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Its December 1984 and WPXI STILL had the “Newscenter 11” branding, along with the 1981 theme and logo.

KETV 1982, by then Bob Cullinan was their sports director, however he was off that night.

The 1996 WVUE open discovered (really slick look)!

St. Louis from 1987! KPLR (no open): KSDK with a young Janice Huff: And a KMOV open I’ve never seen before!

I think it was in-house. The graphics look a bit less slick and colorful than what TVBD and JCBD were going for at the time.

KOAT! 1986!

By November 1982, KETV still had the old logo, along with “Newsbeat” and the recycled 1980 graphics: However they do have a slide at the end for their meteorologists (Jim Flowers, Rob Dixon, Don Novak), which were later used for the 1983 graphics with the KSNW theme. Also of note (not news): an ATARI commercial from KMART

Before he hit it big in Dallas, John McCaa was the weekend guy in Omaha.

KMTV In 1979 with the “Dream Team”:

It appears WSB was using News Leader by 1987:

Hey, it’s the weird KOVR news open again!

KWTV had really slick graphics, that’s for sure.

Getting us back on topic, WNYT is losing around key staffer: https://www.google.com/amp/s/blog.timesunion.com/kristi/2019/11/27/john-craig-leaving-wnyt/amp/

Some sites don’t update as quick as their on air look. For example, WNYT kept its 1997-era logo on its website 3 months past their August 2004 refresh.

If you think the old Ed Dague clips were tearjerkers, WRGB has a retrospective of when he anchored there before his days at 13. Includes a tail end of the “And You” NewsCenter 6 open! https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/former-wrgb-znchor-capital-region-journalist-dies

In memory of Ed Dague, the man who shaped Albany TV news. Say hi to Ed Hopkins for us.

Albany, NY just lost a broadcast news legend today. Ed Dague, longtime WNYT and WRGB anchor, has passed away at the age of 76. Ed Dague, longtime WNYT anchor, has died https://wnyt.com/news/ed-dague-former-wnyt-anchor-has-died-/5562128/?cat=10114 (Via WNYT.com)

For my 400th video upload, I present a fully updated and restored montage of TEGNA’s crown jewel WXIA-TV:

Theyre still using Limerick at 11

Some KTUL and KOKI from ‘04: KOKI using early 2000s TVBD to its fullest.

Betcha this would’ve been second gen Limerick if Raycom never got gobbled up.

The first WLKY “Wednesday’s Child” segment from 1980 - posted by Liz Everman herself:

November 1997, KSDK promotes its new look and set, graphics by Hothaus:

WITI! 1983!

WLNS in 2001: