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@rkolsen thanks for getting the images of Sinclair's HQ. I will say this about them..yes they are cheap on one end of the spectrum..but it is nice to see that they are trying to still be innovative on the engineering side of the house. I know here in Doha, I have passed by the Al Jazeera/bein Media Group's HQ which is a massive gated off compound..but good job.

 

Apparently Nexstar filed copyright against Stanley Roberts for his people behaving badly segments. Not cool.

Looks like Cinemagic work... they did a lot of medium-market stuff in the early-mid 2000's, but did have some bigger clients like KDKA and WMAR.

 

They sure did blow their budget on graphics instead of spending it on things more worthwhile from the sound of it.

It is Cinemagic's work. It was based off of the FOX Toledo GFX package that CINEMAGIC did for them.

A fantastic KENS close from 1985:

 

 

WJZ's Eyewitness News from 1992 — the 11pm open with the candelabra tower top animation:

 

That close from KENS5. Seriously their VTS pack they had is nothing short of remarkable. I wish someone out there had the full thing and could publish it.

Also even though this is somewhat non news, Marvin Zindler on Late night with David Letterman:

 

 

I wonder if this miffed KPRC that Marvin was being shown on NBC

Ed Brandon with his "Edroom" forecast day:

 

 

Also, this was in my opinion KTRK's brightest moment early in the century. This was a documentary they did for Tropical Storm Allison. Ed did a really remarkable job here.

 

Yea..That logo was horrid. Their 2007 look was way better but not by much.

 

This started a string of KPRC just being bland and trying to re-find themselves.

KTRK - Live at Five - most (10/20/1994)

 

 

Though the station couldn't provide a date on their clip, I was able to figure it out based on the live coverage of the same event that I had uploaded almost 2 years ago...

 

 

 

IIRC, Interstate 10 at the San Jacinto river was closed off for about a month or two, which required drivers coming from the east to have to go up to US 90 (Crosby Freeway) to cross over to get to Houston on the Eastbound side. They temporarily had one of the bridges with reduced lanes running for a bit as well.

 

Some more from the KTRK archives. This happened in Mont Belvieu, TX (where I am originally from) a year before I was born.

 

In fact, the intersection where Shara Fryer is on is Hwy 146 and Loop 207 (which is the old main loop of Mont Belvieu).

 

Just to give some history..Mont Belvieu sits on top of a massive oil salt dome (which is why its called Barbers Hill)..In 1972, the high school moved east to where FM 3180 (Eagle Drive) is now. What used to be there was just the Chambers county dump. The schools moved out east in the 80s as more and more explosions happened in Mont Belvieu and this explosion pretty much sponsored a mass industry buyout of all the land in and around Highway 146.

 

https://www.joc.com/petrochemical-industry-buys-out-texas-town_19871214.html

 

So, if you go over to Mont Belvieu, there is some stuff alongside Highway 146, but on 146, it stops right by an old apartment complex and strip mall and that goes all the way up to pretty much the current Cherry Hill Subdivision.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23296088/tv-anchor-mike-shumann-allegedly-stole-golden-state-warriors-staffer-jacket

 

Don't know if this WEAR 1999 newscast has been posted up in here. I still love this theme and to me its kind of great in a way (but now it kind of stinks with Sinclair also owning WPMI)..but they have been very unique until the Sinclair acquisition.

Not sure why people are debating what time slots “work” for news. This has nothing to do with ratings or trying to “win”.

 

It’s the midterm elections this fall. That is why they are doing this.

 

After the elections, a lot of these newscasts will likely go away. They will not “fail”, they accomplished their mission to bring in political ad revenue. Previous “failed” newscasts in these time slots? Look closer, they probably happened during an election year.

 

It’s all about the money. It’s always about the money.

A lot easier to grab the money when its a locally produced newscast and political campaigns are willing to always spend a ton of money.

Who does the V/O?

Suzy Nelson

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Footage from KRIV's old studios and holy moly..I can definitely understand why they got their new diggs off of the Southwest Freeway.

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A KPRC compliation including the weird mishmash of the NBA on NBC open with the PNP and KPRC. Courtesy to compubit

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I have to give it to compubit on this find.

 

A custom KTRK close in 95

Shern Min and Larry Audas still at KPRC with the V1 Hometown News look in 1995

Fran and Mike on the evening news of KRIV

Plus the last little bit with Bill and Jan Carson (shocked she was still at the station in 1995) for the Rodeo with another custom cut of Hometown News

 

Plus on this one:

 

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KPRC noon newscast anchored by Emily Akin, who was the stations consumer reporter. I think this is one of if not the only times she anchored a newscast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=RQ7n3s2ZPm0;m=35;s=1

 

KHOU back in 1992 with a full long close with the first Hegner package.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/fl-fea-bryan-norcross-hired-as-hurricane-specialist-wplg-channel-10-story.html

 

Bryan Norcross is coming back to South Florida to where it started for him in Miami at Channel 10. He will be working alongside Max Mayfield for hurricane coverage and WPLG's weather team.

Charlie Van Dyke was phased out in mid-2007. The exact date for this would be September 6, 2006 judging by the top story being the "first day of school" (two days after Labor Day in New York). This would be the day after they expanded the 6:00 back to an hour in fact.

 

Image wise, the rough period of 1998-2008 were a great time for WRGB with four good theme/graphic combos going from InSink to the first version of Impact. That package getting destroyed by going HD hurt it a ton and the package that replaced it was so bad the Sinclair package was an improvement.

 

If I recall right, I remember here on the forums right around the period that News in Focus was on WRGB that one of there creative staffers were looking for advice about keeping News in Focus and switching to the WBBM package and other ideas at the time.

This clip of Al Jazeera from 1999 features an unknown Gari theme:

 

 

And a close with the same theme but a different set:

 

 

sounds like Enforcer V1 mixed in with a custom sig

if it gets approved by the fcc..nope

GM appointment #27.

 

Former WTKR/WGNT VP/GM Skip Valet has been appointed as new VP & GM of WFLA/WTTA.

Wow..thats a good pick up and a great promotion for Skip

I find it incredible how incredibly successful they have been over the years certainly considering that it seems to somewhat be a hotbed for great journalism and somehow great local ownership. I know this probably won't happen, but for whatever reason, if the station ever was on the selling block, what do you think would happen to WFMZ?

I don't know but the set looks like a smaller version. The CBS set is a Jack Morton job and probably has exclusivity in the US and Canada. I doubt they do work in the Caucasus region so it's a pretty good rip off. But let's be real would CBS spend the time and money suing a small station for ripping off their look?

The quick answer is no. They wouldn't have any jurisdiction in that side of the world.