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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

Coming tomorrow or Monday...

I plan to add a KXAN open from that timeframe to that newscast (with a fade to black) and will update. I was disappointed that the open was chopped... J

Weekend Update: WESH (Orlando) May 23, 1990 5:30pm [MEDIA=vimeo]238500754[/MEDIA] KXAN (Austin) January 31, 1990 10:00pm (Missing Open) [MEDIA=vimeo]238500471[/MEDIA] KPRC (Houston) July 2, 1992 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]238499490[/MEDIA] KVUE (Austin) February 22, 1993 5:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239244616[/MEDIA]

WXIA (Atlanta) September 12, 1994 5:30am - I think this package would translate well into HD... [MEDIA=vimeo]238501432[/MEDIA] Jim

Here's some 30 year-old goodness from Baltimore. I found this on an old tape and knew I needed to post it... This is my second-oldest newscast I recorded (that I've found so far). The oldest is a mid-summer 10pm from KCEN (it was supposed to be KTVV, but due to interference, the Channel 36 signal dropped from our cable system, as I was recording "a Thursday night of NBC"). At the time WMAR didn't carry the Tonight Show, pre-empted NBC often for Orioles Baseball, and didn't clear parts of the NBC daytime schedule (thank goodness WRC, which I could also receive at the time, did clear the entire schedule - can't miss the game shows!). I do chuckle at Ken Matz struggling through "North American Man Boy Love Association" during the tease... Also, during the 6pm newscast, the 2 logo flies toward the screen to the studio through the hole in the 2. Enjoy! WMAR (Baltimore) August 28, 1987 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]238501088[/MEDIA] Jim

They had no real emphasis to change - as a 180s/190s ranked market with 1 commercial and 1 PBS station (a satellite out of Richmond, I believe). Everything else was out of market on cable; not bad for a one-station college town (reminds me of Bryan/College Station during the mid 80s...). Jim

More from my 1998 Trip: WRC (Washington) August 28, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]237301896[/MEDIA] WUSA (Washington) August 28, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]237298717[/MEDIA] WWBT (Richmond) August 28, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]237299605[/MEDIA] WVIR (Charlottesville) August 28, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]237299162[/MEDIA] Jim

Rochester & Kalamazoo WOKR (Rochester) August 26, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]237301450[/MEDIA] R News (Rochester) August 26, 1998 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]237302784[/MEDIA] WROC (Rochester) August 26, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]237302313[/MEDIA] WWMT (Kalamazoo) August 21, 1998 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]237300047[/MEDIA] Jim

Just wait until I post the KKTM newscast open and close... I've never seen a plywood set - where you can see the grain of the plywood... (That one may have to go onto YouTube...)

Last thing from Phoenix for a while - I think I've gotten everything I can for the near term... (I'm also on a business trip for a week, so I'll be posting pre-uploaded content through early next week...) KPHO April 1994 - Fresh News! [MEDIA=vimeo]237486605[/MEDIA] Jim

Now for a little Atlanta 1994: WAGA, WGNX & WXIA [MEDIA=vimeo]237475991[/MEDIA] IMHO, that WXIA package would do well in HD... (especially with the Serifed fonts) Jim

I chose Vimeo for several reason - mostly, I have better control over the content (quality, access, etc.). I've seen too many cases of entire histories of newscasts gone when someone gets kicked out of YouTube over content. Plus, I'm fed up with the ads all over YouTube. I'm paying for the hosting, so I can better manage the content. If a question is raised, I can address it, rather than having a flat-out ban. It's content I can control (in that it's stuff I recorded or was recorded specifically for me), and I feel that Vimeo provides the best option for my needs. Plus Vimeo flies a but under the radar, whereas YouTube is more "in your face". I'm not trying to monetize anything - just want to make the content available to fellow enthusiasts. (Plus if I dumped everything at once, there'd be a giant productivity loss from y'all!) Jim

I meant sales - too late on a Saturday night... I thought that some of the new rules required the sales staffs to be fully separate. Jim

More KNAZ... I do have the full 7pm 12News Sunday newscast - will have to wait until I have more storage on Vimeo (next week, as I've already nearly hit my limit of this week's content uploaded...). KNAZ May 1992 Open & "KNAZ - The Place to Be" Promo... [MEDIA=vimeo]237344183[/MEDIA] Jim

I believe I have Fresh News for KPHO and KNXV early ABC, and possibly transitional KSAZ. I'm still digging. Unfortunately getting stuff off of tape is a real-time activity... (Though I usually start the playback/recording process and go do something else...) Plus I royally suck at labeling my tapes... And I have hundreds of tapes to go through... I believe I have the full 12News Sunday 7pm Newscast from 5/3/92 - It's recording right now, and we'll see... Jim

Just found more fun from Phoenix in May 1992, including a theme not in the SouthernMedia-NMSA for KPHO! May 1992 - KTVK, with the "KTVK Can-Can" promo - look for the entire newscast soon. [MEDIA=vimeo]237336304[/MEDIA] May 1992 - KPHO 9pm Open/Close and KTSP 10pm Open/Close [MEDIA=vimeo]237336656[/MEDIA] Jim

Parts from my 1998 trip around the US. First up: Toledo, OH: WUPW (Toledo) August 25, 1998 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]237298286[/MEDIA] WTVG (Toledo) August 25, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]237297866[/MEDIA] WNWO (Toledo) August 25, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]237300997[/MEDIA] Jim