The World Beyond

Lifelong Arizona residents have fond memories of kicking back on weekends as children, and watching a movie program entitled The World Beyond on KPHO-TV5, which broadcast out of Phoenix. Airing from 1964-1988, The World Beyond consisted of old-time science Fiction, horror, and monster movies, and introduced Arizona kids to Godzilla and many other cinematic creatures Drawing on research conducted by television aficionado Logan Blackwell, author Parker Anderson pays a loving tribute to The World Beyond with background data and a complete list of movies to be shown on the program, along with reproductions of vintage ads for the show that appeared in Arizona periodicals. With a foreword by retired KPHO announcer Stu Tracy, whose dramatic "Join us now....." introductions helped cement The World Beyond's place in Arizona television history.