SoFloTVClassics 905 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 WOKR in 1987... WHO in 1989... A March 1994 KPNX tease with Sean McLaughlin (!) and Ron Hoon (!): Not news material, but certainly rare. ASPN (not a typo!) was something of Arizona's first RSN, as it had the rights to the Suns and high school football telecasts (it's the predecessor to what's now YurView Arizona in that regard): ASPN huh? Betcha ESPN got pretty pissed and demanded to change or sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Happy Midweek! 2 Post-network Switch newscasts from DFW. KTVT (Ft. Worth) August 25, 1995 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]238499973[/MEDIA] WFAA (Dallas) August 26, 1995 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239354663[/MEDIA] J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 ASPN huh? Betcha ESPN got pretty pissed and demanded to change or sue. It had existed since the fall of 1981, in fact — and kept the name for 15 years! With its launch on September 7, 1996, Fox Sports Arizona and ASPN (or Cox Sports — Dimension had been sold at this point) began sharing a channel on the Cox cable system. Cox Sports held the rights to the Suns, but Fox Sports had Pac-10 football (including its opening night telecast of an ASU football game and quite a few games in the Sun Devils' Rose Bowl season, though it was not until 1998 that the university moved its own games from KTVK) and the newly relocated Coyotes. If you want to be more confused, ASPN apparently picked up Prime Sports programming. (Prime Sports' LA feed was even available for a time in Tucson!) It wasn't until June that Prime wanted to set up its own Arizona channel: "Prime move? Prime Sports, the subsidiary of Fox-Liberty Sports, is negotiating with Cox about leaving ASPN for a separate channel of its own. It would house the Diamondbacks (in two years), along with with Coyotes and its Pac-10 football and basketball packages. If a separate channel is landed, Cox may pay as much as a 50-cent-per-subscriber increase to Prime, which, in turn, undoubtedly will be passed on to subscribers in the monthly basic cable cost. Johnson says negotiations are ongoing, but said a decision hasn't been reached and ASPN remains a viable outlet." In between that (which turned out to be what happened) and September 1, the Prime Sports brand was dropped for Fox Sports. While it was announced that the rest of the RSNs would not change until October, the new Arizona network was exclusively referred to Fox Sports Arizona in the paper, though apparently it did use Prime Sports Arizona for two months. The Suns remained with Cox for some time after. For the 1998-99 NBA season, Cox Sports was replaced with the more general-themed Cox 9 (later Cox 7, then YurView Arizona — the rebrand also allowed Cox to give KAZT channel 7 on cable). Fox Sports picked up the Suns at some point after in the early 2000s. YurView continues to dabble in sports besides high school, particularly with GCU, though it has also telecast Arizona Rattlers and other smaller sports events in the past. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 To make up for that wall of text... ...we'll go from KSTWashington: ...to Washington's most experienced news team...News 7! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Bonus video from the South... WBRC (Birmingham) September 10, 1994 [MEDIA=vimeo]239748690[/MEDIA] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 905 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 It had existed since the fall of 1981, in fact — and kept the name for 15 years! With its launch on September 7, 1996, Fox Sports Arizona and ASPN (or Cox Sports — Dimension had been sold at this point) began sharing a channel on the Cox cable system. Cox Sports held the rights to the Suns, but Fox Sports had Pac-10 football (including its opening night telecast of an ASU football game and quite a few games in the Sun Devils' Rose Bowl season, though it was not until 1998 that the university moved its own games from KTVK) and the newly relocated Coyotes. If you want to be more confused, ASPN apparently picked up Prime Sports programming. (Prime Sports' LA feed was even available for a time in Tucson!) It wasn't until June that Prime wanted to set up its own Arizona channel: "Prime move? Prime Sports, the subsidiary of Fox-Liberty Sports, is negotiating with Cox about leaving ASPN for a separate channel of its own. It would house the Diamondbacks (in two years), along with with Coyotes and its Pac-10 football and basketball packages. If a separate channel is landed, Cox may pay as much as a 50-cent-per-subscriber increase to Prime, which, in turn, undoubtedly will be passed on to subscribers in the monthly basic cable cost. Johnson says negotiations are ongoing, but said a decision hasn't been reached and ASPN remains a viable outlet." In between that (which turned out to be what happened) and September 1, the Prime Sports brand was dropped for Fox Sports. While it was announced that the rest of the RSNs would not change until October, the new Arizona network was exclusively referred to Fox Sports Arizona in the paper, though apparently it did use Prime Sports Arizona for two months. The Suns remained with Cox for some time after. For the 1998-99 NBA season, Cox Sports was replaced with the more general-themed Cox 9 (later Cox 7, then YurView Arizona — the rebrand also allowed Cox to give KAZT channel 7 on cable). Fox Sports picked up the Suns at some point after in the early 2000s. YurView continues to dabble in sports besides high school, particularly with GCU, though it has also telecast Arizona Rattlers and other smaller sports events in the past. Wow. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 802 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Here an oldie but a goodie from KING5 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Remember when KPNX was actually good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info Junkie 1285 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Bonus video from the South... WBRC (Birmingham) September 10, 1994 [MEDIA=vimeo]239748690[/MEDIA] Been looking for that ‘BRC open forEVER... I always liked that look by the way. Here’s some News 15, including a close! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I think this is the first image song I've heard from the People You Can Count On (The Coast) campaign! And this must be the image package that prompted the alternate signature of Great News/KBJR... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=7cYX2LRCZuo;t=264 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaxhanson 650 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 A bit of KPIX from 1983: And KXTV when it still took news seriously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=SZpt5dfr8UA;m=21;s=21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneManHerd 553 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 And this must be the image package that prompted the alternate signature of Great News/KBJR... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=7cYX2LRCZuo;t=264 Most definitely a Gari jingle, complete with Florence Warner. And that may be the only instance I know of an NBC affiliate airing Arsenio (and the Disney Afternoon). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Most definitely a Gari jingle, complete with Florence Warner. And that may be the only instance I know of an NBC affiliate airing Arsenio (and the Disney Afternoon). KBJR did not have that jingle made for themselves (the news package is definitely a custom and you'll see why). There's an incomplete (old, one account probably deleted) YT comment thread in which it's sort of implied that the jingle might have been used in Nashville. WSMV did use "4 the Family" as a station slogan in the late 80s and early 90s, and they had a ton of image campaigns in this general period. (Seriously, the decade-plus of Hello usage masks a considerable amount of change at channel 4!) nashvilletv.org did have a copy of this, but the whole site has disappeared in recent months. On Internet Archive copies of the site, they list a 615 campaign from 1986 and a Florence Warner-sung Gari jingle from 1987. (The RealMedia files are no longer downloadable, unfortunately.) We do still have two of the later themes that used that campaign in some form. One is a resing of Turn To, again only used for image purposes: The other was The Diary, whose image song began airing in December 1992. This one did make it to the newscasts on January 4, 1993: (Also consult the WSMV-centric demo of Yours Truly from JAM — the line "We're 4 the Family, always here for you" is in that image song, too!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bixpchiphead 105 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 A bit of KPIX from 1983: Yay KPIX with the "set in the round" in action. I believe that this was the last set 'PIX used @ their Van Ness studios, before moving to 855 Battery.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaxhanson 650 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Apparently 'BZ had a 7:30 newscast in 1991: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=MTY3PvlEJ_8;m=3;s=9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 427 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Most definitely a Gari jingle, complete with Florence Warner. And that may be the only instance I know of an NBC affiliate airing Arsenio (and the Disney Afternoon). If memory serves me right, I can think of at least two other NBC affiliates - WGRZ and WPTZ - airing The Disney Afternoon. Both probably serving their larger audiences north of the border as much as those at home. Apparently 'BZ had a 7:30 newscast in 1991: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=MTY3PvlEJ_8;m=3;s=9 Funny that 7:30 is one of the few times Boston doesn't have news today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfomspphl 453 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Yay KPIX with the "set in the round" in action. I believe that this was the last set 'PIX used @ their Van Ness studios, before moving to 855 Battery.... Actually it was the first set at 855 Battery! Lasted about 4 years. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthesea 292 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Apparently 'BZ had a 7:30 newscast in 1991: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=MTY3PvlEJ_8;m=3;s=9 The 7.30 Report was a newsmagazine that started during the Gulf War, but aired until September 1992, when 'BZ replaced it with Entertainment Tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonmediaguy 123 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 The 7.30 Report was a newsmagazine that started during the Gulf War, but aired until September 1992, when 'BZ replaced it with Entertainment Tonight. It replaced "Evening Magazine." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 A WOKR promo from 1984... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bixpchiphead 105 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Actually it was the first set at 855 Battery! Lasted about 4 years. Thank you for the correction.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Happy Thursday Night - 2 from Albany and another KPRC! WTEN (Albany) February 8, 1997 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239357422[/MEDIA] WXXA (Albany) February 8, 1997 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239750743[/MEDIA] KPRC (Houston) December 3, 1997 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]239750197[/MEDIA] Also, I'm testing some 30fps vs. 60fps content from SD: http://mezzogreen.com/kprc3060 Thoughts/Comments? (Vimeo seems to be giving me fits with the 60fps video...) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 A tornado warning interrupts regularly scheduled programming on Chicago's WMAQ, 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=9MxfSB974Fk;t=38 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesapeakeTV 310 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Also, I'm testing some 30fps vs. 60fps content from SD: http://mezzogreen.com/kprc3060 [url=http://mezzogreen.com/kprc3060][/url] Thoughts/Comments? (Vimeo seems to be giving me fits with the 60fps video...) Night and day in favor of 60. It's really rare to see vintage content in it...if you can find a way to do it, it makes a huge difference! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Wow, that WXXA open is voiced by Larry Van Nuys! Also, that KPRC animation must have been made at the same time at this thing. They both have the same problem... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=tvGL7GbJ-6k;t=29 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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