PelicanGuy

More clips and bloopers from WWL-TV circa late 70s/early 80s:

* Eyewitness Morning News bloopers with Andre Trevigne, John Quaintance and Don Westbrook.

* WWL-TV noon close with the late Bill Elder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJsvkJiXBhg

* WWL-TV 1978 promo with Garland Robinette

* The staff sings "White Christmas"

* 1982 bloopers

* Al Duckworth blooper

* 1990 "Nighwatch" extended close with credits.

* Garland Robinette's last newscast at Channel 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MIST443X8w&feature=channel

WAFB did a flasback series this week to 1979, when they were known as Newsline 9. Click the link below to see some of the actual stories from that year...and to see how some of the anchors and reporters looked back then.

http://www.wafb.com/global/category.asp?c=178218

http://www.wwltv.com/video/news-index.html?nvid=169533

WWL-TV report on Hurricane Camille after she made landfall the morning of Aug. 18, 1969. The late Bill Elder anchors, the late Al Duckworth with the meteorological aspect of the storm and the late Jim Metcalf with a report from Biloxi.

Here is WDSU's "Midday" open from 1966.

http://www.wdsu.com/video/19262971/index.html

The first "Second Cup" open in the 60s.

http://www.wdsu.com/video/19263174/index.html

NewsActive3's opens, part 27 (including Macon, Augusta, high-energy KXAS open, some current)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoUg-ZJ67wo&feature=related

 

NewsActive3's opens/promos, part 28

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQZ5eqSBqtU&feature=related

Here are parts 29 and 30

Part 29

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMhrnawC1B4&feature=related

Part 30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rxNdvUNmrQ

Found some videos from New Orleans:

* Montage of NOLA station's opens from the 90s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0yRz8NfCJM

* WVUE report on Seth Green and the famous Rally's phrase used by the Saints in 1991.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjQ5dlQ3axc

* WDSU/WVUE promos in the 80s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJd01MikZOw

WDAM newscasts, 1978. Damn, Jim Gibbon (weather guy) seems to have been there FOREVER.

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Hurricane Elena coverage, 1985.

WBRZ

KATC

WWL "Spirit of Louisiana" promos, 1990s

Cajun country ballad theme

http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritcountry.wmv&props=noad

Swinging jazz theme

http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritjazz.wmv&props=noad

Urban blues theme

http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritblues.wmv&props=noad

Traditional gospel theme

http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritgospel.wmv&props=noad

Doo-wap theme

http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritdowop.wmv&props=noad

Latin jazz theme

http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritlatinjazz.wmv&props=noad

Latin salsa theme

http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritlatinsalsa.wmv&props=noad

Louisiana zydeco theme

http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritzydeco.wmv&props=noad

New Orleans funk theme

http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritrock.wmv&props=noad

Louisiana musical montage theme (five styles put into one)

http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritmontage.wmv&props=noad

Background info

http://www.wwltv.com/spirit/retired.html

WWL "Spirit of Louisiana" promos, summer 2004

Country/Zydeco theme

http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritfiddle.wmv&props=noad

Classic jazz theme

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritlaughlin.wmv&props=noad

Contemporary gospel theme

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/spiritnewgospel.wmv&props=noad

Jackson, Miss. clips:

WAPT 5 pm newscast, 1994

WJTV 10 pm newscast, August 1994

WJTV 5 pm newscast, May 1994

WJTV 6 pm newscast, May 1994

WJTV 10 pm newscast, October 1993

Hurricane Katrina Coverage from WWL, WDSU, and The Weather Channel from Dj0287:

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Dj0287&p=r

My area had a similar forecast as that one. I still get chills when I see such video.

WWL's Eyewitness News at 6pm promo f/new graphics I and a few others have mentioned:

WWL's Wheel of Fortune promo, early 90s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3QDMz6j8Eg