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KNTV 'Kids Report' 1990 At the opening of the San Jose kids museum they set up a booth for kids to do a mock newscast. You get a sample of the Siilvertree 1987 opening theme at the beginning, and then the first part of the closing theme at the end. Always liked how they used a piano for the teletype effect in that theme - you hear it during the close.

KGO 7/25/1990 No talent in the open - Pete Wilson had recently departed for KRON. Not long after this they changed the graphics / logo to something in-house (instead of the Welch / Cap Cities style) and wouldnt' use a talent open for another couple years. And here's the pre-show bumper

Wow that KRON set looks like a precursor to the Welch newsmat with the skyline view and logo superimposed above

I like it - old school without the ABC logo Was that the temp set while they built the 2004-2011 skyline set? Don't remember the 90s set having the blue panels on the side and such a narrow control room mural.

Behind the scenes at KRON 1994

KTVU May 1982

1990s KNBC opens compilation Glad someone there was / is a TV marketing nerd

Wow what a story - too bad for all involved Was hoping some of the KCRA Where the news comes first mystery could be solved via VTS but maybe it was other shops

Great team - epitome of New York

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