Because I have delightfully nerdy hobbies (and one of my lifelong dreams is to work at a TV/radio station):

There's this great YouTube channel, TheRobz, which has all these different radio jingles and IDs that I love. I particularly love all the 1986-1987 ones, both for the great music they introduce and the wide range of US cities/metro areas they cover.

There are eleven ones for the 1986-1987 jingles/IDs in all. Here are the first four:

Huntington, Charleston, Roanoke, Richmond, Norfolk, Washington D.C.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL1ZWmPl6-U&feature=channel_video_title

Salt Lake City, Idaho Falls, Great Falls, Bozeman, Billings, Rapid City, Casper, Cheyenne, Denver, Colorado Springs and Albuquerque and some other distant locations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFePOvaijzI&feature=channel_video_title

Tallahassee, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Savannah, Atlanta, Charleston, Columbia and Charlotte:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bn2ad1xfus&feature=channel_video_title

Terre Haute, Indianapolis, Lansing, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1d40Ugpeb0&feature=channel_video_title

I'll post the other seven as the board allows me to.

There are also eight of these from 1989 that I really want to listen to, since I was born that year.

More to come!

More from 1986-1987:

Spokane, Tri-Cities, Seattle, Portland, Eugene and Medford:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-K4hAvXgpo&feature=channel_video_title

Raleigh, Lexington, Louisville, St. Louis, Chicago and others:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2drXBx4kp7g&feature=channel_video_title

Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas and Phoenix:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDNqQxQ5_BM&feature=channel_video_title

Pittsburgh, Central and NE PA, Philadelphia, New York, Syracuse, Buffalo, Boston:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCuZ6cSCiYA&feature=channel_video_title

Three more left!

The last three from 1986-1987:

Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile and others:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53m-xUDtTkE&feature=channel_video_title

Amarillo, Lincoln, Kansas City, Oklahoma City and others:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBh4dX91-w4&feature=channel_video_title

Redding, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, Modesto, Fresno and Bakersfield:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cF-xX2XVLM&feature=channel_video_title

I'll think of other clips to post, please share whatever local TV/radio stuff you want!

I might be able to find a clip of the local sportcaster online who I used to be afraid of.

His name is Alan Cutler. And, when I was a child. He was so scary looking to me. That I used to hide in a closet when I saw him on the screen.

Did you see the clip that had Lexington radio stations included on it? I thought you might appreciate that .

MissLlanviewPA, this is off-topic, but I absolutely love your avatar and signature photo! Long live Alex Olanov!

I hope to share some local news openings at a later time.

I might be able to find a clip of the local sportcaster online who I used to be afraid of.

His name is Alan Cutler. And, when I was a child. He was so scary looking to me. That I used to hide in a closet when I saw him on the screen.

Oh no! That's awful!

Speaking of which, here's a clip of the best known Indy news anchors back when I was still in town: Mike Ahern & Debby Knox. I still have an old tape with this promo.

And when I still had stations from Baltimore:

Edited April 24, 201213 yr by MissLlanviewPA

MissLlanviewPA, this is off-topic, but I absolutely love your avatar and signature photo! Long live Alex Olanov!

Aw, thank you! She was great, wasn't she? I actually haven't seen very much from her glory days! I've got to catch up!

This is one of my favorites: A CBS affiliate montage from 1995. Funny to see how many are missing, and how many have since changed networks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsHotDoReIo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEVlUicpfoE&feature=relmfu

These are some 1989 promos from WLKY-32 in Louisville, KY when Meteorologist Wayne Hart joined the station. A few years later he would move to WEHT-25 in Evansville, IN, where he remains today as that station's chief meteorologist.

This one cracks me up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFOYdVYrzE0&feature=related

And a newscast from WGN-TV in Chicago, April 8th, 1993:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5B8ia3nzsM

Christmas in Chicago sounds so beautiful here :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr9Gp177bNI&feature=relmfu

And two SSB sign offs:

One from my Dad's hometown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPnZ5PX9Sys

and one from Indianapolis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB_tuGrU4eQ

These are some 1989 promos from WLKY-32 in Louisville, KY when Meteorologist Wayne Hart joined the station. A few years later he would move to WEHT-25 in Evansville, IN, where he remains today as that station's chief meteorologist.

LMAO

Two more from Indianapolis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQjpUg8Ae88&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzcsdeAjeYw&feature=related

An ode to WTHR's photographers :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG6BBIwhJCk

KCOP in LA had some cool idents.

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I just mentioned this guy in the other local thread. This is Tom Kenny from ABC 36. He looks like Woody from Toy Story.

"WAVE Country Song" from WAVE-3 (NBS) Louisville from back around 1977....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJr9GJO5gN8

And an updated version from 1994...