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KMGH, Denver; 5 p.m., 1995 -- shortly before the affiliation switch:

From (West) Germany, the earliest preserved edition of ARD's 8 p.m. news (Tagesschau), 1960 -- closer to the end of World War II than we are to 9/11:

Behind the scenes at CNN International as seen on CNN Newsroom, a program aimed at high school students, 1994:

WMAQ, Chicago; a special edition of the 10 p.m. news devoted to the Blizzard of 1979: Part 2: Part 3:

WLS, Chicago; 5 p.m. close and ABC Evening News open (w/ partial audio), 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=dVkcbj-4In8;t=34

WFLD, Chicago; 7 a.m., 2004: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgVuYKK744

WGN, Chicago; 9 p.m., 1987 -- the funeral of Mayor Washington is the lead story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkjxrPryUmQ

WESH, Orlando, late '70s:

And from two years later, here's Thames local election coverage for London:

ATV10, Melbourne, Australia, 1986 (complete with the MCTYW theme) -- the bombing of a Melbourne police station was the lead story, which is also why the newscast was shown nationally:

A brief clip, but any footage of Tom Brokaw from his KNBC days is rare; sadly, the theme music didn't play during the open at 2:02:

A 1987 KHJ tease with Dennis King Kizer's Count on 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=BGlV-T7-Jws;m=13;s=45

A news tease from WMAQ's short-lived NewsChannel 5 era: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=9xLDvu9gdso;m=2;s=1 And a short NewsChannel 5 promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=2Sj71pe1XBk;m=2;s=40

The sale of the Cubs to the Tribune Company is the top story of this 5 p.m. WBBM newscast from 1981: KARE, Twin Cities, 6 p.m., 1989: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=BI_Yg-kS__4;t=57

By the way, here's Texas Monthly's profile of the El Paso TV market from the same year (1984): (You can read the entire article, which covers all the TV markets in Texas, HERE, beginning on page 101.)

I believe one of these KTVK sports promos from c. 1987 has been seen before, but we now have a set:

From 1991, an overnight news update from CityTV (CHUM) in Toronto. Note that the anchor is effectively the technical director of the update, selecting the shots and zooming the camera: And an entire edition of CityPulse Tonight from the following year, beginning with a promo for the overnight updates:

WMAQ, Chicago; promo for the 5:30 a.m. news, c. 1993/1994: And here's a morning newscast South Africa-style! The final edition of SABC2's am2today, 1999: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=bW5PztNgOlw;m=2;s=29

From Chicago, a news promo from WLS's On Your Side era, 1982: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YKI9pjTr7Y

WCCO, Twin Cities; 10 p.m., 1968 (Martin Mayer talks about the innovative format of this newscast in his 1972 book About Television, which some of you may know):

And few newscasts these days would lead with an unsexy-but-important story such as the city budget.

KPNX, Phoenix; 10 p.m., 1990:

Indeed. Since Australian TV stations relied heavily on American TV graphics designers at the time, I assume they were both produced by the same company:

This look didn't last long, however. In January 1988, the newscast was cut back from 60 to 30 minutes, and the branding used by the other Seven Network stations was adopted, complete with a new set, new graphics, The Mission by John Williams (a.k.a. the NBC Nightly News theme), and the Seven Nightly News branding:

A wonderfully bizarre 1987 news open from BTQ7 in Brisbane, Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=xGlzcBvswsw;m=2;s=7 The launch of Sky News Australia, 1996: