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Later in the 1970s, Kaiser Broadcasting syndicated The Ghoul Show to Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Los Angeles. [8] It bombed in Chicago—replacing the locally-produced Svengoolie hosted by Jerry G. Bishop —and in Boston, but found success in Detroit at WKBD (channel 50) [ 12 ] and enjoyed varying degrees of ...
3 kwi 2019 · A cult phenom in Cleveland and Detroit, Ron Sweed's the Ghoul was known for unhinged psychedelic TV antics. He died Monday.
3 kwi 2019 · Ron "The Ghoul" Sweed was syndicated in Detroit on WKBD-TV, Ch. 50 -- where he built a cult of fans that includes Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Bob Seeger and Kidd Rock. (Courtesy Ron Sweed)
22 sty 2006 · If I recall correctly, the Ghoul's show did not originate out of Toledo, it was taped in Southfield at the WKBD (Kaiser Broadcasting then) studios. He later moved to Cleveland and supplied both markets from a studio in Cleveland.
WKBD-TV (channel 50), branded as CW Detroit 50, is a television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with The CW.It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside WWJ-TV (channel 62), a CBS owned-and-operated station.The two stations share studios on Eleven Mile Road in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, where WKBD-TV's transmitter is also located.
Through the 1970s, WXON primarily focused on syndicated output. It did, however, bring late-night horror movie cult favorite The Ghoul Show back to Detroit television after WKBD had canceled his show in 1976; [24] The Ghoul would air in two stints on the station, from 1977 to 1979 [25] and again for several years in the early 1980s.
I think he was on channel 20 on two separate times (and briefly in between on WGPR). Before then, he's been on the Kaiser stations (WKBD 50 in Detroit). This is one of the funniest segments of the Ghoul's show that I've ever seen.
