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KTVK material from the Eyewitness News era is rare, so this is truly fantastic! Here's another brand-new Phoenix clip: KPNX's weekend 10 p.m. news from 1979:

From 1984, WLS's weekend 10 p.m. news:

A mid-1990s promotional video for Chicago's CLTV:

I believe these were all done by Collier Concepts. Their distinctive style even made it to Australia:

WLS, Chicago; weekend 10 p.m. news, 1988:

John Lennon was murdered 39 years ago this week. Here's how the story was covered on WBBM's 10 p.m. news::

Or were those graphics by TVbD and the ones below by JcbD? (I'm assuming that the two companies were completely separate by 1991, and that each had market-exclusive clients.)

WFLD, Chicago, 9 p.m., 1991; (Were these graphics done by John Christopher Burns?)

From 1994, a promo for WBBM's just-launched 4 p.m. news:

From 1988, an entire 9 p.m. newscast from WGN in Chicago, before the broadcast was extended to an hour:

In this 1982 clip, Al Primo, the inventor of the Eyewitness News format, talks to CNN about his consulting work and the makeover of WBZ. This is an old YouTube upload, but if you haven't seen it, it's worth watching: For an in-depth interview with Primo focusing on his WABC work, see Ron Powers' The Newscasters: The News Business as Show Business (1977).

A couple of WABC news promos from 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_1wUTeglPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myA2fDjMy0E

And here are some bits and pieces from the very first edition of NBC Overnight, a quirky newscast with great writing that truly set the standard for overnight news programming back in 1982:

Right, but other U.S.-based designers are doing some stellar work, just not in TV news (for the most part). What has made Apple such a successful brand over the years? For the most part, it wasn't (just) the technology, but rather the company's commitment to elegant, graceful design -- from the products themselves and the packaging to the stores where they are sold. That approach has helped Apple to thrive even though its products are (arguably) overpriced. Likewise, many American websites are global trend-setters in terms of design. There is no reason why we should not expect equally good design on television. The U.S. certainly has the talent to lead the world, but it's not doing that.

I hated that period. It seemed that every open back then was full of glossy, spinning spaceship-like objects with no point to them -- and a total lack of elegance and sophistication. It made the news look like a computer game. The trend towards clean, fresh, elegant lines in design is global -- and it goes beyond TV graphics. Right now, Europe is leading the way in television design. The French, for instance, continue to impress me in this regard. Decades ago, the U.S. led the field, but I'm afraid this hasn't been the case for years.

TV1 in Bosnia-Herzegovina is now O Kanal. The earthquake that devastated Albania and caused some damage in Bosnia-Herzegovina is the lead story of today's edition of their main newscast:

The New Zealand version of 20/20 from the 1990s -- again licensed rather than stolen:

Oh, and I have no problem with you exposing your prejudices, but please don't refer to yourself as "we." You are neither the Queen of England nor entitled to speak on behalf of other TVNewsTalk users.

So if the suspect was white, they reported the race? In recent years, the media have simply tried to treat people of different races using the same criteria. Unless you are giving out a detailed description of an on-the-run suspect, why does his or her race matter? What some people describe as "PC culture" is, in many cases, just a common-sense move toward equality. I suppose that's why some on the right get so annoyed by it. Again, until a causal link between their religion and their actions is established, their religion doesn't matter. For instance, if a Christian participates in a shooting at an abortion clinic, their religion is irrelevant UNLESS and UNTIL there is evidence that the suspect's religious views played a role in his actions. Sometimes it's best to treat those sites as a running joke. The moment the media outlets start shaping their coverage to get the approval of conservative sites (or any political sites, for that matter) is the moment they lose all credibility.

Even considering its small market size, this doesn't feel like a newscast from 1990:

I've been looking for that one for quite some time, but I haven't had any luck finding it.

And to complete our 1990s Chicago promo trifecta, here's one from WMAQ:

And staying in Chicago, this 1990s WGN compilation opens with three news/weather promos, including a pre-launch promo for the WGN Morning News:

From Chicago, here is a five-minute compilation of various WLS news promos from the late '90s:

WGN, Chicago; halftime edition featuring new graphics but still the old set (albeit with a temporary blue backdrop instead of the skyline), 1993: