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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

As I find stuff from the 90s, I'm uploading. There's some WNYT somewhere in the stacks... I hadn't even noticed the "unique coloring" on the clip... Jim

Happy Thursday Night - 2 from Albany and another KPRC! WTEN (Albany) February 8, 1997 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239357422[/MEDIA] WXXA (Albany) February 8, 1997 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239750743[/MEDIA] KPRC (Houston) December 3, 1997 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239750197[/MEDIA] Also, I'm testing some 30fps vs. 60fps content from SD: http://mezzogreen.com/kprc3060 Thoughts/Comments? (Vimeo seems to be giving me fits with the 60fps video...)

Bonus video from the South... WBRC (Birmingham) September 10, 1994 [MEDIA=vimeo]239748690[/MEDIA]

Happy Midweek! 2 Post-network Switch newscasts from DFW. KTVT (Ft. Worth) August 25, 1995 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]238499973[/MEDIA] WFAA (Dallas) August 26, 1995 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239354663[/MEDIA] J

KPNX ran Wonderful World of Disney from 5-7pm, rather than 6-8pm (as was done in Central Time zone). I believe at that time, when the NFL ran long, Disney was "joined in progress", thus a 7pm newscast guaranteed that they full half hour (+ the full Nightly News West Coast feed) ran in their entirety. J

As requested, some video from the red stick... WBRZ (Baton Rouge) September 9, 1994 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239245070[/MEDIA]

Here's the last of the Phoenix stuff I've found... There may be more, but right now, I have a whole bunch of other things in the queue. KTVK (Phoenix) May 2, 1992 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239244838[/MEDIA] KPNX (Phoenix) May 3, 1992 7:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]238499110[/MEDIA] KSAZ (Phoenix) April 30, 1994 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239244453[/MEDIA]

I try to stay positive, but to me, that was brutal... J