Another collection of promos from KHTV during the mid 80s. See the original here: http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=BpSA5dCzF 6k
-Pardon the jumpiness on this clip, but the tape I pulled most of these from seemed to have that happening throughout.
A weather segment from the last Good Morning Houston before Christmas, 1989. This was the morning a number of freeways froze over and it snowed much of the day in Houston.
A clip from "Nearly Noon", a KPRC news program that aired at 11:30 AM for several years in the late 80's. This day was headlined by the unseasonable cold and rare snowfall as well as the effects of both on the Houston area.
Taped from OETA's Oklahoma City station, this generally aired around 12AM or later depending on what programing aired.
The nightly sign-off was discontinued in 2006 when the network switched to a 24-hour format, relying on PBS' network feed.
An overview of the early version of News 2 Houston and the way it was presnted just after the format began.
If you're curious, the graphics were done by the defunct Boston-based firm of LoConte Goldman Design.
A brief compilation of different angled views of the new set that KTRK introduced just this weekend. Taken from the 5:30 and late newscast Sunday Evening
Here is a clip from the first part of the Sunday evening 10 PM newscast during the evening a small hurricane made landfall in the area. Tim Lake, now of WCAU in Philadelphia, anchors along with long-time weatherman Ted Shaw. The clip also features reporters Ken Kalthoff (KXAS), Amy Huggins & one of my personal favorites, the late great Jack Cato.
Today was the day this new set based in the newsroom made it's debut. The sports department appears to have been moved stage left and the web center is now stage right.
Although it was first used only on the 12 & 5PM newscasts, after a week all newscasts were moved to this set. The previous set (just over 10 years old) is being replaced in the interim and will debut later this year.
A report by KAMC reporter Scott Kamp goes behind the scenes at Wheel of Fortune.
Interestingly enough, both anchor Sharon Maines and "Wheel" itself are on KCBD these days.
Although the station technically doesn't sign off, this sequence does air every morning: Weekdays as the precursor to World News Now and just before 5 AM on weekend mornings.
The version of the SSB used here has been on the station's other sequences over the years, being the constant. I might have one from '99 or '00 with the "Meditations" segment included. Stay tuned...
From the summer of 1990, Marvin took time to visit a woman who called Action 13 with a bit of a frog situation.
I'll be posting more clips in tribute to the man as I find them.
The morning news update anchored by Tom Koch.
One interesting feature is the sign-language interpreter, which is a service that has been used exclusively for the 8:25 AM update for several decades.
This station is actually a low-power NBC affiliate for Binghamton, New York that broadcasts on channel 20, but has an allotment on cable channel 5 hence "NBC 5".
It is the sister station to WIVT, the ABC affiliate in the market and simulcasts several of its' newscasts. This is also the reason it uses Frank Gari's "News Station" as the music piece.
![KAMC: \"Behind The Wheel\", 1987](http://img.youtube.com/vi/1SswK3TgZ-g/2.jpg "KAMC: \\"Behind The Wheel\\", 1987")
