Wow ... total nostalgia trip. Just crazy. Y'see, Theo, way way back in 1982, WFLD-TV 32 experimented for a while with running this blocky computerized news burgoo, with music backing it. As its name suggests, "Nite Owl" ran in the wee hours, and for some reason, I and a few other insane kids found it captivating -- at least for a few days. And now some
Friday, September 15, 2006
Local Media History Geek Alert:
Vintage 1982 Keyfax Nite Owl Vids from Channel 32 on YouTube Now
Wow ... total nostalgia trip. Just crazy. Y'see, Theo, way way back in 1982, WFLD-TV 32 experimented for a while with running this blocky computerized news burgoo, with music backing it. As its name suggests, "Nite Owl" ran in the wee hours, and for some reason, I and a few other insane kids found it captivating -- at least for a few days. And now some
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As of today, the Nite-Owl vids are no longer available on YouTube. For some reason, posting the vidfs of old Nite-Owl crap violated their terms of use. Oh, well, the memories....
Bummer. Well, it was fun while it lasted.
All of his videos are currently being reposted. He's now under the username FuzzyMemories...
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