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[quote name='hmaxhanson']Here's something for The ID Junkies KTVT compilation, it's most of the evening edition of KTVT's Metroplex News from Memorial Day 1979. Fun fact, these usually at the halfway mark of their 9pm movie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EVHu3fjszA[/QUOTE] Hmm... KTVT will need an update, since it has nothing pre-1995. Thank you! Editing my WPMI one now. Later this week, I’ll be doing Salt Lake City. I’ve dug some stuff out for KUTV and I found this (Spoilers @Ramona it ain’t the 1984-1989 stuff): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUW50WzwIQ4

I love WEAR too. Their Hummingbird theme is still beautiful. I love any theme that is saxophone driven. Btw just looked on the internet archive and it appears there’s tons of Richmond VA stuff I skipped over - Probably cause my screen recorder audio doesn’t work when I play videos not from an app.

Shame they don’t livestream - my current montage from them is out of date.

Why infamous? WMC in my opinion is the Memphis market’s only saving grace, I hate the rest of the stations... especially how crappy WHBQ was in the early 90s. WAGA signs off its broadcast day.

It’s about time Virginia had a compilation of its own...

WVTM. They sank to 4th place after NBC sold them, thanks to WIAT’s resurgence and ABC 33/40.

[quote name='Ramona']The open to the early edition of WCFT's 33 Eyewitness News for January 25, 1991 — the first open from this era to show up, and in 60fps no less: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMVx3sVDdGg[/QUOTE] @NESTLEH That awkward moment when a new newscast open gets posted days after you make a new compilation.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbb-WcK7M3w Greensboro, NC is next!

Yes. I found some extras from 2016:

At last... a full WJBK 1979 open, without control room audio! And here’s a taste of Albuquerque: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2-xfznVdNQ

Someone commented on my KATU news open video and said the news theme shown here was also used on Channel in the UK back in the 1970s. I sense this is production music.

Great job, man. I have possibly Mobile, AL on my radar... Here’s a KXTV noon show circa 1998

I wonder if they’ll upload any 80s opens? Thanks for that - this’ll make SLC easier for me. Here’s some WVIT and WFSB in the late 80s

There’s also this too (15:14) I also want to see some more WTVR from the late 90s when they were under the Media General/Raycom transition. Aside from this video there were plenty of NMSA samples of them using “The One and Only” on there. Were there some other opens on YT at one point or something?

[quote name='bmasters1']Do you think that you might be able to include it in a revision? After all, IIRC, you have posted revised editions of many of the packages you posted earlier to include new material that was recently discovered since you first posted those packages.[/QUOTE] Idk... the ones I update need to have at least tons of holes. If it’s just one new open posted, I usually let it rest. Besides, new news opens get published every day! Also I’m trying to decide on what to do for a Virginia compilation - should I do Richmond or Norfolk? Or both? I really love both markets and have been there too. And speaking of VA, that WDBJ open has seen YT before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQZ2SPTtkTE I posted that clip back in February and @ChesapeakeTV called it one of the worst depictions of VA he’s ever seen.

My speculation is that KTSP debuted that set whenever Karen Carns jumped ship from KTVX in ‘89. Which just makes me wish I was watching that station in 1989 instead... WVVA Open in this compilation

I know, lolz. Should the NMSA change this theme from KTNV 1987 to (maybe) WBRZ 1983? The actual WBRZ 1983 on there I think was first used at WFSB. I know the Discovered Music Composers thread has had a discussion on this before. Also, not next time, but in the future, I might do Salt Lake City compilations. If I can pull off videos from rare markets like Albany or Fort Myers I can do them. Plus I love SLC news so much...

Shame on you jacky9br for not uploading this sooner so I could include it in my WBRZ compilation!!!

Interesting... does EGAD have a client list anywhere? A KPTV open pops up at the end of this compilation, using similar GFX to sister station KTVX at the time. Really nicely done, I’d say. Who designed those? Going back even earlier to 1996 at the end of this video KPTV used an open from 1991 (maybe 1992?) and lasted it until ‘96.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rtLr0wbXVU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHYwUwk7yIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Pdka_URJQ A string of WLOS reports from 1996-97 during their “Counterpoint” phase. Judging by their L3’s WLOS must’ve used an EQ Vance package. Paging @Ramona who I know can identify Vance packages... If only there were opens... I legit love the Greenville-Spartanburg market and want to do compilations for it, but there’s just not enough for me to dig through. Salt Lake City is in that rut along with Omaha.

Btw while making the WTNH compilation I stumbled upon the MCTYW/John Young VO open on the NMSA:

Up next... Connecticut! WFSB’s always had some great station imaging over the years IMO.

Has anyone stumbled upon this? It’s a KARK blooper tape from 1984 (I actually think it’s earlier than that), on Ron Gardner leaving the anchor desk and disappearing. In reality Ron went to former KARK sister station KOCO, and was replaced with DJ Bob Vernon, who himself also came from a post-Gannett station, WLKY.

Remember the days when Chapin would go completely berserk when he told you what was coming up on the news?

WMTW intro to the end of this video.... new theme??