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Just when you think they couldn't get worse...

Telemundo Arizona has a new reporter on its newscast: Paola Morales, who had previously been freelancing from Tucson. The Universidad de Sonora graduate had previously worked at various Tucson outfits and, prior to that, for Televisa Hermosillo.

KPNX was very dominant from about 1996 to maybe the late 2000s. As to the Spanish stations, KTVW dominated for a very long time because it was a giant with no full-power competition for its first 27 years on air. But KTAZ is very competitive these days and has put some ratings wins together of late. Keep in mind that the effective DMA for both stations is Phoenix + Tucson, and I wonder how they rate in each segment of the combined market.

Most definitely. The ending there was even used in some promos which are somewhere in the NA3 collection that ended "The Daily News, the difference between night and day".

Did both Storer and Combined use Frank Magid at some point? And it did linger at a few Storer stations. I mean, KCST was still using "39 Alive" until Storer sold it and it was relaunched as KNSD. That's a good summary. KSAZ has the market's longest-running anchor team (15 years or so at 9pm, three of the four going back to the 90s or earlier), stability all around, and a flashy, custom Fox look (they use a custom open with a theme that still isn't in the NMSA 2.5 years later) with some annoying right-wing skews (their Flashpoint segment, The Americans with Charlie LeDuff, a few network pieces) and ever-present technical problems. They're so hard to describe because they are a combination of Big Three station with Fox presentation approaches — and honestly have been ever since about 1997.

I don't know how to characterize them... That's the thing.

KPNX has become what some longtimers may recall as a slogan for another station: "The Place with More Fluff". It's just...not there. KTVK is decidedly un-fluffy (and has been for most of this decade) and KPHO moreso. Keep in mind that KPNX had to disconnect itself from the Arizona Republic, which was a tall order for both operations and I think a real ding to KPNX's news operation. KNXV has been on its once-a-decade hot streak. I think they can keep it up this time, though. 15 has managed to shed its "barren" label, and that's rather amazing. KNXV was good for the first two years or so of their news operation (1994-96) when they started until the staffers who made the startup great left. They then got good again in the mid-2000s, promptly stumbling again. They're back at it now.

A bit different, too, no projecting the "News 3" logo over the set but instead over a still of Norfolk at night.

That is most definitely the open. In fact, look at 0:49. He lists himself as producing and editing — the "Local News Open" (Apertura del Noticiero Local — that is the first item), channel promotions and an Arizona gubernatorial debate. It's a really cool open too. The helicopter roll at 1:08 transitions into images of Tucson, which I want to point out as it may not be immediately noticeable to someone from out of state. KTVW signed on with a translator in Tucson (still has one) and since then Arizona has always had statewide Spanish-language newscasts. Some of those nature aerial shots look like images KOOL/KTSP used in their early- and mid-80s opens. At 13:30 is a station profile that might also be of interest. You've made my night! When I saw the KLUZ stuff I really was thinking "I wish we had more old KTVW". And now we do! As for the theme, the earliest I know of it being used was WANE in 1987. The open is probably from 1986. —————— Not nearly as spectacular, but something never seen before, and unfortunately our uploader needs a capture card. WTRF in 1991 with those 80s stock animations, the CBS 1989 affiliate package, and the newscast title of "The News": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sZFbL1DMso This 40th anniversary show also has a snippet of their mid-80s open at about 20:20 in:

KLUZ (!!) news promos from 1993. "When you need to know, you can trust Noticias 41": The channel has additional promos as well as a full 2002 newscast.

KXTV promos from 1992. The theme was used by WKRN for a talent open in the early 90s:

Let's go to South Dakota...for a look at KDLO in the 50s/60s! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA7ijLXz-aU Most of this film of Aberdeen is without sound. Some local commercials and also one open.

I had never heard of him. Thanks for the tip. That open set is in the NMSA.

Another long contribution, and that's because this is a 40th anniversary special produced by KLAS in 1993: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq9dXfJaRaE The history of the station under Howard Hughes is fascinating and so are the anecdotes. From a presentation standpoint, there isn't a lot, unfortunately: At 35:15 there are several morning news opens (covered up by narration unfortunately). Both have themes I've never heard. One is from a generation of opens I've never seen and is from 1989. You can also see at 30:20 some clips of KLAS in the (late?) 70s as "Newscenter 8" with a wild, vertically slanted OCR-font 8! At 33:15 is a clip of a different, virtual (almost Newsmat-esque) set that was used in the early 80s with the same name and logo.

The news of western Massachusetts from 1985. There is also non-news footage in this reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxR8Piyj9O0 A WWLP open at 5:50. WGGB would be more interesting but there is no open.

Take a trip behind the scenes of WEVV in 1993 or so:

I learned it wasn't in the NMSA at all. Couldn't find a full open, either, though I did find a version of it.

The NJN theme used in the first half of the 1990s: was composed by Tom Wisnosky.

WXOW clips from 1988. The theme was used by KTVQ beginning late in 1988 as well: I'm beginning to think KTVQ 1990 and WBAY 1989 are one theme. There's also this clip, which is noteworthy. Can you identify the theme? (I know what it is.)

The forecast isn't good for WPSD meteorologist Tori Shaw-Smoyer, who has been arrested for running a pot-growing operation at her home. Her contract was to expire at the end of the month and not be renewed.

Yes, and the "Idaho 8" package appeared in their 1990 demo. It looks like KIFI added quite a few new elements and modifications. It gets better, too... WHO...in 1974! There are also KCCI fragments, a couple of fragments, and home video.

KIFI bloopers from the 90s. In the second half of the video you can see a close theme: KIFI had a heavily modified TVbD package, it seems. I wish there was a full open. Sounds like a Gari theme, maybe News Watch? The close seems out of place.

WGGB with the Great News Package and "squares" look, c. 1987/88: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=8PLfhxTt2m4;t=721

Interesting to see how this was "adapted" in the immediate aftermath of the NBC switch.

I have a longer cut but don't know who composed it: (That clip also shows the absolute final months of CBS TeleNoticias — the Brazil version — using the CBS special presentation music!)