WWUpdate

A profile of Ron Magers shortly after he had moved from KSTP to WMAQ:

KTSP, Phoenix; noon news, 1992:

KTVK, Phoenix; morning news, 1992:

KPHO, Phoenix; 11:30 a.m., 1993 -- the station's last full year as an independent:

KTVK, Phoenix; 10 p.m. news with coverage of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake (w/ the director's track):

TVQ-10, Brisbane, Australia, on the day of the Loma Prieta (Bay Area) Earthquake, 1989:

If you liked the clip above, here's an early 1990s compilation of opens and other bits & pieces from CNN, CNN International, and Headline News:

CNN's DayWatch, live from Atlanta, New York, and Washington, 1988:

Reuploaded here: Sebastian Albarran has also uploaded parts 4, 5, and 6. You can find them here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIrZOy_sb3MAGN6-Qlr4eAA

1990s world news opens, part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWj-h1tH1Qw

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSohlHRhAi4

Part 11:

Part 10:

Sebastian Albarran has posted a brand-new compilation of news opens from the 1980s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjOxmLeKWL4

WLS, Chicago; 10 p.m., 1977:

And that's Peter Jennings' future wife delivering the first report.

WCAU, Philadelphia; 10 p.m., 1977:

From 1983, an interesting -- but not quite seamless -- combination of local and national segments on the Twin Cities' then-relatively-recently-independent KMSP (The national segments, and the newscast's overall branding, came from WPIX's Independent Network News):

A wild, appealingly over-the-top promo for WMAQ's NewsCenter 5, 1977:

On today's date 30 years ago -- Austria's ORF with news of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, just a short time after the Soviets admitted what had happened: And this is how ABC's World News Tonight reported the story several hours later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmeeEpWxfRY

WFLD, Chicago, 9 p.m. open, 1998: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=dhUk_1dgq70;m=30;s=54

WMAQ, Chicago; 6 p.m. open, 1993:

From 1997, here's Sat.1 in Germany using a version of the NBC Nightly News set from that period: And here's a clip showing NBC's set:

That's right. This close (from several years ago) is still being used, but with a somewhat different orchestration:

POP TV in Slovenia launched on today's date 20 years ago. This is the station's first newscast featuring a Frank Gari theme that it still uses (albeit with a slightly different orchestration). No Eyewitness News close at the end of this premiere edition.