The history of WPIX as PIX11 celebrates 75 years on the air

On Thursday, PIX11 celebrates our 75th anniversary on the air. So we took a trip down memory lane, and who better to join us on the journey than Ron Simon, the curator at the Paley Center for Media.

[@TigsNY]

As a born and raised New Yorker and a 90s baby (Zillennial), the best shows I love to watch on WPIX growing up were The Yule Log, March of The Wooden Soldiers, Buffy, and my all time favorite, Soul Train, which comes on every Saturday afternoon after the cartoons went off. Happy 75th birthday PIX11! Thank you for your 75 years of service to the Big Apple! 🎂 🎊 ❤

[@US_Joe]

PIX11 is still the definitive NY channel with exclusive local scope. Thanks PIX for all the times since my childhood! 👍👍👍💫💫💫💫💫🍾🍰🥂

[@samuelgriffin4167]

Good Times Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons all aired on WPIX TV

[@alexanderclifton128]

I remember when I watched The Disney Afternoon & Soul Tran on WPIX when I was a kid. Those were the days.

[@TimFrith24]

I remember watching all those shows back in the day on WPIX Channel 11 including Scooby-Doo, G.I. Joe, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I also watch Kids WB after I got home from school.

[@samuelgriffin4167]

Remember watching WPIX Channel 11 over the years we had Abbott and Costello Sunday Morning Movies The Magic Garden Chiller Theatre and much more

[@tonygoodheart2442]

WPIX 75 Years Incredible! I remember doing WPIX when it Turned 70 as my Birthday theme in 2018 I saw it on Somebody's KZbin Phone, when I saw it I said That's going to be theme! WPIX had cool TV shows, movies news and Yankee Baseball!! My first show I watched on WPIX was Dragnet! Happy birthday WPIX You're still my favorite No. 1 TV Station!

[@jamesjagiello5341]

Did you know that Jack McCarthy was also at one time the voice of OTB? Horseplayers went to their local OTB to hear him read the day's scratches, changes and results!

[@zorak3313]

Loved the Honeymooners marathons. I think the first time I saw Star Trek reruns was on PIX. Didn’t know the great Zero Mostel had a show, would love to see that.

[@TheGravygun]

11:00 PM odd couple 1130 honeymooners midnight Star Trek one o'clock Twilight Zone Watched it on black and white TV as a kid every night

[@nottavictim5]

Missed it! Please rerun or add to KZbin!

[@jermainemack8482]

The List of all the great WPIX TV Shows During it's 75'th Anniversary The Little Rascals Mighty Mouse Tom & Jerry Krofft Superstars The Magic Garden Marvel Superheroes The Banana Splits Josie and the Pussycats Heckle & Jeckle Popeye Magilla Gorilla Scooby-Doo Mr. Magoo Return to the Planet of the Apes The Pink Panther Blackstar The Jetsons Jackson 5ive Battle of the Planets The Three Stooges Courageous Cat & Minute Mouse Superfriends TV-PIXXX Voltron Heathcliff The Challege of the Gobots M.A.S.K. The Great Space Coaster G.I. Joe Transformers Jem Galaxy Rangers Smurfs Adventures Filmation's Ghostbusters Super Sunday Bravestarr The Adventures of Superman Batman Flipper Gentle Ben The Munsters I Dream of Jeannie F-Troop The Dick Van Dyke Show Get Smart Gidget Family Affair Abbott & Costello Candid Camera Good Times Happy Days Again Laverne & Shirley and Company Barney Miller The Jeffersons Rhoda Alice The Tony Randell Show The Love Boat Sanford & Son The Odd Couple The Honeymooners Star Trek The Twilight Zone Little House on the Prairie Eight is Enough Perry Mason Lou Grant Fame The White Shadow Fantasy Island Make Me Laugh The Newlywed Game The New Gong Show Soul Train Dance Fever Solid Gold Puttin on the Hits The 7:30 Action News Independent Network News Independent News INN Midday Edition U.S.A. Tonight The 8'O Clock Movie The 12:30 Star Movie Saturday Afternoon Movie Fist & Fury Theatre Sunday Morning Movie Sunday Afternoon Movie Sunday Great Movie Sunday Movie Special The 11 Alive Film Festival Holliday Movie Special The Yule Log Yankee Baseball

[@wmbrown6]

The test pattern 'PIX inaugurated in 1949 (with wedge "pinholes" that signified picture resolution and MHz) would be used by countless other TV stations in the U.S. and even in other countries like El Salvador and Cuba.

[@ColetteNasielski-h7l]

PIX 11 The Magic Garden

[@jameshorigan3322]

Love, and miss "late night PIX." Kinda can recreate it by watching "The Odd Couple," "The Honeymooners," "Star Trek," and then "The Twilight Zone" back to back streaming , it's not the same, but much better than nothing. :^)

[@davidrivera9743]

The Magic Garden. Ch. 11 most definitely isnt thst WITHOUT Carol and Paula.