Classic Video Thread (pre-2008)

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

From goldenarmable (commercials included in video):

 

2 segments from a 1982 CBS Evening News broadcast with Morton Dean (guessing a weekend edition)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzMIeuvWp9k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NNK8TS8SJc

 

WNEW tease/intro from 1983 (starts with a brief promo for CBS' Scarecrow and Mrs. King followed by a brief channel jump, and the "jungle" theme is still used here)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJFSEf1Nx_E

 

Another 1983 New York clip; this time from WABC's Eyewitness News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7A_GXy77dM

 

And for something more recent, the sports report by WMAQ's Jon Kelley (from the United Center before Game 2 of the 1996 NBA Finals, as a couple of Seattle players are warming up behind him {think I spotted Gary Payton} and close of the newscast)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cVEDYgyuIk

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

Got some new stuff up (all from about August 1994).

 

1994 Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric close (short-lived newsmag)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLMFvNIKRk0

 

1994 NBC Promo (seaQuest DSV)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxJu-Z-rEcg

 

1994 NFL on NBC Promo (AFC "Air Force")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJLczQppKus

 

1994 WAVY News 10 Topical (with a starting-to-go-gray Les Smith)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxSfBxUk92M

[Ntropolis 598]

WGHP news promos, 1994:

[JimmySand9 0]

Clip of the Kathy Fountain Show on WTVT from 1990 (with David Cassidy of the Partridge Family). Turn the volume up.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oQnzCHuk9A

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

From tcmedianow, here's a 1975 intro for a WTCN newscast (preceded by the closing from an episode of "Hee Haw" and a few commercials):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IDSDCxRgO0

[10Viewer 338]

That WTCN open is pretty advanced for1975 compared to many opens in the big markets at that time. The theme music is probably by Radio Band of America.

[13WHAMfan 5]

Here's a promo that was used by many stations in the 70s... This is WHAM's version. Not that I was alive back then, but it's pretty catchy haha.

 

[JimmySand9 0]

Lots of old KTNV promos from the 80's (posted by KTNV former sports anchor Ron Futrell, who also posted a lot of other stuff):

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

From goldenarmable:

 

1980 WBBM Pro Report Intro with Johnny Morris and Bruce Roberts (Roberts being a largely forgotten WBBM/CBS Sports personality during the 1960s and early 1970s)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-g0IBYUjYY

 

1988 ABC News Brief (Tom Jarriel/R.J. Reynolds purchasing Nabisco)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTMQGUBm0rs

[Oliverolang 41]

WFOR Close From New Years Day 1996:

[90stvland 1]

I posted some more videos from western PA. Surprisingly, I found some WTAJ IDs from 1988--not expecting this since this was recorded from Greensburg PA which is outside of the Altoona/Johnstown DMA.

 

Also, I found a commercial from WJAC advertising the grand opening of the Peacock Shoppe--stocked with NBC Merchandise!

[bmasters1 412]

 

CBS Sports "The NCAA Today" from 1983 (with Brent Musburger, Pat O'Brien, and Ara Parseghian; the featured game is Michigan/Illinois from Illinois Memorial Stadium in Champaign, IL). Apparently, "The NCAA Today" was like "The NFL Today," only for the college game. This clip includes local content from WCIA and WAND.

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CBS Sports "The NCAA Today" from 1983 (with Brent Musburger, Pat O'Brien, and Ara Parseghian; the featured game is Michigan/Illinois from Illinois Memorial Stadium in Champaign, IL). Apparently, "The NCAA Today" was like "The NFL Today," only for the college game. This clip includes local content from WCIA and WAND.

And at the beginning of the video...a young Dan Roan (before he went to WGN)!

[bmasters1 412]

And at the beginning of the video...a young Dan Roan (before he went to WGN)!

 

Good catch! I saw that too, but forgot to mention it. Good call!

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

From eastest566, here's a collection of 1972-78 WTOP ID's (colors slightly off)

 

And I've got a LOT of video from Sunday, October 22, 1995 (primarily NFL on NBC)

 

1995 Virginia Cavaliers Coaches Sports Show Close

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9blqYkwJtI

 

1995 NFL on NBC Pregame Show (Week 8)

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfpje1hD5Rc

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yigu02RdkFc

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekubDZt7McQ

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLIPzvYR5Ns

 

1995 NFL on NBC Intro (Jets/Dolphins)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DidYboKmjVk

 

1995 NFL on NBC Halftime Report (same game)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYVgm90Hv8A

 

1995 MLB on NBC Promo (Game 2 of World Series)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OUb5wCIrBY

 

1995 NFL on NBC Mid-Doubleheader report and Broncos-Chiefs intro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTdaKOL69wE

 

1995 NFL on NBC Halftime Report (Broncos-Chiefs)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBJ0ZYTJGms

 

1995 WAVY Halftime Newsbreak (with brief Montel Williams plug)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMKymSXICEQ

[nbc9houston 22]

KCAL and KNBC news footage of the Blue Line light rail line opening in L.A. (from 20 years ago today!):

[C Block 1566]

Who could remember KMGH's "Real Life, Real News"?

 

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[10Viewer 338]

Those KMGH opens are among the worst ever...hideous.

[channel2 982]

Those KMGH opens are among the worst ever...hideous.

 

They're not hideous. They're edgy. KMGH was going to be the future of Denver news, with a hard-hitting, tabloid format.

 

Unfortunately, it didn't catch on with us idiots and it flopped.

 

Seriously, it's a good thing. KDVR, however, tried tabloid and was successful, though it's probably less the content and more Fox being more popular than The WB/The CW down on KWGN.

[jerseyfla 207]

Here is an opening to NBC's MLB Game of the Week from 1986.

[eyewitness_news 5]

Here's WLNE's open from 1985. Funny, that's the same music used on WRGB.

[Marvin Dillweed 74]

Here's WLNE's open from 1985. Funny, that's the same music used on WRGB.

 

WLNE was a sister station of WRGB for years under Freedom ownership, until Freedom sold WLNE to Global Broadcasting.

[bmasters1 412]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX6436SiIwg

 

ABC "Monday Night Football" '78 (Miami Dolphins/Houston Oilers)

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

Intro for the 1976 MNF game between the New York Jets and New England Patriots. This was the game which Alex Karras sung the fight song concocted by then-Jets coach Lou Holtz.

[Ntropolis 598]

WXII talent bump 1996:

WXII weather 1996: