The genealogy TV series “Who Do Think You Are?” was cancelled by NBC in 2012. For quite a while, there are have been rumors that the show would return on another network. Turns out that the rumors are true. WDYTYA will be airing on TLC starting on July 23. WDYTYA follows celebrities on an adventure …
This Tuesday evening Patrice Walsh of WHAM Channel 13 will give a talk on “Channel 13 Over the Years.” Patrice will tell how Channel 13 started, when the station went on the air and where the first studio was located. Patrice will also talk about the personalities on the air in the early days and …
NBC in the fall of 1962 started with 3 new westerns.. The stand out was the Virginian because at 90 minutes long it was like a new movie each week. They also had 3 new comedies, none of which would make it to the 1963 fall season. These are new NBC series: (All times Eastern) …
CBS had a strong line-up from the season before so they didn’t have to add many shows. Two of the new series from the fall of 1962 ended up being in the top 10 for the year; The Beverley Hillbillies and The Lucy Show. As a matter of fact, 8 of the top ten shows …
In the fall of 1962 ABC bet on a bunch of new comedies and a couple of WWII war series. Like every new TV season some failed and some ran for many years. These are the new shows on ABC in the fall of 1962. (All times Eastern) The Jetsons; Sunday at 7:30. This Hanna-Barbera …
A very unlikely hit, The Beverley Hillbillies premiered Sept. 26, 1962. It is the classic “fish out of water” story. The title song tells the story when Jed Clampett strikes oil while hunting. An oil company comes along and makes him an instant millionaire (actually $25 million). He is convinced to move to Beverley Hills …
I’ve written a couple of times about the 50th anniversary of channel 13 here in Rochester. Tomorrow (Wed, Sept. 19th) they will have an hour long special that celebrates the station. Tune in and/or record the program at 8 p.m. Update Because of a postponed baseball game being rescheduled for Wednesday; the anniversary program has …
A couple of days ago I posted links to some short videos commemorating the 50th anniversary of Channel 13 here in Rochester. I found that they also have some longer videos available on-line. These tell the history of the station through the last 50 years. They run 2 to 3 minutes each. The embedded video …
Channel 13 is celebrating it’s 50th year anniversary. They signed on Sept. 15, 1962 as WOKR. They were then and still are an ABC-TV affiliate. On Jan. 10, 2005 was the biggest change in the history of the station when they changed their call letters to WHAM. They started broadcasting a digital signal in 2005 …
It’s John Hart as the Lone Ranger. Back in April I wrote this posting about watching episodes of “The Lone Ranger.” I thought that I had seen all episodes that the station had. Then a couple of weeks ago as I was scrolling through channels, I saw an episode that I hadn’t seen before. It …