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ORF, Austria, 1981:



And this is what ORF's Zeit im Bild looks like 30 years later:

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ABC's World News Tonight from 1978, during the period when international news stories were read by Peter Jennings from ABC's London studios:

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What happens when a TV news operation shuts its doors for good? Here is the last newscast on Seattle's KSTW from 1998 -- most of the broadcast (beginning at around 9:15 into the clip) is devoted to an emotional look back at the station's history:



The farewell, at 50:13, is especially moving.

(via TexasTVNews at TVNewsTalk.net)


And here's how an Australian TV station (a Ten affiliate) shut down its Northern Queesland local news operation in 2001:



(via MediaSpy)
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This wonderful compilation includes a number of news intros from the 1970s and '80s:

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Sat.1, Germany, regional newsmagazine for North Rhine-Westphalia, 2011:



Sat.1, Germany, national news (on the day of Princess Diana's death), 1997:



Note that the set is almost identical to the one used by NBC Nightly News in that era:

Last edited by WW Update on 26 November 2011 11:42pm - 3 times in total
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Here's another very interesting compilation from NewsActive3, beginning with the first-ever edition of ABC's World News Tonight (which replaced the ABC Evening News in 1978):

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ZDF, Germany, 1974:



ZDF, Germany, 1986:

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TVE, Spain, 2011:



Antena 3, Spain, 2011:

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Another clip of Italy's RAI Due from its understated, elegant era, 1989:

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WBBM, Chicago, 1973:

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If you like the look and feel of 1980s television news, you're going to enjoy this newly upladed compilation from YT user NewsActive 3:

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ZDF, Germany, 1988:

Last edited by WW Update on 5 December 2011 3:00pm

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