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Antenne 2, France, 8 p.m. (national) news, 1979, on the day the notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine was gunned down in Paris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zikrb6Td5II Here's what Wikipedia tells us about Mesrine: "He was responsible for numerous bank robberies, burglaries, and kidnappings in France and Canada. Mesrine repeatedly escaped from prison and made international headlines during a final period as a fugitive when his exploits included trying to kidnap a judge who had sentenced him. An aptitude for disguise earned him the moniker "The Man of a Hundred Faces" and enabled him to remain at large while receiving massive publicity as a wanted man. "[...] on November 2, 1979, the couple left the apartment for a weekend in the country, taking Jeanjacquot's pet poodle with them. Mesrine and Jeanjacquot had reached Porte de Clignancourt on the outskirts of Paris when the gold BMW they were driving was boxed in at the entrance to an intersection and police marksmen in the rear of a truck immediately in front of their car threw open a tarpaulin. Reportedly, in the instant before the police opened fire Mesrine's eyes were described as being so shocked they seemed to be bursting from his head as he realized he was trapped. Twenty rounds were fired at point blank range; Mesrine was hit 15 times. A coup de grâce was then administered with a pistol. Sylvia Jeanjacquot lost one eye and suffered lasting damage to her arm. Her pet dog was killed."

WLS, Chicago, 4:30 PM news, 1983: Part 2: Part 3:

Staying in Chicago but moving up the dial three channels, here's a 1980 promo for WMAQ: And a WMAQ news update (with Chuck Henry) from the same year:

A few wonderful promos for WBBM, 1975:

@fox2: I really like this "end-of-the-Cold-War" take on the famous KDKA open: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh2EdmkkMGk

WFLD, Chicago; CNN-branded local news updates, 1983:

...and a different version of the same theme; BTQ7, Brisbane, early 1980s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJouh8ts3Gw

And another Chicago rarity -- some excerpts of Oprah Winfrey anchoring on WLS:

WMAQ, Chicago, 4:30PM news, 1984:

GMV6, Shepparton, Australia, 1986:

WBBM, Chicago, 6PM, 1974:

Here are some promos for Paul Udell when he was at WTHR in Indy:

WGN, Chicago, Nightbeat, 1983: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Bzmb7pN3A A rare clip of Jane Pauley on WMAQ -- a bumper promo from 1976:

532user is back with another excellent compilation of current news opens -- this one includes examples from Australia, Japan, China, India, Armenia, Russia, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, France, the U.K., Ireland, Spain, Greenland, the U.S., and Chile):

WMAQ, Chicago; 4PM, 5PM, 6PM and 10PM opens, 1990:

POP TV, Slovenia, news promo, 2012:

^^^^ I forgot to mention that POP TV was the station that brought you this (in)famous viral video:

POP TV, Slovenia, first-ever newscast (complete!), 1995, news theme by Gari Communications:

Same station, one year earlier (and a completely different open):

Part 2: Part 3: (Is it possible to disable the feature that restricts the number of YT embeds per post?)

WBBM, Chicago, 1973, (pre-Sauter): Part 1:

From 1997, here is Sat.1 in Germany using a set almost identical to the NBC Nightly News set of the mid-'90s: This clip shows the NBC Nightly News set: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p8QyCVqKOY

KTVK, Phoenix, election open and close, 1984:

KPNX, Phoenix, open, 1985:

KTSP (now KSAZ), Phoenix, open, 1985: