jh said:ABC/I sort of got the old hourly newscast (which was at :55 prior to the split) but initially, it was nine minutes long most if not all hours.
TheBigA commented: said:In fact IIRC Breakfast Club was the last of the long form shows, and it was gone in a couple years.
Joseph_Gallant said:I suspect that if McNeill had decided not to retire at the end of 1968 that "Breakfast Club" would have continued until he did step down.
Joseph_Gallant said:TheBigA commented: said:In fact IIRC Breakfast Club was the last of the long form shows, and it was gone in a couple years.
"Breakfast Club" came to an end in December of 1968, after host Don McNeill announced his retirement.
The final broadcast was on December 27th, 1968. Although "Breakfast Club" was usually 50 minutes in length, supposedly the final show was only 25 minutes long because part of it's timeslot was pre-empted for live coverage of the splashdown of Apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon.
I suspect that if McNeill had decided not to retire at the end of 1968 that "Breakfast Club" would have continued until he did step down.
jh said:Alex Drier News/Commentary and Tom Harmon Sports still existed at the time of the split, and they went to ABC/I. I'm not sure how long they lasted, many another couple of years.
Mike said:Uh, that was the Contemporary and FM networks that didn't have a newscast in the ten a.m. hour. Entertainment Network News was on the half-hour. ;-)