Alec Gibson(IV)
- Actor
Alec Gibson was an American television personality associated with WTVJ in Miami, Florida, during the pioneering years of South Florida television. Gibson was one of the station's prominent local personalities during the 1950s and hosted The Alec Gibson Show, a locally produced variety program. Contemporary trade coverage indicates that the program began in April 1950 and developed into a weekday afternoon show featuring entertainment and commercial segments. By the middle of the decade Gibson had become sufficiently identified with Miami television that industry publications described him as a widely known local personality and, on one occasion, as "Mr. TV" in South Florida.
Gibson was also associated with WTVJ's presentation of motion pictures. During television's early years, when stations relied heavily on older theatrical films to fill their schedules, Gibson presented movies for the station and reportedly referred to one such presentation as the P.U. Club.
He is additionally remembered by horror-host historians as an early Miami horror movie host. Gibson presented late-night films on WTVJ, then broadcasting on Channel 4, during the 1950s. Surviving information about this program is limited, and contemporary documentation establishing a definitive program title or a specific horror-host character name for Gibson has not been located. Horror-host reference sources identify Gibson as the program's first host and state that he was subsequently replaced by Chuck Zink in the late 1950s.
The Gibson-Zink program represents an early example of the local television horror-host format that became widespread in the United States following the release of classic horror films to television in the late 1950s.
Gibson's television career extended beyond horror programming. Contemporary records show The Alec Gibson Show was already established at WTVJ by 1950, and a 1956 broadcasting-industry advertisement included Gibson among the station's prominent personalities. His work therefore belongs to the formative period of WTVJ, which began broadcasting in 1949 as Florida's first television station.
Gibson was also associated with WTVJ's presentation of motion pictures. During television's early years, when stations relied heavily on older theatrical films to fill their schedules, Gibson presented movies for the station and reportedly referred to one such presentation as the P.U. Club.
He is additionally remembered by horror-host historians as an early Miami horror movie host. Gibson presented late-night films on WTVJ, then broadcasting on Channel 4, during the 1950s. Surviving information about this program is limited, and contemporary documentation establishing a definitive program title or a specific horror-host character name for Gibson has not been located. Horror-host reference sources identify Gibson as the program's first host and state that he was subsequently replaced by Chuck Zink in the late 1950s.
The Gibson-Zink program represents an early example of the local television horror-host format that became widespread in the United States following the release of classic horror films to television in the late 1950s.
Gibson's television career extended beyond horror programming. Contemporary records show The Alec Gibson Show was already established at WTVJ by 1950, and a 1956 broadcasting-industry advertisement included Gibson among the station's prominent personalities. His work therefore belongs to the formative period of WTVJ, which began broadcasting in 1949 as Florida's first television station.
