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Can't speak for Philly, but Chicago was generally behind on the morning news trend. Updates in and around the network programs had been standard since the 60s, but no stations aired formal programs until WMAQ and WLS debuted in 1989. That said, there were unsuccessful efforts over the decade to expand. WLS, for example, was toying the idea of a full hour at 6am, but it never debuted. (Chicago Tribune, 3/29/82)

Wow, WCAU and WBBM were behind the times, weren't they? It seems weird that any major market Big Three station would have held out on airing a morning newscast through the early 1990s. Many started theirs as early as the late '70s, but most stations in the top-50 markets had expanded local news into the morning slot at some point during the '80s.

Some of these montages have interesting stuff... This might be the best thing in them: If only for their rarity, the KRTV and KECI glimpses are good:

WKBD UPN 50 10 o'clock news 2001. Channel 8 news snippet from Virginia. Unsure of which station.

A whole lot of KUSA's Good Afternoon Colorado from 1990. What is the music used? The VTS Making a Difference pack (WRTV 1991 which really should be KUSA 1990)?