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Miami's WTVJ takes a look back at its first 70 years -- with plenty of historical footage:

French language broadcast of Rendezvous 87 from the NHL. Listen to like the first minute and you will here a familiar news theme from WWOR back in the 90s

And to think nearly a decade ago, they were very close to getting sold off to Post Newsweek and being merged with WPLG. To see this, even though they might not be first place, they still are doing things as close to the Renick Way as possible is nothing short of impressive.

Despite switching to Overture by this time, KSTP still used the beeps from its News Image/Leading Edge days to open its news and, in this instance, the severe weather crawl. I still get goosebumps when I hear this teletype effect.

Live 5 News Nightwatch!!!!

From the pannoni4 channel, the March 13, 1989 CBS Evening News https://youtu.be/pcNQYwFIkEE

This augmented reality weather is looking good. I wonder if they’re using Ross XPression or WSI for the AR tracking.

WFIQ/APT Station ID from 1985. I got some various APT promos that I still need to upload but this is a start. WIPB Channel 49 Station ID (1985) KSTP Severe Weather Crawl circa 2001.

On an actual ABC station in 1991 - rival WSB Channel 2 Action News - Now THAT was more like it.

24 years ago with a full game from the ill-conceived Baseball Network split of NBC/ABC

KBSC Los Angeles Fantastic 52 Movie close (c. 1980). Telemundo's affiliation more than likely helped this station seeing how low budgeted it looked. NBC Thursday Night Movie intro (1980)

What if 90% of soap fans translates to 1% of the population, and what if only half of those watch with regularity?

30 minutes of work instead of 2 hours. Hard news instead of The Bachelor recaps and viral videos. Getting to waking up in the morning at 8:00 a.m. instead of 3:00 a.m. Reporting for 60 Minutes, which is the highest profile program in TV news and something he'd be able to do into his 70s. Obviously he chose to stay at ABC and will probably make a lot more money than he would have at CBS. But it isn't as if there were no reason for him to consider CBS's offer. In fact, according to the NY Post's reporting, he did indeed consider the offer.

Couple months in now and the set got a mini refresh with the big colored light panels that adorned either side of the home base backdrop being replaced by stone pillars. To me, it's a much better look. The light panels were bare and didn't really add anything of substance to the video wall. The stone brings it out much more.

Some HBO multiplex stuff from the early 2000s, when each HBO channel had its own identity. HBO: Plus (HBO2): Signature: Family: