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Ian Wallis:
Just to add in a few more details on topics raised in this thread:

\"Open House Party\" was (and is) hosted by John Garabedian.  It started in Boston around 1988, and WMJQ in Buffalo was its second affiliate (unfortunatly, the Buffalo station dropped the show in 1992).  I used to love listening to it every weekend and have missed it ever since Buffalo dropped it.  The last time I heard it was on a Cleveland radio station when I was at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.  I recently saw an \"Open House Party\" web site (surprised that it was still on - there can't be too many stations that pick it up) and wanted to e-mail them, but their e-mail feature doesn't work (argghh).

\"Ask the Manager\" on TV38 was hosted in part by Dana Hersey, but also hosted by Daniel J Berkery from 1991 (the time I first saw it) to around 1996.  Daniel left to go to a station in Phoenix and a guy named Stu (don't remember his last name) took over.  I don't think the show's on anymore.

OK - to put something to do with game shows back in this thread:  there was a time during the late '60s when TV38 ran shows like \"Eye Guess\" for a while, because Boston's NBC affiliate ran something else during that time period.

ChuckNet:

--- Quote ---CBS/Viacom bought WSBK a few years back....if you go to the website of Boston's O&O CBS affiliate (WBZ-4), you'll see links to WSBK there as well :)
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And I think, because of the deal, WSBK also airs a simulcast of WBZ's late news...a similar arrangement is used in nearby Providence, RI, where CBS affiliate WPRI (Ch. 12) has it late new simulcasted on Fox affiliate WNAC (Ch. 64).

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")

ChuckNet:

--- Quote ---Anyway, just about the time he was working @ 'BCN, he purchased interest in WVJV-TV, Channel 66, which debuted as a local music-video channel. John also served as one of the VJ's. The experiment didn't last long (which disappointed me, since the local cable of the day (Cablevision) put MTV on a higher tier than I was willing to pay for), and the channel's format switched to home shopping, possibly simulcasting HSN or QVC before Cablevision carried them.)
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The \"music video channel\" experiment was also tried elsewhere...Newark's Ch. 68, previously best known for B&W reruns, WHT, and Uncle Floyd, became the all-video \"U-68\", although they mostly showed 3rd-rate videos that weren't exclusive to MTV, and later went to home shopping as well.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")

ChuckNet:

--- Quote ---John was never involved w/ WSBK AFAIK; the dulcet-toned Mr. Dana Hersey (who later appeared in a syndie entertainment mag called \"Preview - The Best of the New\") was the host of \"Ask the Manager\" for most of the show's run.
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Locally, Hersey also did intros and wrap-arounds for TV38's nightly \"Movie Loft\", as well as hosting the entertainment series Hersey's Hollywood.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious \"Chuckie Baby\")

SRIV94:
[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Jul 28 2003, 11:02 AM\']
--- Quote ---Anyway, just about the time he was working @ 'BCN, he purchased interest in WVJV-TV, Channel 66, which debuted as a local music-video channel. John also served as one of the VJ's. The experiment didn't last long (which disappointed me, since the local cable of the day (Cablevision) put MTV on a higher tier than I was willing to pay for), and the channel's format switched to home shopping, possibly simulcasting HSN or QVC before Cablevision carried them.)
--- End quote ---

The "music video channel" experiment was also tried elsewhere...Newark's Ch. 68, previously best known for B&W reruns, WHT, and Uncle Floyd, became the all-video "U-68", although they mostly showed 3rd-rate videos that weren't exclusive to MTV, and later went to home shopping as well.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby") [/quote]
 It was also tried in Chicago on Channel 66 (I believe the station was time-brokered for business news during the day and music videos at night and on weekends).  Eventually it evolved into a general TV outlet (chock full of syndie fare and reruns [it was Chicago's home to the Davidson PYRAMID and picked up the Finn TJW somewhere along the line], plus Illinois and Northwestern basketball) and now serves as the Univision outlet.

Doug

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