Classic Video Thread (pre-2008)

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1 minute ago, promoguy98 said:

@WWUpdate@Spring Rubber  The theme appears to be a custom "newswire" cut and mixout variation originally made for a series of promos with the tagline: Committed to Chicago. You can make out the newswire audio logo towards the end for a sports promo in the first commerical break at 9:42 and in the morning show tease during the second comm. break at 16:26 in the 1997 clip above.

 

Here's another mix variation of it for a 1995 "Commited to Chicago" news promo.  There may be more promos on Youtube.

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

 

 

Interesting! So do you think that they adopted this cut as a transitional theme ahead of the Newschannel 5 rebrand?

[promoguy98 253]

4 minutes ago, WWUpdate said:

 

Interesting! So do you think that they adopted this cut as a transitional theme ahead of the Newschannel 5 rebrand?

Sure seems like it... it's almost as if they decided to use a heavier drum mix of the cut as a transitional theme leading up to the rebrand. It's a lot more in your face soundiing compared to the normal newswire cuts.

Edited November 13, 2020 by promoguy98

[24994J 5575]

Charlie Gibson's final GMA, June 2006.

 

 

[hmaxhanson 650]

You've seen this KAMR open before, but have you seen it with John Wells VO?

 

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WMAQ, Chicago; noon, 1990:

 

 

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WCIX, Miami; 1991:

 

 

[SoFloTVClassics 972]

WSVN Miami 1991

 

Edited November 16, 2020 by SoFloTVClassics

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The 1996 launch of Fox News Channel:

 

 

 

[Ntropolis 596]

WRIC in 1991 including news open

 

[KnoxvilleTVFan 286]

We take you back to 1990 when Mid State Television, Inc., the owners of W50BE (now WOHZ-CD), launched a news operation. It was known as "The Evening Journal." Here is the very first newscast they did as "TV50 Mansfield."
 

 

Edited November 17, 2020 by KnoxvilleTVFan

[SoFloTVClassics 972]

Duluth TV News 1992.

 

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The launch of MSNBC with Jodi Applegate, fresh from KTVK's Good Morning Arizona:

 

 

 

[SoFloTVClassics 972]

More vintage Duluth Newscasts from KDUH and KBJR.

 

 

 

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WMAQ, Chicago; 4:30pm, 1986, when Warner Saunders was the sports anchor:

 

 

[Oliverolang 41]

2 hours ago, WWUpdate said:

WMAQ, Chicago; 4:30pm, 1986, when Warner Saunders was the sports anchor:

 

 

I honestly didn’t know that former KHOU vet Marlene McClinton worked at WMAQ before Houston.

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Here's a treat -- the 5pm hour of KTVK's Good Evening Arizona from 1996 with the director's track:

 

 

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On 9/21/2017 at 10:00 AM, WWUpdate said:

 

This promo has reminded me of the sung segment open used by KTVK in the early years of Good Evening Arizona before extended CNN segments:

 

"Bringing you the world, we're the home of CNN!"

 

I wonder if that jingle has ever popped up on YouTube?

 

And the clip above means we now have this as well: https://youtu.be/aO22akMfbjw?t=1724

 

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CLTV, Chicago, 1997:

 

 

[Samantha 2895]

Holy heck. That jingle. It's the most KTVK-tastic thing ever. Truly the David Miller Special.

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And another treat from Bryan Beasley; an edition of Good Evening Arizona from 1995, when KTVK was a freshly minted independent:

 

 

[Breaking News 826]

WSB-TV 1992- Noon News w/ Chris Curle [Justin Farmer's mother]  Vic Carter  [Now at WJZ]

 

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And speaking of Chris Curle, here she is co-anchoring Take Two on CNN with her husband Don Farmer back in 1982. The topic is local TV news consultants and Al Primo, the father of Eyewitness News, is the guest:

 

 

[newsteam13 394]

10 hours ago, Breaking News said:

WSB-TV 1992- Noon News w/ Chris Curle [Justin Farmer's mother]  Vic Carter  [Now at WJZ]

 

 

Curle's husband Don Farmer co-anchored with Monica Kaufman at night. Curle and Farmer went to WSB ABC 2 after their stint at CNN across town. These two lovebirds were part of the network's first news team since CNN's inception in 1980.

Edited November 21, 2020 by newsteam13

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Dave Walker and Lois Hart were another husband-and-wife team at CNN back in the 1980s. In fact, they anchored the channel's premiere broadcast on June 1, 1980. Here's a short profile of the duo:

 

 

[newsteam13 394]

1 hour ago, WWUpdate said:

Dave Walker and Lois Hart were another husband-and-wife team at CNN back in the 1980s. In fact, they anchored the channel's premiere broadcast on June 1, 1980. Here's a short profile of the duo:

 

 

 

CNN had TWO husband/wife anchor teams:

- Dave Walker and Lois Hart (who returned to northern California to anchor at KCRA)

- Chris Curle and Don Farmer (who stayed in Atlanta to anchor at WSB ABC 2)
 

Of course, Dave Walker and Lois Hart was the first team to kick things off on June 1, 1980. Throughout the first hour, the second team Curle and Farmer explained how CNN worked.