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More clips from the 1994 July/August Indiana/Illinois trip, plus a few leftovers from the Atlanta/Charlotte trip (earlier posts). [MEDIA=vimeo]244462682[/MEDIA] Few Comments; - I totally disagree with WHBQ's slogan - KFVS had the same graphics back in 1987 - I'm still a big fan of the Everyday News Package Jim

Last set of clips until the weekend... Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Georgia / Alabama / Louisiana - September 1994 [MEDIA=vimeo]244040736[/MEDIA] Atlanta, Macon, Columbus (GA), Birmingham, Anniston, Tuscaloosa, Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Lake Chuck.

That's probably all I have, but I'll keep looking - my grandmother moved upstate in 1994, and going forward, there's more Albany than any place else...

I have the one I've posted from WBRZ in 1994 - I suspect I also have a WAFB from the same trip (different tape, though), and just ran across the WBTR/19 "Baton Rouge Today" open. I have some New Orleans from the early 90s somewhere... Also, I'm beginning to wonder - did I do any work in 1994??? Jim

Northeast US, October 1994 Sorry for the heavy WNBC rotation, but I love that theme. I also found it interesting WCBS was still using the "I Love Chicago" theme for the traffic open... I'm a fan of WBAL's open - to me, at least, it's in the class with WBTV's from the same timeframe. I have more from this trip (some Canada/northern NY, as well as west Tennessee), coming soon! [MEDIA=vimeo]243785255[/MEDIA] Jim

[quote name='onthesea']@compubit I've two questions for you: 1- How did you record TV from a car? 2- When you traveled to the Northeast in 1994, did you visit New England?[/QUOTE] Back in the day... 1) I had a Sony VideoWalkman [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Original_Sony_Video_Walkman.JPG/220px-Original_Sony_Video_Walkman.JPG[/IMG] as well as my Super-VHS deck and an 8mm tape deck, and 2) a DC/AC converter (plugs into the cigarette lighter and provides 120V out), and 3) a thing called (as I was originally taught) an aerial, but nowadays it's called an antenna. If you connect them up, you could record stuff off the air! It was amazing! In reality, I just hooked stuff up and recorded - I'd take the 8mm and S-VHS decks, tune them in using the screen on the Video Walkman, then lastly tune the video to record. I learned that you have to be careful with grounding and the antenna to the car, or you end up with white noise (you can see it in some of the videos...) As for Northeast 1994, I don't think so - I have some Burlington, VT, but started in NYC, moved my grandmother to outside of Albany, then did the loop trip up I-87 to Montreal, down through Toronto, and then back to Albany, then headed back to Texas with my mom (thus the Hagerstown/Baltimore, Knoxville & Nashville). I have more, but will have to edit it together once I get it off of tape... Jim

Not east, but south... You beat me to the post... Jim

Carolinas from September 1994 I hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving week! Newscast opens and other clips from the Carolinas in 1994. Please pardon the quality on some of the clips - they were often recorded off-air from my car on this trip... [MEDIA=vimeo]243589515[/MEDIA] WSPA Noon; WJZY 10pm; WCCB 10pm; WCNC 11pm; WSOC 11pm; WFMY 6pm; WGHP 6pm; WYFF Noon; WLOS Noon; WBTV 5pm; WSOC 5:30pm; WCNC 6pm; WXII 6pm; UNC-TV 6:30pm; WLOS 11pm; WIS 11pm

At the start, NewsBeat started at 6pm. 6, 6 & 11 - I couldn't remember if there was a midday - I didn't think so, but after 25+ years, my memory about Philly news isn't as good as it once was... I have a 1994 Northeast trip I'm editing together (in reality, pulling out the stuff around the newscast opens, etc.) Jim

Philadelphia, December 1991 KYW was simultaneously running two separate formats: Eyewitness News at 6pm and The News Tonight at 11pm, even with different reporters on the same story... I have no idea what other dayparts were running (early morning and midday - if they even had a midday newscast). By February, everything was was new format/theme/graphics. Also WPVI and WHYY... [MEDIA=vimeo]243563973[/MEDIA] Sorry for the earlier mis-post - the video wasn't rendering properly...

Clips from Illinois & Indiana (along with a Memphis) from August 1994 [MEDIA=vimeo]243543019[/MEDIA] WAND 5:30pm; WICD 10pm; WICS 6:00am; WLFI 6:30am; WSBT 12pm; WYIN 10pm (split); WSJV 10pm; WYIN 10pm; WMAQ 6am; WCIA 6pm; WHOI 10pm; WHOI 6am; WLS 4pm; WBBM 4:30pm; WLS 5pm; WBBM 6pm; WLS 10pm; WFLD 6am; WPSD 12pm; WREG 5pm

That puts the newscast in line with the KSAZ & KPNX newscasts - I was trying to figure out why the spread in dates... J

Hello, Houston! [MEDIA=vimeo]243405299[/MEDIA]

Few more Phoenix I just found... (I also have a KPNX & a KSAZ from the same timeframe, but the upload craps out...) KNXV (Phoenix) March 14, 1999 5:30pm (Originally posted as May 14, 1999) [MEDIA=vimeo]243397434[/MEDIA] KPHO (Phoenix) February 3, 1999 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]243397722[/MEDIA]

Pittsburgh! KDKA (Pittsburgh) November 24, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]242423192[/MEDIA] WTAE (Pittsburgh) November 27, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]242424446[/MEDIA] WPXI (Pittsburgh) December 2, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]242450865[/MEDIA]

And one more from the "20 Years ago today..." collection... (this is all I've found so far from this trip...) KABC (Los Angeles) November 15, 1997 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240940836[/MEDIA]

From the "20 Years ago today..." collection, which means, I was in the LA area 20 years ago today! KCBS (Los Angeles) November 14, 1997 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240941239[/MEDIA]

Before calling it a weekend... Philly (just found this today). WPHL (Philadelphia) April 24, 1997 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]242452301[/MEDIA] Later this week (and in December), I'll have some "20 Years ago today" newscasts. I have lots of opens from the late 80s and early 90s, but not as many full newscasts, as I had to cart a VHS machine when I traveled, and that usually meant traveling by car... (though the stuff from Thanksgiving 1992 came from checking my S-VHS machine in my suitcase...) ~93/94 I picked up an 8mm recorder, and that's when I started getting more full newscasts. As for right now, I'm getting things off of DVD - once that's done, I'll start attacking tapes. Jim

Cable? Who watches cable anymore? That's so 1980s!!!! J/K Jim

And 3 from Montreal! CBMT (Montreal) October 5, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]241359637[/MEDIA] CBMT (Montreal) October 14, 1994 11:00pm (and 6pm Open/Close at the start) IMHO, CBC knocked it out of the ballpark with this set and theme! [MEDIA=vimeo]241359437[/MEDIA] CBMT (Montreal) April 20, 1991 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]241359366[/MEDIA]

(Since we're going international!) O Canada! Enjoy the 90s Canadian goodness on this Remembrance Day. CIHF/MITV (Halifax) September 28, 1996 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]241360455[/MEDIA] CFQC (Saskatoon) April 26, 1995 11:30pm [MEDIA=vimeo]241360257[/MEDIA] CBXT (Edmonton)/CBRT (Calgary) April 27, 1995 6:00pm I love this theme - it's been used around Canada by CBC stations, including (at least) in British Columbia, Ottawa, and Montreal [MEDIA=vimeo]241359891[/MEDIA] CBLT (Toronto) October 20, 1994 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]241274473[/MEDIA]

Clearing out some backlog... Coming soon - a few 90s newscasts from Canada! Also, I will be posting some "20 years ago today" newscasts over the next few months. Enjoy! WLBZ (Bangor) Oct 1, 1996 5:30pm [MEDIA=vimeo]241360875[/MEDIA] WABC (New York) February 7, 1997 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]241393164[/MEDIA] WJLA (Washington) October 22, 1997 5:30am [MEDIA=vimeo]241393484[/MEDIA] KXAS (Ft. Worth) July 2, 1994 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240311417[/MEDIA]

Weekend Treats! Grand Rapids, MI; Kingston, NY; Lincoln/Grand Island, NE; and Philly! WWMT (Kalamazoo) September 6, 1996 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240942744[/MEDIA] WOOD (Grand Rapids) September 7, 1996 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240942373[/MEDIA] WRNN (Kingston/New York City) February 7, 1997 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240942061[/MEDIA] KOLN/KGIN (Lincoln/Hastings) June 19, 1997 6:00am (First 15 minutes) [MEDIA=vimeo]240334504[/MEDIA] KYW (Philadelphia) April 24, 1997 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240941645[/MEDIA]

Happy Wednesday! St. Louis from 1998. KMOV (St. Louis) August 21, 1998 5:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239360227[/MEDIA] KSDK (St. Louis) August 20, 1998 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239749182[/MEDIA] KDNL (St. Louis) August 20, 1998 5:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239749733[/MEDIA]

Orlando from 20 years ago! WCPX prior to call sign change and a fairly rare newscast on WRBW (from WFTV)... WRBW (Orlando) May 12, 1997 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240312612[/MEDIA] WFTV (Orlando) May 12, 1997 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240312255[/MEDIA] WCPX (Orlando) May 15, 1997 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240311939[/MEDIA] Again folks, as I find stuff, I post it. Right now, I'm focusing on getting the 20+ year old newscasts. Once I get to the 2000s, I've got tons, and it will take some time just in uploading stuff (just the real time converting and uploading the files takes a while - and I have a full-time+ job and am taking a class in the evenings). I'm going to start linking everything off of a web-site - which will probably become my "Classic Newscast Museum". Once I get stuff posted (and a standard page format developed), I'll let everyone know... Jim