Dang... Just about all the legends we watched over the years are now retired. Ron Magers: May 25th, 2016, Linda Yu: November 23rd, 2016, Warner Saunders: May 22nd, 2009, Mark Suppelsa: December 8th 2017.... Jerry Taft is almost at that step too!! :(
RIP to Floyd Kalber, John Coleman, Warner Saunders, Darrian Chapman, and Max Robinson. Ron Magers, Linda Yu, Mark Suppelsa, Jerry Taft, Jim Tillman are retired. Carol Marin, Marion Brooks, Brant Miller, Art Norman, Allison Rosati, and Rob Stafford is still at the station.
I personally remember when NBC 4 (aka WRC-TV) had a similar opening in the late 1960s to "News 4 Washington". This, of course, was when Neil Boggs and the late Glenn Rinker were reading the news. When the Roman numerals stopped at VI, that meant it was time for the six o'clock report; when the Roman numerals stopped at XI, it was the eleven o'clock report. The animated clock opening was interesting.
Thanks for posting that very first one, " NBC News Night Report" - I was a child when I saw that but could still remember that opening animation! Great catch!
Carol Marin is probably the most famous local newscaster due to her walking out when Jerry Springer got the commentary portion at the end of a newscast.
I know this was posted 5 years ago, and the creator may never look at this, but, my GOD, people, half of the clips are at volume 1 and half at volume 100. It is impossible to manage the volume control to hear them all. Put a little effort into equalizing your volume levels, people!
There are also some opens from the late '70s that aren't included in this compilation using Michael Randall's "NewsCenter Theme." I'm not entirely sure if the 1949 open is a legitimate one since I read somewhere that the clip it was from was used as a demo reel for the network execs in New York.
I'm back to ID a few more V/Os: Del Clark: 0:05-0:24 Jim Hill (not the longtime L.A. sportscaster): 0:54-1:05 Ed Grennan: 12:33-12:36 It seems as if NBC was trying to institute a standard look across its O&Os during the mid-'90s. The news opens from one station could have elements of opens on another. In particular, WMAQ's 1994-95 open (from 6:29-6:41) has the ending animation from WNBC's open and logo animation from KCNC's, not to mention the similar logos (and that open wasn't transcribed in the captioning).
