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That is an awesome news open. Never even thought that a different theme bed existed for WAFF during that era. This leads me to some rare WFMJ from the 1980s. From 1982, here is a set of NBC commercials as aired on WFMJ. As a special treat in this video, it includes the first minutes of "21 Action News" from that year with a news open included. The ID and news open can be seen at 21:46.

You are indeed right. I think the WDEF news open from 1988 I am sharing did use a version of the KOAT/KETV graphics. Here is a KAPP-35 news open from 1997 with an unknown theme of sorts.

We take you back to 1988 where I encountered a clip from KOAT in Albuquerque, NM and features an entire broadcast of "Action 7 News" from 11/27/1988. You can see the newscast at 28:23.

Very interesting indeed. We take you back to the mid 1980s where KWTX in Waco aired a promo entitled "Here's To You" and it was even used on WDEF in Chattanooga as well. Also, we take you back to the 1990s where we feature a few stories about the Rocky Flats coverup as seen on Denver TV. A KCNC news open from 1992 can be seen at 3:23.

We take you now to Fort Wayne, Indiana where we feature a set of news stories about Pyle Speakers as featured on WKJG, WPTA and WANE. At 1:35 is a WPTA news close from 1983 using the classic "It's All Right Here" package by Peters Productions. From 1978, here are a few commercials as recorded off WMAR-TV in Baltimore when they were affiliated with CBS. Included toward the end is a WMAR news tease featuring Bill Markham. He would later team with Cindy Sexton at WHNT in Huntsville and WRCB in Chattanooga. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3UfVn4XS70 Get ready for some rare Louisiana newscasts. Starting it off is WBRZ in Baton Rouge from back in 1984. It does contain most of the newscast with John Pastorek, but no open is shown. Continuing with the Louisiana theme, we go to WRBT (now Nexstar-owned WVLA) where we feature an entire 10pm newscast from 1980. The theme they used during that period was also used as the theme to the NBC Nightly News during the mid to late 1970s. And rounding it out is a complete newscast from KATC-TV in LaFayette as recorded in 1980.

That movie open is vintage. If I am not too badly mistaken, this must have been a syndicated package used on various stations including one in Canada that I am mentioning. CFMT in Toronto, Canada used the same package in the early 1980s for their Italian movies on the station known as Italcine. EDIT: I did find the CFMT version of the movie open. They not only used it for Italcine (movies in Italian), they also used it for their all night movies on CFMT.

We take you back to 1993 and 1994 where we feature a rare look at WKAG's news in the form of news reports done by former WKAG reporter, James La-Giglia. News opens can be seen at 31:04, 43:49, 53:14 and 55:13. A news rejoin can also be seen at 22:27. Talk about rare footage considering that there were no videos of WKAG newscasts other than one from 2009. We come back to 1990 where we feature a news story from TV-43 in Hopkinsville and contains a clip of WKAG's news set from that year. From 1988, here are the opening minutes of a KWGN newscast from 1988. The open can be seen at the beginning and features a different opening arrangement of the "WNEV News Theme" by Tuesday.

Today is Sunday and it's time for something rare. In fact, anytime is a good time for something rare and it is no exception. We take you back to the mid to late 1980s where WAOW presented the weekend late edition of "Newsline 9" with Liz Talbot. The open at :21 features an unknown news theme used during that period.

We take you back to 1977 where I encountered something rare - the opening minutes of a WSET-TV newscast. The newscast was anchored by Stan Jayson who later went to WCHS-TV during the "Eyewitness News" days. There is a news open, but no music. This was recorded a few months after channel 13 had changed it calls from WLVA-TV to WSET-TV.

Here is an almost complete WSAV newscast from October 1985. The station used the "WSAV 1986 News Theme" for its newscasts.

WTRF-7 in Wheeling, WV used the "KTVW 1986 News Theme" during the mid to late 1980s. Here is some news opens from that period. And, here is their news close from that period. Keeping with the WTRF theme, here is a news open from sometime in the mid to late 1980s. It features an unknown news theme, but considering the three-note signature in Tuesday's "News 88" package, could WTRF have used that package? Anyone willing to chime in.

Here is a WTVF-5 news open from 1989 during the final days of "Eyewitness News". They would later become "NewsChannel 5", a branding they've had ever since. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY42T4GwE4c Here is a clip of the ATV Evening News from 1986 containing the opening and closing to the 6pm news. The theme they use is Tuesday Productions' "The News Image".

Here is an entire WISC-3 newscast from October 13, 1988 using the "All We Are, We Are For You" from Tuesday Productions. Also, another entire newscast. This time, from WBAL-11 in Baltimore as aired after Villanova won the NCAA college basketball national title. It aired on April 1, 1985. At the time of the airing, WBAL was a CBS affiliate. As of 2016, WBAL is an NBC station. Here is yet another entire newscast. This newscast comes to us from WAFF-48 in Huntsville from February 1993. Their newscasts were known as "The Tennessee Valley NewsChannel". Here is a WAFF-48 newscast close from December 1980 featuring more of the classic WAFF/WTOC news theme used during that era. WTVF in Nashville had a morning newscast in 1986 anchored by Les Heintz with news and Joe Case with weather. Here is their news open featuring legendary Lexington, KY news anchor John Lindgren filling in for Les. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa7FGOYaUQk

We now take you back to 1977 where WSIU brought you the "Evening Report". From 1989, here are a set of news clips about James Stone. At the beginning of the video is a KMGH news open from that year. Also, here is a WDTV-5 "NewsCentral" close from 1984 featuring the classic "Tuesday13" theme as used on KWTX, WDEF, WNCT and other stations during this period. Wait, that's not all. Here is a KVUE news open 1994 using the "Promise News Package" by Collier Concepts. Gotta love the spinning Texas capital animation in this open. From 1980, here is an entire evening newscast on WTVT featuring Hugh Smith, Roy Leep, Andy Hardy and even Gov. Bob Graham. Yes, Gov. Bob Graham even did a workday as TV reporter/anchor for WTVT. The ID and open can be seen at 1:58 and features an unknown news theme. This is rare WTVT news material from 1980 considering this is a full newscast.

We take you back to the late 1980s where WAKC (then WAKR-TV) still had a local newscast. This video contains clips from what looks like a 6pm newscast in that era. The news open seen at around :06 uses the same graphics WAKC has had since the mid 1980s when the station was WAKR-TV. Not only that, they used the KGGM theme that WAKR-TV had used during that time. Also, we take you back to 1984 where WAKR-TV (later WAKC) closed an 11pm newscast. The close can be seen at around 2:36.

Oh wait, there's more. Here is a WKBN newscast from July 1977 featuring the late Tom Holden. News open can be seen at :39 into the video. A rare look at WKBN's news on that day.

Get ready for more vintage video. To start it off, here are two WLUK promos from the 1980s and the first one is a :30 version of the Florence Warner sung "Hello Wisconsin". Here is a WBNB news open from 1985 which includes the first moments of a "NewsCenter 10" broadcast. Here is a WTRF news clip from 1986. Watch at the beginning of the video as you'll hear an unknown theme bumper.

Here is a set of short WWBT clips from 1986 and 1988. The first video contains a short WWBT "12 News Update" open using "The Mission" by John Williams. From 1985, here is a WTCN news open featuring Roger Thompson on the voiceover and the "9 Country/11 Country" package. Here is a KHOU news open from 1979. And here is a WPIX special news open from 1977 using "Move Closer To Your World" by Al Ham.

Here is a Virginia classic, a WWBT news open from sometime in the early to mid 1970s. And also, here are a few minutes of a WVVA newscast recorded back in 1984. WVVA used the same theme KERO and KVBC used during that timeframe. The open can be seen at around 1:05.

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.