01:57:00.000-04:00I was just on the Philadelphia Broacast Pioneers s...I was just on the Philadelphia Broacast Pioneers site and discovered that WRCV-TV in Philly carried the Mike Douglas Show at the same time as WKYC-TV in Cleveland. What piques my curiosity is whether WKYC moved the Douglas show to 12:30 as a result of the big swap being reversed and if KYW-TV changed the time on 3 in Philly as a result of the swap. What I found really interesting was that the host of a local WRCV show called "Tug of War" was called to the General Manger's office thinking he was going to get a raise because show had doubled that station's ratings at 12:30 only to find out that his show was being cancelled to make room for the Douglas show! And this was two years before the big swap was reversed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-59942325236190992932009-03-26T22:15:00.000-04:002009-03-26T22:15:00.000-04:00Channel 3 became WKYC just a few months before my ...Channel 3 became WKYC just a few months before my 5th birthday so as you might imagine I have hardly any memories of KYW days BUT I can tell of one, a vague recollection of seeing a station ID of the famous Westinghouse font. Seeing that TV listing page with KYW reminded me of how my local newspaper, The Alliance Review, kept showing channel 3 as KYW for several years after it became WKYC!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-59188316730083059882009-03-14T13:01:00.000-04:002009-03-14T13:01:00.000-04:00I love the episode description of the Dobie Gillis...I love the episode description of the Dobie Gillis show from the PD listing. Just reverse the order of two words ("weed" and "killer") and you have a whole different plot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com