WWUpdate

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.

On today's date in 1994, American Eagle Flight 4184 crashed on approach to Chicago's O'Hare Airport in terrible weather; heavy icing was to blame. Here are some WBBM opens from that day (and, at the end, November 2):

KNAZ, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1994:

The 10 p.m. news is being anchored from the newsroom tonight. EDIT: And now they are on the new set again. Wonder what happened?