Blue Dogs Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Ladies and gentlemen, I know some of y'all used to watch those "Eyewitness News Updates" on Ch. 13 during movie breaks or TV show breaks, here's several examples: Sunday, February 3, 1986: Jim Rosenfield subbed in for Van Hackett & Melanie Lawson, who both took the weekend off. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3dnko_abc-ktrk-newsbriefs-promos-halt_news *The 1:39 mark is where you'll see the enlarged Texas state flag in the background of the Update shot with the Circle 13 logo. Sunday, July 21, 1985 with Melanie Lawson Van Hackett sometime around 1985 (anyone can tell me which date this update brief took place, let me know). http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2is83_ktrk-houston-newsbreaks-1985-abc-pro-news July 12, 1985 with Dave Ward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Stations including 13 still do this, they just don't call them "updates" or "newsbreaks" most times anymore. They just break them down to their essence and tease the stories that will air on the upcoming newscasts for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 Didn't other ABC O&O stations use similar versions of news updates with their state flag like Ch. 13 did or was 13 the only one who used it, as seen in the photograph and video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Stations including 13 still do this, they just don't call them "updates" or "newsbreaks" most times anymore. They just break them down to their essence and tease the stories that will air on the upcoming newscasts for the most part.In 13's case, they do one during the newscast, at least the 4:30, 5, and 6 broadcasts. "Now, here's Art Rascon with a look ahead to what we're working on for Live@Five." Depending on how old you are, you'll remember that several of the networks actually blocked 5 minutes aside for a national news report as well. CBS did their's at 10:55, directly after TPIR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 PurpleDevil, here's another video of Ch. 13's news update with Rosenfield on Sunday, September 11, 1988: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdby4f_ktrk-various-promos-newsbreaks-1988_shortfilms It starts at the 00:55 mark, as the News Series 2000 theme song plays (I'd think they later switched to the Sports Eyewitness News theme around later that same year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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