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Canal 13's promo of the "new" Telenoche, but not in 2015: it was 1992 when that happened for the first time.

Back then, they said "we've the world's more modern cameras". That was a little bit exagerated.

They really had the best team (anchors, reporters, producers, technicians, etc...), they were #1 at 8PM, and the quality of pictures made you feel you were in the 90s, but in countries like the UK, Australia and NZ, the picture was more clearer.

And 3 from Montreal!

 

CBMT (Montreal) October 5, 1998 11:00pm

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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!

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CBMT (Montreal) April 20, 1991 11:00pm

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Hi. I was listening to the WSB 1991 theme on the NMSA and I thought you could have something from that period. As I said before, everything you post here is great!

A great filler used by Australia's Seven Network when they had exclusive access to CNN (1985)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXmjaW_gVFE

The Alan Parsons Project song was the right choice for the footage.

That's a part of The News Image I haven't heard yet.

 

Here's some more whoppers from Daniel Cole:

 

A WMBD promo from the fall of 1996, just after they became CBS 31:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv3nq_vVUJk

 

A tease from WEEK leads into the start of NBC's coverage of the 1984 DNC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOopH_7Ie6k

 

A rare CNN Headline News promo from WBLN:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=mZQqVxuQKVk;t=30

 

The opening of WMBD's weekend news from 1993:

Kristyn Hartman was (and still is) so beautiful. She was almost unrecognizable on that excerpt.

Earlier today, the BBC News Channel took a look back at its first 20 years:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=eC2ZSjTNBRw;t=13

This channel was a pioneer in 16:9 widescreen television. Back then, it was unthinkable for so many.

Newsmat in all its glory - inspired by the clip above - KMGH 1986 6pm full broadcast

 

It was a 4pm newscast. Back then, KMGH aired local news at 4pm, CBS News at 5pm and syndicated programming between 5:30 and 7pm.

WBZ-TV Eyewitness Sports updates anchored by Bob Lobel (from the mid-80's)

They were relying heavily on computer graphics.

Brazil's Rede Record reports on Peter Jennings' cancer diagnosis, back in 2005.

It's very interesting to know that he was important in other countries.

Australia's Nine and NZ's TV One sharing image campaigns, back in the 1990s.

(Nine/One) Told Me

Watch the World with Us

Apparently 'BZ had a 7:30 newscast in 1991:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=MTY3PvlEJ_8;m=3;s=9

The 7.30 Report was a newsmagazine that started during the Gulf War, but aired until September 1992, when 'BZ replaced it with Entertainment Tonight.

América 2 was using what appears to be production music for its newscasts between 1992/95.

At 2:31 on this video is heard the theme Telefe used by its newscasts between 1990 and 1992.

But I'm sure they never composed something hardcore like this. I'm suprised that theme wasn't rejected because of the standards.

Why KPNX was airing a 7pm newscast on a Sunday evening?

This is not related to TV news, but it's a little bit strange.

A movie opener from Canal 9 Libertad taped in April 1988.

They were using the well-remembered ABC movie opener from the "Something's Happening" campaign, but with the 20th Century Fox theme.

Back then, Argentinian TV channels' identity looked like being stranded in the late 1970s, where Chyrons and slides invaded the screens (it reminded me a lot of regional television in Australia before aggregation). The influx of 3D graphics came in the early 1990s. Telefe and Canal 13 were privatized in 1990 and were the pioneers (alongside ATC) to introduce this modern technique. By the end of that decade, it had evolved rapidly and improved significantly.

Last segment of América 2's 7PM news from May 24, 2001, anchored by Enrique Llamas de Madariaga.

He was one of the anchors who popularized the conversational way of presenting the news (very common here in the South), always providing commentary between stories.

From France, Antenne 2's national evening news on today' s date 40 years ago:

 

 

I like how Antenne 2's opening sequence was always a bit different. A few days later, for example, the cameras followed the anchor as he made his way to the set from above:

 

French TV was always innovative. I like that!

Santo Biasatti anchors Canal 13's midnight news on Wednesday, April 21, 1999.

The Columbine massacre is one of the headlines.

Wait, hold on. Tom Ellis of Boston? How and when did he work at WABC? That's bizarre.

Yeah, he worked for a couple of years at WABC before going back to Boston in 1978, joining Natalie and Chet at WCVB.

The late Ramón Andino reads the forecast and wraps up an edition of Canal 13's 1PM news from Friday, March 29, 1984.

(the segment starts at 1:02; part of the audio was deleted intentionally by the user to avoid copyright claims)

Really? I used to like this station. Now they're slowly becoming very tabloid-y like WHDH. Plus, their weather graphics are the worst of the 5 Boston local news stations.

 

And don't even get me started on their Facebook page. It has become the digital equivalent of a tabloid newspaper. Every other day they post a photo with an obnoxious-sized caption in capital yellow or white letters.

It continues to be a good station, but not as it was in the past (when Chet and Natalie ruled). I don't even know the faces or names of many of the reporters or meteorologists that work there now.

Just saw this post. I imagine they are slowly renovating the building piece by piece.

 

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Also how would something like this work? A video scaler or multiple viz engines for each wall?

 

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That's why WCVB is one of the best TV stations in the US.

ABC's Weekend Report, 1982 (I wonder when the World News Tonight brand was extended to the weekend):

 

ABC's Weekend Report was the 15-minute late night newscast offered by the network at that time. It was axed in the early 1990s, but I don't remember very well when.

Here's the rest of what I have from my trip to the San Francisco Bay Area from July 1992: 3 Newscasts plus a compilation of the remaining "bits".

 

KNTV (San Jose/San Francisco, CA) July 16, 1992 11:00pm

I love this theme - very creative use of the song...

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KTVU (Oakland/San Francisco, CA) July 16, 1992 10:00pm

The opening graphics were way ahead of their time...

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KRON (San Francisco, CA) July 16, 1992 11:00pm

The 10pm News (late night repeat) during the "Early Prime" experiment.

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Remainder Compilation - July 1992

Pardon the video from KSBW - the source video is crappy, but the music comes through and you can see enough to get an idea. Also, catch KICU as its own, separate from KTVU...

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You're awesome!!!!!

Here's the evening news open used by Canal 4 in Montevideo, Uruguay, used between 1998 and 2000.

It was a little bit innovative because of the music; back then, electronic tango wasn't very common.

Lois Hart (then weekend anchor) teases some of the stories for KCRA's Sunday night news in November 1991.

The music is marvelous.