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The 31LAX era had a news package that didn't debut until the mid-late 90s *and* Hearst-inspired graphics. Yeah, that's probably accurate.

At least translated, this has some comparisons (KOLR in the early 90s). Yeah, WSCV's "news, news and more news" was pretty bad.

That open is ALL over the place. "Where the Experts Set the Pace!"

Yeah, that's an improvement for WABI. The lighting on the WCJB 20 is kinda ehh.

Presented without editorializing...though he donated to a guy who beat a reporter. "Sinclair VP donated to Gianforte after 'body-slam' incident"

Did the idea of super-serving the WHAG area just not work out?

News for the 90s or the 80s? WDHN sure made you wonder... Also... I normally avoid this channel but the original material is on Facebook...and it's Pete Rose, WKRC sports reporter!?

Turns out the channel with the Vicki Van Meter KNSD video has a couple more. No full opens, but the rarity of these clips makes them prime viewing. KPHO, showing their early 1990s (to March 1994) look. Reporter Sergio Pedroza had previously worked for KTVW: KWTV: KRQE: Clips from OKC and especially ABQ are extremely rare (this is the first clip of KRQE between KGGM in the late 80s and Balls and Walls in the mid-late 90s), so this is awesome to see. If only we had some of the other rarities: KUTV, KTVX, KFOR in the early 90s...

Well then. It looks like these graphics were orphaned a long time ago.

Is there such a thing as Fox Sports Japan? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn-xZR2ncS4

KPVI! It's not much, but not much is better than nothing especially for this station.

This station sale in El Paso won't make sense if you don't know the players. BGM License, LLC is selling K26KJ-D (an LPTV using VC 25) to Martín Lorenzo Smith in a minority shareholder option for a grand total of $750. It might seem like a mundane sale for a low purchase price, but it gets far more useful. BGM License is majority owned by members of the Cabada family with American citizenship. Members of the Cabada family with Mexican citizenship are in the broadcasting business in Mexicali and Ciudad Juárez (XHILA Canal 66 and XHIJ Canal 44). These Cabada companies hold the FCC licenses for two stations in Calexico and Yuma that rebroadcast XHILA, and for K26KJ, which in a past life relayed XHIJ. Smith, or Larry Smith as he is known, is the Director of International Public Relations and Sales for Grupo Multimedios. Multimedios has been programming this station for several years now (ever since it signed on in digital) and uses it as its station to broadcast to El Paso, Las Cruces and Juárez. The shareholders agreement in the application says that the shareholder is Texas Multi Tele Ventas, Inc. A search of the name brings up addresses in Houston and McAllen. The Houston address is occupied by KHLM, the Multimedios station in Houston. This is El Paso's only LPTV (due to the obvious constraints that come with having to fit two sets of national TV networks into effectively one city of spectrum).

A taste of KNSD in 1994 and 1996: "What's that translator callsign again? I can't be bothered to find it...the ID will just say K63."

WSMV in 1994 (The Diary era):

Yeah, that's typical. I guess the geoblocking is for the stream of the station's programming, which makes sense as that's a whole other can of worms.

I have to ask. What is the point of geoblocking an entire local newscast? Is it because it's tied to a stream of the station's entire programming (in which case it makes sense)? Is there some segment (sports, for instance) to which they only hold the rights in Boston?

WFLD Fox News Chicago from 1991. Haven't seen this one before! And continuing with the "it ain't much" theme, about a minute of western Montana's WMNews from 1989:

I am starting to think that is actually part of the theme package. That is the correct era for 48 The News (it's also before "WAFF 48 News" was adopted in 1989 or so). If you listen to some of the samples, the package's musical signature is actually kind of similar. Here's News 12 Long Island in 1986: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp55Z572tLg

A couple notes: that 2000 WAAY lead is one heck of a story, and there's a bumper about 14 minutes in with a cut of KTRE 1993.

WBIN's getting a new owner — Univision, to the tune of $16.7 million.

I've seen it so many times in Mexico I think I'd need two hands to count all the stations I've seen using it (primarily state networks): (no longer thankfully), , the state network of Veracruz, and I am sure I have seen it in other places too.

That is a rare market. How a tape from Chico/Redding got to Yakima, another once-rare market, baffles me. Also that is some pretty darn barebones news presentation.

KRCR-TV? Whoa, that's rare! "Northstate News: Final Edition" from February 13, 1995. KRCR was still using the ABC WNT theme, though they were about to be bought, which would precipitate the end of the interstate shield logo.

A hockey variant of that classic sports and weather promo pioneered by KNBC? Yup!