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Here's a rarity---a 1983 newscast from KTVK in Phoenix during the Phil Allen/Jim Scoutten period of the Eyewitness News era. Apparently, the station was on the verge of becoming competitive at the time, but personnel changes would later once again doom it to runner-up status. It  took a management overhaul and the adoption of the NewsChannel 3 brand for the station to reverse its fortunes for good in the late 1980s:

 

 

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11 hours ago, WWUpdate said:

Here's a rarity---a 1983 newscast from KTVK in Phoenix during the Phil Allen/Jim Scoutten period of the Eyewitness News era. Apparently, the station was on the verge of becoming competitive at the time, but personnel changes would later once again doom it to runner-up status. It  took a management overhaul and the adoption of the NewsChannel 3 brand for the station to reveres its fortunes for good in the late 1980s:

 

Another ABC affiliate that used Ernie Anderson. Also, KTVK's news director at the time was Cecil Tuck, brother of Michael Tuck of San Diego fame and Gene Tuck from KTVI and KSAT. 

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12 hours ago, 8Viewer said:

 

KTVK's news director at the time was Cecil Tuck, brother of Michael Tuck of San Diego fame and Gene Tuck from KTVI and KSAT. 

 

You left out Beaumont's KJAC and KBMT, that's where Gene Tuck used to another back then.

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On 4/10/2023 at 7:43 AM, WWUpdate said:

Here's a rarity---a 1983 newscast from KTVK in Phoenix during the Phil Allen/Jim Scoutten period of the Eyewitness News era. Apparently, the station was on the verge of becoming competitive at the time, but personnel changes would later once again doom it to runner-up status. It  took a management overhaul and the adoption of the NewsChannel 3 brand for the station to reverse its fortunes for good in the late 1980s:

 

Holy mooing cake, it's Ernie Anderson voicing a KTVK news open. I never thought I'd hear that. I figured Tony Evans did it.

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On 4/10/2023 at 9:10 PM, 8Viewer said:

 

Another ABC affiliate that used Ernie Anderson. Also, KTVK's news director at the time was Cecil Tuck, brother of Michael Tuck of San Diego fame and Gene Tuck from KTVI and KSAT. 

 

Here's an Arizona Republic article from 1981 about Cecil Tuck and his decision to pair Allen and Scoutten, while demoting Dave Nichols and getting rid Ray Thompson:

 

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55737168/changes-at-channel-3/

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Someone finally posted Today Show coverage of the day following Princess Diana's death (1997)

Another "new" Today post from 1997, 3 yers before the tragic events. Back when September 11th was just a regular date!

 

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3 hours ago, H-Town TV Fan said:

WMAQ Channel 5 News at 5:00 (March 10, 1985)

 

 

It intrigues me that as late as 1985, WMAQ was still using news opens from the late NewsCenter 5 era (which ended in 1982), with "Channel 5 News" awkwardly overlaid on top of the original "NewsCenter 5" title:

 

 

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On 4/16/2023 at 10:30 PM, WWUpdate said:

 

It intrigues me that as late as 1985, WMAQ was still using news opens from the late NewsCenter 5 era (which ended in 1982), with "Channel 5 News" awkwardly overlaid on top of the original "NewsCenter 5" title:

 

 

wmaq-comp-nc5-1a.png

 

And that that WMAQ weekend early edition still had traces of the Serif Gothic font, especially in the editorial segment at the end.

 

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