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Showing posts with label WPIX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WPIX. Show all posts

Monday, May 25, 2026

Yes, WPIX was the best!

I've talked often here and on the show about my love of the independent New York TV stations I received in Pennsylvania. The king of the trip was WPIX, Channel 11, and there is an excellent YouTube account called Pix Promos and More that reminds us why:




As the channel says in the description, 1987 may have been the channel at its peak, and you can tell by promos like this. In addition to some other high-profile acquisitions and movies, the channel got Cheers reruns, and it actually hired Ted Danson to appear in original PIX-branded marketing.

The description ends with:
If anybody asks what PIX was like at the peak of their power, show them this video, and they'll get it.