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From the early 1980s, here is a clean KBTV news intro with the helicopter sounds in the beginning. From 1985, here is a KARK-TV 6pm news open as aired after a broadcast of the NBC Nightly News.

[quote name='ChesapeakeTV']This is Tuesday[I]E[/I], not Tuesday[I]3[/I]...but still, yet another thing to throw into the Joplin blender... At this point this feels like a topic for a @Raymie article...[/QUOTE] Oops...I meant TuesdayE. Thank you for pointing that out. Now feast your eyes on something exciting. KERO and other McGraw-Hill owned stations used "The News" as their newscast title during the 1970s and early 1980s. Not only did WRTV used this theme you're about to hear, KERO did as well. Here is their newscast open with ID... https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=386521823609 And here is their close. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=386522613609 Need I remind all of you that these were from the early 1980s, a few years before the "23 News" era. And here is a KARK news open from the early 1980s with Gannett ID at the start. KARK was owned by Gannett for a short time before being sold to new owners. Tegna (formerly Gannett) currently owns KTHV as of 2016. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=135566689874235 Before Bill Williams took over in 1977, it was Steve Burgin, currently on WLKY, anchoring a newscast on WBIR in the 1970s. Here is a news open and bumper from that era. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=726439480820577 From June 1983, here is a WTCN newscast using "Hello News" by Frank Gari. Although the open is clipped, it showcases "11 News" on WTCN during that era. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1307070655989007

From around 1983/1984, here is a KOAM-TV news open featuring the classic "Tuesday3" theme and a mention of Brian Williams doing weather - THE Brian Williams currently on MSNBC.

Here is a rare WLTZ news clip from 1987. At the end is an unknown news theme bumper WLTZ has used at the time.

Here is another Hawaii discovery, a KHON news intro from 1981 with Joe Moore at the anchor desk. The video also features a local KHON/NBC "Our Pride is Showing" promo. Not only that, KHON even had a morning newscast during the 1980s. Here is that intro. A new rare find: A vintage promo from 1984 as recorded via Lansing's WLNS-TV 6. This was done before or after the call letter switch from WJIM-TV to WLNS. The theme they used was Tuesday8 by Tuesday Productions. Since it is Throwback Thursday, how about a WLUC-TV 6 news promo from 1985 featuring the anchor team of Steve Apslund and Jane Flasch. Continuing with the Throwback Thursday theme, here is a KECI promo from 1989. Their newscast title was "Western Montana News" as abbreviated as "WM News".

Here is a WCTI-TV 12 news promo featuring the voice of Bob Knowles (RIP) and Tuesday Productions' "Action News" package. Here is another news promo. This time, for KMST-TV 46 (now KION) from the early 1980s. KMST aired local news at 6:30pm and 11pm at the time. But wait, there's more. Here is a KHON "Channel 2 News" promo using the NBC Just Watch Us Now theme as recorded back in 1982. And from 1981, here is a rare KMST newscast intro. Also, KHON-TV 2 featured Paul Udell as one of the anchors and does a commentary to close out a newscast. It features an unknown theme.

From 1981, here is a WFMY 6pm news close with credit roll. Gotta love the control room shot during the close. The closing cut to "It's All Right Here" sounds nice..

Here is another rare find. We take you back to 1985 where we feature a complete news open for WENY-TV from that year. WENY-TV's newscasts were known as "TV-36 Eyewitness News" at the time. From 1982, here is a KOA-TV (now KCNC-TV) news clip and you have to listen to the news close at the end. It is amazing. KOA-TV/KCNC used TM Productions' "All The News" as its news close during the early 1980s. Here is yet another WLBT vintage newscast as uploaded by Wilson Stribling. This time, from 1980. Here is another rare find. This time, from 1983, where KVBC opens its newscast entitled "First News". Also, here is a KVBC 6pm promo from around 1984 or 1985 with the Gari "Turn To News" theme.

From 1990, here is a WOWL 6:30pm news open with Reginald Jones and Chris Field. From 1991, here is a KTTC newscast featuring Frank Gari "Pride Inside" in their news open. But wait there's more...here is a WLUK news close from 1976!!!! You gotta love this clip, because of the classic "Part of Your Life" theme they use in the close. Also, I shared in an earlier reply a WLBT newscast from 1984 via Wilson Stribling. We now take you back to 1976 where we feature a full WLBT newscast from 40 YEARS AGO!!!! The news team at 6pm on WLBT at the time were Walter Saddler (news), Woodie Asaaf (weather) and Charlie MacAlexander (sports).

From 1981, here is a WRTV news open featuring an unknown news theme. Here is another interesting find, a KOMO newscast from 1980. Here is KARK-TV in 1980 using Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" in the intro. Keeping with the KARK theme, here is a newscast open from election night 1988. The theme: "News 88" by Tuesday Productions. Found another rare find...some WRBL-TV bloopers from 1984 to 1985. WRBL-TV 3 used "And You" by Telesound and even had a 7pm newscast at that time. A news close using "And You" can be seen at around 1:33. And another rare find...some WYEA/WLTZ bloopers from 1981 to 1983. At around 5:23 is a WLTZ news close with an unknown news theme. https://www.facebook.com/norman.easterday/videos/vb.1599750605/10202826127326468/

Wilson Stribling of WLBT on Facebook uploaded a WLBT newscast from 1984. The opening is very nice and features a full newscast. The WLBT 1990 News Theme is heard which leads me to believe that WLBT started using that theme in 1984 or earlier. Also, a WPIX news open from 1984 which still used the classic MCTYW theme. But wait, here is a KPRC newscast close from 1983 which also includes a station sign-off from that period. Also, here is something rare. Bakersfield news clips from 1982. Starting with a KERO news open. Then going over to KPWR-TV (now KGET) and "The News Center". Continuing with Bakersfield, here are three news stories about the South Chester drive-in that aired on KERO's "23 News", KBAK's "NewsForce 29" and KPWR-TV's "The News Center" back in 1982.

I recently come across a reel focused on news anchor Jim Watkins. I am posting this in the pre-2000 classic video thread, because it contains contains clips of Jim Watkins on WKPT Kingsport and WTVF Nashville, two Tennessee stations where he anchored early on in his career. In fact, WKPT was the station where Jim got his first on-air gig doing weather. Check out Jim doing a WKPT weathercast at :18.

We take you back to 1987 where WCHS-TV in Charleston brought you a "News 8 Newsline" promoting the stories for its 11pm news. WCHS used the classic KTNV-WBRZ theme. As I heard the five notes in the theme, it got me to thinking that these five notes could have been the theme's signature, "People You Can Count On", which was WCHS' slogan at the time.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Av7Xcl7Kjc Also, WTTG closed out its morning newscast with Maury Povich using Soundtrack's The Image Leader back in 1985. But that's not all, here is another version of the WTCN Hello campaign as sung by Frank Gari himself in 1982. In addition, here is a WAKR-TV news open from 1986. The theme you hear in the open comes from the WAKC 1988 News Theme, but began using it sometime in the mid 1980s when channel 23 was known as WAKR-TV. KGGM-TV 13 (now KRQE) in Albuquerque used this theme also in the early 1980s.

From 1986, KTVQ opened its newscasts using "Beyond" by Herb Alpert.

You may or may not remember this, but there were some classic KULR videos on YouTube several years ago. One of them was a promo for KULR's "Straight 8 Newservice" from the early to mid 1980s. Now, I found something rare. From the 1980s, here is a promo KULR aired as part of its rebranding campaign. The station, along with KBAK Bakersfield and several others were owned by Harriscope Broadcasting.

Interesting KERO stuff from 1999. I did find something on YouTube related to KERO. This is a video montage containing a clip of the California Raisins and some classic KERO news moments and bloopers featuring legendary Bakersfield newsman Burleigh Smith. It even features a glimpse of a KERO news open from around the mid 1980s which features an unknown theme. This was before KERO adopted the "Turn To News" package by Frank Gari. You can check out that news open clip at 11:35.

We take you back to 1991 where WWLP-TV 22 brought you a weekend edition of NewsCenter 22's Nightteam. Check out the cool bumper cut from the WLOX-KTVW-KIDK-WTRF theme at the beginning.

From 2014, WENY celebrated its 45th anniversary with a look back at the station's history. The video contains a news open clip from the station's early days in the 1970s. (News open is at :33) 2014 was also the year another station celebrated its anniversary. KDRV-TV in Medford celebrated its 30th anniversary with a look back at the station. A few months later in 1985, KDRV debuted local newscasts as "Newswatch 12". (News open from 1985 is at 2:54) From 1994, we take you to KENS-TV 5 where they closed an edition of "Eyewitness News". Love the banter they provide during the closing theme.

Love the Power News V1 bumper cut at 0:59. It sounds nice. From 1984, here is a WBBM-TV news open. Check out the nice effects in this open. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EnAguJgWCQ

I recently found a KMGH gag reel from the early 1980s and that contain some news opens. (The news opens are at 16:17 and 22:22) That's not all...here is a WHO-TV 13 news open from the early 1990s featuring Charlie Van Dyke on the V/O.

Raymie, you are correct. In fact, you can't get enough of these classic videos. Geri Craig, former WSLA-TV (now WAKA-TV) employee and host of "Speak Easy", recently uploaded a set of commercials as aired on WSLA. Talk about vintage! The highlight of the video comes at 6:40 into the video where WSLA aired a local version of CBS We've Got the Touch '84. The news set seen at 6:43 looks like one of WHNT's old news sets they had used back in the 1970s. That's not all, KVAL-TV opens "Northwest News" back in 1989 using "We Know What Matters". Check out the cool logo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRv0h5-2YrQ Here is a WNEP news open from 1979 using the classic Move Closer to Your World theme and someone recorded it off the TV with a video camera. It is a nice open though. From 1985, we take you to Knoxville, Tennessee where WTVK brings you a news digest. News digest is at 2:02 into this video and features Allen Denton of KUSI.

Here is a classic WKRC news intro from 1986 featuring the classic WNDU 1986 News Theme package by Tuesday Productions. WKRC had used Tuesday's News Image before this theme. WAPT in 1987 used an unknown news theme at the time as evidenced in the opening of a news break. It may have been part of a WWLP news theme, but could be wrong. Their newscasts were known as "Channel 16 News". WNTZ, the current FOX affiliate, was your channel by the river during the independent days of the 1980s. Here is their image campaign.

During the 1980s, WTHI in Terre Haute and WPXI in Pittsburgh used the classic package entitled "Look At Us". I found out that Canberra's Capital 7 in Australia also used the package at the time. Canberra's version used the WPXI "Look At Us" slogan and in this video, it contains the full ID with vocals at :47 into this video. I am posting this video in the hope that someone will identify who composed this theme.

I don't know if this has been posted or not, but here goes. I found a couple of videos on YouTube where Canberra's Capital 7 used the WPXI Look At Us/WTHI Leading The Way package during the 1980s. (ID is at :47 and features vocals)

In 1985, CFCN in Calgary was "On Your Side". The station used Frank Gari's classic "Seven On Your Side" package for a few years in the mid to late 1980s and is showcased in this promo. In 1989, WVVA brought you the latest news on "NewsCenter 6". Here is a clip of a WVVA newscast from that period. Oh and the news open is very good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLTBOuQHUO4