Klein& WTOP One & Only TV 9 Promos 1975

From WTOP-TV Washington, the first wave of One & Only TV 9 promos from 1975. All were voiced by Doug Llewelyn (of People's Court fame) who at the time was one of a trio of hosts for the local talk show Nine in the Morning. He would later leave Channel 9 for fame and fortune on the West Coast. At this time, 9 was truly the powerhouse station in DC and this campaign kept them there for several years. The One and Only campaign was later syndicated to other markets.

[@altfactor]

A whole generation of Washington area schoolchildren probably sang "The One And Only TV9!" in the schoolyard at reverse.

[@rjam1974]

Love the graphics they had. 1970s really exploded with animated color

[@DesiluTrek]

They're so '70s, watching them in succession is almost hypnotic.

[@johnnoone4323]

As a DC native, I will never forget that jingle from 1975.

[@bobcasazza9857]

Produced these with Bob Klein and Bob Abel.

[@jimscottsoldchannel7103]

1:15 DId you put a shorter white cue mark?

[@gmcmurry]

Thanks so much for posting this stuff... I actually worked at WTOP as an Assistant Director during this period. The job of the AD at that time consisted of a couple of thing... Stage Manager for the newscast, Assistant Director for the live broadcast, Air Directing the regular programming and then occasionally running the teleprompter during the news. Great Memories! Greg

[@openhonest]

great tune. great graphics for the mid '70s

[@joejoewest]

Even though it was before my time, but I really like that jingle!

[@geraldinejones8033]

The One and Only TV 9, The One and Only TV 9. I Absolutely Love When They Sing That.

[@DrForbin001]

Before WUSA there was WTOP TV 9 and it was clearly the number one station in DC. Look at that line up, seriously!

[@paullarue2010]

Doug Llewellyn was famous, for "The People's Court" program.

[@HamptonRoadsTVFan]

Perfect promo for the Golden Age of Channel 9. Nice to see this video.

[@spwash1000]

WJXT here in Jacksonville which was affiliated w/CBS had also used that same slogan and campaign during that period: "The One and Only TV 📺 4"

[@ScoopNemeth]

Both Max Robinson and George Will left for ABC News For the first five years of World News Tonight, Robinson was one of three co-anchors (from 1978 thru 1983). As for George Will, he became one of the panelist on THIS WEEK with David Brinkley (alongside Cokie Roberts and Sam Donaldson)

[@sdjdish]

I remember these from childhood! Now, if only I could find one of those long "one and only tv9" bumper ads that featured "many different things to do", was a couple of minutes long and ended with "We give it all we've got, on the one and only tv 9!"

[@eyeontv]

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[@BlackCanuckTO1970]

Love these promos! They don't do promos like these anymore.

[@SongSwan]

They don't have anything worth promoting.

[@BlackCanuckTO1970]

@@SongSwan Sad but very true.

[@connoret]

WTOP is a radio station now only I guess? I was in DC last week and noticed.

[@coffeegirlbelinda]

I sometimes listened to WTOP radio (1500 AM) at night dating back from the 1980's . . . I could pick it up in Northwest Connecticut . . . these days it's WFED (which I've also listened to on a few occasions).

[@DIMON_CAMI]

2:06 - BUGS BUNNY!!!! 🐰 My favorite cartoon character of all time

[@Drchainsaw77]

Excellent! I've been looking for this for about five years ...since another old account was deleted. Thanks for posting!

[@enorwood4293]

Klein did Go 4 It for us in Detroit, not gonna lie though, this TV9 promo pack is just as hot! Can't stop watching this.... :-)

[@JerGer918]

Doug Llewellyn sighting at :18 ... The handsome son of a gun still looks the same in 2019! (44 years after this was first made!)

[@StukInBuf]

THe first time I saw Warner Wolf on TV was in 1977 or 78, when he was on Channel 7 in New York, on the11PM Eyewitness News reports with Larry Kane.

[@rockvilleraven]

@Billie Jo When Warner Wolf did ABCs Monday Night Baseball and Interviewed the commissioner, he always asked When Washington, DC getting a team, so many times that Bowie Kuhn, didn't say "just drive to Baltimore"!

[@richardbrownjr2815]

This theme and slogan just recalled to my mind today 6/5/23 after more than 45 years!

[@codym8897]

Valerie Harper at 0:17-0:27, she landed the role of Rhoda Morgenstern on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" from 1970 to 1974. In 1974, Valerie Harper left "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" to star in a spinoff called "Rhoda", which aired on CBS from 1974 to 1978. She was joined by future Simpsons star Julie Kavner, as Rhoda's sister Brenda Morgenstern. She died on August 30, 2019, at the age of 80.🙂

[@gsnman]

It looks like the 1973-77 version of "Treasure Hunt" aired on channel 9, with Geoff Edwards.

[@gsnman]

I do remember watching "Wheel of Fortune" on what is now WUSA, of course, back when the "shopping" format officially stopped in 1987.

[@iamnomad101]

Wow! Never seen the blue 9. I also recall seeing an ID using the animation at the end of promos with the WTOP-TV text under the 9 at the end.

[@smittykins]

WIXT(now WSYR)in Syracuse used "The One and Only TV 9" in the late. '70s.

[@eyeontv]

You are correct!

[@gregsells8549]

Former sister station WPLG Miami has long been The One & Only 10.

[@DesiluTrek]

Those are very quick cuts for those days. Amused that of all the CBS stars in that heyday, Eric Sevareid is among those singled out.

[@Ian16545]

Don't forget Barnes' predecessor, Louis Allen (seen here at 3:26).

[@kerrygriffin578]

I was in 10th Grade living in n va

[@kmart3697]

Now WUSA own by TEGNA

[@judedesilva8846]

Congratulations JC on your retirement!!! 2:18-2:29

[@gidzmobug2323]

Jude Desilva right after the IF clip...."sports with you-know-who". Who is he?

[@TheKEVMART1]

Warner Wolf is his name. ..He was a big time sports announcer in DC before he moved to New York and became very famous...I think his catch phrase was "let's go to the video tape"...I was a kid when he was around

[@gidzmobug2323]

Kool Kev the Jam Master Thank you--I remember him from Imus In The Morning, which was on via Satellite (on FOX Business Network). I did not recognize him in the video.

[@tyrese3745]

@@TheKEVMART1 Wolf left the “One and Only TV 9” by 1976 for New York City. He first appeared at WABC-TV Channel 7 with the Eyewitness News team. Four years later, He would end up as sportscaster on the powerhouse WCBS-TV’s Channel 2 News at 6:00 and 11:00pm alongside Jim Jensen, Rolland Smith and Michele Marsh respectively, to name a few. It would be another 12 years (1980-92) before Warner would return to the Nation’s Capital (and W*USA Channel 9). But then three years later (1995), Warner would once again return to WCBS-TV as sportscaster for another nine years.

[@Ian16545]

2:39 - Don't tell me: Warner Wolf, right?

[@neunoak3545]

Baumkuchen-Nine Logo.

[@corrupt200]

When did the station call name change to WDVM and then to WUSA?

[@SCMediaWorks]

In 1978, Post-Newsweek sold WTOP to the Evening News Association, which changed its call letters to WDVM. In 1986, Gannett purchased Evening News, and changed the station's call letters to the current WUSA.

[@FLOGAN222]

SCMediaWorks Regardless, they are still “The One and Only TV9”!

[@Uhfgood]

So how were these effects made? I'd imagine it wouldn't be by computer. Maybe some motion control (I'm not really sure when motion control computers were first viable), and some double-exposure or some optical printing with some what backlighting or something?

[@quayzar1]

These were actually done with computers. When the text is forming and zooming into the "9" it is fully CG but it switches to traditional methods when the pictures of actors and reporters are shown in the "9".

[@tyrese3745]

The daytime "Price is Right" was one of the many shows that did not aired on TV 9 for most of the 1970s. The ABC affiliate WMAL (now the Allbritton Communications owned-and-operated flagship WJLA) Channel 7 carried TPIR until at least the early 1980s, I assume.

[@tyrese3745]

That leaves "Match Game", right?

[@greggsheaffer2521]

They preempted TPIR from 1976 to 1982 people down that way could watch it on the Baltimore station

[@cfoster81]

@@greggsheaffer2521 Which I think at the time, WMAR Channel 2 was the Baltimore affiliate for CBS until 1981 cause WBAL was NBC before switching to CBS, and WJZ was an ABC station

[@needlefox852]

No matter how hard i searched on logopedia for this logo, I was unsuccessful. so that leaves me with one question, WHERE did you find this?

[@FLOGAN222]

Who is the "you know who"?(2:39)

[@CharlieArehart1]

That would be Warner Wolf, who many may know went on to work in NY, but was a native Washingtonion and did sports on channel 9 from the mid 60s to mid 70s. Glenn Brenner took his place, and when Glenn died of a brain tumor in 1992, Warner returned for a time. We sports fans in DC were blessed in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s (not just by legendary Redskins teams, but also) to have enjoyed Warner, Glenn, and George Michael, as well as other who went on to national exposure like James Brown, Tim Brant, and Mike Patrick.

[@paulduca725]

Was Will an anchor or commentator?

[@Mojeans1986]

George Will was a commentator for Agronsky and Company.

[@leisaspurgeon7439]

5:28

[@saxongreen78]

These jingles sound like they are from PAMS...amirite?

[@jimscott2050]

Nope. They were actually done by Klein& in Los Angeles with the Ron Hicklin singers.

[@saxongreen78]

@@jimscott2050 Ah! Thanx...I'd never heard of them until just now.

[@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue]

Who's "You Know Who?"?

[@DAngelCM]

Probably he was Glenn Brenner.

[@paulbarber9599]

Tv like it used to be not the same these days I also like tv of the 50s and 60s better than this garbage that’s out today and I’m only 55 years old

[@leisaspurgeon7439]

5:23