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That was John Christopher Burns. The WITN open is a knockoff, though.

Putting this here because this update from "CKND Sports Line" from May 20, 1993, is slightly more interesting than "typical Canadian sports show update". The monitors in the background on the right show CBS Newsnet and NBC News Channel feeds! Ron Futrell put up some more stuff including these clips from his Yakima days...

NMSA "KZTV 1995" is a CBS Newspath theme...

Not only that, they're not assuming any of KEYU's employees, basically just the licenses and site lease. I bet it won't be Regional Mexican after the sale — if it does, it will be under a different name with a new air staff.

KIMA News at 6 in 1999 — using the CBS 1997 Special Presentation theme:

Some of these montages have interesting stuff... This might be the best thing in them: If only for their rarity, the KRTV and KECI glimpses are good:

A whole lot of KUSA's Good Afternoon Colorado from 1990. What is the music used? The VTS Making a Difference pack (WRTV 1991 which really should be KUSA 1990)?

WALA's Action News 10 at 10pm for December 23, 1991: In Canadian material, this channel has a good amount of CKCO stuff including the station's 40th and 50th anniversary specials: Also, I don't remember seeing this graphics package/open... (video is not embeddable) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3wPXRA7-54

It really takes a fine tooth comb to find the differences, too: mostly text placement, at least two typos ("Patterson, NJ" and "Carrolton" in the Dallas open), and in the obvious case of WXTV, changes (eventually) for most of the imagery.

Only in 1984 could you provide instructions like "Between Levitz and Lawhon on Freeway" and everyone knew what freeway you'd be talking about...

KCCI with the CBS Affiliate Package in 1994 — with John Lindsay VO: This partial KATU newscast from 1997 includes a long close with the Scott Shelly Spirit of Texas update — the longest cut of this package I've ever heard!

The Shenandoah name I don't have a source on, but it was definitely written for WTVR. (That was in response to a newspaper article excerpt I found from 1986 mentioning Keltonic as having composed WTVR's theme of the time.) Additionally, it appears in ASCAP as "WTVR News Theme". (He also co-wrote the WTHR Rainmaker theme from 615.)

A curiosity from 1996: a KTVK "Fast Break" two-minute newscast from halftime of a KUTP Suns game! The music is original using the "Arizona's Family" musical signature. The sponsor bump at the end is voiced by Steve Wood — very early work from him.

Estrella TV will launch newscasts in three markets on Monday, but the setup's a bit strange. The newscasts will air at 5pm and 11pm in Miami and 4pm and 10pm in Houston and Dallas. Rubén Olague will serve as news director and anchor, while Carolina Sulbarán and Carolina Pereira both come to Estrella TV from Venezuela (Pereira moved to the States last year). The Miami and Houston shows will be anchored by Sulbarán and Olague, while Pereira joins Olague to host the Dallas show. Definitely sounds like only one market is gonna have live shows.

They must have just rolled out the new logo in the first clip — the old one is still on the mic flags!

A summer-themed "Us Viewing You" :30 from WJBK in 1986:

Dan Spindle is trading in KNXV for KSL, evidently after he was moved from mornings to weekends. He starts in Salt Lake this week. https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/media/2019/04/22/dan-spindle-left-channel-15-phoenix-moving-to-salt-lake-city-ksl/3538515002/

A WHO morning newscast from this date in 1991:

Ever wanted to see what WPTA was like in 1993? Now you can!

The Free Spirit is a Peters campaign!

A WTTV open and story from 1990 — Spirit of Texas theme, Your Place graphics! (The sung jingle part is clipped unfortunately but the resing is "The Heart of Indiana on T-T-V-4")

I hadn't seen those either. Definitely the same animation as WOWT.

Cokely had been working for two years as the consumer reporter for the Gillett stations, based in DC. He was only 33 at the time! Whoever consulted KTVI I think missed the mark with this promo, because it ended up accentuating that everyone wasn't from St. Louis. KDNL suffered through the same problem with its entirely out-of-market news lineup when they launched.

They all just got off planes and they're all ready to give St. Louisans the news — a promo for KTVI's new news team in 1988:

You would not be the first one to have the idea... News People itself appears to have been written in late 1976? Given that KESQ might have started using this thing in late 1986 or 1987, it could have been written for News People's 10th anniversary.