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The December 1992 guess is definitely mine as well on that KCNC open. It is definitely a transition between the Image VII and Image IX eras (and even the Image VII opens changed with some regularity - the open before it in that montage would have been used earlier in 1992). Early January 1993 may also be in play. I did a little digging on the mention of a "public health emergency" in the Denver metro area...turns out there was a Hepatitis A outbreak that had to be contained around New Year's. The culprit was a catering company that handled nearly 100 holiday parties. ——— KREM and KHQ opens in 1993:

The whole open is. It's an unholy mashup of eras and some completely unexpected news music.

"It's time for News 4"...wait a minute, THAT'S NOT IMAGE IX! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=MRxBRb5p0aM;t=83

Holy mooing wow. It's hard to follow that but...WNEM with Allegro in 1993? Two news updates and an 11pm tease:

Probably, given that it's in the Las Colinas area of Irving — not coincidentally, up the road from the Nexstar corporate office off the John Carpenter Freeway.

That KWGN open almost has a hint of The News Image in it! I'd never seen a "cylinder"-type TVbD open for KWGN, either.

Hah! I looked up that registration and it actually belongs to one Phoenix-based Danzeisen Dairy. The accompanying drawing (more like a script typeface) appears on their milk bottles. They have some special edition bottles including Arizona Cardinals ones, too. They're pretty cool because they are a startup basically, bottling milk in *glass* bottles which pretty much hadn't happened in the Valley in decades. They have all this old equipment and whatnot. If Nexstar did operate a dairy, however, it'd be appropriate. They kind of stink.

Bye-bye, Federated Media... "not local enough", Sook says.

First 120 days...it's like a presidency! I'm surprised Nexstar has a fully functioning studio at its HQ, too.

Wow, Scott Pelley introducing the town hall. "171 stations in 100 markets." Wow.

The density of Nexstar stations is impressive, but it's also a major risk. In media, when companies get this large and do it by organizing local units, it can be painful and debt-laden. They're starting a bit late. My guess is if the impending presidential address is an SR on one or more of the networks, this is being held back so, say, MCOs can join in.

It's just a reminder that I know way too much about news music. They did show one graphic, which is a map of every market with a Nexstar station. If Honolulu were really that close, Phoenix would be a lot nicer...

I tuned in and almost immediately recognized the Stephen Arnold production music. That's kind of sad.

Wow, that tease graphic is funky! This has to be late in 1985 judging by the story about the Union Carbide chemical spill.

KNXV sports director Craig Fouhy has been hospitalized with a heart issue: [MEDIA=twitter]821460647841972224[/MEDIA]

The sales appear to have closed. The stations in Enterprise are WGEI-LD (channel 26) and W41EJ-D. There's a CP to move them to 31°19'6", -85°49'57" on the east side of Enterprise. Right behind, of all things, a Beef'O'Brady's.

A rare look at KLAX "31LAX Action News" with a news tease from late 1996 or early 1997. The station was using Ultra News as its music and a ripoff of the classic Hearst graphics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=Ib47n4Ouslc;t=162

November 1981 to at least June 1988 (and potentially some point in 1989) with those opens. This early version sounds just a bit different though...

Rob Lowe evidently didn't expect a retrans consent dispute to cause him to lose Fox (and CBS and ABC)... The NPG dispute means lost playoffs, and in this case, one of the sickest burns I've ever seen on Twitter. [MEDIA=twitter]820357083765698560[/MEDIA] EDIT: The tweet was removed but this was its text:

Wow, that's News 88? I would never have guessed.

It's time for more Joplin! KOAM News at Five in April 1987, but we're missing the open: There's a bump at 2:13, 6:53 and 11:43 and a close at 18:59. I recognize none of them. I have a 5pm open from this period with News 88, but nothing here sounds like it.

I presume three waves of We're Your Kind of People. One's from 1982 (right after the fire), one is the Tappan version from 1984, and I believe there was a third wave used for a hot moment in 1986 and early 1987. There's also a mention of a *new* news opening, which is intriguing... This theme was used between 1982 and 1986... This is the "third wave"... The second wave stuff sounds totally different from the first.

Arizona television and radio stations have slated another roadblock program for tomorrow. For the second time in three years, all the state's stations will air a 30-minute special, this one titled Hooked RX: From Prescription to Addition. It is a sequel to the original Hooked, which aired two years ago as a roadblock in the month of January and focused on heroin. The program, like the original, is co-produced by Cronkite News and the Arizona Broadcasters Association. The air time is 6:30pm.

Another WAFF open? From late 1986? A *third* wave of We're Your Kind of People? It can't be!

My post on Buddy Bostick's death must have drawn this out of the shadows... In keeping with Bostick's frugal philosophy, KWTX held onto news music far longer than it should have. They were the last station to use Tuesday13 (abandoned in 1990) and didn't ditch The News Image until 1997. Only a handful other stations were even still using the package in 1991! The news open itself strongly suggests someone regularly watched WFAA... In 1997, KWTX atoned for its news music sins with one of the quietly best packages of the 90s (and while the open date is 2004, the graphics are clearly older)...