WMAQ-TV news opens

Here ya go - my favorite Chicago station wrapped up in almost a half hour (yes I like it more than WGN!) Part of the reason why is because they’ve had anchor stability (Allison Rosati has been there for 30 years now!) and their 80s material was pretty cool. Plus they got new graphics last week, so you know this channel had to be the first where the graphics were in a compilation.

Despite this I’m not updating any of kyndle’s or BEN’s comps anymore. Studio 31 Media Archive and others have also been busy with things so I won’t be doing WBTW, WXIA or KIII yet. I was just looking for something to do and this ended up working out.

Here is what you can find in this compilation:
0:00 - WMAQ Station ID (1976-1979)
0:04 - “NBC News Room Chicago” intro (1949-1950s)
0:17 - “NBC News Night Report” intro (1967-1969)
0:35 - “News 5 Chicago Night Report” intro (1972-1974)
0:49 - “NewsCenter 5” intros (1975-1978)
1:21 - “NewsCenter 5” 4.30pm, weekend and special report intros (1978-1980)
2:19 - “NewsCenter 5” 4.30pm and 10pm intros (1980-1982)
2:53 - “Channel 5 News” noon and 10pm intros (1982-1984)
3:43 - “Channel 5 News” 10pm intro (1984-1985)
3:51 - “Channel 5 News” noon, 4.30pm, 5pm, 6pm, 10pm, special report and “Next Stop Seoul” intros (1985-1989)
9:42 - “Channel 5 News” noon, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm and 10pm intros (1989-1992)
12:02 - “Channel 5 News” 4.30pm, 5pm, 6pm and 10pm intros (1992-1994)
13:05 - “Channel 5 News” “First Thing in the Morning,” 4.30pm, 6pm, 10pm, generic and special report intros (1994-1995)
14:39 - “NBC5 News” 6am, 6pm and 10pm intros (1995-1997)
15:38 - “News Channel 5” 5.30am and 10pm intros (1997-1998)
16:11 - “NBC 5 Chicago” 6am and 10pm intros (1998-1999)
16:30 - “NBC5 News” 6am, 8am, 4.30pm, 5pm, 6pm and 10pm intros (2000-2005)
18:57 - “NBC5 News” “Barely Today,” 4.30am, 5am, 9am, generic morning, 6am (oops), Sunday morning, 11am, noon, 4.30pm, 5pm, 6pm, 10pm and “Decision 2008” intros (2005-2012)
22:50 - “NBC5 News” 6am, 4.30pm, 5pm, 6pm, 10pm and Chicago NATO Summit intros (2012-2016)
24:23 - “NBC5 News” 6am, 11am, 4.30pm, 5pm, 6pm, 10pm and special report intros (2016-2021)
25:59 - “NBC5 News” 4am, 4.30am, 5am, 5.30am, 6am, 6.30am, 11am, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 10pm and generic intros (2021-present)
28:28 - WMAQ Station ID (1995-1997)

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