WWUpdate 1290 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Thames Television; London, UK; 1980 -- a crash on the London Underground is the lead story: And from two years later, here's Thames local election coverage for London: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 WESH, Orlando, late '70s: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hadley 129 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 WWL-TV's Eyewitness News at Noon, from May 19, 1997. Produced by WTKR's Blaine Stewart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Ok, a bunch of WBNS from 1994 with the "tomato 10" logo and that hypnotic techno news theme. Notice the "time lapse" animation on the bumpers (i.e. 18:22)-they were big into that during this 1993-96 era. Check ouf the close at 19:10 and another open following that. Alas, it's pretty crappy VHS quality:: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 905 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 WESH, Orlando, late '70s: Damn you beat me to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 905 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 WDIV News 4 promo 1981 WOKR News update 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c5274852mw WTMJ 1987 Newscast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAKGwMHwjNg Louisiana/Arkansas channel flipping 1987 KATV 1990 interview with then-future president Bill Clinton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 905 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 WJLA 1987 newscast KCCI 1990 6pm newscast KCCI 1989 6pm newscast KNTV 1990 The year of change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfXfjU3QnhU KNTV Loma Prieta one year later 1990 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AYhqBijdXA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Last set of clips until the weekend... Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Georgia / Alabama / Louisiana - September 1994 [MEDIA=vimeo]244040736[/MEDIA] Atlanta, Macon, Columbus (GA), Birmingham, Anniston, Tuscaloosa, Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Lake Chuck. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 427 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Those clips of Albany in 1994 are like gold given how that year was one where the market hit a turning point of sorts in it's history. WNYT and later WTEN refreshed their logos and image and later you had an arms race of news expansion to the point where stations were moving launch dates up to be first. All three stations announced their expansions to 6:00 AM within a day of each other and were set to do it on the same day until WTEN jumped the gun, for example. Not seen in the debacle of WRGB's 5:00 PM newscast, the return from commercial bumpers in which vocal effects looped Charlie Van Dyke several times. In contrast, WNYT played it safe with it's newcast being only two extra-long (13 minute!) segments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Last set of clips until the weekend... Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Georgia / Alabama / Louisiana - September 1994 [MEDIA=vimeo]244040736[/MEDIA] Atlanta, Macon, Columbus (GA), Birmingham, Anniston, Tuscaloosa, Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Lake Chuck. WTVM using similar graphics as WPDE at the time. And that’s one slick WDAM open for the era and market! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesapeakeTV 310 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Those are some fantastic clips, especially the smaller markets... One thing immediately leapt to mind - WRBL's look is downright unimpressive compared to (which seems to have preceded it). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaxhanson 650 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 One thing immediately leapt to mind - WRBL's look is downright unimpressive compared to (which seems to have preceded it). I don't think WRBL ever used Avant News, it just seems too fancy and expensive for a small market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Those are some fantastic clips, especially the smaller markets... One thing immediately leapt to mind - WRBL's look is downright unimpressive compared to (which seems to have preceded it). Avant seems like it would have been very non-traditional and potentially difficult to maintain. It also was one of the few virtual set newscast concepts of the 90s. Sometimes I wonder if what we have never actually went out on air, even though it looks to be a fully-formed newscast from one date. I can easily see a turnover at ND and someone junking Avant as just too much. I don't think WRBL ever used Avant News, it just seems too fancy and expensive for a small market. That's occurred to me, too. Yet how, then, did they get an entire WRBL newscast or newscast demo to be made, with their anchors, news stories, and even (at the end) a shot of the anchors in front of the virtual set with a real desk? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 905 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 JFK 54 years on. WSVN 1985 JFK collector. WPLG 1987 JFK collector. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info Junkie 1285 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Is there a missing KIRO era lurking around? I ask because some totally different L3’s appear towards the end. Must’ve been temporarily made when Cox took over, as by 1998 they debuted the E.Q. Vance graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaxhanson 650 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 A clip from a North Carolina cable channel called NorthLand Cable News: Some clips of the six o'clock newscasts from Atlanta's big 4 stations on October 6, 1997: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 KHQ in 1988. Finally figured out the voiceover on this is Al Vanik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=-IIB4ZMNWbU;t=1622 KPRC in March 1995: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 WGN, Chicago; 9 p.m., 1987 -- the funeral of Mayor Washington is the lead story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkjxrPryUmQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1366 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info Junkie 1285 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuXp-HhDGts WRAU in 1984 And KLBK reveals its “Brave New World” Open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthesea 292 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Two WCVB short promos from c.1994: the first with the late, great Dick Albert, the second is to announce the expansion of their morning newscast, which started at 5AM! It was a really unconventional time to start back then. WCVB preempted ABC World News This Morning from the very beginning (1982) and didn't air it until was moved to 4:30am, around 2001, but they always cleared ABC World News Now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 WFLD, Chicago; 7 a.m., 2004: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgVuYKK744 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Remember when KPNX was good? ewjxn remembers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 WLS, Chicago; 5 p.m. close and ABC Evening News open (w/ partial audio), 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=dVkcbj-4In8;t=34 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 WMAQ, Chicago; a special edition of the 10 p.m. news devoted to the Blizzard of 1979: Part 2: Part 3: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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