14K views · 633 reactions | Happy birthday to us! WPIX turns 70 years old today — here's a look at some of our best moments. You can see so much more in our one-hour special airing Saturday at 4 and 11 p.m. Keep sharing your PIX memories and THANK YOU for watching and following us here. | WPIX Archives | Facebook

The WB Television Network launched on this day in 1995. It was a joint venture between Warner Bros. Entertainmen and the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Company. The network principally aired programs targeting teenagers and young adults between the ages of 12 and 34. As the NY flagship station, WPIX created a campaign of local spots to create buzz for the new network. The creative director at the time wanted to connect with our younger audiences and recruited a group of young adu

***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