WWUpdate

Here's another WFLD newscast, this time from 1994. For a while in the '90s, WBBM and WFLD were trying "out-WSVN" each other with tabloid news values and graphics. Bizarrely, this edition leads with a health story:

WFLD, Chicago; 9 p.m., 1998:

Belgium's VTM has a new home -- in Antwerp -- and a new look:

The launch:

From 1984, s special edition of WBBM's 10 p.m. news devoted to the Cubs winning the National League East title:

WBBM's 2008 farewell to its historic studios -- among other things, the site of the Nixon-Kennedy debate and one of the first newsroom sets. Lots of great footage in this report:

By the way, if you've wondered what happened to the other longtime Chicago anchor in the clip above -- Jim Ruddle --, here's your answer: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/catching-up-with-jim-ruddle_chicago/1979306/ And here's a 1976 clip of Ruddle from Chicago's WTTW, where he co-anchored The Callaway-Ruddle Report (the forerunner of Chicago Tonight) before joining WMAQ:

I've wondered about Craig myself. I was hoping that there would be a where-are-they-now article mentioning him, but I haven't been able to find it. By the way, here's a clip of Craig from 1978, when he was still at WMAQ:

From Chicago, a 1983 WBBM news department sales presentation -- this is from the period when Bill Kurtis was anchoring CBS Morning News in New York:

A pre-launch promo for BFM's two new local news channels, BFM Grand Littoral and BFM Grand Lille, which are scheduled to debut on February 3. The promo includes greetings from the teams at BFM Paris and BFM Lyon:

Since we've seen clips of WMAQ's blizzard coverage and Floyd Kalber, let's combine the two and take a look at this clip of Kalber from 1967: Here's Kalber in 1972: And here's Kalber's 1976 farewell from WMAQ (featuring Jane Pauley and goodbye messages from other Chicago news teams):

WLS, Chicago; 6 p.m, 1989 -- the 6 p.m. news was solo-anchored by Flolyd Kalber at the time:

And the situation was even more chaotic a few days later, when WMAQ aired this hour-long 9:30 p.m. special report: Part 2 (public transportation disruptions, airport chaos, downtown workers sleeping in hotels): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JM5mMcnaFg Part 3 (weather forecast): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBsgFjkVs2g

From Chicago, WMAQ's coverage of a blizzard on today's date 41 years ago: Part 2 (collapsing buildings, airport chaos): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CINL3VCG3xM Part 3 (weather forecast, interview with Mayor Bilandic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFHGppKgLQc

The 1989 crash of United Airlines Flight 232 from various sources (CNN, WLS, ABC, and others):

A never-before-seen WBBM promo from the late '70s:

From 43 years ago this month, WFLD's late-night coverage of Chicago's Blizzard of '67: Part 1: Part 2 (an update on the Apollo 1 tragedy, which happened earlier that day): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCh32cTIuLo Part 3 (ham radio reports on the blizzard): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UEirnarrNM Part 4 (news close): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQJrZ8xJi5E

Here are some newly uploaded short promos from WBBM's legendary "Nobody Does It Better" campaign: By the way, we know that WCBS had its own, vastly inferior version of this promo campaign.. ...but were there other versions elsewhere?

Staying in Chicago, a WMAQ news update / tease from 1994 with Ron Magers and Carol Marin:

And speaking of WPVI-inspired opens, here's WLS from 1995 with a wintertime version of the 4 p.m. open:

WBBM, Chicago; 10 p.m., 1975 -- with a WPVI-style open:

Speaking of very old clips, here's WZZM in Grand Rapids from 1966:

Love these really old newscasts... here's WTOP in D.C. from 1970:

From Phoenix, a 1982 intro to KTVK's 3D movie presentation, featuring instructions on how to use 3D glasses and an introductory speech by the station's GM:

Two brand-new WBBM news promos from 1978: