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Better yet, the whole newscast is available, in 60fps: Worth noting — this is a generation of KCRA opens I had not seen. They'd change again in 1996, including an updated music package (the NMSA groups both).

The news for June 2, 1987 from WLIO's News Journal: The commercial load is exceptionally low. This entire 30-minute newscast contains just four commercials and one promo for Hour Magazine. That's it!!

Interesting promo from the early 80s for regional news coverage on KTBC, using the Times-Mirror news theme as its background:

The frequency's definitely increased lately, primarily onthesea with Argentina clips. I personally don't mind Canada or some Australia — there's enough US similarity that those go here. (And you know I'm a hound for vintage Spanish-language material from the US and Puerto Rico.) It might be time to move the "International YouTube Findings" from the International board over here, where it could see more activity.

A KTXL news brief from 1995 (60fps!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=mJ8aGywB7XY;t=251

I gotta say, that's kind of...a petty thing to say. None of those things should matter.

A KPLR news update from 1989: And then there's...Mark Curtis at KTVI!

This is a curious little ID from WLKY in 1986 with a sung "Looking Better All the Time" jingle: The musical signature *is* in the matching news package... There was also an accompanying image commercial that received a Silver Award in 1984 from the Broadcasters Promotion Association (a predecessor to PromaxBDA).

Chief meteorologist Marshall McPeek of WSYX opened his address to the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association conference in Palm Springs this weekend by welcoming "ladies, gentlemen, things and its". He wound up apologizing before the evening ended and resigning from the association. WSYX's general manager even had to come out and make a statement, in addition to one from the NLGJA.

It's not just a WBRC newscast from 1994...it's a WBRC newscast from 1994 in 60fps!

Three KSAZ promos from the summer of 1995, including two for Arizona Prime News and another for fire coverage (not a wildfire — apparently what you see burning was a tire yard in an industrial area of Phoenix). The Prime News promos use the cuts from those B/W promos done the year before:

They did that in 1991 (it aired at 7:30 though) and it didn't last a year. While it might be more expensive, a WRC product might just do better, too.

Here's another confirmed G and G design, for WPSD. It was introduced in 1986 (along with the TVbD logo and graphics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=_R5hxM8f-hA;t=116

Wow, it's a WWL "WeatherVision" promo and station ID from...1977!

WEAR in 1991 — looks like someone watched WPLG at some point:

Raycom Sports/freelance announcer and former local sportscaster Mike Hogewood has died at 63. He worked at WBRC and WGHP, but he was best known for his ACC coverage and stint at WFMY.

Some KTVI elements from 1991:

Looks like WJCL had only a 6pm news in 1992, when they were known still as Newswatch 22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=q72mwN6UcS0;t=218 Lewis Broadcasting sold WJCL in 1998 for $19 million to Grapevine Communications LLC of Atlanta, a private equity firm. The improvements to WJCL must have come in preparation for or after the sale.

WJCL's logo in the mid-90s was a...KCBS ripoff, just with one more "2". No open or music though: These WVTV movie bumpers from 1986 use associated cuts of the KTLA/KSTW/etc. theme... And here's a KARK newscast at 6:00 from 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=94oLUeA11WE;t=1050

Yet more content from tapes bought at Jack White's estate sale! Here's Susan Farrell's audition for KGTV weather: And the last story of a KGTV reporter who died the next day in a car accident:

A KMOX weather warning cut-in from 1982:

The VO isn't bad. He must have been on station staff at the time; years ago Jim Heath had a set of opens from fall '94 (independent period) and this was the voice they had, though those said "Spirit of Arizona". The last thing we have yet to see in terms of opens would be maybe some more Arizona Prime and material from the "10 News" era, which was definitely an attempt to make the product Fox-ier. ctmikect used to have a news tease for their 4:30 newscast which he had as '95 but with this material must be '96 (it was the summer — one of the stories teased was keeping pets calm during monsoon season). That was the first time KSAZ had news in the 4:00 hour — it would be another 20+ years before they returned to the timeslot.

Did not see that noon open with the screeching bald eagle! I'm surprised it doesn't say "10 News", though. The "Channel 10 News" lockup at the front is a bit off model — the word "Channel" isn't compressed like in the rest of the package and it dominates the thing.

Wow, more Arizona news from 1995. This time, the story is the OJ verdict. At one point, KSAZ opts to cut to KTTV's coverage. At 1:55:49, a brief feed loss reveals a CNN Newsource slate. There's also coverage from some other outlets toward the end, including Hard Copy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0zmqrxFeRY There's also coverage of other events from AZ here: the 1987 papal visit including the full Mass done at Sun Devil Angel Stadium, where they had to cover the "Devil" up at the Pope's request! and a 1997 Motley Crue concert that featured a riot. This is late 1997 — note the "NEWS" in the Fox 10 News logo now stretches the width of the logo.

[QUOTE="Info Junkie, post: 217483, member: 3593"]@Ramona When in ‘95 did KPHO debut its final “Arizona 5” logo and News on the Hour? It definitely was after December 1994, but there’s no material on YouTube from 1995 for KPHO: Plus what’s laughable is how modern their “Fresh News” graphics looked yet their quality and news presentation was so dated and done to death.[/QUOTE] Probably September 11, 1995, when the set is known to have debuted. That was also when Seinfeld replaced MASH as the 10:05 show on KPHO. (The station had bought the syndication rights before CBS entered the picture.)