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8 hours ago, bmasters1 said:

 

Two things I'd like to say:

 

--First, a question: was this an evening edition (6 P.M.) or a late one (11 P.M.)?

 

--Second, an observation: I noticed that there was no announcer on this apparent maiden voyage of News 4 New York.

There was no announcer on the Live at Five, 6pm, and weekend shows too. That lasted about a month before Fred Facey took over. I think Pardo took over only Live at Five a few months later.

5 hours ago, capsgm2002 said:

 

It's the 11pm newscast based on the tease from earlier in the video. Also, this is likely the second night of "News 4 New York." Research from old newspaper clippings and ads placed the first "News 4 New York" on Monday, September 29. Sue would be moved off of 6pm a few weeks later to "Live at Five."

IMHO, the 11 pm news broadcast may have been from the third week of N4NY's debut. I possess a few WNBC reports dated 09/14, 09/15, and 09/16/1980 regarding the protests against the closure of Sydenham Hospital. I have attached a screenshot from the weekend broadcast dated 09/14/1980, which shows the temporary 4. Additionally, the temporary 4 lasted for just one month.

15 hours ago, TheNewsTV said:

Now all that’s left is for WNJU to inaugurate the new set, will it be this year?

From what I gather, probably not this year. The WNJU set is already built, along with a new control room. I heard the plan was for WNBC to inaugurate their set first and WNJU later. 

Before @nynewsguyposts it. The new set will debut tomorrow at 11am. 

9 hours ago, Camera1 said:

Here's a better shot of the "ABCNEWS NEW YORK" part of the room behind Jennings.  The window to the downstairs control room now can be seen.  The monitors behind were visible behind Jennings on WNT in the 80's.

I used to work there for many years. Not anymore. The downstairs control room came later after the ABC News Now launch in 2004. Before that, it was a conference room where the execs and producers had their 9 am meeting. It was called the "Crazy Eddie room." And yes, there were monitors in the room too.

Try WPVI in Philly. They had it first before the others.

Since I haven't work at ABC in almost two years, I do know how WABC operates..... Just be patient, it's coming.......