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Canal 13's final segment of the noon news (includes summary and closer) from Monday, July 14, 1997.

That midday newscast moved to 1pm in March of 1998, and expanded to a full hour, where it remains to this day.

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15 minutes of KMSP's Minnesota 9 News in 1996 - no open, and the theme in the bumpers doesn't ring any bells for me, but Californians here may recognize one of the anchors. Seems like a very interesting look...

 

Was totally expecting no open, of course, but Gary Rebstock??? Also a promo at 10:13 is voiced by Brian James.

 

Also this might’ve been their open... Note the L3’s are same in this newscast

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Lots of old Austin stuff, and theres more where that came from!

 

A KTBC ID from 1978-79, using the theme from the 1987 WHIZ video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=HYcOnNN8a9g;m=1;s=30

 

KTVV commercials from 1985:

 

A KVUE Newsbrief from 1984:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=5lTBaNX6VpI;t=19

 

An Ernest P. Worrell ad for KVUE, I think this is different from the ones on compilation sets:

 

A promo for KTVV's local Joyce & Mel show:

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And two more...

 

A full commercial break from KTVV during a 1981 SNL rerun (after the ill-fated Jean Doumanian run) Back they they were using a log which looked more suited for an indie station:

 

KTBC runs into techincal difficulites during a CBS Sports boxing match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=hanymzztUOw;t=58

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Lots of old Austin stuff, and theres more where that came from!

 

A KTBC ID from 1978-79, using the theme from the 1987 WHIZ video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=HYcOnNN8a9g;m=1;s=30

 

KTVV commercials from 1985:

 

A KVUE Newsbrief from 1984:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=5lTBaNX6VpI;t=19

 

An Ernest P. Worrell ad for KVUE, I think this is different from the ones on compilation sets:

 

A promo for KTVV's local Joyce & Mel show:

The ads are horribly misdated- that KVUE Ernest promo is from their post-Gannett acquisition years, which is definitely not 1982. My guess is 1986 or 1987.

 

And that KTVV clip from 1985 is very weird. My guess is that they had a previous package with that logo before this one:

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The WISC and WHTM early 90s themes were also written by Sheldon Elias who did the WBBM theme.

 

A further offspring, though not done by Elias, was the KFDA early 90s package by Eric Enfalt which accompanied two generations of WBBM ripoff opens.

 

Other elements from this era:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=wmWuo-uMQoE;t=434

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=oYj0AsJQVYw;t=582

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Thank you, Ramona!

 

Here are a few WBBM opens (and a close) featuring the faster-paced 1990 update of that theme:

 

 

Cool to see they had the separate studio and newsroom set going, and changed up the studio set elements for each broadcast.

 

And wow - Lester and Adele...

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Al Schottelkotte was, according to some sources, the highest rated local anchor in America. This is the only video I've been able to locate on YT:

 

 

And here is the audio opening for his newscast (1950s?):

 

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