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Shock Theater premiered on Saturday, January 1, 1972, and was a fixture on WKEF for thirteen years. The title was also spelled Shock Theatre and by 1977 that spelling remained. During that time, Dr. Creep co-hosted Clubhouse 22, a popular weekday afternoon kids show, adding to his local star power. 1972 TV Guide ad for Shock Theater
Since WKEF already had to compete in its own market with WDTN and CBS affiliate WHIO-TV—two of their networks' strongest performers—it found the going rather difficult. In 1984, the Springfield Television group (WKEF, WWLP, and KSTU in Salt Lake City) was sold to Adams Communications. That company broke up the group in the late 1980s ...
It also takes WBOC-TV's secondary NBC affiliation, leaving WBOC-TV as a full-time CBS affiliate. April 19 Actor Strother Martin guest hosts an episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live in what turns out to be his final television appearance prior to his death on August 1, 1980. April 29 The NFL draft is televised for the first time on ESPN. May 6
Disaffiliated from NBC in 1997 when the network acquired majority control of KXAS-TV. Dayton, Ohio: WKEF 22: 1980–2004 ABC WDTN 2 (previously with NBC from 1949 to 1980) Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WDTN; which had previously been affiliated with NBC from 1949 to 1980. Denver, Colorado: KFEL-TV 2 (now KWGN) 1952–1956 (secondary ...
Identified itself in 1970 as TV-4 Eyewitness News, in 1984 as Eyewitness News Network, in 1994 as Channel 4 Eyewitness News. and in 1998 as Eyewitness News 4. Now known as KOB 4 News since April 2023. Amarillo, Texas: KFDA-TV: CBS: No Used 1974–1980; has identified as NewsChannel 10 since 1995. Atlanta: WXIA-TV: NBC
Also, most every program not shown on WKRC-TV was aired on the ABC station in nearby Dayton, WKEF until 1980 and WDTN after 1980. WKEF provided grade B coverage to most of the market, while WDTN provided city-grade coverage to nearly the entire market. Locally, WKRC aired news, talk shows, movies, and a few off-network sitcoms at some points ...
The TV Powww format, produced and distributed by Florida syndicator Marvin Kempner, debuted in 1978 on Los Angeles station KABC-TV as part of A.M. Los Angeles, and by the start of the next decade was seen on 79 local television stations (including national superstation WGN as part of Bozo's Circus) in the United States, as well as several foreign broadcasters.
The rock band R.E.M. made its television debut on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman. October 9 Tiger Town, the first ever television film produced for the Disney Channel, premieres. October 10 Adam, a TV-movie about the mysterious disappearance of Adam Walsh, makes its world premiere on NBC. The broadcast ends with a series of missing ...