WWOR-TV Commercial Breaks (August 28, 1991; Part 1)

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Taken from back to back airings of Hart to Hart on WWOR-TV Channel 9, licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey and serving New York City. The station back then was branded as "Universal 9," in reference to then-owner MCA, which also owned Universal Studios (now owned by Comcast). The station was an independent at the time, eventually becoming the flagship for the UPN network in 1995, followed by program service MyNetworkTV in 2006. Currently the station is owned by MyNetworkTV's owners, the Fox Corporation, also owners of Fox flagship WNYW.

WWOR never made headway as much as WNYW or WPIX did in the ratings, but they did have lots of memorable programs in their history, including Morton Downey, Howard Stern, Joe Franklin, the first US airings of Benny Hill, airing Godzilla/King Kong films around Thanksgiving, Mets baseball, and their primetime newscast (which folded in 2013). They were essentially the alternative to whatever WPIX or WNYW would be airing.

And yes this tape was in rough quality. When I screened this on my TV the picture kept bobbing up and down. While editing I messed around with tracking control to get the best quality I could find, but still some of these clips aren't the best in shape.

Timestamps: 0:00 - Channel Intro

0:14 - DeVry (partial) 0:17 - Channel 9 News At This Hour (Sara Lee Kessler anchors, unknown news theme and VO. Kessler was noon anchor at the station until her firing in 1994. Currently she works at NBC News Radio) 0:47 - Cousteau Rediscovery Promo (w/ Universal 9 ID) 0:57 - Grand Union 1:27 - Puffs Extra Strength 1:57 - Listerine Antiseptic 2:27 - Twix 2:42 - Whirlpool 2:57 - Our Old School Promo (w/ Universal 9 ID) 3:28 - Return to Program (with station ID overlay; many of these are on my recordings but I decided to leave one in to get the point across) 3:30 - AT&T 5:30 - Planters (Everybody Loves a Nut!) 5:45 - Foodtown (ties in with Planters advert) 6:00 - Spain Olives 6:16 - Tucks Pads 6:31 - Caladryl Clear 6:46 - Grand Union (different products advertised) 7:15 - The Home Depot (Brian Cummings VO) 7:46 - Tarot Phone Calls 8:16 - Spain Olive Oil 8:32 - Planters (again) 8:47 - Waldbaum’s (another Planters tie-in) 9:02 - Red Lobster 9:32 - Champion Mortgage 9:42 - National Recovery Institutes 10:12 - Duncan Hines Microwave Cupcakes 10:42 - Married with Children Promo (w/ Universal 9 ID) 11:12 - Your Hit Parade 1945 Album 13:12 - Mandee 13:22 - Hart to Hart Credits 13:57 - Columbia Pictures Television logo (back when Coca-Cola owned them) 14:01 - DeVry (this time in full) 14:16 - Channel 9 News At This Hour (same as before, but Kessler is wearing different clothes) 14:46 - Dangerous Women Promo (w/ Universal 9 ID) 14:57 - Puffs Extra Strength (again) 15:27 - National Recovery Institutes (different ad) 15:57 - Anusol 16:27 - Tarot Phone Calls (again) 16:57 - Universal 9 Married with Children and Who’s The Boss Promos 17:27 - Britannica 18:48 - The Home Depot (different ad) 19:18 - Waldbaum’s 19:48 - Doctor’s Book of Home Remedies 21:45 - National Recovery Institutes (different ad) 22:16 - Efferdent Denture Cleanser 22:30 - Anusol (shorter ad) 22:45 - Planters (again) 23:00 - Foodtown (again) 23:15 - Ultimate Financial Services

24:15 - Outro

(C) 1991 WWOR-TV and MCA Universal (now Comcast). WWOR is now owned by Fox Corporation. No copyright infringement intended. All rights go to their respective owners, same for the advertisements. For educational and historical purposes only. We do not profit off this video.

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English

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