Classic Video Thread (pre-2008)

[WWUpdate 1291]

18 hours ago, newspulse said:

not much to say about this one and I know I'm at the tail end of the acceptable years for classic video but i'm just surprised that WCIA was using the old WBBM graphics in 2007. who else was usin these? also really vibin with the enforcer cut in this close.

we finally have nexstar endboards showin up in chicago and it'll always feel weird to me bc i associate seein those with being downstate, lol.

 

 

My favorite cut of the Enforcer -- essentially a straight cover of the original I Love Chicago:

 

 

 

17 hours ago, SoFloTVClassics said:

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. Here's a compilation.

 

For the sake of completeness, here's KTVK's coverage, complete with the director's track:

 

 

And here's Swiss TV coverage of the earthquake:

 

 

[Info Junkie 1286]

A rare look at WYOU in 2003 (no open):

 

[MikePulse 318]

World News Tonight Sunday with Sam Donaldson, followed by WLS’s Eyewitness News. 8/31/80

[sfomspphl 490]

On 10/17/2019 at 4:31 PM, SoFloTVClassics said:

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. Here's a compilation.

 

Nice to see KNBC kept newscast archives after the move to the current building

[newspulse 19]

2 hours ago, MikePulse said:

World News Tonight Sunday with Sam Donaldson, followed by WLS’s Eyewitness News. 8/31/80

holy crap, that renault ad at 24 minutes!!! between this and the president talkin about them, i feel like fate is gonna bring me a renault in the very near future...

also, you couldn't get away with larry's "newscastery" hair today. pure late 70s/early 80s aesthetic.

[10Viewer 334]

I'm not sure what this is, but it has something to do with WTSP and a tie-in with ABC's Saturday night campaign in 1990:

 

 

[PBC5NewsUnova 65]

Here's another clip of WNJU's Informador 47 from 1990. Featuring Jorge L. Ramos with a mustache! Opening and top stories.

 

[Info Junkie 1286]

It’s raining Tulsa:

KTUL still using John B. Wells by 1989

 

KJRH kept using the same theme even during the morning hours (Russell Kinsaul worked there?!)

 

One of the earliest “6 in the Mornings” on YT

 

And Doc Morgan is a BIT TOO cheerful here.

[PBC5NewsUnova 65]

Another clip of WXTV Noticias 41. 11PM newscast from December 31st, 1992 with Denisse Oller.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUZTUwwuR9A

Edited October 22, 2019 by PBC5NewsUnova

[Jared DiCarlo 53]

Here’s a vintage WABI newscast from January 28, 1982. It also has some hilariously 80’s commercials.

 

 

[hmaxhanson 650]

A clean version of WMAQ's 1981 theme, posted by the man who composed it, Paul David Wilson:

Some WPTZ IDs from 1979 & 1980:

 

[Info Junkie 1286]

Feel like I’ve heard this theme before:

 

[TheOneManHerd 553]

1 hour ago, Info Junkie said:

Feel like I’ve heard this theme before:

 

On WJTV, specifically.

[CircleSeven 1955]

5 hours ago, Info Junkie said:

Feel like I’ve heard this theme before:

 

 

WNDU used this theme for its weekend morning shows during the 90s & early 2000s.

 

I've heard this Killer Tracks theme used on local ads throughout the mid-90s.

[justin2kx 237]

9 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

 

WNDU used this theme for its weekend morning shows during the 90s & early 2000s.

 

I've heard this Killer Tracks theme used on local ads throughout the mid-90s.

For those wondering, it is production track 'Action News' from KT.

http://www.southernmedia-nmsa.com/#3,1,1347

Editor's note: Killer Tracks has now merged into Universal Production Music. Its old URL name now directs to UPM. Catalog remains intact.

[TexasTVNews 1377]

18 hours ago, Info Junkie said:

Feel like I’ve heard this theme before:

 

You have. WFMJ used that theme as well.

 

[okiechi 55]

Full broadcast encoded in 60fps? Check.

Kent Ogle on a weekend 10p? Check.

 

 

[sfomspphl 490]

KNBC 1988 Olympic News Break

 

The ending has the synth bumper music that replaced News Center II cuts

 

I thought didn't debut until a year or so later...it lasted into 92, 93 I think

 

 

[onthesea 292]

A promo from WCBS in September 1988, where it announces the new timeslot for the CBS Evening News (6:30PM), to make way for Win, Lose or Draw at 7PM.

 

[Ntropolis 596]

My big find this weekend! FINALLY, a WBTW news open from the 80s.

 

 

[Samantha 2895]

@Ntropolis This is the theme KIMT and WTOK used! Seems like WBTW was using it a bit earlier — 1988, compared to the other clips which are from 1990.

 

The Coast???

Edited October 27, 2019 by Samantha

[TheOneManHerd 553]

2 hours ago, Samantha said:

@Ntropolis This is the theme KIMT and WTOK used! Seems like WBTW was using it a bit earlier — 1988, compared to the other clips which are from 1990.

 

The Coast???

It sounds like a Network Music track, to me.

[Chris Hadley 129]

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

 

 

Edited October 27, 2019 by Chris Hadley

[dman748 1256]

KOCO from October 1998 Features a partial newscast from October 14th, 1998 (just before I was born)

 

 

[10Viewer 334]

WTSP 1994 promo for the switch to CBS programming:

 

 

At the beginning of November, WTSP was airing CBS This Morning and GMA had moved to WFTS. IIRC, primetime programming and network news did not make the switch until 12/12/94. I can only imagine how confused viewers were.

Edited October 28, 2019 by 8Viewer