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WAKA from June of 1986 using the generic "NEWS/WEATHER/SPORTS" open used by many smaller market stations at the time:

Compare that to this news promo from WNBC from July of 1992, one of the first days with him. It sounds almost like a completely different person:

Some WNBC commercials from the very first days of the current "4" logo and We're 4 New York:

A clean version of WMAQ's 1981 theme, posted by the man who composed it, Paul David Wilson: Some WPTZ IDs from 1979 & 1980:

I helped jacky9br get the tape this was on, it's WVLA's morning show from April 30, 2001:

Anybody want some retro WRBL?:

Here's some of K-TAB's cleverly named NEWS-TAB from 1993:

Great find! Over 9 hours worth of clips from the Los Angeles TV stations from 1970, most of which concerns the goevernor election. I don't know if there any opens, considering theres over 9 hours worth, but you'll see tons of big names in their early years, like Bill Bonds, Tom Brokaw, Jim Mitchell, Tom Snyder, Bob Abernathy, Clayton Vaughn, along with other mainstays like Hal Fishman, George Putnam and Baxter Ward. Enjoy! https://archive.org/details/car_000096/

Finally we get to see WSJV's Hello News open, using the "squares" graphics package:

WJRT from 1997:

A rare look at KOVR just a month into the switch to CBS, they were still using their last ABC era logo and Non-Stop Music's NewsWatch!

Here's the end of KGW's broadcast day for February 12-13, 1982, which includes an audio only news update, followed by the sign-off itself, with the national anthem used at WOIO/WTGI/WGHP and other TVbD stations (could it possibly from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra?)

A tiny bit of WMTV from November 1996, obviously inspired by WCMH from back then:

Amen to that. I'm glad you're all for younger hipper and experimental newscasts like me. But the majority of this forum (along with longtime station viewers) will probably hate it from day one, cause they all think local newscasts are like the formula for Coca-Cola, in that changing it would be sacriligous and lead to tons of hatetred.

The first bit of WLVI's The News at Ten from December 12, `1992, now using Jim Cutler for VO:

More KTVX from 1991, this time a promo for their public affairs segements with the instrumental of Nowhere Else playing over it:

That's the latest use I've ever seen of any station using And You! Then again, this is the same station who is still living in 2009 graphics-wise! Heres more of that newscast, including a bumper at the end using "Say Hello": The very beginning of Great News Package on WKYC:

Charlie VanDyke narrates WRGB's 60th anniversary special from 1988. Sad to see that such an important station is now just another jewel in Sinclair's crown!

A rare newsbrief from WSLS during their brief period as "TV 10 Eyewitness News":

WKBN from May 1988, still using NewScore:

A complete WMAZ 6pm newscast from Christmas Eve 1986, as well as the CBS Evening News from that night: Now lets move west to Columbus for WTVM's Action 9 News Late Report from March 20, 1987:

I swear I've seen this WABI newscast (or at least the open) online before: Also, take a look behind the scenes at one of my favorite TV stations back in 1982:

Some commercials from ABC's airings of the Amerika mini-series, taped off WOLO in Columbia. There are news updates with Centerpiece by Soundtrack Music as the theme, back then they had just a 6pm newscast, the 11pm slot was filled by Threes Company reruns with a weather update.

Some stations just need the extra money when they exceed their budgets. BTW, how much does the average paid program pay out to a local station?