WAVY 10 Fan 233 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 What are some of your favorite news opens, talent introductions and/or closes? OPENS: WAVY (1980's as the Daily News) WAVY (2004-Nov. 2006) WAVY (New open, still w/Newswire) WVEC (with 1991 music) WVEC (current talent) WTKR (1992; only good thing about Eyewitness News experiment) CLOSES: WAVY (1995-present) WVEC (Special 50th Anniversary; 2003) WVEC (2004-present) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkridedan 4 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 WPVI (except those 5 days in 1996,) KYW (all throughout the 1980s,) WCAU (early 1980s using Channel 2 news,) WTAF/WTXF up to 2003 and WNBC (1980s,) WNEW 1977. TV-ARK, where'd you go? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 WAVY's Wall to Wall News open (early 90s) WUSA Promise News Package "Death Star" open (why is it nicknamed the "Death Star" open?) WWBT open... used from like... 2003 until 2006 WPVI's MCTYW opens KYW early 90s opens WFTS' short-lived 28News open with Elevation from 2002 WTVT's opens with Impact from 1995-1997 WSMV 1993 There's gotta be more opens I love... As for closes, definitely WAVY's, but only when they play out the music. They've kinda crapped it up now, they've got a little promo thing at the end with "Join WAVY News 10 at 5, 5:30, and 6, blah, blah, blah... from the station on your side!" Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaldave82 0 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Norfolk/Virginia Beach WAVY 1989-1995 Talent Opens (Wall to Wall) WTKR 1989-1992 Talent Opens (WWL News) WAVY 1995-1998 Talent Opens (Newswire) WVEC 1993-1996 Talent Opens (USA News) WAVY 1998-2004 Open (Newswire) WVBT 2000-2003(?) 10pm Open & Talent (The One and Only) WTKR (WGNT) 1995-1997 10pm Open (Millennium 3) Greenville/New Bern WNCT 1998-2004 Opens (Counterpoint) Richmond WRIC 2003-2004 Opens (Advantage) Washington, DC WTTG 2000-2006 10pm Open (The X-2 Package) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdcnow 14 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 WFAA's Evolution late-night opens and talent bumps. Some of the best I've ever seen, second only to anything RenderOn ever cranked out. It's a shame WFAA stopped using their talent bumps. The Saturday night News 8 Update talent bump was the best one of all. Brad Hawkins and Rebecca Rodriguez' slides would come on. Then more Hothaus live-action moving photography; Steve McCauley putting on his sportcoat. (The way Hothaus executed that shot in slow motion I thought was very professional and very well executed.) More hyperspeed Dallas traffic shots against the dark of night skyline, then Joe Trahan. Very well executed. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moshewx 19 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 WNBC-TV Live at Five 1989-1990 Remember when they had the 1 set for Live at Five and the second for News 4 New York at 6 and 11? At the end of Live at Five when Sue Simmons and Tony Guida signed off, the camera showed both sets. We saw Chuck Scarborough and Pat Harper sitting in their desk (the lights were off), and we saw Sue and Tony taking their micropohones and earpieces off and getting up and walking away from the set. This was done so they would not appear when News 4 at 6 began. (The 6pm set was right infront of the Live at Five desk). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
currie555 0 Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 The 1997 KSDK News Channel 5 Open using the Frank Gari "NBC New Millennium" package. I wish somebody had the clips of those news and talent opens and closes. NewsChannel 5 is the best news open I have seen circa 90s besides WAVY News 10. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePulse 318 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 KABC Pre-HD ([yt=425,350] [/yt]) Gotta love that Air 7! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewitness_news 5 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 WSVN's current open (since 2001) - the "rotating-as-if-it-were-in-3D" circle outside the 7 captured my attention. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Dallas/Ft. Worth KDFW (1987-1989) Your's Truly - JAM Productions KDFW (1997-2006) Outlaw News - Stephen Arnold Music (That's should have been FOX O&O Music) KDFW (2006-Present) FOX O&O Music - OSI Music (The highest Rated Theme Music) KXAS (1984-1990) Wall to Wall News - Stephen Arnold Music KXAS (1994-2005) Primetime News - Non-Stop Music (They should bring it Back on NBC 5) WFAA (1984-1991) Spirit - TM Porductions (I like the late 80's version) WFAA (1996-2004) The Spirit - Stephen Arnold Music (I love the closing when they revamed in 96) KTVT (1995-2000) Millennium 3 - Sheely Palmer (Turns Me On) KDAF (1998-2004) NewsEdge - Stephen Arnold Music Houston KPRC (1988-1992) KPRC Custom Package - Toby Arnold Music KPRC (1990-1993) NBC: The Place To Be - Unknown KPRC (1995-2006) Hometown News - Frank Gari (I like when it was News2Houston) KHOU (1989-1991) KHOU 1989 News Theme KHOU (1991-1994) KHOU Custom Package - John Hegner Music KHOU (1994-2000) American Spirit - John Hegner Music KHOU (1998-2003) The Spirit - Stephen Arnold Music (All-Time favorite KHOU Closing) KTRK (1984-1995) News Series 2000 - Frank Gari KTRK (1995-Present) Eyewitness News - Frank Gari KRIV (2006-Present) FOX O&O Music - OSI Music Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstNews8 13 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 WQAD- 1989-1992 WQAD- 1997 to NOW First News- Gari WLS- NS2000+- GARI ! NOW ! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanGuy 117 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 WDSU * Palmer News Package open for 6 pm and 10 pm, 1994-2000 WVUE * NewsCaster open for 5, 6, and 10 pm from 1987-90 (package used until '92, but they cut the open short in 90.) The fly-in from the swamps/open waters south of New Orleans into the city was classic. WWL * Eyewitness Morning News open using a variation of WWL-TV from 1983(?)-85. The drawing of the outline of the city skyline and the piano/horns music is my all-time favorite. I am still seeking this open to this day. A masterpiece. * Eyewitness News open for 5, 6 and 10 pm using WWL News from 1984-1990. It's the classic black background with the talent individually shown scrolling from top to bottom with a clock in the background (Angela Hill and Garland Robinette were anchors). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-1124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePulse 318 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 CITY CityPulse "golden" era open and close (my all time favorite) CityNews HD second era open (good signature twist; too bad they aren't using it as a close) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-1275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiggyfm 0 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 WSMV/Nashville's 1993-1994 http://nashvilletv.org/opens/wsmv19930104_6pmopen.rm I'll like anything (with in reason) with legal in it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-1278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelWick 0 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Tough to describe, and I don't know if they still use it-- but WJZ in Baltimore had a great open. the last stinger note of the theme was timed to hit video of a strobe flash on the tower. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/99-favorite-openscloses-of-all-time/#findComment-1430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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