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It's a distinctive look but doesn't hold up as well as the Jimenez sets. Those bulkheads hang down too low and make the talent look compressed. The WTVQ set is the best of that lot.

A lot of navel gazing there - no wonder they only had moments of being competitive with KPIX / KGO in the late 80s.

Not a video - but classic TV news history talk - after reading the passing of Ed, did a little searching, and this came up. Great long article about the competitive dynamics in Houston TV news in 1994. KHOU usurping KTRK, and the downbeat mood at KTRK dealing with it. Even a mention of changing the theme. https://www.houstonpress.com/news/changing-channels-6572785

Interesting they slapped on some Magid red white and blue on the set after launching the 'Share the spirit' campaign. Which coincidentally CBS ran with a year later. Didn't seem to help either of them! Also didn't realize they used And You per Info Junkie's video - always cool to see that Telesound work in action.

I like it - someone cared about theatrics with the anchors walking on the set. Some 3D action, gold, and well, it's definitely distinctive which is more than I can say about half of the opens these days.

That '42' logo has a bit of a KUTV 'S2' logo feel.

Didn't realize KCRA licensed its 'where the news comes first' trademark to another station (KSDK). They both use the registered trademark symbol, and in the trademark database KCRA and Hearst are the only entries dating back to the early 80s.

KGO was an outlier too. Did its own thing except for a quick couple of years 1985 - 87 when the company built them a new building and they got the KABC set. That got quickly dumped for something in house. Then when the WLS manager came in 1998 he brought the WLS set and theme - that lasted 4 or 5 years. Well, the theme only two years before Stephen Arnold's Signature in 2000. They even dumped Cool Hand Luke three times - from 82 - 84 and 87 - 88, then in 94 instead of going with Eyewitness News they commissioned News One. Didn't get around to using Eyewitness News until 2006.

That's a pretty cool animation - kind of 80s retro. There's an extended version from 2000 here - has some of that HBO Feature Presentation vibe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=kWWRAU-J8Vw;t=37

That close sounds a cousin of the 9 or 11 Country package KUSA and KARE used.

Not exactly discovered...but five seconds into this Mitsubishi commercial you get the first 5 notes of the Enforcer / I Love Chicago signature. https://www.ispot.tv/ad/dV2U/2018-mitsubishi-eclipse-cross-keys Though in this case the music is a take on an 80s Twisted Sister song.

They must have one of us as an intern this summer posting these 'on this day in x' newscasts. Great stuff.

Loved the old apartment set - so well lit and warm - made the guests look great. One of my favorite sets of all time for news. Wasn't a fan of the new one. Just plain dark.

Pretty advanced ABC network show promo graphics in there - some 3D and nice text for the titles / times - holds up there

Horrible quality - it's a DX pickup of KCRA from someone in Vancouver. But this is the brief 1989 close to what I think is a 5pm newscast. KCRA didn't run credits or closing music...they'd play a bumper into the copyright chyron. This bumper was around from around 1988 - 90 or so.

While we're on KMGH...here's that Newsmat set and graphics still in use in 1989 Also you get to hear one of the synthesized Great News cuts. For some reason, most of those didn't make it into the package set that's been floating around the trading circuit. Guess Gari kept it out of the package when they released the later series. Also here's the open from that era / another one of those missing cuts. The vamp is without a voiceover.

Great looking set. Also near the end, the first bulletin of news about the crash of Delta 191 - about 15 minutes after it happened.

Cool to see they had the separate studio and newsroom set going, and changed up the studio set elements for each broadcast. And wow - Lester and Adele...

WCBS August 1984 5pm - great wide shot of the dual sets at the end when they throw to the 6pm. I think this one gets an award for a set that maximizes a small space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5F8sJu-lqA

Also in that same video... Promo for Channel 7 News (while the newscasts were still using 'News Scene' branding). Guess the changeover happened shortly thereafter. Lots of competition from a surging KPIX those days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=Z6H_pmncoAY;m=1;s=48

KGO NewsScene Tonight open 11/1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=Z6H_pmncoAY;m=6;s=22 KGO NewsScene 6pm open 11/1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=Z6H_pmncoAY;t=34 Look closely and you can see the circle 7 painted on the studio floor.

KGO January 28, 1986 - Challenger coverage newscast with Van Amburg. He's one of a kind, great anchor, though takes a little liberty with speculation at times here trying to take on a complex national story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=6gwnt3cBhRo;t=487

KPIX 10/18/89 - Emmy winning newscast day after earthquake - broadcast from newsroom https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/231159

Take a look at around 3:30 in - looks like they did produce one for Patti. I’m thinking the MO was cold open then talent at the first break. That Linda Alvarez one ends with her saying “coming up next...” so it might be mislabeled as an open when it was instead used for the first break.

"Many thanks to WBZ-TV Creative Services Director Peter Masucci who dreamed up the idea; to Promotions guru Sean Barnacoat who produced it; to photographer Sean Collins who shot every scene; and to editor Michael Ruzicka who spent hours bringing this together." Make sure you add comments in the bottom of the article to express appreciation. Amazed the archives even still exist, let alone they spend months producing it. My favorite detail is how they managed to get a sales guy who looks just like the old fisherman.