Samantha 2876 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 KING 5 newsbreak with Aaron Brown, 1984: A whole *unused* WBNB news open made in the mid-1980s: And WSVI in 1989, again: And since there are photos here, why not some more! A little background: Some of the worst flooding in Arizona history took place in February 1980. A dam was inches away from bursting and collapsing upstream, but as it was, the Salt River was at flood stage. At the time most river crossings were either bridges prone to erosion or they weren't bridges, since the Salt River was all dammed up. Only two road bridges were open to connect Mesa and Tempe with Phoenix. There were 10-mile-long backups to get across these two bridges. With relief more than necessary, the state, Amtrak and other entities cobbled together an emergency train service, called the "Hattie B." for governor Bruce Babbitt's wife. It was a smashing success in its short run (February 25-March 7), carrying nearly 25,000 passengers in twelve days (it quickly earned the name "Sardine Express", ferrying 5,350 passengers on its most successful day while running 17 hours a day), but as an emergency service with dollar one-way fares it lost $30,000 a week. Keep in mind the Valley had (and does not have) NO commuter rail service*, and it was operating out of disused stations. So enjoy these photos. Unfortunately I can't link them in: KTVK news cameras film passengers waiting at the Phoenix station: http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/histphotos/id/27639/rec/168 — notice the KIII-type circle 3! KPNX reporter conducts interview at Phoenix station: http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/histphotos/id/27546/rec/132 *We got light rail, which at least is something, but we don't have any other heavier commuter rail system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanGuy 117 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 They were still using those graphics in 1989? Good heavens. They probably only dumped them when they wore out the masters! Not sure if this has come up before in this thread, but I don't recall seeing it. KTRK promo for Eyewitness News...from 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKSqaPDW3eI 1989? Looks more like 19 SEVENTY 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 From 1986, here's the evening news from ORF in Austria, with extensive coverage of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which despite Soviet media silence, was beginning to send its radioactivity across Europe: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Dillweed 73 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 First few minutes of a 1985 newscast from WRCB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a8FiGmIOdY Late '70s clips of WJBK newscasts (including three opens), unfortunately all covered by a director's track: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Sit through an anti-smoking commercial and you'll find a freeloading KPNX open from the fall of 1994: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_lcw27a00 The headline on the newscast: 29 football players will miss a Friday night football game. (Said football players wound up winning a state championship that year.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 232 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 1988 WAVY ID (Come Home to the Best-era) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 For more than a year now I've been looking for video of KPNX's 1992 open after they dumped TVbD (the audio is in the NMSA). I've come the closest to that yet today, with this 15-minute reel of Vietnam memorial coverage from KPNX in 1992. Notice the graphics and "12"-without-map logo. Those certainly were not the case when 12 became "Arizona's News Station". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanGuy 117 Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 First few minutes of WWL's PM Magazine (w/intro) with Lee Sinclair and Eric Paulsen, August 1981. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 WITI late '70s news close at the end of this (unknown theme): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sctvhound 27 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Almost 15 minutes of Charleston sportscasts from 1985 (including WCBD, WCIV and WCSC): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Almost 15 minutes of Charleston sportscasts from 1985 (including WCBD, WCIV and WCSC): Wow. Anything from Charleston pre-Hugo (1989) is very hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePulse 315 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 WITI late '70s news close at the end of this (unknown theme): The theme in question is from the promo campaign they used at the time - "We've Got Good News" (said promo was once on YouTube, but the user that uploaded it was kicked out). The music for that was, in turn, based on the "You Can Count On Us" campaign ( ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TServo2049 81 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I was about to say that the WITI theme sounded like "You Can Count on Us", thanks for beating me to it and confirming it. I'd love to find out who did that campaign. Whoever it was, they were still syndicating it in 1989 - Ron Futrell has posted a KTNV version from the TVbD era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 WCTI 11pm news open 1998: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 232 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Two more uploads today. First, a partial ABC World News Now (Nov. 16, 1995). Any idea who the anchor opposite Kevin Newman is? Then, an NBC News Special Report from 1991 during President George H.W. Bush's speech on nuclear weapons reduction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Two more uploads today. First, a partial ABC World News Now (Nov. 16, 1995). Any idea who the anchor opposite Kevin Newman is? That would be Bill Greenwood. He was a DC-based correspondent for most of his career at ABC. http://www.televisionnewscenter.org/bios/bio-greenwood.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanGuy 117 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Intro of WWL weekend broadcast with Dennis Woltering, early 1980s. http://www.wwltv.com/home/promo-module/VIDEO-Dennis-Woltering-reporting-early-1980s-261270061.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 232 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 That would be Bill Greenwood. He was a DC-based correspondent for most of his career at ABC. http://www.televisionnewscenter.org/bios/bio-greenwood.html Thanks for the info. From stevations' channel; part of a (Saturday? Definitely a weekend newscast) WAVY morning newscast from 1996 (a brief snippet of weekend AM meteorologist Brittany Suddith; along with Andy Fox wishing Dennis Castro {a behind-the-scenes guy working as photographer and running the teleprompter} a happy birthday) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 232 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Another 1991 WAVY News 10 tease with Terry Zahn (judging from the reference to defense cuts; I think this was the same day as the speech by the first President Bush I uploaded last week) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Things are horribly catalogued in this user's collection, but there's a WBBM promo AND a KPHO bumper in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zp371ESoGY (what music is that for KPHO?) And speaking of KPHO... The end of this has the proof to something very interesting (but expected) about KPHO, namely that they used Part of Your Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQRdntWlZCg There's more Phoenix ID material: a bump with Ray Thompson for KTVK's Total News AND a (clipped) ID from 1979 promoting the KTAR to KPNX call sign change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RicV94UEQFE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 WMAQ 1974 close at the end of this clip: One of the posters commented the theme was also used by WNAC and WDIO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TServo2049 81 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 That WMAQ music is a stock track from the Capitol library. "WOC News Theme" and the WOR Editorial music were also from the Capitol library; they were all written by Bill Loose and Emil Cadkin and may have even all been recorded around the same time (c. early-mid 60s). I have several Capitol "Production Music Series" vinyl LPs, and I actually think this WMAQ track may be on one of them. (Random trivia: Though I got them on eBay, they originally came from KGW-TV, and have something like "Property of KGW-TV" stamped on the cover.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Great info! Sounds like those were popular tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 WNAC 1976 audio open at 15:20 here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 KTVU 10pm news promo, 1992. "The Original Ten O'Clock News" is the tagline from a period when both KRON and KPIX had gone early prime and were competing against KTVU at 10: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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