The following video features various news and talent opens from WLS-TV in Chicago from 1964 to present.
Here's what you can see in this video:
(0:00) WLS-TV Station ID (1976-1978)
(0:03) "Chicago Report" mid-night intro (C.1963-1965)
(0:37) "Flynn - Daly News" weeknight intro (1968-1972)
(1:11) "Eyewitness News" weeknight, weekend night intros (1975-1977)
(2:40) "Eyewitness News", "AM Chicago" Morning, Mid-night, weekend night intros (1977-1979)
(6:05) "Eyewitness News" intros (1979-1981)
(4:46) "Eyewitness News" intros (1981-1983)
(7:37) "4.30 Eyewitness News" intro (1983-1984)
(8:09) "Eyewitness News" 6 and 10 p.m. intros (1983-1984)
(10:08) "Channel 7 Eyewitness News" intros (1984-1988)
(14:06) "Channel 7 Eyewitness News" intros, similar to before but with 3D animation of logo and in second video of intro, a modified version of "News Series 2000" (1988-1992)
(16:46) "Channel 7 Eyewitness News" intros (1992-1996)
(23:53) "ABC 7 News" intros (1996-1999)
(25:58) "ABC 7 News" intros (1999-2001)
(29:03) "ABC 7 News" intros (2001-2005)
(33:13) "ABC 7 News" intros (2005-2013) - versions with Ron Rolland as voiceover (33:13-39:09), versions with Roger Rose as voiceover (39:10-42:06)
(42:07) "ABC 7 Eyewitness News" intros and talent bumps (2013-2023)
(47:23) "ABC 7 Eyewitness News" intros and talent bumps (2023-present)
(52:42) WLS-TV Station ID (1992-1993)
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