Jared DiCarlo 53 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 That promo is from sometime in 2004 as it was after when Bob Kovachick shaved his mustache and the weather center had already been redone yet were still using their 1997 weather graphics. Here is another promo from the same time period for the same doppler. [MEDIA=vimeo]18968925[/MEDIA] In fact, going through this person's Vimeo account there seems to be a LOT of late 90s-mid 2000s WNYT promos. A pre-1998 station promo [MEDIA=vimeo]53071157[/MEDIA] A 1996 Olympics promo, complete with clips of Chris Kapostasy (Jansing)'s Torch Relay run [MEDIA=vimeo]94070913[/MEDIA] "No one has more experience than Ed Dague", someone in 2000-01 [MEDIA=vimeo]18426083[/MEDIA] More later! I saw those clips after I discovered the first one. Elsewhere on Vimeo, someone uploaded a couple of specials that WRGB did about severe weather. I'd link them here, but unfortunately, I'm on my Kindle right now so it's kind of hard for me to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 KCBS, Los Angeles; 5 and 6 p.m., 1990: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1pitXaZ2hA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1366 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Hard to believe, it's now been 30 years since Baltimore lost a broadcast legend. Today, on this New Year's Eve; we pay tribute to a true news icon in Maryland. TVNT is remembering the late, great Jerry Turner. A Baltimore Institution of WJZ 13 for 25 years. God bless you, Jerry and Godspeed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=COuZsP0YDWc;t=1716 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthesea 292 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Italy's RAI Uno had some very interesting openers for its program TG1 Speciale featuring Rondo Veneziano's song "Sinfonia per un Addio" 1987 version 1990 version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Upt-BUj4kw Current version (certainly looks like an After Effects template) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 One today's date 25 years ago, TVS in the United Kingdom, serving the south coast of England, broadcast its last-ever newscast before handing over its license to Meridian on January 1. The newscast introduced the new broadcaster and looked back at the history of TVS's news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csuXY5zMrqA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 And the same from the TVS's newscast serving the southeastern part of its viewing area (also titled Coast to Coast): 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthesea 292 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 If you thought this is Inside Edition, you were wrong! These were America 2's news bumpers between 1993 and 1994. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 One today's date 25 years ago, TVS in the United Kingdom, serving the south coast of England, broadcast its last-ever newscast before handing over its license to Meridian on January 1. The newscast introduced the new broadcaster and looked back at the history of TVS's news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csuXY5zMrqA And this is how TVS reported on the loss of its broadcast license more than a year earlier: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info Junkie 1285 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Some more WNYT promos, all from the 2003-04 timeframe. "Born to Zap" [MEDIA=vimeo]18426227[/MEDIA] "Bob at the Track" [MEDIA=vimeo]26771993[/MEDIA] A school closings promo that lasted until at least 2006 [MEDIA=vimeo]18953316[/MEDIA] "How did Bob Kovachick become interested in the weather?" [MEDIA=vimeo]18426403[/MEDIA] "Playing With Fire," a Fall 2004 promo with current, glossier, peacock-on-the-13 logo. [MEDIA=vimeo]21548013[/MEDIA] According to an online blog, WNYT debuted their glossier look along with L.A. Groove on August 12, 2004. I remember the graphic change well (though I was only 3 years old!!!) and they kept the graphics until April 2012 when they went HD. However, WNYT went through some minor tweaks (including different L3’s, slogan change to “Coverage You Can Trust”, and newer cuts of “L.A. Groove” by 2006). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 427 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 According to an online blog, WNYT debuted their glossier look along with L.A. Groove on August 12, 2004. I remember the graphic change well (though I was only 3 years old!!!) and they kept the graphics until April 2012 when they went HD. However, WNYT went through some minor tweaks (including different L3’s, and newer cuts of “L.A. Groove” by 2006). I know the updated look came in right before the Athens Olympics started. I was out of the area when it happened and when I came back it was a little shocking how well they did it. The 2002-04 "sub look" they wedged into the 1997 opens was flat out awful, a horrible blue/purple gradient, Arial fonts, just a massive mess and unless you poke around the Internet Archive largely invisible. I know that those beautiful opens that went with the first generation of L.A. Groove were junked when the second generation came in. Outside of all of their images in the NewsChannel 13 era, next to the Prime News era those were their best bar none. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAP 10 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 A short WNYT promo from some time in the late 90s-early 2000s that makes fun of WRGB’s Doppler Radar. [MEDIA=vimeo]6899305[/MEDIA] While I’m on the subject of classic TV, have any of you guys ever been to the website of the Wolfson Archive? It has a treasure trove of South Florida TV clips (most of which seem to be from the master copies!) that are really worth checking out. Just search for the call letters of a certain South Florida station and you’re good to go. http://www.wolfsonarchives.info/search-the-catalog/ Oh yeah I once found the full WTVJ Watch our Team work opening theme and couple never before heard music of same theme on the Wolfson Archive website;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1487 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Not sure if this has been posted yet, but here's a montage of opens and closes of nearly every Southern and Central California TV station from 1993. That open from KTTV is pretty sharp; I hadn't seen that one before. [MEDIA=vimeo]247655678[/MEDIA] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 905 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Not sure if this has been posted yet, but here's a montage of opens and closes of nearly every Southern and Central California TV station from 1993. That open from KTTV is pretty sharp; I hadn't seen that one before. [MEDIA=vimeo]247655678[/MEDIA] I believe it has 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info Junkie 1285 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I believe it has Yes it has. As we close out 2017, a look back at some people in the broadcasting business we lost: Amanda Davis: Michelle Marsh: Irv Weinstein: Doug Paul: Rich Fisher: Howard Caldwell: Jim Vance: Drew Dimmel: Van Amburg: Wayne Walker: And I’m sure there’s many more, these are just some of them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared DiCarlo 53 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 According to an online blog, WNYT debuted their glossier look along with L.A. Groove on August 12, 2004. I remember the graphic change well (though I was only 3 years old!!!) and they kept the graphics until April 2012 when they went HD. However, WNYT went through some minor tweaks (including different L3’s, slogan change to “Coverage You Can Trust”, and newer cuts of “L.A. Groove” by 2006). What blog did you find that information on? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info Junkie 1285 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 What blog did you find that information on? http://crooney.blogspot.com/2004/08/new-and-improved-wnyt.html?m=1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 427 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 http://crooney.blogspot.com/2004/08/new-and-improved-wnyt.html?m=1 The person who wrote that is one of those WNYT lifers who got hired right out of college and has stuck around for their entire adult life. At the time that post was written, he was their Webmaster, becoming their Digital Manager when that job became a bit more complex. Part of that post makes me wonder. If you haven't already, check out WNYT to see our new graphics and music and let me know what you think. I think its a huge improvement, but most of the viewer e-mail has been negative (although that isn't really a surprise -- we always get more negative feedback than positive). And this might be part of why their 1995 backdrop is immortal... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Straight off the bird, wild feeds for TV news use from 1995/96! Stations seen include WFTV and KPNX. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAP 10 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 WTVJ July 1992 Noon Intro http://www.wolfsonarchives.info/view/?id=84613&accession=WC23238&status=DIGITIZED&wc_no=WC23238&search_term=WTVJ &fileid=WC23238.mp4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 A whole 18 minutes of WYTV's 33 Eyewitness News in 1993... ...and an entire NewsChannel 33 from 2000! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 WGN, Chicago; topical promo, 1993: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2lZ3wIlGvk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 This may have been posted before; I know the WRLH open has surfaced on Youtube... Richmond had some terribly boring opens in 1995: [MEDIA=internetarchive]height=480;id=tobacco_orp23e00;width=640[/MEDIA] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Did KNXT always use cold opens back in 1973? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=_BN_WXRyFMg;m=3;s=22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info Junkie 1285 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Some bigO plabax from 1980 - including a KMTV Skycam promo with “Theme from ‘Firepower’” and a shot of John McDonald anchoring. Also included is a promo for Dr. Dave Iser, who I believe was Dick Fletcher’s replacement when the latter went to WTSP. Dr. Dave lasted over a year before going to WLS. And here’s a WPLG weekend open from 1986 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1366 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 WFAA's live coverage of The Branch Davidian Rage in Waco 25 years ago today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp7MOwQW4vc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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