WWUpdate 1290 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Thames Television; London, UK; 1980 -- a crash on the London Underground is the lead story: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox2 190 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 "Thames News" was probably the first news program I really liked as a kid. Here are some of my recordings from back then! They had a pretty "unique" news theme in '89! And you'd have to say that long-running Thames River ID (in your clip above) must be one of the all-time greats. For what it's worth, I was fascinated by the retro, minimalist, vaguely "Eastern Bloc" vibe I got from this as a primary school kid.. and their timeless ID in 1989 - elegant and stunning to this day. (and the great News at One) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 802 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 WVUE/Channel 8 [then ABC] 1983/1986 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 802 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 WITI/Channel 6 switch from CBS to FOX WJBK/Channel 2 switch from CBS to FOX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1366 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 In Honor, in memory and in tribute to the late, grat Rich Fisher. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthesea 292 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Here's a very funny moment of Rich Fisher while working at WXYZ. He steals the cookies that Bill Bonds was promoting on the air. (around 2:00) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Neat clip from WXFL (now WFLA) from 1988. Noon news with Bill Ratliff, Barbara Callahan and Jim Smith, who worked at WXYZ for several years in the 70s: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Dillweed 73 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 KGO-TV in 1963: KABC-TV Watts Riots Coverage from 1965: WJXT/Jacksonville noon news in 1986: CBS News *attempted* coverage of the Tiananmen Square Crackdown in 1989: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Holy Cleveland... It's all 90s stuff too, including plenty around the affiliation switch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myygd4OLOdA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h7GTgx7Rl4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zKFCQvzULQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwErjemeD9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXgZ1iLkRUU 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBC5NewsUnova 65 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 More classic WXTV! This time a weather report from the 1990s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 A cool, two-minute (!) promo featuring WNBC and NBC News personalities, 1997: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesapeakeTV 310 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Our source needs a capture card, but apparently WDIV ran through news opens like candy in the early 80's... As seen on the first TVbD demo, they had a different open by 1983 but this music stuck around as a bumper. And all that, in turn, was gone by 1984... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 There's a clean version of that open/theme somewhere in a demo on YT... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneManHerd 553 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 There's a clean version of that open/theme somewhere in a demo on YT... Vimeo actually... [MEDIA=vimeo]10329074[/MEDIA] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 That's even better than what I had in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesapeakeTV 310 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Yeah, that's the exact TVbD demo I had in mind myself. Tried to submit the theme to the NMSA twice, nothing came of it (though the WJXT and WFSB opens on the reel did get added fairly recently). There is also this... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I usually try to find the newest material, but today, I'm making an exception and going a little further afield than usual... (At 3:58 in the last video: Uncle Murph!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWUpdate 1290 Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Has anyone seen ever seen clips from XETV's ABC era? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneManHerd 553 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Behind the scenes at Thames News. Going in, you might expect something special, even whimsical, in the news gathering process at the legendary Thames Television in London. If that's the case, prepare to be disappointed; Thames made news exactly the same way as, say, WSAZ or KFVS did here, stateside. I guess that's supposed to be expected; no point in reinventing the wheel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 WTRF, 1988: A WOAC sports bump, 1988 (yes, WOAC): WFSB, 5:30 in 1992: KNDO in 1995: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesapeakeTV 310 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 WTRF, 1988: Ha! I just submitted a cleaner copy of this open (and an unknown theme that came after it - both were actually posted on here ages ago) that I stumbled across on Facebook to the NMSA the other day. Now I know when they changed to that unknown...it also had a 1988 date on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 802 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 WSB-TV 1994 promos & opens... WSB-TV has always had a good promotions depts. Best promos. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Speaking of WTRF, here's a clip from 1995. No news material except for an L-box of school closings: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promoguy98 252 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Ha! I just submitted a cleaner copy of this open (and an unknown theme that came after it - both were actually posted on here ages ago) that I stumbled across on Facebook to the NMSA the other day. Now I know when they changed to that unknown...it also had a 1988 date on it. It's nice to finally see Mr. NMSA recognize the WANE-WWLP-WLOX etc. theme as VTS / News '80!! As Raymie and a few others have speculated, it must be some kind of V2 update to the original package or something. Speaking of cleaner copies, I've had the first 30 seconds of the theme in my Dropbox for a while, but recently discovered the last 30 seconds and tossed the pieces together. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qaae8xleopm5u0i/AACWvWssd11wXNjJOYO2fIUza?dl=0 look for: wwlp-wane-wlox_60 theme Unfortuntely the last half is not a full mix. It's mostly a rhythmic version and has a hissy quality. For verification, this YouTube clip from WLOX in 1990 shows how the theme is supposed to fit together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=h9HZP93CBsw;t=22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnoxvilleTVFan 286 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I checked out the bump pieces from the WWLP-WANE-KTVW-WLOX theme by VTS and it sounds really nice. Anyway, while checking out the YouTube app on my Kindle Fire, I found a WHNT newscast close from 1979 featuring a nice version of Tuesday's "News People" theme. Here is something rare. A clip from WCWB-TV (now WMGT) in Macon. This is from 1980 and features a report about President Reagan's trip to Georgia. No news open is included. [MEDIA=vimeo]204217663[/MEDIA] I do not know if this has been shared or not, but here is a clip of WTXL-TV as recorded in the mid 1980s. A WTXL fill-in anchor at the time, Steve Hunsicker, uploaded this clip of a morning news cut-in during "Good Morning America". [MEDIA=vimeo]10508754[/MEDIA] We take you back to 1993 were WATE-TV covered the Blizzard of '93 with anchors Russ Murphy and Denise Dillon. News open is at 0:56 into the video. A little warning: This was recorded via a video camera pointed to the TV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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