WGN-TV played an outsize role in the development of the audience participation talk show that now dominates daytime television.
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@hailmaryrecordings8255 Жыл бұрын
Legend. I grew-up in Northern Illinois in the 70’s & 80’s. WGN was always on.
@FredLord-sp4ym3 ай бұрын
WGN-TV was a powerhouse in locally produced programming. "Donahue" and the late great Ron Weiner's Emmy Award winning rapid paced technical direction took this marvelous station and program to the next level. This is an excellent segment. Thanks so much.
@TheCommunicationCoach Жыл бұрын
Donahue was big, and a good guy. Married to That Girl! Marlo Thomas
@wmbrown67 ай бұрын
The first New York station to air Donahue's show was WGN's then-sister, WPIX Channel 11, in 1969-70. Back then, he was still based in Dayton, OH. WNBC Channel 4 in New York, where he would tape his show for 11 years beginning in 1985, had a very short-lived first run in 1971-72 before finally snagging him for keeps in 1977. The year before WNBC picked him up (where he would make mince meat of WABC's Stanley Siegel, and remain unbeaten until Channel 7 first paired Regis with Kathie Lee on what was then "The Morning Show"), he had been on another Channel 9, in New York - WOR-TV. In-between, New York apparently hadn't been ready for him, as the only NY metro station to run his show was WTNH Channel 8 in New Haven, CT. Sometimes the cameras used in the studios he worked in at one time or another played as much a pivotal role as the guests and the audiences. Whilst at WGN, first TK-44A's, then TK-45A's were used. When he went to WBBM-TV, their cameras were Thomson-CSF TTV-1518's. After he moved to New York, initially TK-44A/B's (then about to be retired) were used, then for years TK-47's.
@FredLord-sp4ym3 ай бұрын
Great history. Ron Weiner became a mentor, and a very dear friend of mine. Ron's thrice Emmy Award Winning direction of "Donahue," was the template for how all Daytime Talk Shows that followed are shot. In March, Ron passed away at the age of 93. A life well lived.
@FredLord-sp4ym3 ай бұрын
WNBC-TV, and NBC Owned and Operated stations dropped "Donahue" in 1995 forcing him to move to the "News/Talk" cable channel in New York. The show did not have a New York outlet for its final season.
@stevemeinecke Жыл бұрын
He was the best talk show and sometimes made people mad in a good way
@luislaplume8261 Жыл бұрын
Not for me as a New Yorker who grew up in NYC during the Mad Men era. It was the Morton Downey Jr. Show on WOR TV ch.9 in the 1980s. It was like hard core right wing talk radio show on TV. There was never a dull moment and it was never Woke Culture and Cancel Culture and Politically Correct.
@FredLord-sp4ym3 ай бұрын
During his Chicago years, Mr. Donahue seemed more compassionate, willing to listen and not talk over his guests. Once he moved to New York, he became a caricature of his former self. Either way, Phil Donahue was King of Daytime Television. Epic!
@FredLord-sp4ym3 ай бұрын
@@luislaplume8261 Morton Downey Junior would have never came to be had it not been for Phil Donahue. Please watch Mr. Downey's appearance on "Donahue" in 1988. It is a great interview here on yt.
@TheCommunicationCoach Жыл бұрын
I love old-time footage. In HS I was on a teen talk show, but Sinclair bought the network (ABC) and tossed it or lost it, which is pathetic. They were going to charge me $25k+ for one hour episode, "if" they found it which I paid a search fee for.
@robjackson52452 ай бұрын
Sinclair never bought ABC
@robjackson52452 ай бұрын
They may have bought many of their stations but ABC is not a Sinclair network whatsoever.
@robjackson52452 ай бұрын
UPN being Fox is more true than ABC being Sinclair and I'm talking pre-2001 and 2001 and later too cause no way CBS owned UPN in any true capacity.
@will896874 күн бұрын
RIP Phil Donahue
@giarc88810 ай бұрын
One of the very few talk shows that was any good.
@charleswilliamsjr Жыл бұрын
How long Donahue was on Wgn?
@MIKECNW Жыл бұрын
8 years though he finished up his Chicago years at Ch. 2 before moving to NY.
@FredLord-sp4ym3 ай бұрын
1974 - 1982. Three years at WBBM-TV.
@robjackson52457 ай бұрын
I call BS on this. Tribune had nothing to with the audience participation talk show
@FredLord-sp4ym3 ай бұрын
"Donahue" started in 1967 in Dayton, Ohio. It began airing in Syndication in 1970. Avco Broadcasting (Multi-Media) had a difficult time selling the show to bigger market stations until it moved to WGN-TV. Ron Weiner became the Emmy Award winning Director and the rest is history. Tribune/WGN did not invent "Donahue," but became instrumental in its growth.
@robjackson52453 ай бұрын
@FredLord-sp4ym it wasn't. Tribune isn't popular the way Chris Craft was. NBC might have had more to do with this show's success.
@FredLord-sp4ym3 ай бұрын
@@robjackson5245 Remember, WGN-TV was a Super Station. Did Chris Craft own stations too? I thought they were producers and distributors.
@FredLord-sp4ym3 ай бұрын
@@robjackson5245 Yes. But only after "Donahue" moved to Chicago and WGN-TV. The show did not air in New York until 1977.
@robjackson52453 ай бұрын
@FredLord-sp4ym Yes they owned many stations. KCOP was their first one and then WWOR.