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Hmm. Well, that either makes me the least reliable source ever or gives me a rough time period for when they picked it up. Not sure which. It would definitely work, given KPHO's affiliation.

Is a station in Hampton Roads in there somewhere? Perhaps this will help back up my mother's memories of hearing it on WAVY.

Wow, those are really good! the open is about the only similarity, though...

The whole NBC Charlotte branding is stupid and needs to jettisoned pronto. As for what they could rebrand to...I agree, WCNC News sounds pretty nice.

KCAU also used those graphics, though I can't find the open at the moment.

Incredible find, Raymie! The mystery is solved at last. I wonder just what it was they produced in the preceding dozen years...

They were still using those graphics in 1989? Good heavens. They probably only dumped them when they wore out the masters! Not sure if this has come up before in this thread, but I don't recall seeing it. KTRK promo for Eyewitness News...from 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKSqaPDW3eI

The reports on the Navajo Generating Station and the Indian casino case date this to October 13, 1999.

Could someone help me get my jaw off the floor? AWESOME find, Raymie! And now, my own paltry contribution... WFMZ Berks Edition open with the 1996 theme, 1999: http://youtu.be/rsGcLjMzIxs?t=32m25s

The TVSpy roundup... KWBA is adding a morning newscast. The CW affiliate will begin airing a 7-8 A.M. extension of KGUN's Good Morning Tuscon starting Monday. After 13 years, Kirk Montgomery is leaving KUSA for Michigan, where he will anchor the 4 P.M. news on WILX. WSLS vice president and general manager Leesa Wilcher is leaving for personal reasons. She joined the station in 2011 from WJHL. Gerry Vaillancourt, morning anchor at WVUE, has been let go. According to him, station management said they "wanted to go in a different direction". He started at the station in October 2012.

It's likely they were made by the same people - and that those people also did the first package WRAL had with In-Sink. Compare the animation at the end of WFMZ's open with .

The roundup, courtesy of TVSpy... Lauren Victory is joining WTIC as a general assignment reporter. She comes from WPTZ, where she has worked since 2011. sanewsguy's prediction a few pages back was correct. Adam Caskey is now the evening meteorologist in waiting at KSAT, as Steve Browne scales back. When he joins the station, Caskey will become the meteorologist for the 5 and 6 P.M. newscasts, with Browne remaining on the 10 P.M. newscast. WGBA and WACY have new management. Pete Marquardt has been selected as the new general manager for the duopoly, replacing Joe Poss, who recently became vice president and general manager at WTMJ.

And we have yet another appearance by these graphics... WTVD update with the KING 1985 theme. 1988:

Correct there. That's "The Black Hole" - there's a sample of WICZ using it in the NMSA.

Chris Geiger has been named vice president and general manager of WTIC and WCCT, effective April 28th. Geiger was formerly president of Barrington's (now Sinclair's) Syracuse cluster. He replaces Rich Graziano, who is now WPIX's new GM. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/chris-geiger-named-vp-gm-of-tribunes-wtic-wcct_b118977

TVSpy says Hearst has reached a deal with Dish. All 29 stations have returned to the network. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/hearst-and-dish-reach-retrans-agreement_b118937

eyeontv has struck again with a Telesound demo reel from 1982 featuring many opens you may recognize, and several previously-unknown uses, including... KSBW: Look for Us WCKT: Count on Us KNTV: Count on Us There's also "Saturday Live" from KRON featuring Streets of..., production elements, and a boatload of promos. Truly a huge haul!

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned , clearly inspired by Media General's graphics at the time.

Pretty nice that they cite their claim of being Florida's most watched news. Reminds me of WAFB's original open with Newschannel. From the Internet Archive (not UCSF), a local cable access newscast from Lowell, MA - NewsCenter 6. 1991: https://archive.org/details/Newscast19910305_201402

That open is so much better than KARK's version...

From the same channel with the Atlanta clips featured above, a 1975 WAGA open with a nice synth theme and a really nice logo formation that appears to have been done by hand.

YES! We finally have a sample of KSLA 1983! I've been scratching my head over that theme for many moons. Couldn't have come at a better time, too... Nice find, KnoxvilleTVFan!

I don't know if that's a knockoff. It's a little too spot-on - I've always thought of it as a KEZI-commissioned custom variant of the real deal.

I suspect that's "AlvinLikesBritanny" (sp?) with a new account, too.