From January 1980, a rare piece of WPIX Archives television and a slice of New York TV history. Here's the close of the Saturday Action News anchored by usually off-camera announcer Bill Biery, followed by a long credit roll that gives us a chance to enjoy the fantastic "Move Closer" Action News instrumental theme and see some street scenes from early 1980 New York, followed by a "Next" bumper (a slide on the old telecine) for "The Rookies" and a little bit of a Richard N. Hughes editorial, in w

***UPDATE: You can watch this entire episode on the WPIX channel on Roku/Amazon Fire TV/Apple TV/Andorid TV just as it aired! Make sure you follow us there for archive exclusives! *** Here's something quite rare: One of our 1980 weekend newscasts, anchored from the newsroom, usually by one of our usually off-camera staff announcers. Here's the start and finish of our newscast from Feb. 23, 1980, 37 years ago tonight. Wait till the end for the "Odd Couple" next slide and a little bit of Richard N

60K views · 741 reactions | PIX PIX PIX! Who remembers watching the PIX PIX PIX game on Channel 11 back in the early 1980s? This is it -- the original TV PIXXX -- straight from the WPIX Archives! Enjoy! #tbt | WPIX Archives | Facebook