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2 hours ago, KnoxvilleTVFan said:

It's great that you posted this KDEB newscast featuring Doug Ohlmeyer from 1986. The theme heard is an ABC production piece from Score Productions. The piece was used on at least one ABC Sports program. The newscast was months before KDEB lost its ABC affiliation to Telepictures-owned KSPR 33.

Also, the channel also featured some stories from Doug Ohlmeyer when he worked for CBS affiliate KLMG-TV (now Nexstar-owned FOX affiliate KFXK) in Tyler/Longview, TX.

However KDEB used the early 1980s ABC horse racing theme until they switched to FOX.

I Assume that KIDK's News Theme was used for Newscasts on KJEO (now KGPE) in the early 1990's.

That KFSN open is clearly a knockoff of KABC’s at the time, as was their previous open (which copied KABC’s early ‘87 ID and WABC’s open from ‘87 to ‘94.)

However KFSN used MCTYW using the same visuals as WKBW from a 1976 Newscast

Ditto for WTVD using the same as KFSN

And WKBW using the Same as KFSN and WTVD, period.