''Back Porch Video'' is a local

cable television Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with bro ...

-based music video program in

Dearborn, Michigan Dearborn is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring Metro Detroit, suburb of Detroit, Dearborn borders Detroit to the south and west, roughly west of downtown Detroit. In the 2020 United States ...

, United States. It premiered on January 28, 1984 and was created with

Russ Gibb Russel James Gibb (June 15, 1931 – April 30, 2019) was an American rock concert promoter, school teacher and disc jockey from Dearborn, Michigan, best known for his role in the "Paul is dead" phenomenon, a story he broke on radio station WNIC, WK ...

, former owner of the

Grande Ballroom The Grande Ballroom ( ') is a historic live music venue located at 8952 Grand River Avenue in the Petosky-Otsego neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. The building was designed by Detroit engineer and architect Charles N. Agree in 1928 and original ...

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, Michigan. The program was broadcast from

Westinghouse Broadcasting The Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, also known as Group W, was the broadcasting division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. It owned several radio and television stations across the United States and distributed television shows for syndi ...

's Group W Cable studios in Dearborn, and stayed on the air for around 16 years. Initially airing from 10pm-1am on Saturday nights, the show expanded to 9pm-1am after about one year. The program saw a short run of three programs broadcast nationwide on Detroit's PBS station

WTVS WTVS (channel 56) is a PBS member television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, owned by Detroit Public Media. Its main studios are located at the Riley Broadcast Center and HD Studios on Clover Court in Wixom, with an additional st ...

Channel 56. In 1985, Back Porch Video won a CableACE Award.

References

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External links

Four Way Mirror - ''The Story of Back Porch Video (part one)''

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111008064811/http://www.fourwaymirror.com/2009/07/back-porch-video-misfits-play-greystone.html Four Way Mirror - ''Behind the Scenes of Back Porch Video with Mohawk Mat Hunt: The Misfits Meet Mrs. Gibb'']
Four Way Mirror - ''Behind the Scenes of Back Porch Video with Mohawk Mat Hunt: Henry Rollins Interview and After-Party ''
Local music television shows in the United States Television in Detroit 1980s American music television series 1990s American music television series