Classic Video Thread (pre-2008)

[Yankees4life 563]

22 hours ago, Samantha said:

WAPT 5pm open, 1989:

 

 

With Tar Sequence music!!

[hmaxhanson 650]

WCAX! From 1978!

 

[Samantha 2902]

Those Phoenix clips are a nice stocking stuffer. Especially when there are stories with titles like "Grid Plan or Papago?".

 

Also on YT today, a KPWB news promo (!):

 

 

 

And a KCRA noon open from January 1 of that year — when northern California (and Nevada) were in the grip of major flooding:

 

 

Edited December 24, 2019 by Samantha

[Yankees4life 563]

Speaking of KCRA, heres their sister station KQCA's news promo 

 

https://youtu.be/qkRp0Nd7smE  

 

Edited December 25, 2019 by Yankees4life

[Info Junkie 1286]

Part of a KNSD intro, 1995:

 

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

First, Merry Christmas to you 

 

Looking at the WVEC YouTube channel and they've been busy uploading their Navy Christmas/Holiday Salute specials ranging from 1988 to the most recent one I see was uploaded today being from 2012.

[hmaxhanson 650]

Now theres a WKYC open I haven't seen before:

 

 

KAIT from 1996 with News Series 2001:

 

 

KEZI from 1980 with The African Suite:

 

 

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

Going way back to perhaps the earliest newscast I have run across yet from Atlanta, WSB's 6:00 newscast from December 4, 1967

 

WSB-TV 6pm News, December 4, 1967

[WWUpdate 1292]

Two brand-new WBBM news promos from 1978:

 

 

[news89 468]

Finally a talent rejoin from WCHS in 1996 using Brave New World this one rare find.

 

 

Edited December 30, 2019 by news89

[10Viewer 338]

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

Edited April 11, 2020 by 8Viewer

[Info Junkie 1286]

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.

[news89 468]

2 hours ago, Info Junkie said:

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

Anything from the 80s is missing.  Also the Ultra News era and 2005 newscentral era graphics.

[WWUpdate 1292]

Love these really old newscasts... here's WTOP in D.C. from 1970:

 

 

Edited December 31, 2019 by WWUpdate

[Yankees4life 563]

5 hours ago, WWUpdate said:

Love these really old newscasts... here's WTOP in D.C. from 1970:

 

 

Look at the young Warner Wolf. Wow...

[WWUpdate 1292]

Speaking of very old clips, here's WZZM in Grand Rapids from 1966:

 

 

[Samantha 2902]

What's coming up on The Big News tonight? KELO was in a time warp for much of the 80s, not that it showed in the ratings:

 

 

KELO continued to use "The Big News" theme and name until 1990 (!):
 

 

[AJClementeFan69 477]

 

Crappy recording of a WISC weekend newscast in 1998 with the Star Trak theme. Would be nice if this person would digitize it (or send the tape to someone who can). Talent open at about 6:28.

Edited January 2, 2020 by AJClementeFan69

[Weeters 1969]

A treasure trove of 1998 WITI, all revolving around the retirement of John Drilling.

 

Some observations: The "Newscenter" set is brand new here (weeks old), and the newsroom and weather office have yet to be renovated to match. There are also still human camera operators in the studio. Also a few clips of Molly Fay, now over at WTMJ doing the Morning Blend, and Scott Steele who is now suing WTMJ/Scripps. 

 

A few of these packages were crammed right at the end of the show, so there's a few seconds of the classic Magnum close music sprinkled throughout. 

 

 

 

 

[qunewsguy 378]

Airchecks probably don't get much older than this!

 

 

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

2 hours ago, qunewsguy said:

Airchecks probably don't get much older than this!

 

 

Almost certainly the oldest surviving complete newscast yet to be discovered (special emphasis on complete)

[Info Junkie 1286]

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

 

[Samantha 2902]

We've already seen KXTV's coverage of Loma Prieta as it started to unfold—now we have a full, 45-minute (!) 11pm show from that night, and it's a treat with its own special open.

 

 

Not the only long KXTV aircheck we got in the last week: five and a half minutes of coverage of the Sun Valley Mall plane crash in Concord from 1985. At the time, the station was still using the Tuesday "Spirit of California" theme:

 

 

[Marvin Dillweed 74]

KOMU-TV/Columbia, MO in 1973:

 

 

[nbc9houston 22]

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

 

 

 

Edited January 5, 2020 by nbc9houston