WWUpdate

I'm not sure if this has been posted here before: This classic WLS promo from the 1970s spoofs the various different historic styles of anchoring the news and tells viewers what the "Eyewitness News" style is all about:

WMAQ, Chicago, short news promo, 1987: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwbWCcdrF5w

WGN, Chicago, 1983, promo (WGN's mid-1980s news theme, which you can hear at the NMSA, was based on this music):

WGN, Chicago, Morning News, 1995:

WLS, Chicago, 1987, news open:

WFLD, Chicago, 1995:

From end-of-Apartheid South Africa, here's South African Broadcasting Corporation's 8PM news in Afrikaans, 1990: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZhe3sHvAQ (You'll find many more classic news videos from overseas in this thread: http://www.tvforum.co.uk/thenewsroom/vintage-current-news-presentation-world-24002/page-121 )

WMAQ, Chicago, local cut-in during the Today Show, 1997:

WBBM, Chicago, 10PM Weekend News, 1986:

WMAQ, Chicago, 5PM news open, 1990:

WBBM, Chicago, newsbreak, 1987: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyDvjsvCO8o

And here's part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhFCFLLCtog

...and part 69: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiXB9XAKTDY

NewsActive 3's opens and promos, part 68: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsvle3M608k

More clips from my favorite city in the world: WMAQ, news open, 1997: WBBM, newsbreak, 1983: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhG_Sc-0GXQ WBBM, newsbreak, 1978: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViIBWmENHbM WLS, aircheck, 1984 (already seen on YT, but later taken down): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBRa6P27osA WMAQ, aircheck, 1978 (same as above): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goqe25HD-lI WBBM, aircheck, 1978 (ditto): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM2RV6jHGuY

Part 4 of Newsactive3's closes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2HCSaGIh2Q

WGN, Chicago, extended aircheck of the 9PM news, 1993: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5B8ia3nzsM

KSAZ, Phoenix, special report open, 1997: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCodnSGiy3I

WGN, Chicago, news open, 1985:

WBBM, Chicago, news open, 1989: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTcU7ifhQIw

KTSP (then CBS, now KSAZ, Fox), Phoenix, 10PM news montage, 1988: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQn1IgC18r4 KTSP (then CBS, now KSAZ, Fox), Phoenix, 6PM news montage, 1988: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu2Zn0sfSrY KTVK (then ABC, now Ind.), Phoenix, 10PM news montage, 1988: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5jv7p-5x3Y

STW9, Perth, Australia; three different vintage news opens, two of them featuring Cool Hand Luke (BTW, "National Nine News" is actually a locally originated newscast): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymynNO6QNnk

Those of you who are regulars at The Newsroom on TVForum.co.uk have already seen it, but here's another really interesting compilation from YouTube user TeleVizjaTrizondal, this one with several current news opens from Austria, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Armenia, and China:

KTVK, Phoenix, 1987: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-2w2g5Dx_8 KPNX, Phoenix, 1986: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjIy7Sju1_k

Here's an extremely rare clip -- a promo -- from KTVK's "Eyewitness News" period: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRmVma6lAWk