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Which probably means Gray is already operating WCAX under agreement, as was the case in the Diversified acquisitions.

WTVJ's 11am show in 1991... What were they thinking pairing this music with such a light theme? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=iSPvj9F6VAI;t=102 And a rare 1974 promo with Ralph Renick and Joan Hall:

One of the rarest markets on YT: Wausau, Wisconsin! A chunk of WJFW from 1992... Yes, that's the WVII theme. WVII and WJFW were co-owned by Seaway Communications at this time (and are still sister stations). Also...this KBCI 30th anniversary (!) special from 1986. The description says 1983 but there is a background clip using News 88 (yeah, not 1983) and several "33 Years" bumpers at the end. Any 60fps video is worth posting:

We already know the composer, but I think there's something to be said about the find I have here. I ran across this in the October 19, 1987 issue of the Albuquerque Journal: I think these are the graphics and theme mentioned (this clip aired in late September, a month before the article ran): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=npXaI24U8OU;t=20 Yes, WROC 1992 as the NMSA calls it, or in other words, the mysterious Otis Conner package. But it's interesting to see that KOB was using it this early. I wonder if KOB might have even commissioned the package. ——— The opposite is true here. We know the composer and station, but have no copy of this theme. Honolulu Star-Advertiser, December 3, 1989: ——— And here, this is a breakthrough: The Greenville News January 10, 1994: (The similarities to the WEAR Hummingbird stuff, and to The Diary which Hummingbird also did, are definitely there!) ——— WAOW's mid-1980s theme was written locally by Mark Gungor. Is it this? This is from early 1986, and the article is from 1985. You could try to get in touch with him, but he's doing something very different these days. ——— I'm on a ROLL. I predicted this years ago based on BMI repertoire entries, but WLKY 1989, which debuted January 31, 1988, was composed by none other than Phil Copeland.

The intricacies of local TV station ownership are too much for a lot of people on both sides. I had to explain to someone that WLOS was not owned by ABC and its newscasters didn't work for ABC.

Wow, the writing of the news stories... It's like a newspaper on television. Also, the story count could be said to be very high!

I think that's Bob Mayer's channel, personally. But yeah, there have been some great items posted there lately.

Another commercial for that local cable "580/680 News" newscast in part of the Bay Area, this time from 1991.

A pair of KBAK news briefs from 1986 and 1987. What is the theme?

KOMO News 4 in 1994: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=3Of7yWX4P_A;t=127 A KIMA promo with the 1992 CBS Affiliate Package. Hmmm... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=kgwgkujxHqA;t=119

Any KCBD or KLBK, even IDs and promos, from 1983 is similarly rare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=pRgkbmLI81s;t=318

KGO 1996 morning news update:

That WTOL graphic set is classic "post-TVbD".

Yeah, I was scratching my head. They can buy the -CD, but WFXU itself would not work.

KIRO News in 1989: And a 1991 tornado special from KJRH:

WYAH had news updates in 1988... And what the heck is this? (Jacky speculates it could be Gari) The rebuilt WAFF of 1982 presents a summary of the state of the art of TV equipment 35 years ago (and some instrumentals of We're Your Kind of People):

This cable newscast for a portion of the Bay Area "580/680 News" could pass for a radio station simulcast to a non-local:

How 'bout some San Francisco? There's even a KTEH pledge drive segment!

Apparently it began as a receivership proceeding in state court two years ago and now Radio Perry is a debtor in possession. Chapter 11 was filed on November 15, 2016. Some databases show some of Radio Perry's creditors. ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, lawyers Fletcher, Heald and Hildreth, the state of Georgia plus three different counties for taxes, the city of Perry and something called Green Bull, which apparently was the receiver. That article says Register owed $7.5 million in loans, property taxes and payroll taxes. At that time, Register failed to find buyers. Earlier this year, a motion to convert the bankruptcy to Chapter 7 was denied.

Been to Joplin lately? Let's fix that. KOAM News at 6 from 1987, using Tuesday's News 88: Also highly unusual material: an EARTHQUAKE CRAWL from KNBC over commercials and promos! (There's even a Spanish translation, though I spy a spelling error.) Also at 1:56 is a commercial voiced by Ed Hopkins. Ends in a news open...with a repeat. There's also an Entertainment Tonight segment on the death of Anthony Perkins on the same channel with this crawl, so this is from sometime in the third week of September 1992. No open or continuity, but TIL KOFY had local news in the late 80s and early 90s:

It's not the old stuff which I enjoy, and it's rather market restricted, but WHP Newsight 21 is enough of a rarity to make me interested.

What a day, NewsActive3 with new vintage video (courtesy of one stevieboy, so it's all PA/MD): Included are tastes of a WMAR graphics set I've never seen, a WHP Newsight 21 (!), etc. Also... WTVJ. 1981. Full newscast with commercials.

That is the wrong sort of 9-pack — it hides half the graphic space you throw at it. Get Devlin to build one like KSAZ has or something. Please.

And 16 minutes of the WLVI News at Ten from 1992!

!!!!! (Especially the first video! KPNX from this era is *extremely rare* and it's been 7 years since this theme has been on YT!) Some Cedar Rapids/Waterloo market material from 1997: And...a snippet of WEHT in 1980!