The history of WPIX as PIX11 celebrates 75 years on the air

On Thursday, PIX11 celebrates our 75th anniversary on the air. So we took a trip down memory lane, and who better to join us on the journey than Ron Simon, the curator at the Paley Center for Media.

[TigsNY]

As a born and raised New Yorker and a 90s baby (Zillennial), the best shows I love to watch on WPIX growing up were The Yule Log, March of The Wooden Soldiers, Buffy, and my all time favorite, Soul Train, which comes on every Saturday afternoon after the cartoons went off. Happy 75th birthday PIX11! Thank you for your 75 years of service to the Big Apple! 🎂 🎊 ❤

[US_Joe]

PIX11 is still the definitive NY channel with exclusive local scope. Thanks PIX for all the times since my childhood! 👍👍👍💫💫💫💫💫🍾🍰🥂

[alexanderclifton]

I remember when I watched The Disney Afternoon & Soul Tran on WPIX when I was a kid. Those were the days.

[TimFrith]

I remember watching all those shows back in the day on WPIX Channel 11 including Scooby-Doo, G.I. Joe, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I also watch Kids WB after I got home from school.

[samuelgriffin]

Remember watching WPIX Channel 11 over the years we had Abbott and Costello Sunday Morning Movies The Magic Garden Chiller Theatre and much more

[samuelgriffin]

Good Times Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons all aired on WPIX TV

[mikeblanda]

Let’s give Hazel a fancy pen to dangle along with those stunning legs. Always steals the show… and my 💜

[tonygoodheart]

WPIX 75 Years Incredible! I remember doing WPIX when it Turned 70 as my Birthday theme in 2018 I saw it on Somebody's YouTube Phone, when I saw it I said That's going to be theme! WPIX had cool TV shows, movies news and Yankee Baseball!! My first show I watched on WPIX was Dragnet! Happy birthday WPIX You're still my favorite No. 1 TV Station!

[jamesjagiello]

Did you know that Jack McCarthy was also at one time the voice of OTB? Horseplayers went to their local OTB to hear him read the day's scratches, changes and results!

[jameshorigan]

Love, and miss "late night PIX." Kinda can recreate it by watching "The Odd Couple, " "The Honeymooners, " "Star Trek, " and then "The Twilight Zone" back to back streaming, it's not the same, but much better than nothing. :^)

[wmbrown]

The test pattern 'PIX inaugurated in 1949 (with wedge "pinholes" that signified picture resolution and MHz) would be used by countless other TV stations in the U.S. and even in other countries like El Salvador and Cuba.

[TheGravygun]

11:00 PM odd couple 1130 honeymooners midnight Star Trek one o'clock Twilight Zone Watched it on black and white TV as a kid every night

[jermainemack]

The List of all the great WPIX TV Shows During it's 75'th Anniversary
The Little Rascals
Mighty Mouse
Tom & Jerry
Krofft Superstars
The Magic Garden
Marvel Superheroes
The Banana Splits
Josie and the Pussycats
Heckle & Jeckle
Popeye
Magilla Gorilla
Scooby-Doo
Mr. Magoo
Return to the Planet of the Apes
The Pink Panther
Blackstar
The Jetsons
Jackson 5ive
Battle of the Planets
The Three Stooges
Courageous Cat & Minute Mouse
Superfriends
TV-PIXXX
Voltron
Heathcliff
The Challege of the Gobots
M.A.S.K.
The Great Space Coaster
G.I. Joe
Transformers
Jem
Galaxy Rangers
Smurfs Adventures
Filmation's Ghostbusters
Super Sunday
Bravestarr
The Adventures of Superman
Batman
Flipper
Gentle Ben
The Munsters
I Dream of Jeannie
F-Troop
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Get Smart
Gidget
Family Affair
Abbott & Costello
Candid Camera
Good Times
Happy Days Again
Laverne & Shirley and Company
Barney Miller
The Jeffersons
Rhoda
Alice
The Tony Randell Show
The Love Boat
Sanford & Son
The Odd Couple
The Honeymooners
Star Trek
The Twilight Zone
Little House on the Prairie
Eight is Enough
Perry Mason
Lou Grant
Fame
The White Shadow
Fantasy Island
Make Me Laugh
The Newlywed Game
The New Gong Show
Soul Train
Dance Fever
Solid Gold
Puttin on the Hits
The 7:30 Action News
Independent Network News
Independent News
INN Midday Edition
U.S.A. Tonight
The 8'O Clock Movie
The 12:30 Star Movie
Saturday Afternoon Movie
Fist & Fury Theatre
Sunday Morning Movie
Sunday Afternoon Movie
Sunday Great Movie
Sunday Movie Special
The 11 Alive Film Festival
Holliday Movie Special
The Yule Log
Yankee Baseball

[nottavictim]

Missed it! Please rerun or add to YouTube!

[davidrivera]

The Magic Garden. Ch. 11 most definitely isnt thst WITHOUT Carol and Paula.