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Even though ewjxn has been uploading mostly late '80s-early '90s Phoenix material, the next thing I would love to see is some KPNX news from 1979 when they changed their call letters. I've always had this theory that the Gannett "Death Star" ID started earlier than 1981: According to the top story, this aired on January 20, 1981, leading me to believe the Gannett station IDs started way earlier. I'd also like to see some KTVK from their "Count On Us" era (1978-1980).

WAVE 3 in 1989 -- a tail end of their first Tvbd set of opens appears at 5:57. I wonder if the full open can be found anywhere. (However it would probably resemble the same kind of opens that were used by WFTV, WTHR, WFSB, etc.)

The Phoenix stuff keeps on coming!

Some KPNX from 1992/93 -- sadly no open, but it's a treat worth looking at. Also KARK using News 88

Never seen this WOOD-TV open before...

For some reason there was a vintage KPHO open from early 1986 that got posted by the same user, but it got taken down. Also I hope that channel uploads some KPNX from 1992-93, that's another Phoenix rarity right there.

Is that the WMGM News Package by Gari Media Group? It sounds very much like "The One For All" but with that classic Gari-esque early '90s synthesizer.

A WHO-TV promo from 1985. I wonder where you can find the open on the NMSA where they're using the KSL 1981 Theme?

Wendall Anschutz's Final newscast

This channel has posted some Tulsa news footage, some of which are extremely rare. This video reveals more of KJRH's Scripps-mandated set. This one has a KTUL newscast with Judd Hambrick (!!) And this reveals KJRH's open using WWL News.

And a ++1 for another vintage Albany newscast! Seems like WNYT is the one that doesn't have barely anything from their archive though...

WNYT getting ready to launch a 4:00 newscast. It will be anchored by veteran Benita Zahn and Jerry Gretzinger, who used to work at WRGB CBS 6. It will go on the air September 11th.

Some Denver TV news reports on People Express Airlines announcing service to the area.

Speaking of that, I'm really shocked that there isn't anything really from the "Take a Look" era of WTSP (1979-83). The only known footage of 10 from that era is this 8-second clip from early 1983 about Jon Crane's arrival: If you listen closely you can hear Take a Look in the background.

WXIA News Capsule from April 16, 1987, earliest use of them having "The Great News Package."

WRCB update with a logo ive never seen before and Bill Markham.

See if you can find any KPNX from 1992-93 -- that era is RARE!

So do the KTVB hits:

A KOVR newsbrief at the beginning

Tail end of a WLKY open I've never seen before... 1997 Speaking of WLKY, I have been searching for a newscast during their Gannett era. The closest I could find was this vintage clip from former anchor Liz Everman's Facebook. It's from August 1980, but they haven't implemented the new Gannett colors yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkUlyK142B0 A WFTV newsbreak at 0:35 -- did they actually use the "And You" look into 1986?

No open, but WYFF in 1984 on the solar eclipse. Also a KOCO raw clip of weatherman Chris Lee shows what their first Gannett era logo looked like at the beginning (this isn't the "Death Star" ident, which I'm still trying to search for).

CM Sloan does it again -- this time with a KWTV newscast from 1988. It's always a treat whenever an Oklahoma television station footage is uploaded to YouTube.

A collection of opens from all the "Big Three" stations in Omaha, circa early '90s. Includes an unknown KMTV theme.