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Would be nice to see some KNXV from this era, too... Then again, given what's been uncovered, who knows.

A hunk of WYOU from 1994: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=0pKl-mEHfbQ;t=99 From the Phoenix Faucet, some KTVK news teases and syndie show promos from 1988. I believe the end tags on the Oprah and Donahue promos are voiced by Tony Evans: ...And it's time for Arizona 5 News at 6:

I was on TVNT at the time, lurking. Probably one of the last package sets ever associated with a particular designer by name. Looking back, the lower thirds especially were...cheap.

Some KPNX teases from October 1994:

Since we're already on a KSAZ kick...here's some Fox 10 News from 2005. This was the package that debuted Fusion News and only lasted a year or a year and a half until the O&O look was created. Features John Hook and Kari Lake, along with Yetta Gibson (now of KTVK/KPHO) and Marc Martinez (now the weeknight 10pm anchor).

He's been having audio encoding issues and has had to reupload a few videos. There was a commercial missing its sound entirely. Seconded on the KPNX part. I really, really want that "Your Choice for Real Life, Real News in the 90s" open.

That's rare. In case you don't realize what station that is, it's the NBC Montana station system headed by KECI. (Jill Valley went to KPAX by the early '90s and remained there.) I wonder if this is the real Tuesday9 or the Telesound NBC affiliate package? My guess, based on the market size, is the latter... (Especially given the dates we're talking!) The promos are also good. That NBC-ABC primetime lineup (complete with 11pm late news!) is one heck of a relic. That's gotta be from May 1989, because of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retirement special (from NBC).

Yes. This is what could properly be called KTSP's "The Vision" era (that was their station slogan) and was the final hurrah of the NewsCenter 10 name. (They also had an image campaign, similarly barely documented, to go with it. We know about eight words of the song thanks to a 1989 article on Shelly Jamison's firing: "Look to the vision, the vision of today".) "The Vision" (and the corresponding opens and new set) debuted in 1989, as the Valley's traditional news leader suddenly found that KTVK had zoomed ahead. There's a post in here comparing KTSP to KTVK at this time: The station updated its sunset 10 logo for the first time — this one used primarily in orange and shared with WTSP, which also took the "NewsCenter 10" branding from its Phoenix sister as it worked to put its computer hacking scandal in the rear-view mirror. KTSP's station voice in The Vision era was Al Vanik, who was based in Phoenix. It was his first TV voiceover work — channel 10 had hired him in 1987, but it wasn't until going to The Vision that he was on the news opens. He had previously done two years at KOY. The Vision was put to bed by March 1992, and so was NewsCenter 10 (and Nightcast). In its place, KTSP ditched orange for sky blue, made the 10 larger in its logo, commissioned a new music package from 615 originally called "Round the Clock News" (more famously known as Pinnacle), and began branding as Channel 10 News.

And some more 80s WXFL:

I'm sure it fascinated Fox Kids viewers in 1994 when it asked kids to write to the governor of Missouri to halt a planned execution.

[quote name='ChesapeakeTV']Interesting...so Fresh News came [I]after[/I] Signature? Paging @Raymie to explain...[/QUOTE] Well this makes more sense now... [QUOTE]“Channel 5 also introduced new music, new graphics and a new set Monday” (Arizona Republic March 1, 1994)[/QUOTE] ———————— And it's back to channel 10 we go... *eagle screech* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnPAApOR7Cw

The Phoenix faucet keeps dripping. Now, a KPHO weather update:

ONE OF MY PHOENIX HOLY GRAILS!

Did I just hear "NewsCenter 10"? Yes please. This channel is a sudden treasure trove of Phoenix commercials and TV material: You know a channel is a keeper when it has KNXV ON-TV material, too!

I believe I've identified a voiceover! I believe this is Tony Evans, a longtime Phoenix radio fixture (KRIZ, KOPA, KSLX, KYOT). He did voiceover work for KTVK in the 80s, we know that, and his voice is instantly familiar even today. I don't think he is the voice of the "Arizona's News People" opens that was once confused with Casey Kasem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=By_IGRhIhn4;t=177 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=cMbJcvW3nKg;t=32

ASCAP called.

I'm posting this one separately because I had no flippin' idea this existed: Apparently "Nation's Business Today" was on the air from November 4, 1985 to September 27, 1991, putting this June 1991 airing at the tail end of its run. Production was handled by the US Chamber of Commerce.

And what the heck is this open? It's from June 17, 1987, but it's not the fancy open from just a couple years earlier (same theme though). A full KOTV hour newscast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=kSByoHF5grs;t=7 Also, KJRH with News One (!) in 1996 (!!). And a WDRB update for WFTE from 1996:

Great stuff. Ping me when you get to Phoenix.

I hear the resemblance in the beginning, but not in the story bed at all.

I think we're missing a generation of opens from right after the callsign change, personally.

It's not often a KUMV promo lands on YT: Hey, KXJB in the 80s (this channel also has a range of KXJB Christmas tapes!):

That's not all...

This is a rarity: two WCCO news updates on KLGT from 1994. KLGT later aired part of the short-lived "News of Your Choice" experiment from WCCO. The voiceover in the intro also did KLGT's IDs:

There's a missing KOVR era here, and it's missing because it did not last long at all...