Info Junkie

KTVB looks very primitive for ‘95 - and for their owner, too, which by that point was the Providence Journal Company. Journal acquired KTVB’s original owner King Broadcasting in 1992 (note they still have King Broadcasting in the copyright notice at the end.) Going back on the VO guy, as I said earlier he and WTEN’s Doug Myers sound awfully similar. I’ve also searched up “Iowa voiceover” and nothing’s come up either... KTVB later went with Jcbd graphics later in the ‘90s which I believe were a hand-me-down from WYFF.

Some quick snippets of WLKY’s Combined-Gannett era appear in this tribute to KUSA anchor Mark Koebrich. And is it just me or did WTEN’s Doug Myers sound suspiciously similar to a certain male voiceover guy we haven’t identified yet...

Here’s some WFMY for you all

Still on a Utah kick. Here’s some interesting snippets I picked up: I might also add that the middle clip is a 6-parter of all news reporting and no opens. However, it’s the only possible footage of KTVX during that time frame online. If I could take an educated guess on what their image was like at the time, they were using Ed Hopkins (definitely) and some Non-Stop package (maybe First News?)

A portion of the open they used during those graphics appears on this demo reel: I know according to site members that their L3’s were ginormous - they were taking up the entire bottom of the screen!

Cool. Sticking with the WOWT clip, the uploader has more - including a WJLA 1984 newscast (must’ve been after Wes joined them, and they were about to debut the ugly red set, unless this was after). They still have the ‘83 Theme during breaks:

Hey Raymie I’m starting to put the KTVX puzzle pieces together. If you listen closely during each of the news cut-ins in this 1994 commercial break it appears they were using Total News earlier than we thought (the drum solo in it seems to match up): As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they commissioned Total News and not WCBS. I still need to fill in the hole from 1986 to 1994. If i can guess why they’re surprisingly lacking, it could be because they probably were the #3 station in Utah and not many people watched them, kinda like the lack of KYW footage in the early ‘80s (their worst era being #3).

WDVM would change its calls a few weeks later to coincide with the Fourth of July. They changed their opens too in late ‘86 to that CGI flyover of Washington DC that lasted till late 1991/early 1992 when they moved to a new studio. Wish we had WJLA from that era - that station is surprisingly lacking! And here is WESH’s 1980 “tall tower” promo on the switch to their new transmitting tower, which was the top story on the 1980 newscast radioman1968 posted. Audio of the “TuesdayA” open can be heard too:

Wells I haven’t heard in a loooonnnggg time, Chapin yes. His voice has degraded (not bad as Van Dyke) and to find out how he sounds now, go watch something WHDH-related on YouTube.

A WRGB update from April 1984

That news anchor during the tease looks exactly like Ron Burgundy, but with a smaller amount of hair!

A KSNW newsbreak from 1986 using possibly the potential Peters/Chip Davis package that the Hatch Family stations used in the mid-1980s - wouldn’t be too surprised if this package was also used by KUTV, or even if they were the commissioners (KUTV debuted the Welch graphics in ‘84, KSNW was using “All The News” and a cheap WFSB knockoff around that time):

WNYT has named Asa Stackel as its new morning anchor, to replace Phil Bayly. Was kinda expecting that from the start, as Dan Bazile is one of those weekenders who is kinda like Rob Jennings (meaning the weekends are his shtick.) Also, sadly, I think Ed Hopkins’ voice is starting to go... he does sound a bit raspy here. Will definitely be an end to an era here as he’s been their VO since 1985 (and possibly even earlier - see this 1983 ID): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1izFFbhHLg

It appears WICU used Balls & Walls circa late 1990s... And here’s a KTSM open at the end of this commercial set:

A WAKR news report from 1985 — Albany viewers will get to see a quick glimpse of a young Jim Kambrich pre-Albany at the very beginning of this video (sadly, he doesn’t speak). However, you can see him in this newsbreak from after the call letter change. Plus KMTV was still using Brave New World in 1997:

You’ll know for a fact it’s WABG cause of how low budget it looks - judging by their 1999 open...

This’ll make all of you guys’ days...

https://forums.tvnewstalk.net/index.php?threads/the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time.3543/page-13#post-194916

Never seen this WKRG open before (November 1992)...

Got any video of it so I can post in the Worst Graphics Thread?

I’m back with more Albany stuff! Never knew Mr. WGN himself did promo work for WNYT... Plus this 1991 report is currently the ONLY surviving footage of their “News 13” era on YouTube after the 1988 house fire video got taken down (and speaking of WGN, Randy Salerno!!!) Whoever has that audio clip of their 1988-1991 open better get that uploaded — that would definitely make my day. If only there was another ewjxn, except that channel would upload vintage Albany clips instead of Phoenix... *sigh*...

A WTVH open with “Production Music: Industrial Power” appears at the beginning

And then was replaced by Jesse Johnson. The other guy, John McKnight, was in the midst of two Atlanta stints - he recently came from WSB-TV and left to upstart WGNX’s 10:00 newscast, and was replaced by WSTM’s Tom Miller. Sheesh, Channel 36 had a huge habit of poaching talent from many other markets... And speaking of John McKnight, this WSB weekend tease from 1985 shows both the old “2” logo, as well as their current one being phased in:

A WTEN interview from idk when (definitely pre-2005, according to research Ryan Nobles was there from 2003 to 2005). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7OQqUpodMs And Beau Weaver tells us what’s coming up next on WGN News at Nine (at least he doesn’t do this at the beginning of the newscast like KDVR!!!)

In memory of the late John Coleman, dean of Chicago weather, and founder of The Weather Channel.