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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jan 1, 2024 18:10:00 GMT -8
In roseburg in the early 1970's we got a good signal for NBC, a fair signal for ABC, but CBS was so snowy it wasn't worth watching. We got the Raiders game every week so therefore my favorite team. Lamonica, Blanda, Siani, Hubbard, Shell, and Biletnikoff. All along their future hall-of-fame coach. When I was a boy, Eugene or Portland (and I forget which) would delay Monday Night Football an hour. We pretty much got a duplicate of every station, one Eugene and one Portland, except whatever MNF was on. And so, you either watched ultra-grainy MNF, listened on radio, or waited for the hourlong delay. |
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Post by lebaneaver on Jan 1, 2024 18:21:05 GMT -8
In roseburg in the early 1970's we got a good signal for NBC, a fair signal for ABC, but CBS was so snowy it wasn't worth watching. We got the Raiders game every week so therefore my favorite team. Lamonica, Blanda, Siani, Hubbard, Shell, and Biletnikoff. All along their future hall-of-fame coach. When I was a boy, Eugene or Portland (and I forget which) would delay Monday Night Football an hour. We pretty much got a duplicate of every station, one Eugene and one Portland, except whatever MNF was on. And so, you either watched ultra-grainy MNF, listened on radio, or waited for the hourlong delay. Drove me NUTz! |
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Post by ag87 on Jan 1, 2024 18:24:36 GMT -8
My grandparents lived off Stolz Hill Road in Lebanon. When I'd go to Lebanon, it would be tv heaven. All networks, PBS and channel 12. For a while Portland Wrestling was the biggest of the highlights.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jan 1, 2024 19:48:24 GMT -8
My grandparents lived off Stolz Hill Road in Lebanon. When I'd go to Lebanon, it would be tv heaven. All networks, PBS and channel 12. For a while Portland Wrestling was the biggest of the highlights. Portland wrestling was great for what it was. |
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Post by jefframp on Jan 2, 2024 7:13:40 GMT -8
My grandparents lived off Stolz Hill Road in Lebanon. When I'd go to Lebanon, it would be tv heaven. All networks, PBS and channel 12. For a while Portland Wrestling was the biggest of the highlights. Portland wrestling was great for what it was. My grandmother never got exited about much of anything until Portland Pro Wrestling came on the TV. LOL |
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Post by kersting13 on Jan 2, 2024 10:36:57 GMT -8
In roseburg in the early 1970's we got a good signal for NBC, a fair signal for ABC, but CBS was so snowy it wasn't worth watching. We got the Raiders game every week so therefore my favorite team. Lamonica, Blanda, Siani, Hubbard, Shell, and Biletnikoff. All along their future hall-of-fame coach. When I was a boy, Eugene or Portland (and I forget which) would delay Monday Night Football an hour. We pretty much got a duplicate of every station, one Eugene and one Portland, except whatever MNF was on. And so, you either watched ultra-grainy MNF, listened on radio, or waited for the hourlong delay. KATU delayed the 6pm MNF broadcast until 7pm for the entire 1980s for sure. I don't recall when they stopped doing that delay. I think it was before they moved MNF to 5:15 starts. |
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Post by hottubbeaver on Jan 2, 2024 10:54:52 GMT -8
Thank you for reminding us of wrestling great, Sergeant Slaughter:  When some of us were young there were 9-13 channels and UHF was our friend. 9-13? Man you were living large. We got ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Channel 12 and Catch-22. I can't recall what, if any, network channel 12 was, but that was home of Portland Wrestling sponsored by Tom and Gloria on Saturday nights. Whoot Whoot, Wake Up, I'm Tom Petersen........ |
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Post by kersting13 on Jan 2, 2024 11:22:04 GMT -8
When some of us were young there were 9-13 channels and UHF was our friend. 9-13? Man you were living large. We got ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Channel 12 and Catch-22. I can't recall what, if any, network channel 12 was, but that was home of Portland Wrestling sponsored by Tom and Gloria on Saturday nights. Whoot Whoot, Wake Up, I'm Tom Petersen........ Channel 12 was KPTV - just a local channel that ran syndicated shows and re-runs. I don't recall when channel 49 showed up in Portland as a 2nd local syndicate channel, but that eventually morphed into FOX. 32 showed up at some point as another local channel, and then became WB. There have been lots of shifts in those affiliations since those days, with FOX moving from 49 to 12 among other moves. |
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Post by rgeorge on Jan 2, 2024 12:34:23 GMT -8
Portland wrestling was great for what it was. My grandmother never got exited about much of anything until Portland Pro Wrestling came on the TV. LOL Granny liked men in tights huh?  |
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Post by Werebeaver on Jan 2, 2024 20:53:03 GMT -8
My grandparents lived off Stolz Hill Road in Lebanon. When I'd go to Lebanon, it would be tv heaven. All networks, PBS and channel 12. For a while Portland Wrestling was the biggest of the highlights. Portland wrestling was great for what it was. Welcome to PORTLAND WRESTLING!Brought to you by Tom Peterson's discount home appliances at 82nd and Foster Rd. And by "Friendly Joe" Cahan at Friendly Chevrolet out in Lake Oswego.  I'm Frank Bonnema, your ringside announcer.. |
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Post by escott58 on Jan 2, 2024 21:05:47 GMT -8
Portland Wrestling was awesome! One of my friends and I would watch and practice wrestling moves we saw - I was always slaughtered  |
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Post by rgeorge on Jan 2, 2024 22:19:35 GMT -8
TV was good, but the traveling matches at area high schools (ours were always outside on the football field) were the best. Especially when you walk in your locker room and there is "Tough Tony" and "Dutch" walking in to change, warmup.
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Post by mbabeav on Jan 3, 2024 8:17:38 GMT -8
My grandfather's doc made him quit watching because he got so worked up. But this is the same man who asked his doc îf peanut M&M's and Mt. Dew were bad for him and the doc said "you're in your 90's, you tell me."
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jan 3, 2024 12:51:37 GMT -8
Portland wrestling was great for what it was. Welcome to PORTLAND WRESTLING!Brought to you by Tom Peterson's discount home appliances at 82nd and Foster Rd. And by "Friendly Joe" Cahan at Friendly Chevrolet out in Lake Oswego. I'm Frank Bonnema, your ringside announcer.. True American hero. Corporal in the Korean War. Died at the age of 49 in 1982. I don't remember him. I remember the post-Bonnema Portland Wrestling. |
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Post by Werebeaver on Jan 3, 2024 16:06:07 GMT -8
Welcome to PORTLAND WRESTLING!Brought to you by Tom Peterson's discount home appliances at 82nd and Foster Rd. And by "Friendly Joe" Cahan at Friendly Chevrolet out in Lake Oswego. I'm Frank Bonnema, your ringside announcer.. True American hero. Corporal in the Korean War. Died at the age of 49 in 1982. I don't remember him. I remember the post-Bonnema Portland Wrestling. He was born in mid 1932. When KW started he’d have been 17. When it ended he’d have just turned 20. So whenever his tour of duty landed he would have been a very young man. |
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