Info Junkie

Ahhh... Marv Albert before his infamous trial 20 years later.

You thought that WNYT clip on the River Rats was nostalgic? This clip from 20 years ago is beyond amazing (plus a young Rodger Wyland!!!!)

If you live in Washington D.C. you’ll immediately recognize him. He did weather at WUSA back in the 80s as well as being the main spokesperson and host for WETA programs. Here’s a WNYT report on the “Albany River Rats” in 2007. Fun fact: I visited one of their games in 2009, a year before the team left Albany.

Hmmm... Paul Anthony, very odd and stock-looking graphics and cheap electronic-y music? Riveting.

I’m guessing WBOC used the KMTV/KRIS Giant Octopus package and later kept butchering it...

This might’ve been brought up before, but does anyone know what WNEM’s 1986 theme is?

Go to 3:06 for a news promo with a similar package being used.

I think the KSL ‘88/‘89 theme debuted actually at WAFF in 1987, as this 1987 promo shows the graphics that were used with said theme: Also I’m starting to think that people are deliberately trimming out KUTV’s news opens, but I know that’s not true. And I had no idea that Keith Radford worked in Utah!

NEVER knock off Linear Drift. NEEEEEVER.

They sound more like WSB’s nightbeat theme:

I personally thought WNEM would use KOAA-TV’s Scripps knockoff since the former knocked off Scripps itself.

KMGH has had tons of missing eras for years, I’m glad they’ve (mostly) turned up. I believe that Newsmat set debuted alongside Bertha Lynn joining Jim Redmond at the anchor desk, as according to ads in 1984 the former was still anchoring with Ann Wade. Now let’s see the WHBF open that was once only heard on the NMSA: That camera zoom on the anchor is pretty jarring...

So Id guess they debuted the Newsmat set and graphics around the summer, as by May they still were using the old set:

The tail end of a WNEM newscast from 1996. I assume the L3’s shown went with the KTUL-like graphics they used at the time.

Finally!!!! Also Ernie Anastos still lives on.

Here’s some Active 8 in 1986, fills a hole in our WQAD wish list...

And then he got replaced by Lester Holt... God knows where he ended up, at the Peacock. Here’s a look at a WRC newscast in 1990:

He must’ve been replaced by Harry Porterfield eventually, as Mort went to WDIV to replace Wes Sarginson in 1978-early 1979.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR2v2aksPSk KCBD in 1994 WTVQ in 1990 KIRO in 1985

From 1987, a WAVE 3 News update

The ads are horribly misdated- that KVUE Ernest promo is from their post-Gannett acquisition years, which is definitely not 1982. My guess is 1986 or 1987. And that KTVV clip from 1985 is very weird. My guess is that they had a previous package with that logo before this one:

Was totally expecting no open, of course, but Gary Rebstock??? Also a promo at 10:13 is voiced by Brian James. Also this might’ve been their open... Note the L3’s are same in this newscast

Must’ve been from the same company. Similar graphics were also used at KTVX circa late 90s: And I believe maybe KPHO’s “Fresh News” package: If that’s the case for the latter, this company probably was a Meredith client, except I don’t think WNEM used similar graphics (they were instead using ones similar to KTUL and I believe they kept them until 1996):

I dig this WCCO open from 1996! Very mind-blowing.