Seeing the old 70's/80's Louisville TV clips brings back memories as a child when both my parents were alive. Thank you sharing these great memories with us.
3:47 WAVE-TV is owned and operated by Orion Broadcasting Incorporated and transmits on Channel 3 between the frequencies of 60 and 66 megahertz by the othority of the Federal Comunncations Commission This is Chuck Casteel saying good night for all of the members of the staff of WAVE-TV until this morning when we resume our regular telecasting, Good night from WAVE-TV at television center 725 South Floyd Street in Louisville KY
To think, in the 70's, WAVE's Sunday Night Late Movie was the end to a blockbuster line-up of Sunday Night programming, like NBC's weekly Sunday Mystery Movie featuring rotating hits like Columbo, McCloud and McMillian and Wife.
0:14: both the intro and outro versions of the WAVE 3 Sunday Night Movie were used, voiced by Tom Wills, who, for 40 years, was a longtime meteorologist at WAVE 3 from 1969-2009: Intro: “Welcome to the WAVE Sunday Night Movie. Tonight’s movie is based on the beloved classic book by E.B. White. It’s an animated musical story about the spider devoting her life to a friend, who becomes Homer Zuckerman’s prized pig. It’s an extraordinary, terrific, radiant and humble animated adventure of trust, friendship and love, and it’s all spun from Charlotte’s Web, starring Debbie Reynolds and Henry Gibson, your Sunday Night Movie.”-Tom Wills. Outro: “We hope you have enjoyed the WAVE Sunday Night Movie: Charlotte’s Web, and invite you to join us next Sunday for Rock-a-Doodle, starring Glen Campbell and Christopher Plummer. Don’t forget to tune in tomorrow night at 7:30 when Bill Cullen hosts The $25,000 Pyramid. Don’t miss this exciting game show, tomorrow night at 7:30, right after To Tell The Truth, here on TV-3!”-Tom Wills.
TV listings in the Louisville Courier-Journal date this to May 26, 1975 (Mon.) at around 1:30 AM. According to the newspaper, the WAVE Sunday night movie that evening (5/25) was "Escape From Fort Bravo" (1953). But freeze the frame at the very beginning of the clip and you'll see the cast list for "The Illustrated Man" (1969). WAVE-TV obviously swapped films and didn't/couldn't inform the newspapers of the change before they went to press. "Countdown" (1968) was scheduled to air the following Sunday (June 1, 1975). Also for those keeping score: This may be the earliest known recording of a station sign-off using the "Flag Evolution" film, which was only a few years old at this point.
And then, To Tell the Truth with the late Garry Moore and The $25,000 Pyramid with the late Bill Cullen would air on WAVE 3 the very next night at 7:00pm and 7:30pm, respectively, following NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley.
Top 75 shows that aired on WAVE 3 over the past 75 years (Part 1 of 3): 75. Peter Gunn 74. Sweethearts 73. Bonanza 72. You Bet Your Life 71. Black Sheep Squadron 70. The WAVE 3 4:00 Movie 69. Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom 68. Sally Jessy Raphael 67. The All-New Dating Game 66. The New Price is Right ‘94 65. Star Trek: The Original Series 64. CWA/USWA Wrestling 63. 3’s a Crowd (the ill-fated Chuck Barris game show, not the 1984-85 sitcom starring the late John Ritter) 62. CHiPs 61. Glee 60. It’s Showtime at the Apollo 59. NBC Mystery Movie 58. Family Ties 57. Jeopardy! (The original Art Fleming one) 56. High Rollers 55. Candid Camera 54. The Mickey Mouse Club 53. Today in WAVE Country 52. Siskel & Ebert 51. Anything for Money To be continued…
Chuck Castile was the voice of NBC Louisville, Kentucky affiliate WAVE 3 for many years from sign-on to sign-off, and the National Association of Broadcasters Television Code Seal of Good Practice was used for WAVE-TV Channel 3's Notice until 1986. And Jerry Tucker's voice on WAVE 3 was erroneously heard, right before "Flag Evolution" is shown on air as our National Anthem is played in "The Star-Spangled Banner" film, prior to this WAVE 3 sign-off. WAVE 3 is now a Gray Media Group Station.
Back in the days, WAVE 3 Louisville was the best place to catch first-run syndicated game shows such as: -Pyramid (Donny Osmond) -The $100,000 Name That Tune (Jim Lange) -Anything for Money (Fred Travalena) -The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime (Jim Lange) -The $25,000 Pyramid (Bill Cullen) -To Tell the Truth (Garry Moore/Joe Garagiola) -Face the Music (Ron Ely) (WHAS carried the first season only) -The New Price Is Right ‘94 (Doug Davidson) -Family Feud (Ray Combs/Richard Dawson/Steve Harvey) -Win, Lose or Draw (Bert Convy) -Hollywood Squares (Peter Marshall/John Davidson) (IIRC, both WAVE AND WLKY carried both the Marshall AND Davidson versions of said show!) -The Joker’s Wild (Jack Barry) -The $1.98 Beauty Show (Rip Taylor) -The Gong Show (Chuck “Chuckie Baby” Barris) -The New Newlywed Game (Bob Eubanks/Paul Rodriguez) -The All-New Dating Game (Elaine Joyce/Jeff MacGregor) -The New Treasure Hunt (Geoff Edwards) -Three’s a Crowd (Jim Peck) -Play the Percentages (Geoff Edwards) -The Cross-Wits (Jack Clark) -Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Meredith Vieira) -Sweethearts (Charles Nelson Reilly) -High-Q (Chuck Casteel) -The Nighttime Price is Right ‘85 (Tom Kennedy) -Dance Fever (Deney Terrio/Adrian Zmed) -You Bet Your Life (Bill Cosby) -Sports Challenge (Dick Enberg) …and… -The $100,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark) Not only that, but WAVE 3 was also the home of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, CWA/USWA Wrestling, Candid Camera (70’s), That (Good Ole) Nashville Music and Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (which, from 1976-81, was combined with Saturday Night Live to form the best 3 hours of entertainment WAVE 3 had ever seen), and also numerous NBC shows such as High Rollers, The Smurfs, The Cosby Show, Miami Vice, Card Sharks, Deal or No Deal, Cheers, Sanford and Son, Little House on the Prairie, Knight Rider, Friends, Black Sheep Squadron, The Wonderful World of Disney, Bonanza, Star Trek: The Original Series, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, The Flintstone Comedy Show and The Facts of Life, etc.
And was also the home of It’s Showtime at the Apollo, Friday Night Videos, The Midnight Special, WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event, America’s Top 10, Alvin and The Chipmunks, The People Court, Entertainment Tonight, Cops, Seinfeld, Frasier and Fear Factor, among others.
Top 75 shows that aired on WAVE 3 over the past 75 years (part 2 of 3): 50. The Golden Girls 49. Play the Percentages 48. University of Kentucky Basketball 47. NBC SportsWorld 46. The Joker’s Wild 45. Face the Music 44. Sports Challenge 43. Seinfeld 42. Cops 41. The Gong Show 40. Designing Women 39. Pyramid (Donny Osmond) 38. Late Night with David Letterman 37. Cheers 36. Taxi 35. The People’s Court 34. Entertainment Tonight 33. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 32. The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime 31. Police Woman 30. Major League Baseball on NBC 29. The Today Show 28. The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson 27. Fame 26. The $1.98 Beauty Show To be concluded…
0:42: “Cloris Leachman and Roger Miller try to climb to the top of The $25,000 Pyramid with host Bill Cullen, tomorrow night at 7:30, right after To Tell The Truth, here on TV-3!”-Chuck Casteel.
Top 75 shows that aired on WAVE 3 over the past 75 years (part 3 of 3, conclusion): 25. The New Newlywed Game 24. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 23. NBC Sunday Night Football 22. The Cross-Wits 21. To Tell The Truth 20. That Good Ole Nashville Music 19. Dance Fever 18. The $25,000 Pyramid (Bill Cullen) 17. The New $100,000 Name That Tune (Jim Lange) 16. The Cosby Show 15. Late Night with Conan O’Brien 14. Saturday Night Live 13. Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert 12. Hollywood Squares 11. Win, Lose or Draw 10. High-Q 9. Hill Street Blues 8. Family Feud 7. Fear Factor 6. The Voice 5. The Facts of Life 4. The New Treasure Hunt 3. Donahue 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation 1. The Cosby Show That’s my Top 75 list of all the shows that aired on WAVE 3 over the past 75 years. What’s yours?
1:11. Early-1970s "Flag Evolution" "Star-Spangled Banner" (U.S. 🇺🇸 National Anthem) film feat. anthem's music from 1964-released LP "America On March" starts
Seeing the old 70's/80's Louisville TV clips brings back memories as a child when both my parents were alive. Thank you sharing these great memories with us.
Wave used that Flag Evolution national anthem all the way up to the 2000s.
Didn't know the Flag Evolution appeared on WAVE as far back as the mid 70's. I remember it so well back in the early 2000's!
I knew when I heard this song and saw those pictures, I was up WAY too late
R.I.P Chuck Casteel (1942-2012)
"Hi, this is Jerry Tucker." Lol, good night Jerry.
Aired at 1:00 AM EST on December 4, 1978, according to the Courier-Journal archives.
3:47 WAVE-TV is owned and operated by Orion Broadcasting Incorporated and transmits on Channel 3 between the frequencies of 60 and 66 megahertz by the othority of the Federal Comunncations Commission This is Chuck Casteel saying good night for all of the members of the staff of WAVE-TV until this morning when we resume our regular telecasting, Good night from WAVE-TV at television center 725 South Floyd Street in Louisville KY
To think, in the 70's, WAVE's Sunday Night Late Movie was the end to a blockbuster line-up of Sunday Night programming, like NBC's weekly Sunday Mystery Movie featuring rotating hits like Columbo, McCloud and McMillian and Wife.
And The Wonderful World of Disney.
The cast list for the movie at the start of the video is The Illustrated Man
WAVE wove it's magic wand of last-minute switcheroo.
0:14: both the intro and outro versions of the WAVE 3 Sunday Night Movie were used, voiced by Tom Wills, who, for 40 years, was a longtime meteorologist at WAVE 3 from 1969-2009:
Intro:
“Welcome to the WAVE Sunday Night Movie. Tonight’s movie is based on the beloved classic book by E.B. White. It’s an animated musical story about the spider devoting her life to a friend, who becomes Homer Zuckerman’s prized pig. It’s an extraordinary, terrific, radiant and humble animated adventure of trust, friendship and love, and it’s all spun from Charlotte’s Web, starring Debbie Reynolds and Henry Gibson, your Sunday Night Movie.”-Tom Wills.
Outro:
“We hope you have enjoyed the WAVE Sunday Night Movie: Charlotte’s Web, and invite you to join us next Sunday for Rock-a-Doodle, starring Glen Campbell and Christopher Plummer. Don’t forget to tune in tomorrow night at 7:30 when Bill Cullen hosts The $25,000 Pyramid. Don’t miss this exciting game show, tomorrow night at 7:30, right after To Tell The Truth, here on TV-3!”-Tom Wills.
TV listings in the Louisville Courier-Journal date this to May 26, 1975 (Mon.) at around 1:30 AM.
According to the newspaper, the WAVE Sunday night movie that evening (5/25) was "Escape From Fort Bravo" (1953). But freeze the frame at the very beginning of the clip and you'll see the cast list for "The Illustrated Man" (1969). WAVE-TV obviously swapped films and didn't/couldn't inform the newspapers of the change before they went to press.
"Countdown" (1968) was scheduled to air the following Sunday (June 1, 1975).
Also for those keeping score: This may be the earliest known recording of a station sign-off using the "Flag Evolution" film, which was only a few years old at this point.
And then, To Tell the Truth with the late Garry Moore and The $25,000 Pyramid with the late Bill Cullen would air on WAVE 3 the very next night at 7:00pm and 7:30pm, respectively, following NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley.
Top 75 shows that aired on WAVE 3 over the past 75 years (Part 1 of 3):
75. Peter Gunn
74. Sweethearts
73. Bonanza
72. You Bet Your Life
71. Black Sheep Squadron
70. The WAVE 3 4:00 Movie
69. Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom
68. Sally Jessy Raphael
67. The All-New Dating Game
66. The New Price is Right ‘94
65. Star Trek: The Original Series
64. CWA/USWA Wrestling
63. 3’s a Crowd (the ill-fated Chuck Barris game show, not the 1984-85 sitcom starring the late John Ritter)
62. CHiPs
61. Glee
60. It’s Showtime at the Apollo
59. NBC Mystery Movie
58. Family Ties
57. Jeopardy! (The original Art Fleming one)
56. High Rollers
55. Candid Camera
54. The Mickey Mouse Club
53. Today in WAVE Country
52. Siskel & Ebert
51. Anything for Money
To be continued…
This aired after "The Illustrated Man" (1969).
Chuck Castile was the voice of NBC Louisville, Kentucky affiliate WAVE 3 for many years from sign-on to sign-off, and the National Association of Broadcasters Television Code Seal of Good Practice was used for WAVE-TV Channel 3's Notice until 1986. And Jerry Tucker's voice on WAVE 3 was erroneously heard, right before "Flag Evolution" is shown on air as our National Anthem is played in "The Star-Spangled Banner" film, prior to this WAVE 3 sign-off. WAVE 3 is now a Gray Media Group Station.
Chuck Casteel was also the host of WAVE 3’s longest-running quiz show “High Q.” RIP Chuck Casteel (1942-2012)
@@danalong1237 Thank you for your correction.
WAVE 3 is now a sister station to WKYT, which was launched in 1957, 9 years after WAVE was launched.
I remember this so vividly
That’s an NBC affiliate in Louisville.
and the first post-war television station in Kentucky.
And it paved the way for future Kentucky TV stations such as WHAS, WLEX, WKYT, WLKY, KET, WDRB, WBKI, WBNA and WDKY.
Back in the days, WAVE 3 Louisville was the best place to catch first-run syndicated game shows such as:
-Pyramid (Donny Osmond)
-The $100,000 Name That Tune (Jim Lange)
-Anything for Money (Fred Travalena)
-The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime (Jim Lange)
-The $25,000 Pyramid (Bill Cullen)
-To Tell the Truth (Garry Moore/Joe Garagiola)
-Face the Music (Ron Ely) (WHAS carried the first season only)
-The New Price Is Right ‘94 (Doug Davidson)
-Family Feud (Ray Combs/Richard Dawson/Steve Harvey)
-Win, Lose or Draw (Bert Convy)
-Hollywood Squares (Peter Marshall/John Davidson) (IIRC, both WAVE AND WLKY carried both the Marshall AND Davidson versions of said show!)
-The Joker’s Wild (Jack Barry)
-The $1.98 Beauty Show (Rip Taylor)
-The Gong Show (Chuck “Chuckie Baby” Barris)
-The New Newlywed Game (Bob Eubanks/Paul Rodriguez)
-The All-New Dating Game (Elaine Joyce/Jeff MacGregor)
-The New Treasure Hunt (Geoff Edwards)
-Three’s a Crowd (Jim Peck)
-Play the Percentages (Geoff Edwards)
-The Cross-Wits (Jack Clark)
-Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Meredith Vieira)
-Sweethearts (Charles Nelson Reilly)
-High-Q (Chuck Casteel)
-The Nighttime Price is Right ‘85 (Tom Kennedy)
-Dance Fever (Deney Terrio/Adrian Zmed)
-You Bet Your Life (Bill Cosby)
-Sports Challenge (Dick Enberg)
…and…
-The $100,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark)
Not only that, but WAVE 3 was also the home of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, CWA/USWA Wrestling, Candid Camera (70’s), That (Good Ole) Nashville Music and Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (which, from 1976-81, was combined with Saturday Night Live to form the best 3 hours of entertainment WAVE 3 had ever seen), and also numerous NBC shows such as High Rollers, The Smurfs, The Cosby Show, Miami Vice, Card Sharks, Deal or No Deal, Cheers, Sanford and Son, Little House on the Prairie, Knight Rider, Friends, Black Sheep Squadron, The Wonderful World of Disney, Bonanza, Star Trek: The Original Series, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, The Flintstone Comedy Show and The Facts of Life, etc.
Wave 3 was the syndicated home to Star Trek- The Next Generation.
And was also the home of It’s Showtime at the Apollo, Friday Night Videos, The Midnight Special, WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event, America’s Top 10, Alvin and The Chipmunks, The People Court, Entertainment Tonight, Cops, Seinfeld, Frasier and Fear Factor, among others.
Top 75 shows that aired on WAVE 3 over the past 75 years (part 2 of 3):
50. The Golden Girls
49. Play the Percentages
48. University of Kentucky Basketball
47. NBC SportsWorld
46. The Joker’s Wild
45. Face the Music
44. Sports Challenge
43. Seinfeld
42. Cops
41. The Gong Show
40. Designing Women
39. Pyramid (Donny Osmond)
38. Late Night with David Letterman
37. Cheers
36. Taxi
35. The People’s Court
34. Entertainment Tonight
33. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
32. The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
31. Police Woman
30. Major League Baseball on NBC
29. The Today Show
28. The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27. Fame
26. The $1.98 Beauty Show
To be concluded…
So, WAVE displayed the Seal of Good Practice at sign-off. I wonder if it's the ONLY station to do it.
I don't remember seeing it on 32 or 11
0:42: “Cloris Leachman and Roger Miller try to climb to the top of The $25,000 Pyramid with host Bill Cullen, tomorrow night at 7:30, right after To Tell The Truth, here on TV-3!”-Chuck Casteel.
Does anyone know the title of the theme song that provided the bumper music within the outro of the movie, including the composer and release date?
Top 75 shows that aired on WAVE 3 over the past 75 years (part 3 of 3, conclusion):
25. The New Newlywed Game
24. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
23. NBC Sunday Night Football
22. The Cross-Wits
21. To Tell The Truth
20. That Good Ole Nashville Music
19. Dance Fever
18. The $25,000 Pyramid (Bill Cullen)
17. The New $100,000 Name That Tune (Jim Lange)
16. The Cosby Show
15. Late Night with Conan O’Brien
14. Saturday Night Live
13. Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert
12. Hollywood Squares
11. Win, Lose or Draw
10. High-Q
9. Hill Street Blues
8. Family Feud
7. Fear Factor
6. The Voice
5. The Facts of Life
4. The New Treasure Hunt
3. Donahue
2. Star Trek: The Next Generation
1. The Cosby Show
That’s my Top 75 list of all the shows that aired on WAVE 3 over the past 75 years. What’s yours?
Definitely before 1981 if I’m not mistaken.
@augusttv123, that would be from December 1978 WAVE 3 Louisville KY Sunday Night Movie Outro and Overnight Signoff w/ Flag Evolution SSB
@russellpavlov1343 You obviously didn't read my comment at the top of the page.
1:11. Early-1970s "Flag Evolution" "Star-Spangled Banner" (U.S. 🇺🇸 National Anthem) film feat. anthem's music from 1964-released LP "America On March" starts
1:30. "Star-Sp'ngld B'nnr" (U.S. 🇺🇸 Nat'l Anthem) music starts w/drumroll
Is the Voiceover at 0:21 Chuck Casteel?
Yep 👍🏻!