WWUpdate

From New Orleans, WWL's coverage of the crash of Pan Am Flight 759, 1982:

From Chicago, WGN's news from 1972; the crash of United Flight 553 is the top story (w/ sound issues at the beginning): CBS News correspondent Michelle Clark died in the crash.

CLTV, Chicago; 7 p.m., 2003:

KGUN, Tucson; 1980:

KTLA: The First 35 Years (1982):

KHQ, Spokane; 11 p.m., 1992:

From Denver, here's KMGH in its final days as a CBS affiliate, 1995:

This clip, from Chicago, is only partly TV-related but it's interesting: a 1992 promo for WMAQ-AM's CNN affiliation (at the time, the former NBC radio station was owned by Group W):

KBS, South Korea; 9 p.m., 1987:

KABC, Los Angeles; 11 p.m., 1974: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=mbv661NS5ck;m=2;s=28

On the occasion of today's World Cup final, here's an open from RTL in Croatia using Gari's News Line in 2004 (RTL's flagship German channel had dropped the theme by 1997):

Speaking of Elvis' death, here's that day's news from Antenne 2 (now France 2); the King's death is covered extensively, but the top story is the resumption of Concorde flights to New York: It's not TV, but this is how Elvis' death was announced on the English service of Radio Luxembourg, the legendary pan-European pop music radio station:

WFLD, Chicago; 9 p.m., 1995:

WMAQ, Chicago; 6 p.m., 1994:

From Phoenix, a few KTVK promos, 1978-'80:

In this 1984 clip, WLS is using a blue backdrop because of the election, so the similarity to the '90s look is even more apparent:

WLS, a very conservative station, used that KABC-style setup for ages -- since 1984 (I believe). Only the backdrop and the shape of the desk changed slightly over all those years. I like their early '80s set better:

From Phoenix, a few KPNX teases and promos, 1995:

WLS, Chicago; 11:30 a.m., 1997:

It's very similar to this WGN open in particular:

From 2000, the first edition of WCBS's New York Live! (4 p.m. news), during the station's "Information Network" era:

A few days later, the full, deadly extent of the 1995 heat wave had become apparent:

Speaking of record-setting heat waves...

NBC Nightly News (Saturday edition), 1992 -- with a far more grown-up, interesting, and worthwhile story selection than what we would see now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFmXXiayWq8

KRON, San Francisco; news promo, 1979: WDAF, Kansas City; 35th anniversary segment, 1984: