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I assume Beverly Kidd will take over her anchor position? Guess we'll have to wait and find out.

VARTV reports Beverly Kidd is returning to WTKR in June. She reported/anchored for WTKR from 1993-2001 before going to KTVK in Phoenix.

All it takes it a lazy producer.

This may have very well been from 1981. Back in 2007, right before WAVY did their 50th anniversary special, someone edited the WAVY Wikipedia article putting 1982 as the switch date to that logo and The Daily News, much so that WAVY noted 1982 as the start date for that logo/name in their 50th special. After the special, WAVY uploaded an extensive amount of archive material to their website, including a newscast (sportscast?) that mentioned the then-ongoing 1981 MLB strike. I honestly believe the gold 10 and The Daily News began in 1981.

Part 124 of the NewsActive 3 collection, so much good stuff in here! My personal favorites being the WXII open from around 1990 with their custom Wall-to-Wall theme, WNCT from 1993, and Jeremy Wheeler pre-WAVY

WRAL News with Bob Vernon from 1994:

Seriously digging that WTKR stuff! I saw that News 3 open on TV Ark but it never had a year attached to it. Now we know, and that also means the NMSA is wrong on the dates there... it currently lists And You from 1984-86. I always thought those dates seemed wrong. By the looks of it, And You was gone by at least 1985.

There's actually a cut of the original series of Enforcer that sounds nearly identical to the ER theme.

Short-lived WVEC news open from 1996: And the open that came after that... WVEC from December 1996. Also has some WAVY from 2001:

Not to mention the relationship between the Jefferson-Pilot stations and Arnold, with WBTV and WWBT both using Signature during that time.

Great find! WCSC actually started using Stravinsky in late 95 or early 96... . The jazzy early 90s theme was in use until at least 1993, so this must have been the theme used in between. And I definitely heard an Arnold vibe. I instantly recognized the Wall to Wall breaking news cut connection (WNCT used it for stingers). The whole thing sounds very similar to Newsleader. Here's another cut from a satirical/fake WCSC promo from 94:

I already said it in the comments on that video, but I'll discuss it again, haha... the now-defunct Gecko Productions from Virginia Beach did those. They also did work for KRGV, WVEC, and . https://web.archive.org/web/20010803155318/http://geckoproductions.com/NewFiles/stations.html

Any clue as to who did the WMAQ 1997 News Theme?

That was some sort of syndicated graphic element... and used it, among others.

I'd imagine that would have been years after that WTSP clip though... at that point (1992) it was still being used on WKRN. Guess we'll have to wait and see if it was ever used on their newscasts. Also a side note on that clip, anyone think the part of the cut at :39 sounds a lot like WWL News?

615's On Your Side? Now that's a surprise!

Now, WSET says he's still employed by the station. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wset-denies-news-director-out-after-four-months_b116503

Here's a clip of WAVY using that KCRL open cut... And that awkward moment when there's a clip of Barbara Ciara

Oops. Wasn't sure if it was posted already because it's not on the NMSA. Then again, the fact there there's a lot of missing info on the NMSA has been a hot topic lately! Can't complain because I know the webmaster's busy.

Internet Archive finds... Richmond news opens from 1991: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_rep23e00 At the 1:07:05 mark, WFMY (says 1992 but I think this date might be wrong) with the Working For You open: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_aey99d00 WHP noon open from 1989, with a theme I can't identify. It's not Real News. Sounds like a production track from Network Music: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_iar91f00

Speaking of WAVY 1985, I was really surprised to see the new KCRL (KRNV) entry for it... looked it up on Youtube, and sure enough, . I haven't seen a clip of WAVY using the opening cut KCRL used (which definitely sounds like it's from that package), but they certainly used the theme from the teaser and close in that clip.

Haha, I know. Just messin'. It's likely production music, probably from one of the major libraries.

wrong thread, I think you mean this one... http://forums.tvnewstalk.net/index.php?/topic/3543-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/

say the theme known as the "WSB 1991 News Theme" on the NMSA was composed by Cheryl Rogers, wife of WSB programming director Art Rogers. It hasn't been changed on the NMSA and I haven't heard much else beyond there.

To me, it's more the gaudy graphic animations that make this one bad... not the music. I can see the new O&O graphics somehow working with Chroma Cues. Still not the worst ever, but probably the worst O&O open out there right now. This series of Chroma Cues WJZ opens would have to be my fave... Has the WKZX News 28 open been mentioned? I file it under the most awesomely bad opens: