Video duration: 637 seconds
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1987 Superstation WTBS/ 1987 Commercials
Morning Commrcials From 1987 with bits of The Andy Griffith Show and The Late Great Planet Earth at the beginning.
From TV Ark.
This one's clever. Capitalizing on the arcade game craze, TBS' close for Braves telecasts spoofed Pac-Man by showing a baseball going 'round the maze and devouring ghosts. The music's really good - a nice dramatic theme. Note the plug for CNN - and its new sister network, CNN2, a clever way to get publicity for the then-fledgling service
Video duration: 102 seconds
Global video hits: 14107
On August 4, 1984, three weeks after "Black Saturday", NWA Wrestling returned to WTBS in an early morning time slot. These are the opening moments of that show. Note that despite the huge changes, Ole and Solie act as though nothing has happened, making the decision to ignore the controversy and move forward.
Video duration: 151 seconds
Global video hits: 12613
Footage of the opening 2.5 minutes of "Championship Wrestling from Georgia" which aired 9/8/84. This was the return to the WTBS studios for Gordon Solie and Ole Anderson following "Black Saturday" seven weeks earlier. Also featuring Bob Geigle and Fred Ward.
Video duration: 238 seconds
Global video hits: 5069
Here is a November 1984 News Brief from TBS's Afternoon Movie sponsored by Hershey, Super Friends Action Figures (How will it end, you decide!), Return of the Jedi Action Figures
Video duration: 80 seconds
Global video hits: 1279
Iran's foreign minister says that U.S. hostages aboard an Iranian airliner will be killed!
President Reagan proposes cuts in domestic spending! Ford says there'll be higher taxes!
Plus, all your sports in less than 10 seconds!
Video duration: 21 seconds
Global video hits: 1830
SuperStation WTBS TV Atlanta, Georgia ID and promo from the early 1980's. Prior to becoming just TBS, from 1979 to 1987 they were SuperStation WTBS. Video remains the property of TBS, all rights reserved.