WABC-TV New York - We're With You (1984)

Here is the localized version of ABC's "We're With You" customized for WABC-TV back in 1984.
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[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

That was the best local ABC promo, I ever seen on KZbin. Folks who were adults, kids, and senior citizens may move on with their life before we humans lived in New York.

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

This was New York City before I was born in 1998? Wow! 😀

[@14ls98]

RIP Roger Grimsby, Bill Beutel, Regis Philbin, Joel Siegel, Tom Snyder.

[@raheemhamilton8624]

When did Joel Siegel passed?

[@14ls98]

@@raheemhamilton8624 2007

[@Aaronhouston33]

A great advert to forever capture the life and people of New York City in 1984 great job ABC

[@25FADIII]

I've seen each and every single episode of Mr. Belvedere. I've also seen The Night they Saved Christmas with Jaclyn Smith, Art Carney, and Paul Williams; and the Moonlighting pilot movie. All which premiered that season on ABC.

[@cityhawk]

The flagship of ABC. New York. No surprise and always will.

[@rhapsodyshadow_]

I don't care if I wasn't even born yet, just take me back to this time already! The nostalgia is too fucking real!!! \m/

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

I was born in '63, which made me 21 then, and believe me, what a time to be alive!

[@diaquallo]

Same

[@Attmay]

You missed out on something special.

[@gregsells8549]

We're with you on KVCT (Victoria, TX). That station left ABC shortly thereafter for religion, before going to FOX. ABC moved to upstart KAVU, which switched from NBC.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Did you know that "Live with Kelly and Ryan" had its roots on WABC-TV going way back to 1970 as "A.M. New York", which was hosted by the late, great John Bartholomew Tucker?

[@mikemercado5223]

Live is owned by ABC Disney and they broadcast out the WABC studios in NYC

[@mariepavlov9144]

"We're With You, on 33." WYTV, Youngstown, Ohio

[@SpongeTracks37]

I wish the Big 4 networks would still do songs each season, sadly that's no longer the case

[@Danube-TV]

Yeah, agreed. This genuinely is AMAZING. We need more of these. At least with WPTA's beard promo..thing it was unique. It was absolutely weird, but at least there were signs of care put in that. But nowadays? You'd be hard-pressed to find one doing a 30-second one. Which is why honestly? Wholeheartedly? I'd give WFNA the honor of best CW affiliate just because they did something for their CW Dare to Defy. At least they did the bare minimum to localize their 1:00 promo.

[@Attmay]

They were following the trend of what was popular on the radio then, but that was before Clear Channel/iHeartRadio launched its war against music and Pfizer provided the bullets.

[@morejstugake9612]

WQHS Ch. 61 (Now Univision) in Cleveland, OH

[@morejstugake9612]

'Were with you on Channel 2 WKRN-TV Nashville, TN

[@morejstugake9612]

WHSW Ch. 24 (Now WUTB and MyNetworkTV) in Baltimore, MD

[@Attmay]

Interesting how the male singer is singing it in the same key as Florence Warner in the original. Quite often, they will change the keys for male and female singers, even within the same campaign. That was the case with the “Hello News” campaign, which also involved both Frank Gari and Florence Warner.

[@RGC198]

Wow!!! What a great station promo. Years ago here in Australia, WIN 4 Wollongong NSW used to have a "We're With You Channel 4" promo, though it was a different tune.

[@OnTheRunSinceBirth]

This seems so long ago so much as to think it never really happened.

[@AJ0880]

WTAE in Pittsburgh also had a local version of this promo. We're With You, on Channel 4

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

It seems I remember this advert from the ABC-TV network, now that I think about it.

[@AJ0880]

"We're with you, on TV-5." WEWS Cleveland "We're With you, on Channel 7" WXYZ Detroit

[@Allenryan819]

I was 7 years old in school!😂

[@morejstugake9612]

WHSP Ch. 65 (Now WUVP and Univision) in Vineland, NJ

[@ScoopNemeth]

Two of America's Most Awesome Newscasters, and News Duos are no longer with us. The Tag Team of Bill Buetel and Roger Grimsby, and their famous sign-off... Grimsby saying his first half - hoping your news is good news, I'm Roger Grimsby. Beutel saying his last half - Good Luck, Be Well.

[@alfonsogreen2722]

i love it

[@Satoshi9801]

0:35: Man, were those subway trains graffitied back then!

[@eascec8374]

WABC Originally Used the Longer Version because New York was home to ABC.

[@zyber9]

And WKBW-TV is also channel 7!

[@mrspaghett8085]

2:44 We’re With You! Part Of The Team With You!

[@nicksair]

I think 7 needs to bring this back like '4 New York did.

[@mrspaghett8085]

We’re With You On Channel 7! That’s Not An ABC Logo Song I’ve Ever Have

[@DeAngeloStevens]

"We're With You on BRC-6" WBRC-TV Birmingham, AL (now a Fox affiliate)

[@gavinproduction7433]

1:04 Even back then Regis was popular and couldn’t get away from his fans!!! Girls!!! Lol 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 RIP Regis!!!

[@matthewcampbell7985]

We're with you on channel 8 wfaa tv dallas fort Worth.

[@chris2302]

I

[@brooklynbabe7896]

Ty so much my dear friend I'm from New York City how are you doing tonight are you alright

[@shawny200]

we're with you on ch.13 wvec-tv 13 Norfolk Virginia

[@67tr876]

new york was so fun back in the 80s now it just sucks

[@CelesteK]

That part I did know about. ;)

[@chris2302]

"We're with you on TV 5!" WRAL-TV Raleigh, NC, "We're with you on TV 8!" WGHP High Point, NC, "We're with you on Channel 9!" WSOC Charlotte, NC, "We're with you on TV 2!" WCBD Charleston, SC, and "We're with you on 25!" WOLO Columbia, SC.

[@matthewcampbell7985]

Actually today wghp is now fox affiliate don't let fox 8 Piedmont pass you by.

[@Attmay]

This was the last year WRAL was at ABC, but they kept using the visual motifs from around 1983 or thereabouts until around 1988.

[@jbvideos6605]

0:30 This. is. Jeopardy!

[@martinmoore2468]

WABC-TV is owned and operated by ABC Owned Television Stations, a division of the Disney-ABC Television Group.

[@waynewright2886]

This was the Rundown on the 5 ABC O&O's at the Time Before Capital Cities Bought ABC in 85, & 10 Years Later in 95 when Disney Bought ABC/Capital Cities. New York: WABC 7 Chicago: WLS 7 Los Angeles: (My Turf) KABC 7 San Francisco: KGO 7 Detroit: WXYZ 7 ( After Merger With Capital Cities in 85, ABC Sold of WXYZ because of FCC Rules, Cause Capital Cities wanted to Keep WPVI: ABC 6 in Philly, Cause WPVI was a Profitable Station, & it was Either WXYZ or WPVI, WXYZ Lost!)

[@morejstugake9612]

1984/85 Season NY/NJ WABC Ch. 7 in New York, NY WCBS Ch. 2 in New York, NY WNEW Ch. 5 (WNYW and FOX) in New York, NY WNBC Ch. 4 in New York, NY WXTV Ch. 41 (Now Univision) in Paterson, NJ WOR Ch. 9 (Now WWOR and MyNetworkTV) in Seauces, NJ WPIX Ch. 11 (Now The CW) in New York, NY

[@wendycampbell6165]

Kathy tong is now at pix.

[@michaelglickman1300]

Yup, WGRZ was lucky enough to use "Let's All Be There" instead of "We're With You."

[@dongnam1971]

Michael Glickman That's Come Up to Ten in Australia

[@DamianCampbell-rv4xd]

1983

[@johnnyballenatl]

Look at those ladies chasing after Regis at 1:05 !

[@Naminski1a]

2:49 - That’s the late Regis Philbin.

[@encierro75]

Do you have WABC's "there goes that newsman again!" promo with their truck all over the city?

[@MatthewHollie1987]

The Great Grimsby's station

[@GSRAW88]

First shot...World Trade Center. Nostalgic.

[@mrspaghett8085]

2:40 As Long As You’re After

[@jcampton1]

On a hazy New York morning...

[@jbvideos6605]

Dig the cowbell and synth drum fill

[@CelesteK]

Sorry. :) I knew WKBW was ABC. :) I don't remember too much about Buffalo TV stations circa 1980s. :)

[@DanZero77]

Heck even Channel 11 brought back their PIX branding, WABC IT'S YOUR TURN!

[@withoutcommentary-kh6rx]

Life before the virus

[@mariek9603]

Do you have any other WABC-TV Channel 7 versions of ABC campaigns?

[@paxhumana2015]

WBBJ, coincidentally another Channel 7, as well as ABC affiliate, had their own version of this song also in 1984, Marie K.

[@DeAngeloStevens]

@recto89 can we se WBRC Version

[@zyber9]

WGRZ is NBC, not ABC, and I would think that WKBW-TV 7 (which is ABC) used a version of this slogan.

[@mrspaghett8085]

2:47 We’re With You On Channel 7

[@jbvideos6605]

2:12 Do the taxi cabs really go that fast in NYC? 😄

[@MatthewHollie1987]

@johnnyafairbanksak RUN, REEGE, RUN!

[@CelesteK]

Did WGRZ TV 2 Buffalo ever use this slogan?

[@walterreyesproductions]

No! It was an NBC affiliate.

[@ScoopNemeth]

@Jimdoggg WPRI in Providence, Rhode Island (now CBS); and WCVB Channel 5 in Boston; not all New Englanders are fruitcakes.

[@ScoopNemeth]

If WABC was number one with Eyewitness News, what was the rating with WNBC's News 4 New York? This question pertains to ABC sucking badly while NBC was riding high with Let's All Be There promos, Comedies (including upstart Cosby Show), Drama (Hunter). What about ABC and NBC National News, how did they do in 1984?

[@MegaJuanTrinidad]

Greetings, Scoop Nemeth According to all NYC TV station's informations, WCBS' (Channel 2) "Channel 2 News", who was the former news leader, was suffering ratings struggles since WABC-TV (Channel 7) brought the "Eyewitness News" in the early 1970's. With that in mind, I could say that WNBC's (Channel 4) "News 4 New York" was the runner-up. Now, CBS2 reboosted its ratings, with NBC4 suffering ratings struggles with its newscasts since 2007.

[@johnnyballenatl]

And the CBS Evening News (with Dan Rather) was still #1 in '84.

[@morejstugake9612]

Open

[@pinklemonadeanimations]

no animation

[@stevieboy247]

Actually, there is, at the 2:59 mark of the promo.

[@pinklemonadeanimations]

e-

[@thewipsportsfan]

it's called Capitalism. lol.