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10 hours ago, nbc9houston said:

From KPRC-TV in Houston:

 

Inside Big 2 News (October 1978):

https://texasarchive.org/2018_00996

 

Big 2 News at Six (7/20/1979)

https://texasarchive.org/2019_00673

 

 

 

The car commercial in the second one before the news is voiced by Ernie Anderson!

KXTV in April 1992, this look probably just had been rolled out:

I can possibly assume this was the same company that did KRON’s and WOWT’s 2D graphics due to the former being in nearby San Francisco.

June 21 was a day unlike any other in the ATL:

34 minutes ago, 8Viewer said:

WCHS was pretty impressive in the '90s from the clips I've seen. Much better look that what came under Sinclair ownership. 

Still waiting to find some WCHS during their Giant Octopus era.

Part of a KNSD intro, 1995:

Some early Xmas gifts for @Samantha:

A KETV weather snippet from 1985, just after Michael Scott had joined:

1 hour ago, WWUpdate said:

From 1984, WLS's  weekend 10 p.m. news:

 

 

Alan Krashesky weather???? Must have been his first gig at 7.

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

Their graphics are definitely on fleek.

This should’ve been you, Scripps! 

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

Please ping me whenever a station I did news opens for gets the new GFX.

And I might as well throw my opinion on the GFX myself: they’re getting there. KXXV is doing good so far.

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!

6 hours ago, WWUpdate said:

WFLD, Chicago, 9 p.m., 1991; (Were these graphics done by John Christopher Burns?)

 

 

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.

That voiceover is annoying. 
 

“LET’S GET YOUR DAY STARTED!”

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!

3 hours ago, oknewsguy said:

I'm gonna say the template KFOR had in the old building for their set may have lasted for nearly THREE decades AND it survived 4 different ownerships (Palmer, New York Times, Local TV, Tribune) among other things. Oh and it survived through 2 tornadoes (June 1998, May 2003)

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/

To get this thread back on track, have you seen more of this KJRH look yet @ScottSchell?

3 hours ago, HearstArgyleFan90 said:

 

Did you find it in the videos section?

 

Also, we should look for dates for when KOAT and KMBC started using the ring graphics.

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.