WNEW NEWS UPDATE PLUS 1980

[@toddwacha5108]

I remember the OLD WNEW Channel 5 in New York City! Now called WNYW and under News Corp ownership, WNEW-TV was a fave station of mine, with shows like Wonderama, reruns of Lost In Space, The Flintstones, Bugs Bunny cartoons, The Brady Bunch, among others, and their news department with Bill Jorgensen (who lives these days in Florida and is still with us, bless his heart), John Roland, Linda Gialanella with the weather (a true beauty), Bill Mazer (RIP) with sports, Bill McCreary (RIP) with Black News, among others. Also WNEW had game shows like Truth Or Consequences, The Cross-Wits, Dealer's Choice, Pay Cards! and Super Pay Cards!, and other reruns such as The Andy Griffith Show, Mister Ed, I Love Lucy, Mission: Impossible, Woody Woodpecker, You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx (RIP) and George Fenneman (RIP), McHale's Navy, plus it was the longtime New York City area home of The Merv Griffin Show (mostly on weeknights at 8:30 p.m.).

[@redonionsauce]

I liked WNEW before FOX took it over. These are great. I feel like I am home in New York again.Thank you for it. Amazing what you yearn for sometimes

[@boobtuber06]

I feel the exact same

[@redonionsauce]

I am watching WPIX and WWOR on Dish Network and I am 1200 miles from NYC. Got to love it. I see WPIX is trying to recover the old independent station before WB took them over. Remember the Million Dollar Movie. Sat afternoon's.

[@wmbrown6]

This was the update of the May 8, 1980 "Ten O'Clock News," with the edit of the opening theme as heard on sign-on and sign-off newscasts at the time. Also, anyone else besides myself miss Christopher Jones?

[@wmbrown6]

And in-between WNEW-TV and WFTS, among her other stints included WABC-TV, "World News This Morning," and KYW-TV.

[@sambradleybradley4993]

Those were the days. I remember "Battle of the planets", Lost in space " reruns. That takes me back. I remember seeing both an Elton John & Paul McCartney & Wings concert. Don Kirshner, Mary Hartman, "Small Wonder", "Wonderama",etc. What a time to be a kid. I feel sorry for the kids today.

[@johnissoevil]

Several former indies that are now FOX owned were once great. WTAF/WTXF in Philly kicked ass under previous ownership, as did WFLD in Chicago.

[@wmbrown6]

This was also prior to Gabe Pressman's return to WNBC-TV after an eight-year absence, and not long before John Miller joined that station, as well.

[@dcavalli9]

I remember Jones went to El Salvador or some other war-torn country in 1980 or 1981 to cover a story. He was arrested and thrown in jail for a few days. He then got released. I remember him hosting a NJ News report show in the afternoon also on Channel 5.

[@wmbrown6]

I was able to specify May 8, 1980, due to the same news stories being on that night's "Action News" on WPIX, parts of which are scattered around YT. And I would agree on Stewart Klein. He's probably giving today's "American Idol"-promoting "newscasts" on his old station a thumbs-down - with his usual sardonic wit - from wherever he is today in the next world.

[@sambradley2975]

I remember this commercial, they sang this song so bad,

[@troyc4250]

2:08-2:12 get up and dance again!!!

[@TRKoneAD2]

WYNY to HOT97 at one point in-between it use to be a country music station

[@wmbrown6]

In addition, Ms. Gialanella's weather report from this particular evening can be seen on . . . watch?v=iBqI5GsldMQ

[@sambradleybradley4993]

WNEW rocked! The old guy who was the voiceover had a scary voice to me. It gave me chills when he said "It's 10pm, do you know where your children are?" Do they still say that?

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

Yes they do! Of course now it’s no longer WNEW it’s WNYW Fox 5. It’s not as gripping as it used to be.

[@eddielester3589]

That was Tom Gregory!!...It's ten pm

[@jjobie]

It was called "TV Pixx." It was torture to sit through those short segments where kids would call in to play and they'd just scream "PIX PIX PIX PIX..." lol... I was a kid at the time and it still annoyed me, lol. Good times though.

[@TheOnePhillip]

105 bug killers in one. Yeah and non hodgkin's lymphoma

[@jchristianw]

Spectracide probably kiils more than bugs.

[@NEPatriot]

AMEN TO THAT WM!

[@sambradleybradley4993]

I miss the old channel 5, the Jerry Lewis telethon every Labor Day. I remember one episode in 1976, where Jerry Lewis was reunited with his estranged former partner,Dean Martin. I remember finding out one December day that John Lennon was assassinated, ironic since I saw a documentary on the Beatles in 1976.

[@sambradleybradley4993]

They don't make TV like that anymore. God Bless Channel 5, still the choice!

[@DanZero77]

The "Linda" he is referring to in the news update is none other than meterologist Linda Gialanella who eventually made her way down here to WFTS in Tampa but I hear she is no longer with the network....

[@Wordman67]

About what time that night would this "update" on the 10:00 news have aired?

[@panedit]

Thanks Tap! Classic WNEW-TV ...

[@MadameBeekeeper]

What a horrible read. How did that guy keep his job for more than one night?

[@johnissoevil]

@East180thStreetYard Your brother is much better than Harry Martin is nowadays (they should just keep Harry on 9 and have Ernie do all the Fox 5 newscasts). Taking nothing away from Harry, but today's anchors can't hold a candle to any of the past anchors in NYC.

[@troyc4250]

0:00-0:05 get up and dance!!!

[@sambradley2975]

I remember this so well..

[@LBrilliante]

@dcavalli9 WOW that was like a memory chip going off in my head. I remember that music that little horn 'n drums thing.. and OMG.. NINETY SEVEN.. DUBBLE YOO WHY ENNN WHYYYYYYY .. I saw that commercial so many times.. remember the chinese guy and the blonde at the end missing the "heart" by a beat! Remember the other one with Help Me Rhonda!!! WOW.. kojak next.. and that little burst of music I remember that too.. watched a LOT of tv at that point!

[@wmbrown6]

Yeah. Probably specters. ;)

[@LBrilliante]

@redonionsauce million dollar movie... bowery boys on channel 5.... remember the afternoons WPIX would have this primitive video game where to make it fire you would call in the station and if they answered your call.. you'd get a few attempts but you had to shout PIX to make the little laser on screen fire at the ships... like a knockoff of Space Invaders or Pong or something. Just imagine Jodi Applegate hosting that thing.. she'd have been a snotty teen at that point saying.."hurry up!"

[@richcook2007]

Bowery Boys were a must!

[@sambradleybradley4993]

Half of old team went to Fox news & other affiliates, others may have passed on. It was a very long time ago.

[@wmbrown6]

Unless I'm mistaken, this aired after "M*A*S*H," around 11:27 or so.

[@jjobie]

Things were a lot different back then :P

[@TheRichardMess]

must've been the weekend morning guy

[@sambradleybradley4993]

"It's 12:32 am, do you know where these anchors are?"

[@sambradleybradley4993]

The only thing that I'm glad about the changes in the anchors is that back then, they"'re weren't many lady anchors to crush on. Pat Harper looked like Pat Nixon.