Can somebody help me out on all this?
I must have been 5 or 6 years old when all this took place. I was in Kindergarden and First grade when my family lived in White Bear Lake. This was between 1975 and 1980(79?).
Over at
http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/international/us_minnesota.html
I found a clip of Channel 11 when they were owned by metro-media. The clips shows the MMs and the funky music and the "Metro-Media, Channel 11, 11, 11..."
The troulbe, I remember this being longer, is my memory failing me? I recall it starting full screens with 11's and M's filling the entire screen with voices saying "11, 11, 11" or something to that effect in the begining. Did that exist, or is that a false memory.
Also, remember at one time, 9 was ABC, 5 was NBC and 11 was independent. Then one fall there was this big riff between NBC and 5. (Was ABC with 5 before at one time?) At one point, 9 became independent, and 11 became "NewsCenter11" with a music package like "We got it now..." I remember Channel 11 looking just like sister WCVB 5 in Bosotn at one time. Does anyone else remember this?
Also, I recall a id on 9 that was an red or green animated antennna that curled up and became a 9 (not sure how this went).
Also, I remember WCCO always starting with the their radar and temps a few minutes before the 6 o'clock news started. AT first they had a blue 4 in a yellow circle, and then and then the colors reversed.
Finally, I remember, when the dust settled, a commical promo by Channel 4 ripping the other stations, with cartoon charcters flipping channels, and the announcer says "Remember Channel 9 was what 11 was, but then 5 became what 9 had been, and 11 is now what 9 was before..." All the while the cartoon character gets all flustered. Then the voice says "Good thing We've never channed, Channel 4, CBS Minnneapolis St. Paul" (I'm not entirely sure what he says at the end, but it was something to that effect).
Does anyone remember any of this, know the stories behind all of these, and are there any clips or tapes of any of these available anywhere?
Thanks,
Gary.
I must have been 5 or 6 years old when all this took place. I was in Kindergarden and First grade when my family lived in White Bear Lake. This was between 1975 and 1980(79?).
Over at
http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/international/us_minnesota.html
I found a clip of Channel 11 when they were owned by metro-media. The clips shows the MMs and the funky music and the "Metro-Media, Channel 11, 11, 11..."
The troulbe, I remember this being longer, is my memory failing me? I recall it starting full screens with 11's and M's filling the entire screen with voices saying "11, 11, 11" or something to that effect in the begining. Did that exist, or is that a false memory.
Also, remember at one time, 9 was ABC, 5 was NBC and 11 was independent. Then one fall there was this big riff between NBC and 5. (Was ABC with 5 before at one time?) At one point, 9 became independent, and 11 became "NewsCenter11" with a music package like "We got it now..." I remember Channel 11 looking just like sister WCVB 5 in Bosotn at one time. Does anyone else remember this?
Also, I recall a id on 9 that was an red or green animated antennna that curled up and became a 9 (not sure how this went).
Also, I remember WCCO always starting with the their radar and temps a few minutes before the 6 o'clock news started. AT first they had a blue 4 in a yellow circle, and then and then the colors reversed.
Finally, I remember, when the dust settled, a commical promo by Channel 4 ripping the other stations, with cartoon charcters flipping channels, and the announcer says "Remember Channel 9 was what 11 was, but then 5 became what 9 had been, and 11 is now what 9 was before..." All the while the cartoon character gets all flustered. Then the voice says "Good thing We've never channed, Channel 4, CBS Minnneapolis St. Paul" (I'm not entirely sure what he says at the end, but it was something to that effect).
Does anyone remember any of this, know the stories behind all of these, and are there any clips or tapes of any of these available anywhere?
Thanks,
Gary.