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Feeling like Cleveland...

Holy Otis Conner!

A chunk of NewsCenter 10 from November 1986 — with the Best Endeavours era towards its very end. A pair of KOB promos from 1992: WAVY in 1988: And a full look at KOBR from that year. Watch a station operator run an EBS test, gander at station equipment and more!

This account of retro WTVG stuff is getting overlooked:

It bugs me how the rotating "ARIZONA" in the open isn't centered to the circle of the logo. Little did they know what would be shaking them up... In terms of TV news, at 16:53 is a story about a WTSP news helicopter crash. Also good to see more examples of Fresh News and the graphics package they had. It's a good one that understandably had to be killed off. Also interesting to see how the logo had varying colors...Application was inconsistent of this logo after the February 1994 reboot. ——— "Nobody gives you more local news than we do!" It's KNDO News 23 from November 1993.

The end of ASU's 1987 football tilt with the University of the Pacific (yes, they were once D-1) and a tease for KTVK NewsChannel 3. A couple pieces of KTSP weekend newscasts from 1987 with Ron Hoon and Diane Ryan:

Oh, this is totally worth a watch. So many good stories: This may be a parody newscast, but with footage so rare, even seeing an open is a treat... If you want real news, though, get a load of KTVN's very red set.

Some more WWSB from the Heart Of era...

You like WVIT? 1993... 1996... Or WFLA? Or KOB? (I doubt the 1986 date, probably late '87)

"Local News at 11". It could be almost anywhere, but in this case, it's the KAPP-KVEW news from 1999. And in Spokane, a special KREM newscast from 1996 on a devastating ice storm:

This almost reads like a market consolidation move. They wanted to be Alaska's Fox affiliate.

That WMBD promo can be as early as fall '85. It uses the same CBS News network graphics from the "We Keep America On Top of the World" campaign. I've also never heard that variant of the image song before.

In regard to KMTV, yes! While we are missing a lot of material for KMTV in the 80s, we know that Chip Davis composed themes for KMGH, KMTV and KSHB based on entries in SESAC. KSHB is the earliest of the three. It was used in the 80s for their 41 Express flash newscasts: Of the two unID KMGH themes of the late 80s/early 90s, I believe 1991 is the Chip Davis set. I believe 1989 was commissioned somewhere in Salt Lake City by then-ND Mike Youngren, along with a mid/late-80s KUTV theme we do not have. Keep in mind that KMGH 1991 didn't even make it fully through 1992 because News Series 2001 and the "Colorado's 7" moniker were .

By 1997, KDLH had shed its late 80s logo and gotten a new logo, set, graphics and evidently music.

It's an old enough site that you will need to enable Flash. As I look at the WFAA open, I can totally see a few Vance-y elements of it, especially those letterboxes. ——— Some KOBR material from 1994. Here's a promo: Here's a story. Keep in mind while watching, THE YEAR IS 1994. Here's a potpourri of other stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0sGYgfca3M

1983 does seem to be when she jumped. On the topic of Duluth... All We Are, We Are For You!

My email to NashvilleTV has not been answered yet, but this did show up on YT, so that's basically what I wanted... @TheOneManHerd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtPCUWPis_o

Close left the 10pm (his own decision) in 1984 and retired from the 6pm on August 26, 1988, doing primarily the noon show until his full retirement on December 22, 1989. Fun fact: Close actually approached KTVK looking for a job in 1982. They rejected his offer!

Try singing "Count on us...NewsCenter 12...count on us" to it. I do believe it's from that package.

Orlando in the 90s could have been called Vance-lando — both WFTV and WCPX were using E.Q. Vance packages. Speaking of which, a very eagle-eyed viewer of the 11pm video might have caught this... We're Going Where You're Going — a variant of this image campaign I have never seen!

Whoa, it's some KTSP from November 1, 1982! No open, but it shows the existing KOOL News set with the KTSP sunset 10 logo on monitors and a story with a "TV10 News" end tag. I've asked if he has any more KTSP of this era — this is one of the next big question marks in Phoenix TV. Roger Downey has this KPHO news update from 1985: WBZ Eyewitness News from 1991: ——— As to the KTSP material, it comes from a period of turmoil that is not well documented in existing video. In late 1982, KOOL-TV was sold and became KTSP. It also went through several changes in branding as the new owners, Gulf, sought to overhaul the station's presentation. Ultimately, it was not until January 3, 1983 that NewsCenter 10 was adopted. "However, on Monday, KTSP-TV will unveil a new news set as well as a new name for its news programs Newscenter 10. The station has been utilizing the name TV 10 News, a stopgap title forced by the dropping of the KOOL News 10 designation when the KOOL-TV call letters fell by the wayside. The Newscenter name is one of a handful, along with Action News and Eyewitness News, that are commonly used by stations around the nation. [bill] Miller said it was chosen because it contained elements of the long-used KOOL News 10 name, "news" and "10." The new set, tan and brown with two pop-up monitors, was designed by a company in San Diego and replaces the two separate sets (newsroom and studio) that the station has used. This set adjoins the newsroom. A consultant from Los Angeles helped in lighting. Total cost of the project is $50,000-plus, a pittance compared to the $1 million the station has spent so far in technical improvements." (AZ Republic 12/31/82)

For whatever reason, the article on Robert Van Winkle's retirement has been pulled, though it still shows up in Google News. Apparently his mother, who lives in Arizona, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in May, though he had planned to retire before that diagnosis. Allyson Rae returns to Waterman after a stint in DC to replace him. She will become the chief met in November, and Van Winkle will leave in March, depending on what goes on with his mom. Van Winkle has been with Waterman for 31 years, 17 in Charlottesville at WVIR and the last 14 at WBBH.

It's The News! Show...with an exclamation point! Definitely sounds like another David Miller theme.

Sinclair could also conceivably buy the radio stations depending on their level of integration with the TV station — see KOMO. However, their M&A plate is more than full right now, at least under the current rules.

Cox would probably be the only buyer that would keep the radio stations, if they were to be sold as a unit.