Classic Video Thread (pre-2008)

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A younger Scott Stovall on KNDO/KNDU's Late Edition news, from Veterans Day 1996 (he's been at KEPR now for several years).

Part of the KTXL (Sacramento) NewsPlus from July 31st, 1985, Andy Asher the anchor:

and a little clip of INN's USA Tonight, taped 6/12/88 off KNDO-23 Yakima with Marvin Scott (no local news on weekends).

 

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On the subject of INN, here's a 1982 clip featuring the last moments of WPIX's local news half-hour and a complete INN newscast (anchored by the same team at the time):

 

 

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Wildfire coverage from the now defunct Orange County Newschannel

 

[DucNguyen0131 49]

Here's the first eight minutes of a 1991 newscast from Fox Chicago station WFLD:

 

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With today being "TODAY"s 70th anniversary, he's a look back at their 30th, featuring a very well written and funny "Hill Street Blues" shout out at 01:46

 

[VHSgoodiesWA 309]

Start of a KIRO Eyewitness News broadcast with Nerissa Williams at the end of this video - 8/12/88

KIMA News at 11, 2/7/02

 

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1986 Today show documentary - lots of behind the scenes shots and clips

 

 

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KNBC's Newservice from 1970:

 

 

[VHSgoodiesWA 309]

This and a series of newsmagazine/newscast clips from the Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles (28 years ago tomorrow) have been re-posted:

 

[10Viewer 338]

Another Tampa Bay news open! WXFL 11pm from 1987:

 

 

[DucNguyen0131 49]

Here's a clip of a WCPO 1985 newscast, including the SportsFinal:

 

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

From NewsActive3; a January 1988 WTLV newscast in Jacksonville, with Harmon Wages on sports (Wages, a former Atlanta Falcons running back during the team's early years, had come back home to Jacksonville after his sportscasting career in Atlanta imploded following a 1985 cocaine bust) and a post-WCKT, pre-700 Club Lee Webb anchoring solo

 

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Here's a complete 1982 WGN newscast with John Drury from 1982 with INN. This was Drury's last stint at WGN before he rejoined WLS in 1984. He started out as an anchor at WBBM in the 1960s, moved to WGN, then WLS, then WGN again, and then spent the final 18 years of his career back at WLS.

 

 

Edited January 19, 2022 by WWUpdate

[DucNguyen0131 49]

Here's a 1974 newscast from KNXT:

 

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Note Joseph Benti's comments beginning at around the 29:45 mark. His embarrassment hints at his growing doubts about local TV news, a dissatisfaction that caused him to leave the industry a few years later.

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On 11/25/2017 at 2:53 AM, WWUpdate said:

WMAQ, Chicago; a special edition of the 10 p.m. news devoted to the Blizzard of 1979:

 

 

 

Part 2:

 

 

 

Part 3:

 

 

 

We've seen WMAQ's coverage of Chicago's Blizzard of 1979 (above). Now, thanks to WBBM's own YouTube account, here's that station's coverage:

 

 

Part 2:

 

Part 3:

 

Part 4:

 

Edited January 21, 2022 by WWUpdate

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Love that they restored the footage quality. I like how dim the old lighting looks, everything in the HD era appears so washed out these days.

14 hours ago, WWUpdate said:

 

We've seen WMAQ's coverage of Chicago's Blizzard of 1979 (above). Now, thanks to WBBM's own YouTube account, here's that station's coverage:

 

 

Part 2:

 

Part 3:

 

Part 4:

 

Back to Today (1952) Im surprised news tickers were utilized this early into broadcast tv.

 

Edited January 22, 2022 by iron_lion

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Ah, so this is where the musical signature in the KSAZ version of Prime News comes from:

 

 

[VHSgoodiesWA 309]

KCRA 3 Reports clip takes up most of this clip from 11/7/88, the night before the 1988 election

Reposting this - albeit ghosty/fuzzy, KSTW 11 at 11, 4/30/1995, shortly after switch to CBS. Kevin Reece anchoring.

And NEW overall - Heidi Tauber anchoring KIMA NewsBeat in August 1986.

 

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Here's a WJXT newscast from January 21, 1988:

 

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Here's a WRGB newscast from 1983, when it was a CBS affiliate. It uses the same theme as KOA-TV (now KCNC) in Denver and WNGE (now WKRN) in Nashville had around.

 

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2 hours ago, Duc4TVNewsTalk said:

Here's a WRGB newscast from 1983, when it was a CBS affiliate. It uses the same theme as KOA-TV (now KCNC) in Denver and WNGE (now WKRN) in Nashville had around.

 

That's probably because those three stations were sisters, owned by General Electric at the time.

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Remember that I commented that I wished I could see how KPRC signed-off back in 1983? Well, here it is!

 

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MP King, a member of YouTube, uploaded a KSLA newscast close from 1984 which features a vocal tag at the end. You can view the news close starting at 0:05.

But wait, there's more. Here is a KSLA news open from 1986 using the Jake Pittman theme which you can see at 3:39.
 

 

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Clip of KOVR 13 News from November 7th, 1998, the night John Glenn made it home from the Space Shuttle Discovery, and also the day that Newt Gingrich announced he would step down as House Speaker.