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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

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