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Here is rare WTEN news footage focusing on a snowstorm that hit the area in 1987. News open is seen at 0:17 into the video with ID at the beginning.

Here's more rare KOAT in the 1980s. It includes a news close using "Where You Belong" by TM Productions at 4:32 and a news open from 1983 at 4:54. The open from 1983 features an unknown news theme.

Gotta love Tuesday Productions, because they put out some of the finest news music back in the 1980s.

Speaking of the 1980s, we now take you to KLFY where we feature an entire broadcast of "Meet Your Neighbor" as recorded back in 1986.

We take you to Knoxville, TN in 1987 and a rare clip from WTVK. There is no open, however, but features a bumper.

If only I can find some rare WTVK news from 1988, during their CBS days, it would be huge.

Here are a couple of WNEP goodies from the 1980s.

First, we have a news open from this period.

And second, here is a WNEP reel with open included.

We take you to 1989 and WBOC-TV where we feature a set of commercials. At 6:22 into the video, a WBOC-TV bumper is shown and the theme they used at the time was Tuesday's "WNDU 1986 News Theme". Now, if a news open can only be found, this would get interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N0QU_RygAI

Oh wait...I did find a WBOC news open from sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s. My guess is that they used a cut from Tuesday's "WNDU 1986 News Theme" to open its noon news.

One more piece of WBOC material, a clip from a 1985 newscast with an unknown theme. Bumper is heard at :10 and closing theme is heard at 3:25.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udILX0jknIQ

Here is a KNBC Newservice broadcast from 1974 with open at 5:52.

All thanks goes to Rick Thomas for these rare newscasts.

While looking around on YouTube, here is a rare clip of "WM News" in the form of morning news briefs with former anchor Jill Valley. The theme was also used on WESH for its newscasts in the early to mid 1980s. A news open is seen at 0:14.

My goodness! The material from Randy Dunford is indeed rare. Am hoping he has more rare stuff. Anyway, here is a WYTV news close from 1982 using TM's "The Best Things in Life". NOTE: This is not the WWL version, but a different one if I am not mistaken.

There's more. Here is a video combo worth sharing. We first see the sign-off of KNBN-TV, the SIN (now Univision) affiliate for Dallas. Then, we take you to the sign-on of KRLD-TV, an independent station, which was brought by Metromedia which includes the first moments of its inaugural 7pm newscast. The theme they used in the ID/news open is Gari's "Newschannel".

We take you back to 1989 where we feature a WAKA-TV weather update with Lisa Gurevitch.

Here's a WWLP newscast from 1988.

There's more KNDU where it came from. This time, we feature an entire 11pm newscast from 1986.

And that's not all...here is KATU's "Eyewitness News" from 1975.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdDe4yMMEhI

Plus, here is KENS 5 "Eyewitness News" from 1989 with Kym Benson.

I do not know if this has been shared, but here is some classic KMOL "NewsCenter 4" from 1981 featuring current WATE Knoxville anchor Lori Tucker.

Nice. I believe there is something that has not been shared. a KNDU newscast from 1986.

Also, how about a WREG clip from 1975? Talk about rare!

Here is a KNBC news open from 1981.

How about a KNBC Newservice close from 1973?

Talk about rare. NewsActive3's latest compilation tops them all. Here are a few favorites:

* The KOB "Eyewitness News 4" open is action-packed and exciting

* Not only that, the KFVS "Channel 12 News" open with TM's "NewsBeat" is a welcome addition

* A rare WCOV-TV "Newsroom 20 at 5" news open

* The CHCH "NewsRoom 11" open that features their theme used until the end of the 1980s

* The KTUU "Newservice 2" open is the rarest Alaska news open I have ever seen

* The first-ever intro for "KRLD-TV News" is so exciting

and...

* The KTEW "NewsCenter 2" intro

With the solar eclipse taking place in 13 days from now, we take you back to 1984 where WAGA brings you a special edition of "Eyewitness News". It is a newscast complete with a news open. The news open animation reminds me of how WBNS did their intro at the time. The news intro can be seen at 3:41 and believe me, it is rare.

We take you way back to 1979 where we feature a rare look at KKTV in Colorado Springs. This is way before KKTV was acquired by Gray Television when it bought most of Benedek's stations.

This clip you are about to see comes from a KKTV program entitled "Mid Day". It was anchored by Liz Paul. The theme used in the open is unknown. Anyone willing to chime in and take a guess?

I came across a KDRV news open from 1985 and was wanting to know if it sounds like a Tuesday piece or some other work.

(News open is seen at 2:55)

I recently came across some rare footage from WCYB-TV in the form of a news break. This aired in 1979 and the news break begins at 0:33 with Alan Byrne. An ID is seen at 3:03. Talk about the rarest footage I have seen. Here's hoping we see some more Tri-Cities news footage from this period soon.

Some rare goodies are coming your way right now on this 4th of July 2017.

First, we take you to some rare news footage in the form of a newsbreak as aired on KCBJ-TV 17 in Columbia, Missouri. Recorded back in March 1983, it's a rare look at KCBJ's news operation. Here's hoping that one day, we'll see a news open with theme. ID is at 4:30 with newsbreak at 4:39.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KedQORpX8A

Next, we take you to WXLT 40 (now WWSB) and rare footage from "NewsCenter 40". This was recorded back in 1985 and talk about rare. A newsbreak can be seen at 3:12 and 6:46 with anchor Bill Holland along with one at 11:41 with Bob Keehn. An ID promo for Mary Rogers joining the "NewsCenter 40" team is seen at the end.

We take you to Dothan, Alabama and a rare look at WDHN. In 1990! There is no news open, however. But you are checking out a rare clip of a WDHN newscast from that year. The news anchor, Linda Scott, formerly worked for WSFA in Montgomery during the 1980s. An unknown theme piece can be heard at 3:08 into the video.

And speaking of WSFA, here are a set of promos celebrating 35 years as aired in 1989. A number of WSFA employees including legendary WSFA announcer Carl Stephens make appearances in these commercials.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9jqhkOTzmQ

Here is more News 12 Long Island. This time, it is from 1988 via a director room feed.

While News 12 Long Island was the first 24-hour local cable news channel in the nation, News 12 Connecticut started in 1982 as a local organization channel and would go on to become the first regional news channel in Connecticut. Here is a clip of News 12 Connecticut as recorded back in the 1990s.

If you watch closely at the video titled "WILX Channel 10", the graphics sorta put me in mind of KXTV in a way.

Anyway, getting back on topic, I noticed that KHON used a theme that had a three-note signature at the end. It can be heard at around :13 into the video.

KHON did use the "2 Belongs" slogan during the early 1980s and this leads me to believe that KHON may have used Peters Productions' "X Belongs" at that time. I could be wrong though. Anyone willing to chime in?

Gotta love the WFSB open. Didn't know that WFSB used the pre-1984 Gannett graphics, because I do know that KMST in Monterrey/Salinas, CA used the graphics during the mid 1980s.

Onto some rare video. From 1986, here are a couple of news promos for KCAU's "Major 9 News". The theme they used at the time was "Tuesday1" by Tuesday Productions. The station used an interesting logo which can be seen at the end of this video.

Here is some more of WANE's "News 15". This time, here is a vintage newscast from September 18th, 1985.

Here is a full KCST newscast from October 12th, 1986 (three days before my 2nd birthday). The newscast begins at 2:21 and features a KCST/Storer closing logo at 28:46. You gotta love the closing theme they played at the time.

But wait, there's more. Here is an entire WPDS newscast from June 7th, 1984 and this newscast aired not too long before the station cancelled its late newscast.

One more clip and it's VERY rare. We take you back to March 1987 where we feature a KTVE newscast from this period. The news close can be seen at 15:24 and features an unknown news theme. Anyone know what it is?

That is some rare KOIN news footage from 1980. The theme they used was "On Top of It All", not "Part of Your Life".

I don't know if this has been shared or not, but here is a rare look at KTVT's daily newscast from 1981! They aired this newscast during the midday hours, but these days, KTVT, as a CBS affiliate, airs more local news than what they did back then.

That's not all...Mike Seidel of The Weather Channel has uploaded some rare videos of his work on WYFF. I'll post only a couple.

First, here is a WYFF weekend weathercast he did on May 18th, 1986. The news anchor is Alta Snell.

And next, here is a WYFF Decision '86 election promo featuring Carl Clark (formerly of KHQ-TV Spokane) and Carol (Anderson) Goldsmith.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHJlY4h3D-E

While checking out YouTube, I recently encounter rare WTVO footage from 1987. In 1984, WTVO's newscasts were known as "Newswatch 17". In 1987, WTVO's newscasts at the time were "News 17". Here is a clip of WTVO's "News 17" featuring a news close at 3:42 with an unknown theme playing.

Checked out a little bit of the WLOS-TV Blizzard video and was glad to see Brenda Burch (former WTVK news anchor/reporter) in the video. She anchored coverage of the big Blizzard of '93 for WLOS.

I am back with some rare goodies.

We take you back to the early 1980s and Tuscaloosa, Alabama where we feature an intro for WCFT's "Eyewitness News" from this period. They used "Electro Phantasma" by Dave Grusin off the soundtrack to "The Electric Horseman".

From 1987, here is an MPBN broadcast of the Mount View/Rockland game with a WABI news clip at the beginning. At :04 into the video is a WABI newscast open used in 1987 featuring an unknown news theme.

From March 1989, here is a partial WHBF-TV newscast. WHBF-TV was one of the non-ABC stations to use Gari's News Series 2000 as its theme as they were CBS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtKRHTqdQGc

I checked out the bump pieces from the WWLP-WANE-KTVW-WLOX theme by VTS and it sounds really nice.

Anyway, while checking out the YouTube app on my Kindle Fire, I found a WHNT newscast close from 1979 featuring a nice version of Tuesday's "News People" theme.

Here is something rare. A clip from WCWB-TV (now WMGT) in Macon. This is from 1980 and features a report about President Reagan's trip to Georgia. No news open is included.

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I do not know if this has been shared or not, but here is a clip of WTXL-TV as recorded in the mid 1980s. A WTXL fill-in anchor at the time, Steve Hunsicker, uploaded this clip of a morning news cut-in during "Good Morning America".

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We take you back to 1993 were WATE-TV covered the Blizzard of '93 with anchors Russ Murphy and Denise Dillon. News open is at 0:56 into the video. A little warning: This was recorded via a video camera pointed to the TV.