Channel 5

[c Karma]

I hope I'm not being predictably Manhatt-e-centric, but I always thought 
that Channel 5 referred to what was then WNEW-TV in New York.  Prior to 
joining the FOX network in the 90s, Channel 5 was WNEW-TV.  (It's now 
WNYW-TV.)  As was the case with smaller broadcasters, the Metromedia group 
was starved for its own programming during prime time and for a period in 
the 70s and 80s ran reruns of feature films from 8-10pm most weeknights.  Of 
course, they were littered with commercials for local retailers like Crazy 
Eddie ("PRICES SO LOW...THEY'RE INSANE!"),and time compressed to the point 
of being nearly unwatchable.  BUT, they dug pretty deep and played films 
that were rarer and more provocative than the networks' infrequent 
offerings.

CC

"Ghosts of the future, phantoms of the past... rattle, rattling in the spoon 
and the glass." -- JM



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