Classic Video Thread (pre-2008)

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48 minutes ago, H-Town TV Fan said:

WMAQ Channel 5 News at 10:00 (October 5, 1989)

 

A Thursday, this was only their 5th night in the newly-built NBC Tower.

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Here's a rarity---a 1983 newscast from KTVK in Phoenix during the Phil Allen/Jim Scoutten period of the Eyewitness News era. Apparently, the station was on the verge of becoming competitive at the time, but personnel changes would later once again doom it to runner-up status. It  took a management overhaul and the adoption of the NewsChannel 3 brand for the station to reverse its fortunes for good in the late 1980s:

 

 

Edited April 11, 2023 by WWUpdate

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In this 1987 clip, CBS Sunday Morning media critic Ron Powers takes a look at the state of television news at the time and sees some disturbing trends:

 

 

[10Viewer 334]

11 hours ago, WWUpdate said:

Here's a rarity---a 1983 newscast from KTVK in Phoenix during the Phil Allen/Jim Scoutten period of the Eyewitness News era. Apparently, the station was on the verge of becoming competitive at the time, but personnel changes would later once again doom it to runner-up status. It  took a management overhaul and the adoption of the NewsChannel 3 brand for the station to reveres its fortunes for good in the late 1980s:

 

Another ABC affiliate that used Ernie Anderson. Also, KTVK's news director at the time was Cecil Tuck, brother of Michael Tuck of San Diego fame and Gene Tuck from KTVI and KSAT. 

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12 hours ago, 8Viewer said:

 

KTVK's news director at the time was Cecil Tuck, brother of Michael Tuck of San Diego fame and Gene Tuck from KTVI and KSAT. 

 

You left out Beaumont's KJAC and KBMT, that's where Gene Tuck used to another back then.

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On 4/10/2023 at 7:43 AM, WWUpdate said:

Here's a rarity---a 1983 newscast from KTVK in Phoenix during the Phil Allen/Jim Scoutten period of the Eyewitness News era. Apparently, the station was on the verge of becoming competitive at the time, but personnel changes would later once again doom it to runner-up status. It  took a management overhaul and the adoption of the NewsChannel 3 brand for the station to reverse its fortunes for good in the late 1980s:

 

Holy mooing cake, it's Ernie Anderson voicing a KTVK news open. I never thought I'd hear that. I figured Tony Evans did it.

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On 4/10/2023 at 9:10 PM, 8Viewer said:

 

Another ABC affiliate that used Ernie Anderson. Also, KTVK's news director at the time was Cecil Tuck, brother of Michael Tuck of San Diego fame and Gene Tuck from KTVI and KSAT. 

 

Here's an Arizona Republic article from 1981 about Cecil Tuck and his decision to pair Allen and Scoutten, while demoting Dave Nichols and getting rid Ray Thompson:

 

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55737168/changes-at-channel-3/

[H-Town TV Fan 214]

Various WEAU NewsCenter 13/WREX Dateline 13 News clips (1980)

 

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WBBM, Chicago: 10 p.m., 1979:

 

 

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An entire weekend Eyewitness News Tonight newscast from WLS in Chicago, 1983 (the Seven on Your Side era):

 

 

 

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[H-Town TV Fan 214]

WMAQ Channel 5 News at 5:00 (March 10, 1985)

 

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Someone finally posted Today Show coverage of the day following Princess Diana's death (1997)

Another "new" Today post from 1997, 3 yers before the tragic events. Back when September 11th was just a regular date!

 

Edited April 17, 2023 by MediaZone4K

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3 hours ago, H-Town TV Fan said:

WMAQ Channel 5 News at 5:00 (March 10, 1985)

 

 

It intrigues me that as late as 1985, WMAQ was still using news opens from the late NewsCenter 5 era (which ended in 1982), with "Channel 5 News" awkwardly overlaid on top of the original "NewsCenter 5" title:

 

 

Edited April 17, 2023 by WWUpdate

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KOIN NewsCenter 6 at 11 open, 11/18/1997 - found at the Spokane Goodwill Outlet two weeks ago, 350 miles or so from Portland

I have some Missoula news clips to post soon!

[H-Town TV Fan 214]

WVUE News 8 at 10:00 (July 12, 1995)

 

WTVH Eyewitness News 5 at 11:00 open (February 6, 2002)

 

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WMAQ, Chicago; 10 p.m. weekend news, 1999:

 

 

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On 4/16/2023 at 10:30 PM, WWUpdate said:

 

It intrigues me that as late as 1985, WMAQ was still using news opens from the late NewsCenter 5 era (which ended in 1982), with "Channel 5 News" awkwardly overlaid on top of the original "NewsCenter 5" title:

 

 

 

And that that WMAQ weekend early edition still had traces of the Serif Gothic font, especially in the editorial segment at the end.

 

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A 9 p.m. WGN newscast during the 1991 Gulf War:

 

 

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A 1983 topical promo for KTVK's Eyewitness News and the opening minutes of ABC's World News This Morning with coverage of the '83 Coalinga earthquake:

 

 

[H-Town TV Fan 214]

WIS News Nightcast (August 27, 1996)

 

WIS News  Olympic News Updates (July 22 and August 4, 1996)

 

 

WIS News: The 7:00 Report (July 22, 1996)

 

Credit to @Ntropolis for these rare finds!

[H-Town TV Fan 214]

WBBH TV-20 Eyewitness News at 6:00 (October 18, 1990)

 

WBBH TV-20 Eyewitness News at 6:00 (August 4, 1982)

 

WBBH TV-20 Eyewitness News at 6:00 (July 9, 1985)

 

WWL Eyewitness News at 10:00 (January 27, 1981)

 

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WACH 10pm open from 1996

 

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ABC's World News Tonight reports on Carol Marin's sudden resignation from WMAQ in the wake of the Jerry Springer fiasco, 1997:

 

 

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And this is how Springer responded in his first--and next to last--commentary on WMAQ:

 

 

[H-Town TV Fan 214]

WRBL Eyewitness News Update (October 3, 1986)

 

WBAL Action News Special Report on the Colts' move to Indianapolis (January 1984)