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RAI Due, Italy; several opens, 1978-1982: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2xmv1eD0So RAI Due, Italy; late news, 1981: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcxiD35Y3i8

Two opens from Sky News, United Kingdom, 1991 (with Great News): DDQ-10/5A, SDQ-4, Toowoomba / rural southern Queensland, Australia, 1986 (with Hello News):

WMAQ, Chicago, 1991; post-game newscast with extensive coverage of the Bulls' first NBA Championship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=VBKDcrzQBmQ;m=19;s=22

Ah, before an after the Adelaide affiliation switch! In 1987, ADS7 and SAS10 simultaneously changed both their network affiliations and their broadcast channel numbers to become ADS10 and SAS7. The simultaneous switch meant that, for the viewers, Seven Network programming stayed on Channel 7 in Adelaide, and Ten programming stayed on Channel 10, but the local newscasts and any other local programming switched channels. (There was -- and still is -- no syndicated programming in Australia, which made things quite a bit simpler.) This is how the two stations covered the switch:

BTQ, Brisbane, Australia; news update, 1978: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9lFgzCJdbc QTQ9, Brisbane, Australia, 6 p.m. news open, 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=4lJqK9li8vc;t=16 SIC, Portugal, 1997 -- with CBS Evenining News-lookalike OTS graphics and lower thirds:

By the way, here's a rare clip of Udell anchoring at WLS in 1981:

Here are a few promos for Udell from his stint at WTHR. Some mention his previous career stops:

A rare 1971 promo for The Big News, KNXT's legendary newscast:

WTIC; Hartford, CT; 6 p.m., 1974: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=xGjK_NQQjWE;t=28

Same time, same station, early 1986: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=7zD1d9_tDg0;m=14;s=28

Antenne 2's 8 p.m. news from 40 years ago this week, this time around with a Chromakey background (The bizarre coronation of Jean-Bédel Bokassa as Emperor of Central Africa -- a lavish ceremony that virtually bankrupted his country -- is the lead story):

WTOP; Washington, D.C.; 1972:

KABC, Los Angeles; 11 p.m., 1972: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=Vn-39L9OnPk;t=17

And now for something really obscure... KPHO's carpet-on-the-wall set as seen in the Coen brothers' Raising Arizona (1987). The man playing the anchor -- I believe he makes a few more appearances in the movie -- was the station's real-life film critic, the late Bill Rocz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=l6nmESN_3LU;t=49 I believe the set was gone by the time the movie premiered, right?

WMC, Memphis; new set promo, mid-1980s:

Various KTVK promos from 1999, including one for Tonight Arizona:

In 1980, the NBC Nightly News took a look at the future of television, including teletext: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=aJbD00z68JI;t=22

WLS, Chicago; 10 p.m., 1976:

KTSM, El Paso; 10 p.m., 1987:

ATV0 (now ATV10), Melbourne, Australia; news promo, 1964: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=D0j3_Hv4f6c;t=7

KNXT, 1974 -- I always thought that WBBM was the first local station with a true newsroom set, but could it have been its sister station KNXT?:

CBS Morning News promo, 1974:

Speaking of elections, this is how the BBC kicked off Election Night '79 (the BBC logo at the beginning of the open was added for the rebroadcast): For some reason, West German election coverage included live musical interludes, as you can see in this promo for the 1980 election on ZDF:

January 20, 1981, was a momentous news day: In the space of a few hours, Ronald Reagan was inaugurated and the American hostages in Iran were released. Here's ABC's World News Tonight from that historic day. Note the rarely seen Frankfurt bureau set: And this is how Antenne 2 in France covered the day's events:

KABC, Los Angeles; 11 p.m., 1984 -- with a wonderful cut of Frank Becker's theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=dSzsSNxeU-I;m=1;s=43