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It's weird to actually see this look and sound when it was relatively new (minus the last few moments, which were definitely not from 1997). I think I have a tape of 10's morning news from around '02 or '03 and thinking how nice but dated the very same update graphics looked. The Lower-thirds had been modernized a bit but still looked pretty close to fitting the character of the overall graphics package. Bostick was a quality owner based on everything I have seen, and they really invested in KWTX prior to their sale to Gray. The look, sound and direction of the newscasts even into the early years of Gray's ownership were very well executed. Not what you'd expect of of #90 or so market.

It's too bad the few clips that are around are the TVArk ones and a few with the camera pointed at a TV. It does sound like a really nice package. These are some examples from a YouTube page with the aformentioned camera pointed at a TV. The user's titles hint at 1989-90 even though they are from the same feature. Station ID / Cinema 26 Primetime Open A couple of movie bumpers and a news tease near the end of this clip Station ID and Movie Bump on this one

Bryan/College Station, TX KBTX News 3 at Ten, 12/22/2017 KAGS News at 6:00 - 12/22/2017

Waco-Temple-Killeen, TX KCEN Channel 6 News at Ten - 12/21/2017 KWTX News 10 at Ten - 12/21/2017 KWTX 10.2 - CW 12 News at Nine - 12/20/2017 KXXV Central Texas News Now at 10 - 12/20/2017 KWKT FOX 44 News at 5:30 - 12/21/2017

San Angelo, TX KSAN News at 5 - 1/2/2018 KIDY Fox News First at 10 - 1/2/2018 KLST Concho Valley This Morning Newsbrief - 1/3/2018 Midland-Odessa, TX (kinda) KUPB Noticias Univision Oeste de Texas Open, 1/2018 - Recorded from KEUS in San Angelo

Abilene, TX KRBC News at 10 - 1/3/2018 KTXS News at 6 - 1/4/2018 KXVA Fox 15 News at 6 - 1/3/2018 KTAB News at 5 - 1/4/2018

Back from my trip... Part I of a few posts starts now. Wichita Falls,TX/Lawton,OK KFDX 3 News at 10 - 1/5/2018 KAUZ NewsChannel 6 at 10 - 1/5/2018 KSWO 7 News at 6 - 1/5/2018 KJTL Texoma's Fox News at 9 - 1/5/2018 KAUZ/KSWO Texoma Weekend Morning News Debut - 1/6/2018

That guy has been posting some great OKC stuff for a while. I'm a bit envious! I've hit a number of thrift stores both in the OKC Metro and in southern Oklahoma for tapes over the course of the years and I've come up short. The stuff I've picked up is mostly cable or DFW which is fairly easy to come by in comparison.

That's too bad about the Elko station, but Lori is one of the best out there in my humble opinion. Whatever she does next, she will excel. About 6 or 7 years ago, a firm I was working with was developing a news department at one of the radio stations in town and she helped us build our network of contacts in the area. She helped share leads and resources when possible. She didn't treat us as a competitor and thought it was more important that additional voices were available to get the word out about stories in the community. I've never forgotten that and appreciate what she did for us to this day.

KFDX & KJTL moved to the updated graphics packages last week. KFDX has the KETK look, and KJTL the KWKT look. Both have retained their existing music packages though thus far.

I never adequately promote my stuff... but here's a recent complete newscast I uploaded KHOU - 11 News at Noon complete broadcast from November 1993

Because I don't hawk the stuff I upload to my YouTube so often... KWTX News 10 at Ten Weekend (Full Newscast) - 1/7/17 KCEN Channel 6 News Weekend Close (New Set) - 1/7/17 KXXV NewsChannel 25 Good Morning Texas Weekend Open - 1/8/2017 Back a bit KHWB WB 39 News at Nine Debut Newscast (Full) - 9/2000

More uploads from my YT Channel... Dallas WFAA News 8 Midday Close - Summer 1990 Houston KPRC - Channel Two News at 6:00 (Most) - 5/17/89 KPRC - Ron Stone's Scene at Five World Tour '89 Promo - 5/89 KHOU 11 News Update w/ Marlene McClinton - 5/89 KPRC - "59 South" Community Affairs Program - 12/89 KHOU - For Your Information... and Anyone Else's (2 Reports on Personal Privacy) - 1990 KTRK - Eyewitness Houston: Divorce & Child Custody - 10/90 KPRC - John McPherson Promos - 1/91 KHOU - Election '91 Promo KPRC - Channel Two News Long Close 11/5/91 KHTV - 39 Houston TV News Close - 11/5/91 KHOU - 11 News at Five Open & First Story - 5/92 (Annoyed this one cut out early... one of the stories teased was the last day of KHTV's news department at that time) KTRK - 13 Eyewitness News at 6 Close 11/16/97 San Antonio KSAT NewsWatch 12 at Five (FULL) , 2/28/83

Houston KHOU - Spirit of Texas Promo - Summer, 2001 Corpus Christi KZTV Newswatch 10 at 6 Open & First Story - 9/11/01

I think most of those individual opens are taken from NewsActive 3's compilations. Great stuff though. The 1990 EP Press Club Blooper Reel: Still scratching my head over what the warbled KDBC theme at 10:26 actually is.

Back from a trip, so a bunch of updates... Wichita Falls KFDX 3 News Today Open (HD), 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWthiunpck KAUZ NewsChannel 6 at 10 Open (HD), 2014 KFDX Time Warner Weather Channel Sample Houston KPRC Local 2 News Midday Open (HD), 2014 KPRC Local 2 Breaking News Alert Intro (HD), 2014 KHOU 11 News at Noon Close + Gannett ID (HD), 2014 KTRK 13 Eyewitness News This Morning Open (HD), 2014 KTRK 13 Eyewitness News at 6:30 Open (HD), 2014 KTMD 47.3 "Placeholder" Screen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzUTc6v18QE Sherman/Denison,TX - Ardmore/Ada, OK KTEN News at 5 Montage (HD), 2014 KTEN-DT3 - ABC Texoma News at 4PM Open (HD), 2014 KXII News 12 at 6 Montage (HD), 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w_yOhkHsCU KXII HD News Coverage Promo, 2014 KXII-DT3 - News 12 Good Day Open (HD), 2012 Oklahoma City KFOR NewsChannel 4 at 4 AM Open (HD), 2014 KFOR 65th Anniversary Promo (HD), 2014 KFOR 65th Anniversary - Weather Promo (HD), 2014 And as somewhat of a blast from the past... although it was only about 5 years ago; I found a few of the "Right Here, Right Now" promos that KPRC aired. I apparently saved them on a DVD back then, so here they are now. Actually survived being rendered and re-converted into passable HD! Primary Promo Anchors Local 2 Investigates

Oklahoma City KOCO 5 News In The Morning Open & Talent Rejoin, 2013 KOCO 5 News Close, 2013 KWTV Gary England's Departure Promo KFOR The 4 O'clock News Open, 2013 Tulsa KOTV The News on 6 at 10 Open, 2013 KOTV Six in the Morning Open, 2013 KJRH 2 News Today Tease & Open, 2013 KTUL Tulsa's Channel 8 News at 10 Open, 2013 KOKI FOX 23 News This Morning Open, 2013 Topeka WIBW 13 News at Six Montage, 2013 WIBW 13.2 - 13 News at 9 Open, 2013 KSNT Kansas First News at 5 Montage, 2013 KTKA Station ID + Kansas First News at 6:30 Open, 2013 Wichita KAKEland - Good Morning Kansas Talent Open Blooper, 2013 Kansas City KMBC 9 News at 9 on KCWE Open, 2013 KMBC 9 News Generic Morning Open, 2013 KMBC 9 News at 5 Promo, 2013 KCTV 5 News Its Your Morning at 4:30 Tease & Open, 2013

I've uploaded a bunch from Wichita in recent days... -KAKE News "Coverage" Promo - 1985; You can clearly hear Gari's "We'll Take You there" as the music, but it's the only instance I've found of the package being used on the station at this time. -KAKE News Brief w/ Dave Evans, 12/1985 -KSNW/KSN News Extra w/ Greg Gamer, 12/1985; KSNW had an interesting assortment of music during this time. The unknown theme used for newscasts, TM's "All The News" and Gari's "Turn To" package for promos and image in addition to the occasional use of "Hello News" for image purposes. -KWCH Eyewitness Newsbreak w/ Julie Becker + Station ID, 12/1985 -KWCH "The Look of a Leader" holiday promo & Station ID, 12/1985 -KWCH Eyewitness News Nightcast Promo & Station ID, 12/1986 -KSNW Holiday Station ID's, 12/1987 -KSNW Channel 3 News Nightbeat Promo, 12/1987 -KSNW Mike Smith Weather Promo, 12/1987; See what I said about "Hello News" just showing up sometimes? -KSNW/KSN Kansas Update w/ Bob Vernon, 12/1987 -KSN Kansas Update w/ Melissa Beck, 2/1989; Recorded from KSNC - Great Bend

Here are a few recent uploads from my YouTube Channel that may be of interest KAKE News Weekend Edition Tease & Open, 12/3/1989 KTRK 11 PM Late Show Open - 1985 KSNW NewsChannel 3 Kansas Update - 1992 KSNW NewsChannel 3 Nightbeat Open & First Story - 1992 KAUZ Channel 6 Newsbreak - 1/1983 CBS Newsbreak w/ Marlene Sanders - 1/1983 KFDX NewsCenter 3 - "The Class of '82" Promo - 9/1982 KFDX 3 - "NBC - Just Watch Us Now" Promos - 9/1982

A few selections from WRCB anchor David Carroll's YouTube Channel... 1972 WDEF-TV 12 Chattanooga 11 pm newscast WRCB Chattanooga 1976 local newscast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwAzOqreFM8 Live at 530 WRCB Chattanooga News Open 1988 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-xf0tvK7EY There are also a bunch of other promos & clips worth checking as well

It is. It was clipped from a commercial compilation I uploaded a few months back (it appears at 6:59). Here are a few new clips of interest that I've uploaded... KTRK Breaking News cut-in from 1990 about a Toxic Cloud at a school KSNC 2 - Great Bend, KS Station IDs from 1988-89 KPRC - The Scene at Five (Part) 2/10/1989

It's possible - the music does have a certain element of the band's 'sound' to it, although somewhat toned down to a point. I'd love to know who did the jazzy theme for the early 90s newscasts they aired as a FOX affiliate. I have a newscast of theirs from 1993 or 94 that I'll have to post at some time.

Just saw that... I have a bit of the Today show from KSNF during the 1988 Olympics and it appears there may have been no change in branding up until some point in the 90s. They had the same logo/color scheme & were using "All The News" in said clip. Even then it looked dated in comparison to KSNW & the rest of the network. A note - TVbd's influence on KSN actually began at some point in 1987. I have a few tapes from then, and I think they may have used an interim, 'older' (relatively-speaking) graphics package from that firm, before the one that appears on NewsActive3's reel. They also introduced Gari's 'Great News' at this time as well. A February '89 tape I have with material recorded from KSNC, the station in Great Bend, shows that even they picked up the updated look by that point. KSN definitely stayed with them for a while - they updated the graphics for the network in the mid 90's and also did the graphics for the short-lived newscast they produced for KSAS, the FOX station, in the late 90s.

Wichita KSNWNews Tonight (Most) - 10/1986 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9SUwk99qvQ KSNWNews Digest w/ Bob Vernon - 10/1986 KSNW 3 "The Best News of All" Promo - 10/1986

Wichita ----- KSNW - Mark Bogner's Final Newscast Joplin, MO / Pittsburg, KS KFJX FOX 14 News Open - 4/2013 KOAM News at Ten Montage - 4/2013 KODE Action 12 News at Ten Montage - 4/2013 KSNF - KSN Local News at 6:00 Montage - 4/2013 KSNF - Keeping it Local Promos - 4/2013