Wednesday, October 31, 2007

The Ghoul

WKBD-TV's horror movie host. He actually replaced Svengoolie when Kaiser acquired a large chunk of WFLD-TV. A profile.
http://www.geocities.com/televisioncity/3257/theghoul.html

Son Of Svengoolie

Rich Koz becomes "Son Of Svengoolie" and then "Svengoolie".
http://usersites.horrorfind.com/home/horror/svengoolie/koz.html
Wikipedia has info on this great television host...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Koz
The Video Veteran profiles Mr. Koz
http://www.chicagotelevision.com/koz.htm

The Original Svengoolie

Screaming Yellow Theatre aired monster movies and was hosted by Joey G. Bishop who was the original Svengoolie. The show aired from 1970-1973 on WFLD-TV in Chicago.
There are photos taken of a 1973 rehearsal with the original Svengoolie.
Courtesy of Steve Jajkowski
http://www.chicagotelevision.com/sven2.htm
The Video Veteran also has an interview with Mr. Bishop.
http://www.chicagotelevision.com/bishop.htm

AN RCA TK44 at KHBK-TV

http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/tk44-kbhk.jpg

WKBD-TV Test Pattern with Station ID

Courtesy of Jeff Kadet.
http://oldtvguides.com/all_thumbs/medium_50-wkbd~%20%20%20detroit,%20mi%20%20%20407%20mi.jpg

The Birth Of A Station...WKBG-TV Boston Signs on The Air. (1966)

Courtesy of Vintage Television on You Tube.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eXj0EHiA-X0