The old Channel 9 WOR-TV

 Back before the present day of My9 or UPN 9, There was WOR-tv 9. It was based in NYC before crossing the Hudson over to nearby Secaucus, Nj where the station was still good in the early years of  it coming to NJ but times would be changing by the mid 80's as a additional W was added and know as WWOR tv as it ended the RKO era of the channel changes continued in the 1990's as the channel took on a network The UPN United Paramount Network which lasted into the mid 2000's. Also in the late 90's Fox 5 WNYW aquired WWOR as a secondary channel which still goes to the present day. But the old days of Channel 9 were great as a kid growing up in Central Jersey can't forget Romper Room with Miss Molly or the Million Dollar Movie with the Gone with the wind theme as you saw the sights of NYC from the Roosevelt Island tram to Times Square then for you late night buffs on a Saturday Night, there was wrestling then Fright Night at 1am which that intro woulda gave me nightmares as a kid. well thankfully I never stayed up that late. Then you had thanksgiving while other were watching the Detroit Lions or Dallas Cowboys play, they was a nice lineup of the RKO Ape movies as King Kong, Mighty Joe Young and the Son of Kong aired in a block while you sat and dined on turkey with all the trimmings. Also Sports was great on ch 9. A majority of NY teams were on there from the Knicks, Rangers, Islanders, Nets, Devils and the Mets sure y'all remember Kiner's Corner after the game. I grew up in a great time of television especially local NYC television.





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