ChesapeakeTV

Continuing with the UCSF collection... WRGB noon & 6:30 with a theme I don't recognize, 1987: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_ctw27a00 Noon news from D.C. and Baltimore. WBAL's Great News/Pride Inside combo, a new cut of The News Leader, and a short open with WMAR 1985 are featured. 1986: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_qhx27a00 WFSB 5:30 talent open, 1992: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_xqy27a00 WFSB 5:00 open, 1988: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_ccx27a00 WXYZ 5:00 PM, followed by...WGPR NewScope! 1986: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_ohx27a00 WBAL's 5:30 Live with a new cut of what sounds like the Great News/Pride Inside combo, along with clips from WUSA (generic EWN open), WRC (new cut of the 1986 theme), and WTTG (nice model flyover with the Metromedia theme). 1986, I think: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_shx27a00

Well, since Pensacola just came up...WBRZ 1985 is an unnamed theme by Terry Sweet & Associates, according to the uploader of all those clips featuring WEAR using it.

I was wondering when they'd step up to the plate and do this. Supposedly 3 blows everyone else out of the water ratings-wise at 4. Then again, they say they blow everyone else out of the water everywhere else, too.

This seems to be inspired by a mix of the early 80s Corinthian look (gradient lines) and the "And You" look (text - do we have a proper name for this?). And it's incredibly well-done. I have some finds of my own (date guesstimation where needed): WHEC using PNP on a wet morning in 1988: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_erw27a00 "Newsight 21" on WHP at about 13:25 with a new theme, dated as 1989: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_iar91f00 Another new WHP theme, along with a WHTM open, probably 1990ish: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_zxx27a00 Cold WCAX open from 1989: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_mqx27a00 WSMV with The Diary and "The Channel 4 News" branding, probably 1994, along with a WTVF open: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_pqy27a00 KTBC talent open with Yours Truly, 1989: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_ynp91f00 WTEN short open with PNP, followed by AM Buffalo on WKBW, dated as 1989: https://archive.org/details/tobacco_mar91f00 ...wait, it's 11:40? Boy, this is addictive.

I'm beginning to think that WBMG was using this when they restarted their news department in '87. That open screams mid-80s small market/low-budget to me.

The music used in this sounds an awful lot like ...I smell production music.

Good heavens...how low can WWBT go in the graphics department?