WWUpdate

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?

KTVK (then still an ABC affiliate) was anchored live from Chicago during the 1993 NBA finals -- here's a report showing how the remote broadcast was carried out: [MEDIA=vimeo]75368900[/MEDIA]

WMAQ, Chicago; 10 p.m., 1983:

Here's the Australian version of this promo:

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WLS, Chicago; news promo (Fahey's World Tour), 1981:

WMAQ, Chicago; news promo, 1978:

I believe WBAL-AM in Baltimore used the ITN / ITV News theme a few years ago, but I can't find any clips.

BTW, here's a promo for KTVK's (weekday) Good Evening Arizona from this period [low resolution clip]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc-hPw_YRzQ

KTVK, Phoenix; 10 p.m. weekend news, February 1995 (when the station was freshly independent, but still using its ABC-era look at 10 p.m.):

WFLD, Chicago; 9 p.m. news, 1991: WGN, Chicago; 9 p.m. news, 1984:

A WLS promo from 1968, the early days of the "Flynn-Daly News" format (later renamed "Eyewitness News"):

The Morning Program on CBS was another famous failure of Shanks's. Of course, his biggest success was creating the first morning show that threatened Today -- the original Good Morning America:

In its entirety, here's the legendarily disastrous launch edition of 20/20 -- so poorly received that both anchors, as well as the show's executive producer (Bob Shanks), were fired within the week:

This compilation of old KHJ (Los Angeles) material includes the December 1989 farewell to KHJ and a sneak preview of KCAL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXgwL1T3Bbg

Staying in the Windy City, here's a long compilation of WLS news promos from the 1970s: I believe these are all the work of famed Chicago commercial director Joel Sedelmeier.

From France, a historical compilation of TF1's news opens from the psychedelic '70s onwards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGevbdpELbg

A 1980 promotional video for CNN:

Among NewsActive3's uploads is WMAQ's first newscast from the NBC Tower back in 1989. (A tour of the new facilities begins at the 7-minute mark.)

KTVK, Phoenix; 10 p.m., 1994, just months before the station lost its ABC affiliation (starts at 2:40). Highlights include a report by Daryn Kagan, later a high-profile CNN anchor:

And we now also have part 2 of the 1970s compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdX-T33yNSQ

A compilation of 1970s news opens from around the world (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeGlGrwrTm4

A compilation of news intros used by ORF in Austria from 1957 to the present day (Note that one of the themes is Dignity by Network Music / Killer Tracks): And a 1980s ORF news open that's missing from the compilation above: