@hiyosilver100 I HEAR YOU SILVER!!! thanx!!

1975 - Yes, we do need Patriotism but is this just a front? We can know a tree best by the fruit and not just the lovely leaves.

GreaT! We need to go back to Patriotism in all aspects of our work and entertainment!

Yes, WIFI was one of the major rock stations in Philly back in the 1970s, but went disco later in the decade.The three major rockers were jammed into the narrow portion of the band from 92.5 to 94.1.Today, WIFI's frequency is occupied by WXTU, home of "sheep-kicking" music, to use the polite version.

I remember listening to "Wi-Fi 92" out of Philly around 74 - 76......Anyonr else remember that station?

Hey, TechnerVideo,what is the name of the font of the "WPVI-TV" logo?

dont worry you are not the only one with reception problems in the philadelphia area. they are currently working on the situation.

I'd hardly consider a pile of rocks a "building".According to Wiki:"At 167 m (548 ft), including the statue, it is the world's tallest masonry building: the weight of the building is borne by granite and brick walls up to 22 feet (6.7 m) thick, rather than steel; the principal exterior materials are limestone, granite, and marble."

I guess you lamented the loss of the telegraph in favor for the telephone as well.And you are upset about the quantum LEAP in technology while typing on your comptuer while using the INTERNET. I'm sure you're still using a 300 baud modem on your Commodore 64.

Since channel 6 switche dto digital, I can't see them anymore.Thanks Congress for this wonderful "upgrade" to our televisions. I can't even see half my old stations.

The pyrmaids are made of stone masonry, and they are taller. In fact lots of buildings are talling than Philly's City Hall.

Oh, and also notice that absolutely NO buildings were taller than City Hall. Believe it or not, City Hall was at one time the the tallest building in the world, and still remains the tallest stone masonry building in the world. Just a little trivia for ya.

Ha!! Look at all those old cars running down City Line Avenue!

I heard that one factor in Triangle being forced to divest of its broadcasting properties was when Pennsylvania's then-Governor, Milton Shapp, charged that Triangle's Pennsylvania stations were conduits for smear tactics against him.

Don't forget WFIL-FM as well, which is known today as Q-102 (WIOQ-FM, 102.1).The only WFIL left is at 560 AM, and carries religious broadcasting.Walter Annenberg's Triangle Communications also owned the Inquirer and Daily News as well as TV Guide, based in Radnor, Delaware County. That's why they were forced to divest.Great "archaeological" find!

Now, I presume that when this sign-off was settled into this form in 1971, the station had General Electric PE-24 (4-vidicon) color film cameras, whose service had dated back to 1964-65 when it was still WFIL-TV. (I'd gotten the film chain info from vintage GE ads put in Broadcast Engineering magazine in that period.)

Pre-1971, Annenberg did indeed own what under his watch were WFIL-TV and WNHC-TV. I have a 1969 TV Guide NY Metro issue where an ad mentioned New Haven's Channel 8 as "A Triangle Station."

Yes, Triangle publications. I wasn't sure if W. Annenberg owned TV6 or they were just affiliated with the papers. I believe he sold of the papers and the TV station when he was appointed Ambasador to the Court of St. James by Pres. Nixon. I also believe the old Phila. Bulletin was somehow affilliated with CBS TV 10 back then also. I remember hearing Ch. 10 your Phila Bulletin station after John Facenda and the news. I loved those good old days when everything was local. Thanks Mr. WMBrown6

As WFIL-TV, the station was indeed owned by Triangle Publications. They also owned WNHC-TV in New Haven, which later became WTNH (see my other note).

Actually, the WPVI logo slide as shown at the start and the middle of this sign-off was a Capital Cities graphics style as of 1971; I saw a few TV Guide ads in some mid-1971 New York Metropolitan edition issues for WTNH|TV8 (as it was laid out) in New Haven, CT, with the exact same font and logo style as in Channel 6's early years as WPVI (I presume "New Haven, Conn." was in the same type font as "Philadelphia, Pa.").