It's 10 PM... (television, 70's, famous, California)

[rlrl]

How old is the news slogan "it's 10 PM do you know where your children are?".

I remember this back to 1979, but I wonder if it started before that

any ideas?

[Hopes]

Google is your friend!

The station is home to one of America's longest-running primetime local newscasts. The 10 O’Clock News (now Fox 5 News at Ten) premiered on March 13, 1967, as New York's first primetime newscast. Each night, The 10 O'Clock News was preceded by the simple, but now-famous announcement: "It's 10:00 p.m. ... Do you know where your children are?". While its exact origins are unknown,[6] staff announcer Tom Gregory was one of the first people to say this famous line that WNEW pioneered.

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[Oildog]

I thought it had to do with controlling gangs...making sure your kid wasnt roaming the street at night.

[GloryB]

Sounded so late in the 70's and sounds so early in the 2000's.

[aardvarks]

does anyone remember this:

It's 11 o'clock, have you hugged your kids today?

[mpascal]

Funny memory from being a child back then--I was 10 in 1979 and if I was still awake or getting ready to go to sleep I got so scared every time that announcement came on. I think I thought of it as a kids being missing or stolen thing. Still remember to this day being scared by it...

[jim9251]

"From the desert to the sea, to all of southern California, a good evening."

[cathy J.]

I can remember...

"It's 11pm..Do you know where your children are?" WKBW/Buffalo
"Smile...You're in 9 Country" KUSA/Denver
"...KD..and YOU" KDKA/Pittsburgh ( or am I thinking KDKA RADIO ? )
"The One and Only...TV 9" WUSA/Washington
"The South's First Television Station" WTVR/Richmond
"..we have something good for you" WBFF/Baltimore
"..primetime ALL the time...on TV 33" WTVZ/Norfolk-Virginia Beach
"..treat yourself to 20 !!" WDCA/Washington

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by jim9251

"From the desert to the sea, to all of southern California, a good evening."

Jerry Dunphey?

[bs13690]

I always wondered WTF this slogan was supposed to mean.