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  1. Recent finds!

    WTKR 11pm open from January 30, 1996



    WAVY 6pm open from June 27, 1998

     

     

    WAVY 11pm open from October 28, 1999

     

     

    WVBT 10pm open from November 18, 2001

     

    WVEC 11pm open from January 31, 2002 (they mistakenly cued the 5pm open!)

     

     

    Most of WTKR's 11pm from March 27, 2005

     

     

    Much more from HRVA to come!

  2. Some more WIS from 1991 for your viewing pleasure.

     

    A full 11pm newscast from March 17, 1991

     

    A special report from earlier in the day, covering President Bush's visit to Sumter:


    A partial newscast from April 12th, a little over a week out from dropping this look for the Spirit of Carolina theme:

     

     

  3. A weekend edition of a WIS News Nightcast open from April 28, 1991 - this jcbD graphics package less than a week old! Anchored by current WJW reporter/anchor Roosevelt Leftwich. I have the open from the next night with the weeknight crew which I'll be uploading too.

     

     

  4. On 10/11/2022 at 4:36 AM, bmasters1 said:

     

    And I discovered also that WCNC (NBC in Charlotte, NC) had "Real News" from 1989-96, but similarly, could not find visual evidence of anything using that music. I do like Charlie Van Dyke's billing on the first clip using that music (a 1989 early edition opening): "And now, Charlotte's first news...with Jesse Johnson....Tom Miller....Dr. Joe Conway with outdoor weather...and Jim Celania on sports. This is News 36 at 5:30."

     

    wcnccharlottemusic.jpg.b20ca63c03a24e4e0e73511f124c2455.jpg

     

    And here it is! Someone must've listened 😄

     

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  5. On 10/11/2022 at 4:36 AM, bmasters1 said:

     

    And I discovered also that WCNC (NBC in Charlotte, NC) had "Real News" from 1989-96, but similarly, could not find visual evidence of anything using that music. I do like Charlie Van Dyke's billing on the first clip using that music (a 1989 early edition opening): "And now, Charlotte's first news...with Jesse Johnson....Tom Miller....Dr. Joe Conway with outdoor weather...and Jim Celania on sports. This is News 36 at 5:30."

     

    wcnccharlottemusic.jpg.b20ca63c03a24e4e0e73511f124c2455.jpg

     

    The WCNC Real News open sample on the NMSA comes from an open digitaldave1982 uploaded to YouTube years ago - I think it was dated 1990 or so, it's long gone unfortunately. There are a few clips of them using Real News on YT if you dig around.

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  6. As I’m aware, all of phillyvideofan’s content is lost media as far as I know. I remember hearing years ago (from them?) that the source tapes were lost/destroyed and original files lost as well. It’s a shame because there were several videos on the channel special to me, in particular some WECT, WWAY & WBTW news clips from the early/mid 90s.

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  7. I, too, thought the same thing... "A new set already? Seems like the old one just got finished!" But 6 years is a good run for the old set. Time's just moving faster, I suppose.

     

    It's about the average lifespan of most of WTKR's sets the past ~30 years

     

    2016-2022 set

    2000-2016 set (with numerous facelifts)

    1995-2000 set

    1992-1995 set (with a major rehaul in 1994)

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  8. 5 hours ago, Newsjunkie24 said:

    It appears several game show channels have been terminated in recent weeks on YouTube. Among them is the Fun & Games Channel run by the late David Downs, who died in late 2019. It appears that a British "Anti-piracy" company contracted with Sony to remove Jeopardy! episodes. David's channels were very popular with game show fans until his passing, so it's a shame.


    Sony as a whole seems to be one of the most strict about copyright. I had a commercial compilation with a 1997 Burger King commercial that used  Foreigner’s “Urgent” that got blocked by Sony Music (no strikes).

     

    I think it’s become common knowledge that Jeopardy eps are a no-no on YouTube.

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  9. On 6/9/2022 at 7:13 PM, Kenneth Kissel said:

    At least it is better then THIS logo.  WRIC has seen much worse. Their highlight was when they were Media General's Flagship. Remember, This station was owned by Young Broadcasting who treated WRIC as a dumpster fire. People around Richmond would actually ask for WVEC or WJLA in their cable/satellite subscriptions in the 90s/00s due to how bad this station was. 


    That logo was much better as a circle. Never liked the rectangle treatment all that much.

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  10. 9 hours ago, Samantha said:

    WJAR went into their news archives and dug up a rarity that lasted just 5 months... the WLWC TV 28 News at 10!

     

     

     

    It appears the WLWC newscast faced the same fate as the WTKR-produced 10pm newscast on WGNT after being acquired by Paramount - they didn't want news on their O&O stations.

  11. 5 hours ago, H-Town TV Fan said:

    This has already been posted to the thread by ntropolis.

     

    5 hours ago, SoFloTVClassics said:

    My apologies. Thought he had forgotten.


    No worries. I don’t think I have anything else from Columbia to upload, but I have a few mid-90s era clips from WCBD, WCIV, WTAT and WLOS to come.

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