July 4th in Houston in 1979 

I grew up in LaMarque & Santa Fe in the late 70s & 80s. We also had an aunt who lived (and still does) in Houston right off Telephone Road. I remember going to Chinatown near downtown to get those salted plumes every time we'd go visit my aunt & cousins. Lots of memories!!!

I do remember.we road bikes to movies about 4 miles...

You bet-- this from Houston (and any good old-timey newscast from anywhere in America) beats the political junk from FOX, MSNBC, Newsmax, OAN and any political pundits of any stripe hands down.

I here ya ) 1979 old school

TV was good in the 70s.

The WABC set was identical except it was tan. KTRK would go tan in the early 80s

Jordan Tate Apparently, ABC 13 doesn’t keep up with this RU-vid channel.

How was she killed??!!

no comparison....like night n day, apples to oranges. want my 80s n m tv back.

It was better for me, for sure.

You got that right.

Nah not really

Nah not really

Where did you see this?

I was Born beginning of 79 how cool to here 😎

yep, and he used to sit and do that twirl while drinking down at Kay's Lounge.

I know, it was the stuff of legend for which he was well known. Occasionally you'd catch the tail end of a pen toss right as the newscast started, but I've never seen it on full display before.

me too, I was 9

Me too! I was 14.

Me too😂

Not me!

Too far back for me. I was 13.

LOL!

I know I was 6 in 1979. I'd do anything to go back !!!! I miss it so much I can feel my heart ache !! Like this was actually how it was and I wish we could go back

I remember him being on the news in the 90s that man was on there for ever 😂😂😂 and I remember the man doing sports

@@keannajefferson659 Bob Allen was the sports guy. That's also Jan Carson who left channel 13 and went to work at KPRC channel 2.

Those temps don’t seem like June temps and definitely not July. 😂

the one on Gessner? Yes it does. Newer building though.

Well if it was a sister station to WPVI, they had all rights to use it.

As did WKBW in Buffalo, NY.

WNEP Scranton still have the theme song as their trademark along with WPVI

9-06-1982.

and you’d be correct.

Family Feud, Gong Show, Hollywood Squares & Name That Tune.

Did KTRK ever air Match Game PM?

No, they didn't. CBS 11 aired it from 1976 to 1978; what's now KIAH from 1979 to 1981.

man that Honda. I I. Was nice looking. Would drive it today.

Paul Nguyen yeah that’s weird because the Price Is Right aired on channel 11/CBS not 13

This one is from the syndicated version. Season 7.

The night-time version thereof. Apparently, according to the Victoria Advocate, KTRK only aired the night-time version on Mondays back in 1979. On Tuesdays, channel 13 aired the nighttime HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (the daytime counterpart was on NBC 2), on Wednesdays, the $100,000 NAME THAT TUNE aired over channel 13; on Thursdays, channel 13 aired the nighttime FAMILY FEUD, and, finally, on Fridays, channel 13 aired THE GONG SHOW. This is quite awkward for another reason; all these shows were of the daily strip variety, and yet channel 13 aired them once a week.

Mark Goodson at that time.

I don't believe Fremantle was a thing in the early 80s

WPVI has used that theme for Action News for a long time

@@RageTVHTX OK, thanks.

So does WPVI Channel 6 in Philadelphia

what’s crazy is that this newscast is almost as old as that Model T was then.

They are sister stations

@@RageTVHTX Also used by other sister stations WTVD 11 Raleigh-Durham and KFSN 30 Fresno. Unrelated stations in Texas using MCTYW were KXAS 5 Fort Worth-Dallas (Action News) and KRIS 6 Corpus Christi (Pro 6 News).

that was 1978

What thing?

That’s stupid

sboudreaux27 How precious! A lib calling me an idiot.Go back.to your coloring book and crayons Be sure to stay within the lines

richard dalton well that’s the same as “killing the messenger”. One has nothing to do with the actions of the other.

Goodbye, Karen.

Get lost, Mary.