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I worked with Chad at Cinemagic on 3 graphics packages (1998-2004) for KBAK-TV in Bakersfield. They did great work.

About half of a WTKR newscast from April 21, 1990; roughly the tail end of the "Discover the Land of the 3" period.

Yep! We still have all 100 deliverables CD's for the 2002 WFSB graphics package as well. Ah, those were the days...

This was Cinemagic back in the day, right? Decent stuff for the time and I think they were the only company to put out pricing on their website... and they were dirt cheap.

1998 WDIV was done by TVBD. There is one brief version of their 1998 site that was never archived (also featured the original HD launch graphics done for KRON).

FTVLIVE reporting Sandra Mitchell joins KTLA as a per diem reporter from being laid off after 20 years from KCBS/KCAL.

You guys remember this Klein& theme, right? I don't know for the life of me what that was all about. But anyway, apparently it found use on Panamericana Television in Peru for their news program Panorama. Here's one example in 1986 (at the end): A 1991 close with that theme: 50 minutes worth (but probably incomplete, since no credits are shown) from the same year: Around 1992, they started remixing the theme: 1998 remix: A year later, it seems to have been remixed and rearranged again: Definitely rearranged in 2000: Of course, it was bound to have been retired by 2001, as this clip suggests: If anyone can find full versions of this program, do tell.

In memory of Roy Leep and the "Pulse 13" weather team:

Rare stuff from AFRTS, taped in Germany. I don't think this would count for the international thread just because it's part of the U.S. government for military members and soldiers overseas. A news break in this compilation of Feb. 1994 promos and PSAs from the Lillehammer Olympics. NAVEUR Magazine, produced by the Naval Forces Europe squadron, 5/28/1994. And American Forces Perspective from 4/2/94, which talks about Operation Provide Promise and the air-drops in Bosnia.

I'll summarize my thoughts from the Discord: I don't think this is an attempt at a new OTA weather channel or anything close to WeatherPlus. I think this is a vehicle to enable the hubbing of weather. The press release says "Fox Weather will feature local, regional and national updates... [Drawing] on more than 75 meteorologists across 17 stations and Fox News Channel’s news gathering teams." and makes no mention of affiliate stations. This is a project that involves only the O&O group. Rebrand all the local weather departments under the "Fox Weather" banner (Which would be similar to WeatherPlus) and now you have a unified brand that anyone can appear in front of. Do you really need weekend meteorologists at both WITI and WFLD? Or can you just "regionalize" these markets and do both out of one station from time to time? Oh no! A Tornado warning has been issued on a Sunday morning, and nobody's at the station! Not to worry, the Mothership in NYC has somebody on duty, and they were going to cover the Tornado warning anyways, so they might as well just simulcast Fox Weather on the local FOX O&O. I would not be the least bit surprised if midway through next year, they announce they're "streamlining" the O&O's and are taking advantage of "operational efficiencies" presented with a network of meteorologists and suddenly some stations lose their weekend/fill in mets. I've said for some time now that Weather and Sports were ripe for hubbing, and I think this might be the start of that.

FOX Weather: First you didn't believe the news ... now you won't believe the weather! -- Matt

This is an idea that's waaaaay late. I don't honestly see the point.