Chris Hadley

Speaking of sports, here are some rare satellite feeds posted recently: 1988 NBA All-Star Game: 4th quarter and post-game, 1987 NBA Finals game 6 (Celtics/Lakers): Raw feeds of the '86 and '96 MLB All-Star Games: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics men's marathon, again from the raw ABC satellite feed:

3 solid hours of CNN Headline News from overnight December 30, 1986, via KCRA in Sacramento:

A full hour block of CNN Headline News from July 13, 1987 - the day that CNN and HN moved from its Techwood Drive studios to its then-new location at CNN Center: Previously posted on YouTube, here's the very first CNN broadcast from CNN Center on the same date:

When CNBC's predecessor, the Financial News Network, went bankrupt in 1991, CNBC acquired its former rival. Here's how FNN covered that and other Wall Street developments on April 3, 1991, just over a month before the network signed off for good on May 21, 1991:

WWL-TV's Eyewitness News at Noon from January 20th, 1989 (Inauguration Day for newly elected President George H.W. Bush): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly9uXn7c68k

Right at the beginning of this video, here's a cool mix of the CBS '85 "We've Got The Touch" campaign theme w/VTS' "The Place To Be" campaign for then-new CBS affiliate WRAL in Raleigh (now NBC):

I remember watching it live too, but the report interrupted the second round of the U.S. Open Golf Tournament and Brokaw was there because Brian Williams was overseas and set to anchor NN from wherever location he was (I forget at the moment). It took place on a Friday. And yes, I felt the same way about Brokaw's appearance too. Such a sad day. This was how CBS covered the death of Peter Jennings:

The same channel this copy of the first CNN newscast originated from also has rare rehearsal footage of the first 24 hour newscasts w/Walker and Hart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXJU7VIfrhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg3tIXoGGgg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ULpPZH6EA Also, ABC News Nightline w/Ted Koppel previews the then-soon to launch CNN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccNDC1_qf8s

In better condition, video-wise, than other postings of this broadcast on YouTube is the first 3 hours of CNN from June 1, 1980:

WWL in New Orleans used the "SIP 1 (Station Image Package 1)" for their news opens, and the "globe" animation for their movie opens. However, they intercut clips from movies in their library and added their own titles to those opens, as seen here. I'm wondering where the music came from, though. (This was from ewjxn's collection, but I brightened up the original video):

Nightline's tribute to pioneering ABC News/Sports head Roone Arledge on the day of his passing - Dec. 5, 2002 - with comments from Ted Koppel, Peter Jennings, Barbara Walters, Jim McKay and Frank Gifford:

Full CBS News coverage (w/local coverage from KPIX in San Francisco) of the Bush/Dukakis election from November 8, 1988:

NBC reports on the Loma Prieta earthquake minutes after it struck Candlestick Park before game 3 of the World Series on Oct. 17, 1989: CNN coverage of the earthquake - part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Coverage of the Mexico City earthquake via the CBS Evening News w/Dan Rather from Sept. 19th, 20th, 23rd and 24th:

Just got done editing the full 1 minute version of said close from various sources. Here it is, for your listening pleasure. Please feel free to move this to the News Music/Voiceovers board if needed... https://drive.google.com/open?id=1x8unlaIbSXRxcEs7waUVUqsJietgJetw

ABC News' coverage of the start of the second Iraq War as news broke of the first air strikes on March 19, 2003:

In May 1989, Dan Rather and the CBS News team arrived in China to cover the summit meeting between Communist Party leaders and Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev - a meeting that played against the backdrop of historic pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square. The full week of CBS Evening News reports from Beijing comes courtesy of btm0815bma. Monday, May 15th: Tuesday, May 16th: Wednesday, May 17th: Thursday, May 18th: Friday, May 19th (a few hours prior to when CBS and other outside media were forced to cease communication by the Chinese government as the crackdown on the student protestors intensified during government-imposed martial law):

Dan Rather leads CBS News' coverage of the start of the second Iraq War on March 19th, 2003 (courtesy btm0815ma): ABC News Nightline coverage from the same evening:

Also from C.M. Sloan, CNN Headline News from early November 25, 1988 (not 1998):

From my new NOLA TV archive page, here are some WWL-TV newscasts from July 22, 1996. 12 PM w/Bill Elder, Don Westbrook and Phil Johnson: https://archive.org/details/wwl07229612pm 6 PM w/Dennis Woltering, Angela Hill, Mike Hoss (in for Jim Henderson) and Dave Barnes: https://archive.org/details/wwl6pm072296 10 PM segment w/Nancy Russo forecast, final story and repeat of that day's Phil Johnson editorial: https://archive.org/details/wwl07229610pm From WGNO, circa March 21, 2006: https://archive.org/details/wgno2006 From WVUE, the end of its 9 PM newscast followed by the 2001 edition of its annual "Weathering The Storm" hurricane preparedness special: https://archive.org/details/wvuestorm2001 All these came from tapes recently acquired by jacky9br (who posted the earlier WVUE Fox 8 9 PM news from 7/22/96).

From January 26, 1981, a segment from WWL's Eyewitness Morning News w/co-anchors John Quaintance and the late Andre Trevigne. Features reports from Dennis Wolter(ing), Taylor Henry and the legendary Bill Elder.

Via WPXI in Pittsburgh, an hour block of CNN Headline News from November 22, 1986:

First segment of WDSU's 10 PM NewsCenter 6 from December 10, 1986:

Featuring WDSU's version of the '86-'87 "Come Home To NBC" campaign ID:

Long before WGNO had an actual functioning news operation that tried to compete with WWL, WDSU and WVUE, the then-independent Ch. 26 - like many indies around the country - carried prime time news briefs in lieu of traditional half-hour newscasts. For years during the pre-ABC era, these news briefs were anchored by Mel Leavitt (legendary WDSU newsman/sportscaster) who hosted public affairs programs on Ch. 26 in addition to booth announcing for the station, as you'll hear in the movie opens on this clip:

From The SBC Archive, Peter Jennings' historic 24 hour coverage of the worldwide New Millennium celebrations on ABC (playlist in 12 parts): Dan Rather's coverage of the New Millennium celebrations on CBS: NBC's coverage of the New Millennium celebrations with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric, among many: