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KTNV, 1990 5:30 open. The music is still Palmer, but the TVbD package has been ditched for the syndicated graphics also used by WTMJ and quite a few others: From 1993, a KLAS promo and open. While the promo features the 1992 theme's jingle, the station has by now changed its news music to Real News. The graphics are CBS affiliate graphics. Though this is the second sample of Real News we have from KLAS, it's still missing from the NMSA. In addition, the NMSA has another order error (NS2001->PYCCO8*->RealNews is the order, not NS2001->RealNews->PYCCO8) *"People You Can Count On 8" — "People You Can Count On" otherwise specifies the WBRZ/KTNV/WCHS package.

The answer is no. The first news shares in the country started in 1991, when WNEP began producing WOLF's 10pm newscast; WJKS created "First Coast News at 10" on WAWS in Jacksonville; and it wasn't uncommon even on the West Coast either (KAYU got a 10pm news in Spokane, produced by KREM). But it is an early example of what would soon become common. Also...KATU 11pm, 1996. This is the highest quality sample yet of their Spirit update. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Q9KiatcdA

This Aussie treasure showed up on YouTube this morning. I can't say I've seen any Aussie news opens...from the 70s!

@WWUpdate: The American themes picked up in Australia were probably re-recorded Down Under. TServo (Jeffrey) theorized that this was done to avoid issues with the Aussie music unions. We've found Turn To in one of the Aussie music union repertories — co-listed between Frank Gari and another name that didn't ring a bell with him, lending further credence to the theory. In the TVQ clip, the end of the "Stand Up" bumper sounds a little different. The TVQ open is rather closer to the US version except toward the end. The close is *definitely* a remix and matches the closes used across the Ten network in 1988. They show more of a synth mix. Of course the image songs used local voice talent. Other packages show more thoroughly elements of change — look at Tuesday's WWL package which sounds like a completely different mix, the 1980s MCTYW redub and the Nine Network's long running Cool Hand Luke mix.

Oh my, Chris Reed is back! He has just proceeded to crack or shatter much of our knowledge of Charleston news music — both the WCSC and WCBD materials show uses of their late 90s packages earlier than expected. I'm starting to think there may be an order of packages error in the WCIV history. I think Brave New World *preceded* this theme — which would be indicated by the fact that the Brave New World open looks more early 90s and uses the title News 4 (and IIRC has some news item related to the Gulf War!) In addition, the 1994 copy of this era of WCIV opens has the VO of Chris Clausen — just like the Brave New World package. The NMSA has refused to respond to some of my emails related to similar errors at KOTV and WJSU (both in the 1980s). Gosh, that WCIV package is severely underrated. Note that this is a different VO than the known 6pm version of this open. Also note that the uses The One and Only. I do believe the open and close, which are related, are not from that package.

Another Internet Archive find. KXAS, 6pm, 1992. Note that this video is mislabeled as a teen smoking piece aired by KCAL. ttp://archive.org/details/tobacco_gxx27a00 From May 1986, WCMH's Newsconference 4. Notably, it looks like the Outlet-WAGA-KSAT-KTVK theme found use beyond 1980: http://archive.org/details/tobacco_iey27a00 WETA's Metro Week, 1994. This production music was also used by CBS Sports. http://archive.org/details/tobacco_gbw27a00

applesauce2100 (whose uploads mostly consist of WJBK, WSYX and WAGA material) now has a capture card... — WSYX 1993 open (still using VTS Prime News — they would switch news packages before the end of the year) Also... http://youtu.be/MZ3KqfAfgr0 — WDAF 1992 open.

WAAY weekend, 1994? (Wikipedia indicates they were still using Eyewitness News, which is correct in 1993 as he also has some WAAY news briefs, but look, Ma, no Eyewitness here!). This is a "post-jcbD" open; the background looks like WXIA but nothing else matches that WXIA open, such as the talent name graphic which instead invokes a very different school of design: http://youtu.be/RvS4Uw846rI

KTBS 1996, with the original Palmer package: WDAM 1989. This is a Network Music theme: WBRZ 1991. Noon broadcast. Pride Inside with original 1987 TVbD package.

Wow, that looks impressive — and sounds much better than the replacement four-note Prime News and Ed Hopkins VO. I think that's the same Chris Dunn now in Phoenix at KPHO.

Larry Van Nuys!? Oh boy. That's well past the Paramount era, which is really intriguing.

That's a strange place for him to wash up...?

*is reading about Tennessee* Wait...Yetta Gibson? *rubs eyes* That was abrupt. Also in Phoenix, we had a reporter unexpectedly pass away, cause unknown: http://thenavajopost.com/2012/05/24/navajo-reported-dies/

*shakes head* That is 1999, sadly. I wrote the WDYR page because it was missing. It's just small market, no fault of their own and credit to the guy for trying. There's other WDYR material on his channel too. The Palmer package is still in use — and it's 27 years old this year. WJET dropped it last year, making it a race between KESQ Palm Springs et al. and WPTY Memphis et al. to see who will drop it first.

In the International Division, we may have a winner. At 1:29 is the open. It moves really slowly, has an abrupt cut of music, and the tackiest IFB you will ever see: http://www.youtu.be/Xpy4z5COz50 Meanwhile, the American Division has another entrant. This newscast I think lasted just under one year. At least they tried. (And they had the Palmer package for some reason.) http://www.youtu.be/zsp76ngd4pQ

WCIX evening and 11pm montages, September 1995:

Charleston-Huntington West Virginia various, 1985. The WSAZ theme is And You. The WCHS theme is called "People You Can Count On" and is a news and image package.* WOWK is using the Action News Theme. *Known to have been used at and WBRZ Baton Rouge. Image campaign samples exist from both (follow the links). There's also a from KTNV that is used here to identify the theme. This WCHS 1987 station ID shows that they used the slogan into their ABC days. Other new finds. Asterisks indicate unknown or new themes. WETM, 1990* * (different from above copy; has CGI cars like the WILX open) (Palmer; TVbD) (Real News)

KGNS Laredo/Texas, 1980! Home Country!

George Warren, anchor at KTVL and then KXTV at different points in the 1980s, has some TV news stuff up amidst mostly home videos. The KTVL stuff is particularly new and exciting. http://www.youtu.be/m1sJQKubvs0 — 1986 KXTV http://www.youtu.be/xkao19ZMTfo — 1987 KXTV http://www.youtu.be/WgmrSUQzBTU — 1981 KTVL

San Diego (and more!) There's KUSI promos, etc. in this tennis tournament video. More tennis than news opens this time: http://archive.org/d...obacco_sgq23e00 KNSD c.1992. Some sort of town hall program called Third Thursday. Unusually for the Archive, commercials are included throughout! The package is Groove News; open about a minute in and bumpers at 13:00. http://archive.org/d...obacco_xwx27a00 KGTV's Inside San Diego (about 30 seconds in) from the TV by Design era: http://archive.org/d...obacco_xty27a00 More Virginia Slims: here's a Dallas montage: http://archive.org/d...obacco_nfq23e00 — includes the KDFW open to Sunday Sports Page (production music?) and some other stuff that has been seen. Miami: http://archive.org/d...obacco_wfq23e00 — What is Instant Replay Teleclip? There's decent stuff here, but many partial opens. More Miami, this time WSCV from 1992 (at 6pm and at 11pm). This is the same look that KTMD had that year 1991 5pm theme, but it's difficult to identify because the samples are so tightly trimmed. This theme was previously not known to be used by WSCV. http://archive.org/d...obacco_bxv27a00

A big chunk of that are those New Orleans opens from 1985. But the Internet Archive is such a bear.

Sounds like it to me.

WJLA Newscope open, 1980s sometime: http://archive.org/details/tobacco_wiw27a00 KKTV's Midday: http://archive.org/details/tobacco_zdy27a00 *RUNS TWO HOURS* New Orleans news from 1985: http://archive.org/details/tobacco_ogq23e00 — Includes a WWL Elena Special Report open (and others including a 5pm cut I've never heard at about 29:00 and a morning open that might be another theme at 39:00), WVUE opens (both The Chase and 1985 theme, in that order; looks like they switched over summer of 1985), and WDSU opens (5pm at 46:50 or so, noon at 56:00).

KATU teasers 1996. Note the really cool Spirit update that KATU was using at this time. The package is more extensive than I knew it to be: http://www.youtu.be/rb9ZCF0cOLg You've seen it before: KPDX's Millennium 3 open. Well, here it is again. 1998. I believe the designer is Rude Honey. http://www.youtu.be/9xK1K3oK7SM A KGW update from 1983, with the original NewsCenter theme: http://www.youtu.be/mnXlPfAjOug Some open collections compiled by a user. All are from the same late 1989 time frame into early 1990. . Note the 6pm KTVU open, with the mysterious KDFW-WKBD-WGAL news theme. Other great stuff. . What is the KING 5 news theme? . The real good ones are the WSB Nightbeat open with a special cut of their 1989 news theme and what I believe is the original open to WGNX's 10pm news. And dig this open!

Also... The close to the same WTEN news theme as used in 1985. From 1984: