Classic Video Thread (pre-2008)

[KnoxvilleTVFan 286]

36 minutes ago, hmaxhanson said:

WTAP with what could be the last usage anywhere of News Image/News Image Plus:

 

And the open they used reminds me of how WFSB in Hartford, CT opened their newscasts back in the 1990s.

[SoFloTVClassics 1003]

A boatload of South Florida Newscasts heading your way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[WWUpdate 1292]

WBBM pays tribute to meteorologist and aviation expert Jim Tilmon, who died over the weekend. The piece includes plenty of historical footage featuring the Chicago TV legend:

 

 

Here's a longer version of one of the clips seen above -- Tilmon on WMAQ in 1979 providing his analysis of what caused the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 immediately after taking off from O'Hare:

 

 

Edited January 18, 2021 by WWUpdate

[WWUpdate 1292]

A 1990 newscast from independent station KHTV in Houston:

 

 

[Georgie56 3318]

A slew of 2006 Thanksgiving weekend Chicago news starting with WBBM's 6pm.

 

 

[newsteam13 400]

One of my favorite news themes is the KPRC NBC2 Custom Package from Toby Arnold and Associates. NBC2 in Houston used that theme from 1988 until 1992. In this broadcast of Channel 2 News Nightcast from 1989, we'll get to hear the almost complete closing theme at the 24:48 mark
 

 

Then for the 6pm newscast from 1990, we get to hear a different closing theme at the 28:29 mark, which is part of the KPRC custom news theme package
 

 

[24994J 5621]

WMAQ, Saturday morning news, 2006, featuring baby Ginger Zee, soon after her arrival in Chicago.

 

 

[Yankees4life 561]

We got 2

A 1987 WFMY newscast
https://youtu.be/PDk3o4my4Bc 

And a 1994 WCAU news open (jump to 13:10)
https://youtu.be/3KckNywaal0 

 

Edited January 19, 2021 by Yankees4life

[Georgie56 3318]

WFLD's morning show, 2006, pre-Good Day Chicago.

 

 

[10Viewer 338]

Very early WTSP "10 News" promo from January 1992 after the rebrand from "NewsCenter 10". Also, there are several promos that do not appear to have Gari's "Great News" and might be "On Your Side" by 615.

 

[WWUpdate 1292]

WGN, Chicago, 1965:

 

 

[compubit 674]

A 17+ year old newscast from Deep East Texas!
https://player.vimeo.com/video/260678943

KTRE 12/31/2003 10pm

Edited January 21, 2021 by compubit

[TexasTVNews 1378]

 

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

On 1/15/2021 at 12:14 AM, Samantha said:

Not exactly local news, but with plenty of interesting presentation: CBN NewsWatch Today for November 4, 1995, with a custom Gari package and voiceover by Hal Brown:

 

 

My family recorded a lot of the 700 Club and a fair amount of TV preachers in general (comes with the territory of being a preacher's kid); and I've seen this intro for the news segments (this was during the period when CBN effectively treated the news segment as almost a separate series from the 700 Club proper) quite a bit. 

 

Knowing that this was a Gari track has me a bit curious as to whether a clean version of the theme might surface.

[compubit 674]

To let everyone know who hasn’t figured it out, my Vimeo account is back, and all of the old videos have been resurrected...

 

Here’s the link to my 2021 channel (new stuff as it’s posted...):

https://vimeo.com/channels/1672797
 

Recent additions include:

WRC from 1998

Binghamton/Utica from 2001

Jackson, MS from 2004

KDUH from 2005 (Near the end of local newscasts On this incarnation of the station - the newscasts we’re going by the KOTA Territory Name at this time, but we’re being done out of KDUH, except the weather from KOTA/Mike Modrick )

The full site is here:

https://vimeo.com/compubit

 

Enjoy!

Jim

 

Edited January 23, 2021 by compubit

[SoFloTVClassics 1003]

From the jon fox collection, various 1989 news intros, some you've already seen, and some you haven't.

 

 

[WWUpdate 1292]

From 2006, the Saturday morning news from Chicago's WBBM:

 

 

[WWUpdate 1292]

On 1/10/2021 at 6:49 PM, WWUpdate said:

 

Some elements remind me of another failed format:

 

 

 

And then there was WWOR:

 

 

[sfomspphl 498]

KRON NewsCenter 4 Update 12/31/86 - vintage early Gary Radnich joking with Emerald Yeh during the sports segment

 

 

[WWUpdate 1292]

WMAQ, Chicago; 10 p.m., 1996:

 

 

[WWUpdate 1292]

For all of you dying to know where my username comes from (but a great clip regardless -- along with an unforgettable theme and long-time Washington anchor Leon Harris):

 

 

 

Edited January 26, 2021 by WWUpdate

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

November 8, 1979 premiere broadcast of ABC's The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage (which by April 1980 would be retooled into Nightline)

 

[hmaxhanson 650]

KRON had the big boy Hambrick as anchor in 1977: 

KRDO in 1995, is this a Gari theme?

And ewjxn now has footage from Green Bay:

 

 

[newsteam13 400]

36 minutes ago, hmaxhanson said:

KRDO in 1995, is this a Gari theme?

 

 

Yes it is! It's called the CBS-AM package, which KRDO was using in 1994 with (a) a lipstick makeover of the old set and (b) graphics. By this time in 1995, KRDO had just gotten a new set (with a new news open and graphics to go along with it). KRDO was still using the CBS-AM package, they just changed the cuts to reflect the new set in 1995.

One year later in 1996, KRDO kept the 1995 news open, but they switched to another Gari theme, which was Image News, first used by Hearst stations.

[Breaking News 835]

WFAA-News 8 Noon 1995 --- Idk Rene Syler worked at the big dominate 8 before moving over to CBS 11.

 

Edited January 28, 2021 by Breaking News