https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL6w6fjZIBA&t=277s
Featuring a cache of old commercials... national ones, but also local retailers such as Amway, Randy Disselkoen, Old Kent, Cole's, Meijer, AAA of Michigan, Stahl Buick/BMW/Datsun, WCUZ AM 1230 and FM 101, and Highland Appliance...
Also, old WOTV ID slides, NBC promos and a Newscenter 8 open.
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Another vintage reel found in the wild: WOTV 8, 10/22/1981
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Re: Another vintage reel found in the wild: WOTV 8, 10/22/1981
The station was still owned by Time-Life, 9 years after they sold their other TV stations to McGraw-Hill. 1983 was when LIN Broadcasting acquired channel 8, giving them a shot in the arm.MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:54 pm Channel 8 stunk in those days. They basically gave their news operation a complete reboot in 1983.
Re: Another vintage reel found in the wild: WOTV 8, 10/22/1981
Highland Appliance ad...VCR in 1981, $569. In todays money, $1852.71. The 19" TV at $286 today would be 931.27. The steel belted radial tire ad at the beginning..$42 bucks then would be $136.76 today. Both the TV and VCR are obsolete at any price today. The tire price really isn't that bad though compared to todays prices.
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rugratsonline
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Re: Another vintage reel found in the wild: WOTV 8, 10/22/1981
Where TVs are concerned, you could buy a 50-inch flat screen today for half as much as a 1981 19-inch CRT TV in today's dollars.