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Original UFO Air Dates

JEK
Marc:

Once point about the NY UFO Broadcasts in 1972-1973.
I discovered UFO during this same timeframe, but it was
airing on WOR, Channel 9 from Secaucus NJ. The fact
that it was simultaneously airing in Hartford escaped my
notice at the time.

Apparently UFO was airing on both CBS affiliates and in
general syndication, as WOR was an independent at the
time. Do you still have the NY TV Guide issue(s) to verify
this? WOR ran UFO on Saturdays at 5PM in 1972 and
1973. And in later (early in 1974, I believe) UFO was even
aried in daily rotation at 5PM -- imagine that.<s>

JEK
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Marc Martin-2
Jeff writes:
>Apparently UFO was airing on both CBS affiliates and in
>general syndication, as WOR was an independent at the
>time. Do you still have the NY TV Guide issue(s) to verify
>this? WOR ran UFO on Saturdays at 5PM in 1972 and
>1973. And in later (early in 1974, I believe) UFO was even
>aried in daily rotation at 5PM -- imagine that.<s>

Jeff, I have a New York area TV Guide for January 1973. It shows
UFO on channel 2 on Saturday at 7 pm. It doesn't show channel
9 showing it at all on Saturday or Sunday evening... perhaps
it moved to WOR in 1973-74?

Marc
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Marc Martin-2
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I wrote:
>Jeff, I have a New York area TV Guide for January 1973. It shows
>UFO on channel 2 on Saturday at 7 pm. It doesn't show channel
>9 showing it at all on Saturday or Sunday evening... perhaps
>it moved to WOR in 1973-74?

I just did a search for "WOR" on the zillions of e-mails I've
gotten over the years, and found the answer to my own question.
Here's an e-mail I got back in 1996:

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Hello Marc,
I just read the TVGuide section on the web. I can't
offer much new information, but can verify that WCBS
in New York (channel 2) did indeed show UFO
beginning September 1972, Saturdays at 7 PM and did
not move it to Sundays at any point.

Also, WOR (Channel 9, NY) also ran the series about 1
year after WCBS finished up. As I recall, they showed
it on Sunday afternoons and varied the time--some at
3, some at 5, etc. This IS the 'superstation' from
Secaucus, NJ, but back in the 70's it was "just" a local
independent station from NY (Not NJ).

Not much new perhaps, but I thought you might be
interested.

Karl Cranick
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So there you have it!

Marc
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JEK
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On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Marc Martin <[hidden email]> posted:

<< Jeff, I have a New York area TV Guide for January 1973. It shows
UFO on channel 2 on Saturday at 7 pm. It doesn't show channel
9 showing it at all on Saturday or Sunday evening... perhaps
it moved to WOR in 1973-74?>>

Actually, I am starting to wonder the same thing myself. My memory is that
UFO was always aired on WOR in the NY-NJ-CT "tri-state" viewing area. But
the TV-Guide is the television bible, so perhaps my memory is indeed
faulty. Is there anybody else on the list who watched UFO in this area at
the time?

JEK