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Wow that clip has been on YT for 4 years now! How the heck did we miss it? Interesting find, now someone needs to submit that open to NMSA now that we know that they used the WTLV 1972 theme.

WXXV has finally released shots of their new news team for their newscasts that according to their Chief Meteorologist Ashley Feaster, is launching "Late September". It looks to me like it's a typical cheap looking Morris Network production just like sister station WMGT in Macon, GA. I mean look at their MS Paint quality logo!! :rofl!: Their news set looks pretty much like it's just a desk in front of a green screen. It's funny to see that some viewers think they will compete with market giant WLOX. They have a Facebook for their station, one for their news department, and one for their weather department. https://www.facebook.com/wxxv25 https://www.facebook.com/pages/WXXV-News-25/414850728619179 https://www.facebook.com/News25WeatherEdge

I was looking him up on Google to see what he's up to nowadays and his facebook has a bunch of his old collegues including Steve Rambo from KCBS who grew some old man dreads.

Two more vintage Tampa area promos WTVT 1978 Promo WFLA 1980 Sports Promo

Here is what I think is a full open from WFLA Tampa 1984.

I hate it when it's near-current opens or Canadian ones (no offense).

Here is an opening to NBC's MLB Game of the Week from 1986.

I don't want to start a list but WFLA seemed to love the "Turn To" package for promos but never used it for news as they used 615's Power News. I think this guy worked for WFLA because he also has video of a Chris Thomas Live at Five Promo and a video from 1998 when the power went out in downtown Tampa which forced Channel 8 to do their 5pm newscast outside and use WTOG's facility for the 6pm newscast.

Tampa TV News from 1985 Part 1: Clips from WTOG, WFLA (then WXFL), WTSP, and WTVT. Teases and partial opens from the latter 3 at the 1:55 mark. Part 2: Continuation of clips from all four and then a complete 11pm open with no voiceover from WTVT at the end of the video. WFLA NewsWatch 8, 6:00 Report from October 1984, the last six minutes with near full close.

This is not the same theme. Frank Gari composed the theme that KCAL and three Gannett stations (KUSA, KOCO, and KTHV) used in the late 80s and early 90s. The one refered to in the WFMY video is from an unknown composer.

NBC Sports 1982 World Series Intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcKmji_M7GM

I'm sure WPVI also used these opens as well but found more success in the late 70s with the sights and people of Philadelphia which everyone knows is still used to this day.