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1 hour ago, T.L. Hughes said:
We talking in the vein of Joel Cheatwood's "if it bleeds, it leads"?
We talking in the vein of “FITZ! SANCHEZ!”
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4 hours ago, T.L. Hughes said:the way Alvarez grins in the '91 version looks inadvertently like how you'd think a serial killer or Bond villain would smile.
Or maybe cuz their rival station had what we like to call “serial killer” opens?
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37 years ago, Pittsburgh was frozen over:
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WNAC in 1980:
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9 hours ago, Jared DiCarlo said:
A full newscast of WRGB from March 4, 2000 (10 days before I was born!). The weatherman is Mike Augustyniak (now at WCCO). This was also in the early days of WRGB’s usage of the CBS Enforcer theme.
Wow! Exactly a year before I was born! Interesting our birthdays are so close!
Im guessing they had a period dumping CVD?
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You like ONE FULL HOUR (and a bit over) of NewsActive3?
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1 hour ago, hmaxhanson said:
Was not expecting the Times New Roman-esque font on the talent names and the titles at the beginning. Looks out of place for the rest of the look. But still quite the find!
Heres Maurice DuBois in Sacto:
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3 hours ago, hmaxhanson said:
Some Hampton Roads news clips from September 1995 (as well as January 1997), worth noting is that it features the last days of TV 3 News and the first of NewsChannel 3 over at WTKR:
A month afterwards (10/9/1995) WTKR reverted to its “News Channel 3” branding and completely shed its tabloid look, including a new set and an outdoor weather spot.
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WROC directors track, 1989:
You may observe a certain network logo was erased from the station ID due to an affiliation shuffle in effect two months later.
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WCNC in 1996:
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Some WLWT (and other Cincy stations) snippets from May 1998, featuring EQ Vance-ish L3’s:
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Possibly the oldest footage of an Ed Hopkins-voiced FULL open on a station (the January one got cut off):
(Go to 1:00:19)By this point WNGE had phased out the GE ID in prep for their call letter and ownership change a month later.
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Guy Atchley! In OKC!
Also some KTUL from 1979:
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6 hours ago, NewsStar2 said:
I've uploaded a few Houston items recently. Just starting to re-introduce content from my old channel as well.
KPRC News update with Bob Nicholas and the late Doug Johnson from May 1985.KTRK News Update from December 1985 with Melanie Lawson
KPRC Channel Two News Update from October 1989 with Tim Lake, currently of WTEN
KHOU midday newscast from November 1993
Not classic video related, but I believe i might actually be related to Tim Lake. He grew up in Ellisburg, a rural town up north in NY by Watertown, which is where the majority of my family came from. Don’t know for sure.
I do know for sure that I can add this to the Houston bandwagon:
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46 minutes ago, Samantha said:
Very nice snag @promoguy98!
I actually nailed a trio of interesting finds lately that are somewhat in the NMSA, but I wanted to put them here too:
Shreveport
The Shreveport Journal in 1984 did an article on news music and it included IDs for three different pieces of news music!
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59728001/
KSLA's theme is a custom by Jake Pittman of Dallas. (He died at 50 in 2004.)
KTBS is also a custom done by Skeetz Music Co. of Indianapolis. The NMSA has yet to add this one because it actually represents a date change for KTBS '82. The mention of not having a final beat is a glove fit for this.
KTAL used a theme by Al LeGrand (LeGrand and Associates, a local ad agency) and Dan Newman. We've never heard it, either!
KOVR/Dan Milner
Years ago, I ran on ASCAP into an entry for a KOVR News Theme by Dan Milner (Wintermoon Music) but had nothing to go on.
Until @Spectrum27 turned up its use as a background bed on American Gladiators:
Milner composed the theme to the show, too, and one of his demos has a few cuts from the KOVR '95 package in it. That's one way to ID a theme!
KCST - Working to Be Your 1st Choice
KCST 1985 (now correctly dated 1984) was not a package I expected to have an image associated. Well, I was very wrong!
Wanted to bring this to the attention of the music hounds. Tuesday? Silvertree (which was formed at the start of '84)?
The KCST tune sounds similar to this from WOI:
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Some WSOC promos, 1986:
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16 minutes ago, hmaxhanson said:
Huh. In between Scott Chapin and Nick Michaels, WBBM had Vic Caroli do the opens:
Guess they thought Chapin was too obnoxious? I don’t blame them. ‘BBM made lots of bad decisions in the 90s.
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KWCH commercials from 1984:
https://youtu.be/65D4EDAR6Xg
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WTVF’s last open using the Palmer pack:
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WLNS in 2000:
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A commercial break featuring WJLA’s This is Your News promo, must’ve been the first day using this then-new package:
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27 minutes ago, SoFloTVClassics said:
Various Clips of TV Stations from Texas.
Brand new KTBC open!!!!!!
Also KHOU used that “ei8ht” logo for their morning news?
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WTVC’s Tennessee Valley Tour, 1998:
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WRGB circa May 1986:
Later that year, they would upgrade their set, graphics and hire a new meteorologist (John Cessarich).-
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The Ever-Evolving Gray Graphics Situation...Thread
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They’ve had those on the 4pm already.