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Great channel - also posted the KOFY TV 20 jingle package they'd for the station IDs with viewer pets

Would have figured Torres was the designated secondary for Ritter - forgot about Novarro but he doesn't seem to have the gravitas of Ritter or Torres What's surprised me is Jim Gardner and Ritter are about the same age - would have thought Gardner was about 10 years beyond Bill age wise - they both have a while to run

Caught Josh Einiger doing a “stand up” from home. Delivery and poise were anchor level. Starting to feel like the lead horse when Bill Ritter retires down the line

KGO "The Making of Channel 7 News" 1988 https://abc7news.com/entertainment/70-years-of-abc7--behind-the-scenes-of-tv-news-in-1988/5750478/ They posted it for their 70th anniversary, also did a really thoughtful tribute to 70s Van Amburg era https://abc7news.com/society/70-years-of-abc7-van-amburg-the-1970s-and-a-tv-news-revolution/5748210/

The 80s TODAY living room set was kind of in house There's a clip on YT where it debuts and Willard Scott mentions the two people who led it - one was the director of the show - the other was Carole Lee Caroll - a scenic artist who did work for Letterman and some Broadway shows - maybe she was retained as defacto for NBC around then - but no agency / set design specialty firm involved.

And some classic Pete Wilson anchoring for KGO thrown in there before the KPIX clips - great find

They might have a record for set and look changes in the 90s - just a couple years later they switched to the antique logo

Hope Bill stays / gets well Wonder why Lee didn't do it outside his home - they do outdoor weather shots all the time

It came around the time WXIA launched the Great News package (you picked up on the signature there) - so 85 or 86

Airchive on a roll...KNBC 6pm 1988 - at the end a nice hit of the jazzy sax 1985 close. By this newscast the 1985 bumpers had been retired for a synth version of NewsCenter II

Cool set - around the time WNBC went to a similar set - both of which were based on KNBC Like the header with the masthead logo above and spot lighting

Didn't realize KCBS went through a "let's copy the legacy KABC set" phase Right around when KABC updated its set to be more like KNBCs...

Great article on how news out of the box all went down https://mynorthwest.com/545326/remembering-seattles-news-out-of-the-box/

KPIX 1987 blooper https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/3995186-u2-in-concert-at-the-cow-palace-and-kpix-on-set-blooper/

This has the longest recording of the KARE/KUSA 9 Country / 11 Country closing theme I've come across so far http://tcmedianow.com/wusa-kare-july-16-1985-10pm-post-star-game-coverage/

WLS throwback promo from yesterday with Gari Cool Hand Luke

Someone mentioned the studio got upgraded recently - I noticed the backdrop is seamless now which looks great - anything else change, only caught a glimpse

Ah yes the casual low desk (or high chairs) I remember that - a take on the Live at Five format Ground breaking was the main KNBC set this was attached to - so many stations used a variant of it And here's a KOVR 1989 weather segment Yet another transition period for 13...brand new station logo / graphics and News Watch package, along with a refresh of the set...but with another refresh to come months later Here's what it looked like a few weeks prior And here's the next change months later...skyline with blinds... Followed by a newsroom set months after that

KNBC 1990 4pm preshow - there's a great wide shot at the end that shows how the 4pm set is connected to the main set Groundbreaking set - so many stations used variants on the main set for years to come

KCRA May 1983 weather - still using 'KCRA and You' package - that puts the intro of the Where the News Comes First package sometime between May 83 and January 84

I also just learned about W call letters west of the Mississippi

KOMO 'Live at 4' open 1984. Looks like the KTRK Live at Five opening animation, plus a special set - looks great in the wide shot

Not sure where this came from - maybe that WGN night where they recreated the NBC mid 80s Thursday night lineup - but first clean version of the long '85 Let's All Be There ID I've seen Not sure where this came from - maybe that WGN night where they recreated the NBC mid 80s Thursday night lineup - but first clean version of the long '85 Let's All Be There ID I've seen

Cool - Welch style graphics but without a Newsmat set That's a bare bones newsroom!

I was going to say that was peak Udell market wise then looked online and saw he did stints in LA and NY early on. He figured out settling down in Hawaii though...long long run there. Looking good in retirement here