For you Chicago roadies, WFBT-TV, Channel 48, will be renamed WMEU on March 1 and will start broadcasting old episodes of the “Route 66” TV show from the early 1960s, according to the Chicago Tribune.
This is in addition to the classic-TV lineup on WWME, aka Me-TV, which is owned by the same outfit — Weigel Broadcasting — that owns WFBT.
Then there’s this:
Besides being broadcast and carried by some area cable providers, the channels also will be available on digital sub-channels belonging to sister station WCIU-Ch. 26, WCIU-DT 26.2 and 26.3 respectively. […]
Me-Too’s lineup will include “Route 66,” “Naked City,” “77 Sunset Strip,” “Adventures of Superman,” “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” “Square Pegs,” “Silver Spoons,” “Facts of Life,” “Partridge Family,” “The Brady Bunch,” and “The Monkees.”
Television stations that have shown “Route 66” have grown increasingly rare. Perhaps, because of the DVD releases, more stations will rebroadcast them.
MeTV was already showing a few Route 66 eps, which was how I caught them for the first time.
Hi, i’m very happy that “66” is available to it’s many fans. I have the first season and the video quality is very good considering it”s age. However I am disappointed that the DVD’S do not include closed captioning for those of us who are hearing impaired. Most new releases have this function. I have other old tv series such as “Perry Mason’ and they have the CC feature. To your knowledge, has this been brought to the attention of the producer(s) and if so , what are the reasons it was not included on the DVD? Thanks Jim S.