KnoxvilleTVFan

I recently came across this...

http://www.kbtx.com/content/misc/KBTX-60th-Anniversary-Photo-Album-411377435.html

This page contains some photos and videos. One of the videos includes a news open from KBTX's "Dimension 3 News" era in the late 1970s.

Here is some classic WLBT from 1983. A full 10pm newscast with Bert Case.

Got some rare WYMT goodies coming your way now.

First, here is a WYMT 6PM news open from 1987.

And second, here is the last news open used for WKYH-TV when they were NBC back in the 1980s.

But that's not all, here is a news open for the final WYMT newscast anchored by Tony Turner before his death.

But wait, there's more, here's a WYMT news intro from 2000.

It's good to see some rare news videos being shared on this post.

Here is one that is a rarity. From 1973, here are some clips from network television as recorded from Los Angeles TV.

Take note at 2:06 where the CBS Evening News is interrupted with a late news development concerning Richard Nixon. If I am not mistaken, this aired in portions of the West Coast.

I am posting this, because this is some of the rarest clips of KXAS you'll ever find.

News opens from 1984 are at :14 and 1:19. The opens feature an unknown theme and some amazing graphics used during the final years of "Action News."

But that's not all. Jack Trammell's YouTube channel also has this rare video from KFDX.

News open can be seen at 5:56.

And this...

News open can be seen at 8:06. KFDX used Tap Root Manuscript during the 1980s.

Oh and one more...

News open with ID can be seen at 9:56.

Here is the first few minutes of KOTA's Newsline from 1987.

I recently found this out. KOTA's Newsline theme was also used for its "Battle of the Video Games" tournament special on KTLA four years before in 1983.

Since we're on that subject matter, I was wondering if anyone knows the stock music for the movie intro. (I know it's not a news theme, but screw it.)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=C7JbKrRCIeo;t=48

I know this one. It is "Slam Dunk" by FirstCom.

We take you back 43 years ago to 1975 where KOAT-TV in Albuquerque brings you "Action News."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-_pysV9RQ

You forgot this video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AwOrM1XFN8

(This contains clips of news opens starting at :31, may have been from the late 1970s)

Here is something that may have not been shared. It's a video about WAFF's new home as reported back in 1982. At the beginning of the video, you hear the 1-minute version of WAFF's news theme. It is amazing!

"The TV-8 News Final with Russ Van Dyke and Rick Fredericksen"

We take you back to 1976 and some rare KCCI footage in the form of a newscast anchored by Rick Fredricksen. A news open is included. Courtesy of former KCCI news anchor Rick Fredericksen.

Get ready for "Dateline 6". "Dateline 6" was WABG's newscast title in 1978. I say this, because we feature a rare look at WABG's news operation back in 1978. Courtesy of former WABG anchor Calvin Dean, here is a clip of a WABG newscast from 1978 with a clip of their news intro.

Here is a rare KFBB news open from 1998 featuring the classic KFMB/CFPL news theme.

We take you back to 1993 where WBOY-TV brings you the weekend edition of "News 12" with news open included.

I agree. WLS pre-1971 is rare.

Speaking of rare, it looks like I may have hit the jackpot after all. I have three rare newscasts to share. One from Charlotte, one from Knoxville and one from Peoria.

First, we take you back to 1986 where WPCQ-TV in Charlotte brings you the 5:30pm news. You can see the news open at 0:37.

Then, we take you one year later to 1987 where WBIR-TV in Knoxville brings you "Action 10 News".

But that's not all, we take you back to 1985 where WRAU-TV in Peoria brings you "19 Eyewitness News"

All of these are courtesy of Mark Butzow who produced the WBIR newscast from 1987.

I have found a rare KQTV news open from 1990. You can see it at :32 and it features a news theme I never heard before.

We take you to 1985 and a Christmas party tape from WCFT-TV in Tuscaloosa, AL.

(Unknown news theme can be heard at :26 for a promo)

This is news music-related, but I recently found out that a radio station in Puerto Rico used TM's "All The News" package back in the 1980s. The station: WAEL radio in Mayaguez. You can listen to the clip at 8:38.

We take you back to the 1980s and some rare WIBW footage.

(Unknown news theme can be heard at 1:02)

Here is some classic KTHI "News 11" from 1987. The clip features a news close after a segment called "The Mel Stone Report". They used Tuesday's "All We Are, We Are For You".

Here's KAMR in 1995 in the form of news teases.

But that's not all...here's WLFI in the 1980s. The theme they used: VTS' NewsScore. This was before they used Gari's Turn To News.

IHere's a demo reel from the site:

 

https://nebula.wsimg.com/527ea4c42051bc1c7b87af5770ade007?AccessKeyId=66DF0260B5371BCE06BB&disposition=0&alloworigin=1

As I listen to this reel, it makes me realize how big this find is. I do recognize "The Spirit of Joplin and 12 Together" because KODE-TV in Joplin was the one.

I did check the client list and I saw that WATE-TV in Knoxville used something from Peters. Hmm... It makes me wonder if they used a news theme or a promo piece from Peters.

In 2013, KAIT in Jonesboro celebrated its 50th anniversary. As I post this, the videos from their 50th anniversary are still on the website including some blooper reels. The second blooper reel contains some news opens including opens at 2:23, 4:15 and 4:49 with unknown news themes.

http://www.kait8.com/clip/9062834/blooper-reel-two

I recently came across some important information you may want to read. WROC's 1987 news theme, also used by KDKA in Pittsburgh, was composed by none other than John Sutton. This is according to a post by Ron Dylewski on the Rochester, NY News & Television Archive Facebook page.

He states: "But I was involved in doing WROC's theme in the 80's and it was not a Klein and Co thing as I recall, it was composed by John Sutton who did the "KD and You" theme for KDKA. The timing seems right. We went to Nashville and did an ROC version, struggling a bit with how to say "Rochester."

As I post this, here is another sample of the classic KDKA theme used on WROC in the late 1980s.

Raymie, I checked the NMSA and it was also used by KJEO (now KGPE) in Fresno as the "KJEO 1993 News Theme".

EDIT: I did check both the "KJEO 1988 News Theme" and the "KJEO 1993 News Theme". Both of these themes had a 5-note signature which could be part of a package.