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Last one for the weekend... This one came from a business trip to New Jersey (Philly area) that spanned 2 weeks, and we had a long weekend stuck in the middle - rather than head home, I headed west... (plus into the nearby markets in the evening...). The Ohio/West Virginia part of the trip is coming soon... - Any idea of the WBOC close music? I don't think it's the same package as the open, but it sounds familiar... - Gotta love WLYH's Action News open - straight from the 70s, IMHO... - Looks like KDKA's morning news ran from 6am - 8am at this point. - Contrary to what the NMSA says, MCTYW aired on WOLF at this time (along with WWLF/56 and WILF/53 - both satellites of WOLF/38). [MEDIA=vimeo]244581562[/MEDIA] WCAU 5:30pm; WCAU 6pm; WFMZ 6pm; WMDT 6pm; WBOC 6pm; KYW 11pm; WGAL 5:30pm; WLYH 6pm; WOLF 10pm; WBRE 11pm; WYOU 5pm; WNEP 6pm; WMGM 6pm; NJN 7pm; WPXI 5pm; KDKA 6pm; WTAE 11pm; WPXI 11pm; WPXI 5am; KDKA 6am; WICU 6pm; WSEE 6pm Also, everyone, I'm not "holding onto" any clips - as I find them, I'm posting them. I have lots of boxes full of video tapes going back 30 years, along with stuff I've already digitized that's already on DVD right now (chekcing to make sure I'm not redigitizing stuff) - I'm trying to get it onto the computer and posted as quickly as I can, but can only go as fast as the process allows: - VHS/Betamax/8mm > DVD Recorder - DVD > Computer - (If clips) editing he raw footage down - Convert to MP4 - Upload to a hosting site - Link to the site from TVNewsTalk.net - Update my webpage (which I am very behind in doing...) If you've ever followed the process, you understand how long it takes. I've been collecting newscasts for a long time, and processing takes a while for the older stuff... Jim

I find the slogan choice laughable. Fox rescued this station more than a lot of people realize. Heck right before the affiliation switch WHBQ had just two daily newscasts at 6 and 10.

One of today's tapes is from my Gulf Coast trip to the Florida Panhandle in July 1995. [MEDIA=vimeo]244566783[/MEDIA] WEAR 5pm; WMBB 5pm; WTVY 6pm; WDHN 10pm; WHOA (Promo); WEAR 6pm; WJHG 5pm; WPMI 6am; WALA 10pm; KLFY 12pm ("Meet Your Neighbor"); WLOX 4pm; WLOX 5pm; WKRG 6pm; KATC 5:30pm; WMBB 11am; WTVY 5pm; WJHG 6pm; WPGX 9pm (Audio Only); WSFA 10pm; WALA 10pm (again...) Notes: WHOA is just a promo for their 5pm anchor, but I don't recognize the music; WPGX is audio only - due to Summer Gulf Tropo, WFTS in Tampa in was splattering all over the signal (plus probably WTGS/Savannah was in the mix) - at least I caught the audio and some of the station ID slide...; I'm guessing WPMI was "starting out" their news operation by this time, as they became the NBC affiliate on Jan. 1, 1996 - WALA's owners were already linked to Fox by this time (and WLUK was switching in about a month from this point). Cable in Destin at the time had WEAR, WTVY, WJHG, WMBB, and WPMI (these were the only news-producing local stations).

Woah. It's now hit local media too.

Nope December 11 1994. I believe.

What is the WHOA promo theme? It was used in Brazil by SBT for most of the mid-late 90s and early 2000s (except for the CBS Telenotícias tie-in era)... The WJHG open carries some hints of WMAR from a couple years earlier, too. WTVY had no business using that 80s world map animation in 1995 (though there's also a hint of WEAR ripoff in that 5pm talent open).

WHBQ's version was dirt poor compared to KCRA, and it was back when the station was trying to go for a "hard news" look on the cheap. My guess is someone at Adams really liked what Kelly Broadcasting was doing at the time and wanted to mimic it.

Hahaha! WDEF/WMAZ/WTLK.

No - but WAGA was dropping CBS programming left and right around that time... CBS This Morning aired on WTLK/14 (out of Rome, GA) - TV Guide in Atlanta had the show on 12/13/14!

That's the thing. 14 years ago we didn't have the social media platforms that we have now, the importance of public's perception and the tide is turning regarding sexual harassment accusations. If Laura's complaint gets picked up by the Daily News or any other newspaper, it will definitely force the hand of Rebecca Campbell to do something about Dave Davis and Camille Edwards. The viewers perception of having a pervert as General Manager and a racist News Director will make that happen. That or advertisers pulling ad dollars from ABC 7.

Oh okay. Thank you.

Lots of good content there, especially the Atlanta ones. Plus, finally a good quality close to the WSB Image VIII theme. Wasn't September 12th, 1994, the first day of WAGA as FOX?

Reminds me of KTVK.

That was introduced with the TVbD look: This is definitely a different 3, not the Myriad numbers KSN used in the late 90s.

Here’s a KSNW news segment with a logo I haven’t seen before...

They really stretched the use of the old studio, especially with a relatively stationary anchor, though they even made up some stand-ups for his final Thanksgiving in 2015. He was like the first anchor to stand in the new weather center for the toss, and he stood in front of the desk with Jerry and Jim in the anchor chairs to close the show.