Actually Channel 3's call letters were WRCV. They were located at 1619 Walnut St. until Group W bought them, (not quite sure when) and they became KYW-TV.
You are quite right about WFIL-TV and radio, (Famous 56 AM), but WCAU-TV has the same call letters since 1948. In fact, there were just two CBS Affiliates in 1948 when television really went national: WCBS-TV Channel 2 in New York and WCAU-TV Channel 10 in Philadelphia. I STILL get confused between Channel 3 and 10 after they switched network affiliates because WCAU-10 was that since there was television. Perhaps on Channel 3 was where I saw Uncle Pete Boyle, but he began on Educational-TV 12. Of course I remember Clutch Cargo (with Spinner and Paddlefoot), and Space Angel) on WFIL. ALSO, Lee Dexter's puppets "Bertie The Bunyip", Fussie and Gussie, and Sir Guy-dee-Guy,the Fox on WRCV-3. Perhaps others might remember Lorenzo. On 8/13/07 5:37 PM, "KAREN ALLEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, Wilma, I think "Uncle Pete" Boyle was on Channel 3 (WRCP-TV). And > of course, there was Sally Starr on Channel 6, WFIL, with Popeye cartoons > and the Three Stooges. There was also this weird cartoon, "Clutch Cargo" > where there was little or no animation, but actual people's mouths would > speak the dialogue. Plus, all of those old 1930's era movie theater cartoons > were on all of the kiddie shows. And not to mention "Bertie the Bunyip" > which was some kind of a sock puppet. (Channel 12 recently had a show about > the old local kiddie shows where it was explained what a "bunyip" was, but I > forget exactly; I think it was a mythical creature.) > > I remember the PBS forerunner, NET, which had this deep-voiced announcer > which would intone "National Educational Television". My older family > members would occasionally watch the actual shows, which seemed > particularly dull to me--man, talk about B-O-R-I-N-G!!! > > Karen Allen > > >> From: Wilma de Soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Wilma de Soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, UnivCity listserv <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [UC] Malcolm X Park's Seasonal Maintenance Attendant >> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:07:29 -0400 >> >> Thanks for the message. >> >> Of COURSE when I saw the name "Al Green" AND Malcolm X Park (formerly >> "Black >> Oak Park"), I immediately thought of you know, AL GREEN the singer. ("Love >> and Happiness, I'm so Tired of being Lonely, Let's Stay Together,) etc. >> >> However, I am glad to learn of our local Al Green who has given up his time >> to keep the park free of litter, unbidden, unpaid and unheralded until now. >> >> Neighborhood Fact: Did you know the late actor "Peter Boyle" grew up near >> 50th & Osage or Larchwood across from Black Oak Park. >> >> His father, "Uncle Pete Boyle" had a children's show on the earliest days >> of >> Channel 12, in the late 1950's, where he showed "The Little Rascals" and >> cartoons. >> >> I can barely remember a Channel 12 before PBS, yet I do vaguely. My sister >> late elder sister used to talk about it and somehow I recall seeing it. >> >> UHF was the really big thing I remember. >> >> >> On 8/13/07 12:51 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I recently had the opportunity to interview Al Green, the SMA for the >> Spring >>> and >>> Summer months at Malcolm X Park. If you've been through the park in >> recent >>> years, you'll notice that it's kept remarkably clean for the amount of >> use it >>> gets. It turns out that he does a great deal more than just keep the >> park >>> clean, and he doesn't get any recognition for that extra work. He had >> some >>> interesting reflections on his seven years in the park, on littering in >>> general, and the merits of working outdoors. Take a look: >>> >>> http://malcolmxpark.org/?p=317 >>> >>> Andrew >>> www.malcolmxpark.org >>> ---- >>> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >>> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >>> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. >> >> >> ---- >> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
