This is by far KYW's best. I wish they used this for all cbs stations instead of the bland "enforcer" garbage they're all using now. Why take all of the personalization away from these stations - isn't that what people identify with?? I hate that our KDKA switched now too. I'll be really upset if they ever start calling themselves CBS2! That's just stupid.
@jrbarrie83 Westinghouse/CBS left everything alone, and KYW carried on with their traditional logo even after the merger. Viacom purchased the combined company, and 3 years later, they just had to change things up. I don't mind the CBS 3 branding, but had Viacom not come in and purchased the company, I'm sure KYW would still have the old logo and they'd still be using this package, or at least an updated version.
This JUST slightly beats WPVI in the Philly News open race. Shame that the standardization bug spread to CBS and forced all of it's stations to adopt the god-afwul blue.
All I can say is, these were desperate times for KYW. They were willing to try anything to get a bigger audience. I mean, this moment in time, in particular, tweaked stuff so many times. It wasn't until early 2003 that KYW started to turn around, let alone going from KYW3 to CBS3. Things really started taking off in September later that year, when Larry Mente and Alicia Lane joined CBS3. And now, CBS3 is on the heels of 6ABC, constantly beating them during non-sweeps periods at 11pm.
ha bet no one noticed their names were backwards
howardkevinm 7 months ago
This is by far KYW's best. I wish they used this for all cbs stations instead of the bland "enforcer" garbage they're all using now. Why take all of the personalization away from these stations - isn't that what people identify with?? I hate that our KDKA switched now too. I'll be really upset if they ever start calling themselves CBS2! That's just stupid.
jrbarrie83 1 year ago
@jrbarrie83 Westinghouse/CBS left everything alone, and KYW carried on with their traditional logo even after the merger. Viacom purchased the combined company, and 3 years later, they just had to change things up. I don't mind the CBS 3 branding, but had Viacom not come in and purchased the company, I'm sure KYW would still have the old logo and they'd still be using this package, or at least an updated version.
johnissoevil 7 months ago
This JUST slightly beats WPVI in the Philly News open race. Shame that the standardization bug spread to CBS and forced all of it's stations to adopt the god-afwul blue.
tmisch64 1 year ago
All I can say is, these were desperate times for KYW. They were willing to try anything to get a bigger audience. I mean, this moment in time, in particular, tweaked stuff so many times. It wasn't until early 2003 that KYW started to turn around, let alone going from KYW3 to CBS3. Things really started taking off in September later that year, when Larry Mente and Alicia Lane joined CBS3. And now, CBS3 is on the heels of 6ABC, constantly beating them during non-sweeps periods at 11pm.
LaurenLover81 1 year ago
This was my favorite opening for KYW-TV. What they used in the mid 80s with Danny Dark doing the voiceover comes in a close second.
johnissoevil 2 years ago
the wpvi open OWNS this
taterfrickintot 2 years ago
Maybe someone noticed, but the anchor title bars are switched in the beginning...
VintagePlumProd 2 years ago
I actually agree with HulkieD the message board troll for once.
BiscuitsMcGillicuddy 2 years ago
LOL that's hilarious...
ariw2003net 2 years ago
This intro is awesome, but why did they have to cut off Sally Jessy Raphael's end credits?
Also, I find the WLWT umbrella (at 1:57) funny for some reason.
WizardDuck 2 years ago
I could never get when a 5pm newscast starts at 2 minutes before the actual titled newscast starts.
chyrongeek 2 years ago
I can never get a 6pm newscast that will start 1 minute after or 1 minute before the actual titled newscast starts.
hkfreak 2 years ago
@hkfreak I can never get why you are such a fucking troll and why you ask stupid fucking questions.
MrSickofstupidity 6 months ago
Awesome era for KYW. Everything was perfect from 1999-2001.
ASKconard 2 years ago
Without Action News, this is most certainly the best News Open in the Delaware Valley. Better than a lot of the WCBS news opens.
jerseyman4 2 years ago 3
Epic open. Funny how the slots for the anchor L3 is swapped.
hkfreak 2 years ago
@hkfreak go away troll. You don't live in Philadelphia and don't know anything about KYW. Fucking go away.
MrSickofstupidity 6 months ago
This is actually pretty epic.
puppetmaster983 2 years ago