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KTVK 9 p.m. promo on KPHO:

WLS, Chicago; 10 p.m. -- I'm sorry, 10:45 p.m., 1982:

And of course, NTV7's logo at the very end looks very familiar.

i-Télé, France; weekend morning news promo, 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQZLlRje_n0

WFLD, Chicago; morning news ("Fox Thing in the Morning," a tongue-in-cheek jibe at WMAQ's "First Thing in the Morning"), 1999: (Part 2 is missing.) Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: ***** WMAQ, Chicago; 10 p.m., 1983:

If I remember correctly, WMAQ used this set for the 10 p.m. news and the newsroom set for all other newscasts. (In other words, I don't think there was a daytime version of the skyline set.) EDIT: On second thought, there may have been a daytime version of the skyline set as well. Can anyone confirm?

WMAQ, Chicago; 10 p.m., 1997 -- a few weeks before the Springer/Magers/Marin debacle:

WFLD, Chicago; 9 p.m., 1997: And a revised look from later that year: WGN, Chicago; 9 p.m., 1991:

Indeed. I seem to remember that there was some controversy regarding a Regional Emmy that Harper won for an investigative piece, but a producer later claimed that he or she did most of the work. Does anyone know the details about what happened -- and why Harper decided to leave KNXV? (Or was he forced out?) I know that he left KTVK in '95 because he didn't like the changes the station was making after losing its ABC affiliation.

WLS, Chicago; 10 p.m., 1987:

KPNX, Phoenix, AZ; news promo, 1980: KTAR (now KPNX), Phoenix, AZ; a special 4:30 p.m. edition of the news before the World Series, 1978:

A compilation of international news opens from the 1960s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woaL4a1cL9E

Here it is: http://youtu.be/NCqBpdxL3Sw?t=8m13s Also note that the animated sequence at the beginning of that open is from the CBS Evening News open of the early '80s.

Am I alone in thinking that he may return to Phoenix -- perhaps even KTVK, where he anchored between 1986 and 1995?

This theme is based on "Jupiter: The Bringer of Jollity" from "The Planets" by Gustav Holst:

In memory of former Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne, who died on Friday, here's WLS's 10 p.m. news from 1983:

KGTV, San Diego; on the day Delta Flight 191 crashed in Dallas, 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svi-q4Y95ZQ

And here's the aftermath of a night of severe storms as seen on the regional news from WDR, the ARD station serving the German Land of Rhineland-Westphalia, 2014:

1996: 1997: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEZ6dKyHIR4 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKJJ6h0gK-s 2005: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cefFDJhs5EI 2006: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VtYZaIIau4 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWsKW1KOJoE 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sq87Gz9VPE 2014:

Here's the news on ORTF's Second Network / Antenne 2 / France 2 through the years: 1973: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyZCRM2Dt2w 1976 (A): 1976 ( B ): 1978: 1979: 1983: 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBJPdrtvo7E 1987: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIIY1XOK3xg 1992:

Dragon TV, Shanghai, China; late news, 2011:

Here's an interesting compilation of news opens used by Germany's ZDF from 1963 to the present:

They were upset that some people may have thought they forced out two employees, so what do they do? They force out an employee!

CityTV, Toronto, Canada; 1977 news open:

Here's none other than Walter Cronkite guest-anchoring the national news on France's Antenne 2 network in 1981 (on location in Monte Carlo that evening):