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They didn't even remove the NBC (G-E-C) chimes! J

Two more from the 20 years ago (+1 day, sorry) file: WTTV Bloomington/Indianapolis: December 15, 1997 10pm Interesting that this is treated as a "Paid Program" (fine print at the start of the newscast...) [MEDIA=vimeo]240943852[/MEDIA] WTHR Indianapolis: December 15, 1997 [MEDIA=vimeo]241106484[/MEDIA]

One more before I call it a night: Houston 1995: KPRC, KHOU, KTRK and KRIV (along with a KAIT leftover...). [MEDIA=vimeo]247424634[/MEDIA]

A few more clips from my August 1994 Trip: WMBD, WEEK, WREG and WMC: [MEDIA=vimeo]247421397[/MEDIA]

From the "20 Years Ago Today" file (and yesterday, since I forgot to link those...) WDTN (Dayton, OH) December 13, 1997 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]241106800[/MEDIA] WHIO (Dayton) December 13, 1997 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]241107184[/MEDIA] WKJG (Fort Wayne) December 14, 1997 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240943111[/MEDIA] WPTA (Fort Wayne) December 14, 1997 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240943473[/MEDIA]

This was a Saturday evening newscast, so they could have had a 6pm weekday newscast at this time... ("Tomorrow" would have been Sunday). Jim

Finishing up my Southwest Trip from May 1994: Las Vegas: KVBC, KVVU, KLAS & KTNV [MEDIA=vimeo]247064360[/MEDIA] Los Angeles: KCBS, KNBC, KTLA, KABC, KCAL, KCOP, KCET & KVEA [MEDIA=vimeo]247064579[/MEDIA] Arizona & Utah: KUTV, KVOA, KSL, KGUN, KPNX, and the infamous KKTM! (also KUSK's Northern Arizona Scene open...) (you can ignore the partial KCBS open - I don't want to reupload an edited version...) [MEDIA=vimeo]247065654[/MEDIA]

A few more clip sets: Los Angeles, May 1994: KCBS, KNBC, KTLA & KTTV [MEDIA=vimeo]246898911[/MEDIA] KTRK, March 20, 1992, Final Segment + Long Close [MEDIA=vimeo]246899001[/MEDIA] NBC Nightside, May 22/23, 1992 (15 minutes) [MEDIA=vimeo]246899212[/MEDIA] Miscellaneous 1994: KXAS, KXII, KTUL, KSNF, KODE, KSPR, KTVI, WGRZ, CHCH, CFPL, Canada Tonight, CITY, & CKCO. [MEDIA=vimeo]246899789[/MEDIA] Jim

Getting toward the end of the 90s... KSTU (Salt Lake City) February 2, 1999 9:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]246609471[/MEDIA] KPIX (San Francisco) March 4, 1999 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]246610073[/MEDIA] WXYZ (Detroit) June 3, 1999 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]246609109[/MEDIA] Jim

A few more clip pieces: KBTX & KVUE from Brenham, TX - Nov. 1991 [MEDIA=vimeo]246615485[/MEDIA] WCBS, WWOR, WLVI, WMTW, WMUR and WCSH - Northeast Trip, Nov. 1992 [MEDIA=vimeo]246615546[/MEDIA] (and yes, there is a Deathstar on WLVI, so that someone will be happy...)

Not much from Mid-Michigan - my grandparents lived in Muskegon, so it was mostly Grand Rapids (barely could pick up WUHQ/WOTV from Battle Creek, and it wasn't on Muskegon cable in the 90s), plus the occasional clip picked up from WPBN or WWTV with Rabbit Ears - plus they just had cable - no external aerial.

More findings: WOOD, KNBC, and WCBS. WOOD TV 8 - Grand Rapids, MI - 8/21/98 5:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]242424232[/MEDIA] KNBC TV 4 - Los Angeles, CA - 12/28/98 6:00pm (No Open; seamless transition from the 5pm newscast) [MEDIA=vimeo]242423735[/MEDIA] WCBS TV 2 - New York, NY - 4/27/98 5pm (First 40 minutes of the newscast) [MEDIA=vimeo]242423955[/MEDIA] Jim

One more... (trying again...) WBMA/WJSU/WCFT (Birmingham, AL) [MEDIA=vimeo]237300491[/MEDIA]

Clearing out a few things I've uploaded... KPNX (Phoenix) March 3, 1999 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]245562872[/MEDIA] WLNY (Riverhead) August 27, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]242451172[/MEDIA] WWOR (Secaucus) December 22, 1998 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]242451757[/MEDIA] WNBC (New York City) December 28, 1998 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]242451474[/MEDIA]

San Diego & LA! KNBC July 10, 1991 4pm (along with 5pm & 6pm Opens) [MEDIA=vimeo]245822653[/MEDIA] KFMB July 10, 1991 6:30pm [MEDIA=vimeo]245659239[/MEDIA] KGTV July 10, 1991 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]245821864[/MEDIA]

Two 6's (and a 39) - but no San Diego, yet... WOWT in Omaha (May 23, 1992, 10pm) [MEDIA=vimeo]245656320[/MEDIA] WCSH in Portland, ME (Nov 22, 1992, 11pm - late night repeat) [MEDIA=vimeo]245656990[/MEDIA] KHTV in Houston (April 7, 1992, 7pm) - This was the last 7pm newscast - moving to 9pm "Tomorrow" (a Wednesday night???) This was toward the end of this round of News on 39 (until 2000). [MEDIA=vimeo]245656664[/MEDIA]

Finishing out from the Trip to Philly/Baltimore/DC - Now the clips from DC. Hopefully I'll find more on another tape... WRC, WJLA & WUSA [MEDIA=vimeo]245656266[/MEDIA] p.s., more coming tonight (Southern California) after it finishes converting and uploading...

Salt Lake City! KUTV [MEDIA=vimeo]244478557[/MEDIA] KTVX [MEDIA=vimeo]244478318[/MEDIA] KSL [MEDIA=vimeo]244478100[/MEDIA] J

Waco and Philly! KXXV - Didn't expect to find this on a tape, but here it is! [MEDIA=vimeo]245176367[/MEDIA] KYW - Eyewitness News at 6pm (whereas 6am and 11pm were using the NewsDay/News Tonight format/studio) [MEDIA=vimeo]245175872[/MEDIA] WHYY - 1991 - Old Logo & Master Control error at the start... (and including a pledge break!!!) [MEDIA=vimeo]245175419[/MEDIA] WHYY - 1992 - New Logo [MEDIA=vimeo]245124756[/MEDIA] Note: there may be short bits missing from the tapes - that's how they were recorded...

I do have an answer as to KYW's 6am newscast in late 1991: They were using NewsDay with Pat Ciarrocchi solo anchoring (Howard Eskine wasn't on the scene yet). (Just found a clip) Also at this time, Jennifer Ward did the 11pm news also solo - it sounds like KYW had gutted the staff and was rebuilding. The 6pm Eyewitness News had only Steve Bell solo anchoring (Beverly Williams had been shipped to weekends along with Lou Tilley...) I did find a nearly complete December 1991 Eyewitness News from KYW (Pat was subbing for Steve) and will be posting it hopefully tomorrow... Jim

And another quick bit, including KXAN's 25th Anniversary "tribute" - at the end of the newscast, but a quick glimpse of the KTVV open I became familiar with (before I got a VCR...) [MEDIA=vimeo]244558446[/MEDIA] Promos & IDs recorded off air from KXAN, KHOU, WJSU, KBTX, KPRC, WSVN & KWQC.

Ok - it's officially here! Ohio January 1993 - Really love WHIZ-TV's Open - can you get more generic? This Region? This Vicinity? This Area? And The World! - Also, can't place the theme they briefly use on their ID - Not a big fan of WCMH's theme, except for the close - would be interested in hearing the complete treatment - Wish I had more from WJW - the theme is so quiet in the morning newscast... - Unfortunately, no WUAB - the VCR froze up after bringing into the hotel room from the car without giving it time warm up (condensation...). [MEDIA=vimeo]244942978[/MEDIA] WTRF 12pm; WTRF 5:30pm; WTOV 6pm; WFMJ 11pm; WYTV 11pm®; WKBN 6am; WBNS 5pm; WHIZ (NewsBreak/ID); WHIZ 6pm; WCMH 5pm; WSYX 6pm; WBNS 6pm; WSYX (Close); WCMH 7pm; WSYX 11pm; WCMH 7am; WBNS 8am; WKYC 12pm (WE); WEWS 6pm; WAKC 11pm; WJW 8am; WKYC 9am

Here we go with the WJZ, WBAL and WMAR 11pm newscasts from September 17, 1992. First Up: WJZ: No Denise tonight, but someone forgot to change the closing script... (check out the very end of the newscast to see how Al Sanders rolls with it!) I don't remember this open/Chroma Cues variation, but it's not bad. I am trying to figure out what the opening graphics mean... [MEDIA=vimeo]244942607[/MEDIA] WBAL: First off is the end of the WBAL version of the "This is CBS" promo - I think the 'BAL lyrics are a heck of a lot better than the network ones... Second - The theme doesn't have the same impact (to me) that Pride Inside or Signature have - it's just "there". Finally - Butch Alsandor (nice guy, I met him at Houston Texans or Astros game) was busy that day - it looks like 'BAL didn't have anyone else in the Sports Department there... [MEDIA=vimeo]244947177[/MEDIA] WMAR: It's good to see Sally Thorner again, before she jumped to 'JZ. Not much more to say on my part... [MEDIA=vimeo]244943219[/MEDIA] Comparing the newscasts, it's easy to see why 'BAL and 'JZ were/are the market leaders over 'MAR and (the unseen) 'BFF (those cringeworthy clips are coming soon...).

Folks - The WJZ and Ohio clips were posted without me finishing up prepping them. I want to share with everyone, but need to get everything finished and cleaned up before posting. As soon as they're done on my end, I'll release them. This is the second time someone has been posting from my site before I got things finished up. I'm posting these out of the goodness of my heart - please allow me the courtesy of getting things prepped and squared away. I promise that I will post them as soon as they're ready. I've been spending many hours of my time getting these newscasts digitized, converted and uploaded. I'm sharing them with y'all, since they do absolutely nothing collecting dust in my basement. I'm posting as I find the tapes. If I have something, especially 1990s or earlier that I recorded, I'm posting as soon as it's done processing. I nearly wet myself (just a joke) when I found the tape with KYW and WJZ (it also has WHYY, WMAR, WBAL and a good chunk of WBFF - so far - there's some DC on it also...). (and yes, I'm ticked off right now - for many reasons - this is just one of them) Jim

This just found... KYW's 6pm Newsbeat - Entire Newscast from September 16, 1992 - over 25 years ago! [MEDIA=vimeo]244941840[/MEDIA] More to come from this magical tape!!! (though a few things are not complete, but close...) Updated 11/28/17 with new link to video - old video accidentally deleted.