I remember this news cast the day it was broadcast. The 49ers beat the Browns with a last second field goal that day! AWSOME!!!!! I loved KTVUs broadcasts!
Funny thing i noticed with this intro. I was looking back at the 89 quake and saw this vid on the side. If anybody wants to know what the Old Cyrpress structure Route was its on this intro map, just pause at 0:08, That stretch of freeway(light) to the lower right hand side that looks kind of like a big backwards "S" . Is modeled after the Cypress structure. If you look at Google Maps you will see how they rebuilt the route.
@paulthomas2010, that was George Watson, the very same amicable weekend anchor reporter shown at the end of THIS video. He was well-liked by many viewers, including me. Where-ever he is now, I sure hope he's doing well.
Wow I moved to SJ in 1996, and even in the late 90s they were still using almost this exact same theme, intro and the set (just a teeny bit updated). I think Leslie Griffith was there until just a couple years ago too.
WOW, I remember that 49ers game in Oct.90 vs. Cleveland: The Niners stole that one, there was a non-call on a face mask tackle on a Cleveland receiver that prevented a Cleveland touchdown.
Just curious... I remember NBC did a piece on George Watson in 1997, after he was canned by Channel 2 for his excessive imbibing of the "juice of the grape." What became of him since, please? Thanks.
He had another relapse after that story. But sometime in the early 2000s sobered up, won an emmy for a report he did back at KTVU in 2004 or 2005. Is remarried but not sure if he's working.
I don't mean this to sound sarcastic -I am quite genuinely curious. Why has someone posted an opening from a local newscast from nearly twenty years ago, and why is it being discussed by people who seem to be, for lack of a better word "fans"? Again, I intend no derision, I'm just baffled.
1. People are nostalgic. Maybe you're not. But seeing something familiar from our past makes us feel warm and fuzzy. Even the opening from an old local newscast.
2. KTVU was probably the best local news production in the country. Local news tends to be schlocky and awful. KTVU was an exception and garnered a lot of respect over the years. The reporters were good and well liked. People, myself included, are curious as to what happened to them.
I miss Ron Boltz doing the opens here from KTLA and KTVU. Its Incredible that KTVU is the only Fox Station to not go tabloidal like the Fox O&O's do. How does KTVU and Bay Area TV News manages to pull of a newscast without Tabloid Stores thats seen on HLN and Fox News?
I used to really like the end of the 10 O'clock news later on when they had what i think was a CGI overhead view of downtown San Francisco. I wish somebody had it on youtube.
Ahh, I rememberb back in the day when my non-cable TV in Sacramento could pick up most of the Bay Area channels.. Used to watch KTVU 2 News and KTVU 2 Cartoons a lot back then.
I remember those days. I used to watch Romper Room everyday on channel 2. Hey, do you or anyone else remember Elaine Corral? I was MADLY in love with her!!!
I remember her very well; I watched a lot of the special broadcasts in 1994-95 during the OJ trial when The New Price Is Right & Family Feud were being pre-empted by the trial on CBS.
I remember watching the Dateline piece whereas the anchor, George Watson was an alcoholic. As the management tried to help him, it wasn't enough for him to keep his job.
I REMEMBER WHEN CHARLIE VAN DYKE SAID LIVE FROM KTVU AND FIRST IN THE BAY AREA THIS IS THE 10 O CLOCK NEWS ON CHANNEL 2 THE # 1 Primetime Newscast in The Country
dang! memories! yes.... warm 'n fuzzy! 6th grade! ooo mmm geee
AmericasSweetheart78 2 months ago
"It's time to go to bed..."
xaqshuna2003 2 months ago in playlist Oakland-San Francisco's KTVU 2
I remember this news cast the day it was broadcast. The 49ers beat the Browns with a last second field goal that day! AWSOME!!!!! I loved KTVUs broadcasts!
Thank you soooo much for posting this!
fistofborg 5 months ago
God I miss those days. Life's different now. :(
nopermitsnoparlay 11 months ago 2
Funny thing i noticed with this intro. I was looking back at the 89 quake and saw this vid on the side. If anybody wants to know what the Old Cyrpress structure Route was its on this intro map, just pause at 0:08, That stretch of freeway(light) to the lower right hand side that looks kind of like a big backwards "S" . Is modeled after the Cypress structure. If you look at Google Maps you will see how they rebuilt the route.
RepoLife 1 year ago
@paulthomas2010, that was George Watson, the very same amicable weekend anchor reporter shown at the end of THIS video. He was well-liked by many viewers, including me. Where-ever he is now, I sure hope he's doing well.
M946 1 year ago
World class!!!!!
BethelKs 1 year ago
Wow I moved to SJ in 1996, and even in the late 90s they were still using almost this exact same theme, intro and the set (just a teeny bit updated). I think Leslie Griffith was there until just a couple years ago too.
JPMcFly1985 1 year ago
WOW, I remember that 49ers game in Oct.90 vs. Cleveland: The Niners stole that one, there was a non-call on a face mask tackle on a Cleveland receiver that prevented a Cleveland touchdown.
mccormack9 2 years ago
i remember this opening and would watch it almost every night.. then fall asleep about half way into the news
nhut91 2 years ago
This was just 2 days after I was born.
ctmajka 2 years ago
Who was it that said he had an alcohol problem? That was a sad moment. Very brave to say that live on air. Hope he made it.
paulthomas2010 3 years ago
It was George Watson.
redcandyapple 2 years ago
KTVU could use this opening today and it would still be grabbing and modern.
jeepthing98 3 years ago 3
That theme music is so soothing to me...
clickidyclack 3 years ago 7
this aired 2 days after I was born.
ctmajka 3 years ago
Someone asked, "... why this post; why the followup..." For me it reminds me of my childhood. Just nostalgia..that's all.
2. Was KTVU forced to remove "The number one prime time newscast in the country." ?
3. Is it me or did T10oCN used to have a constant "typewriter" sound in the background the entire newscast ?
antmooak 3 years ago 2
I would presume that they're no longer #1...
bduddy55555 2 years ago
I remember that sequence. They did that until around 1997 or '98.
Until I think 2003 or so the Ten O'Clock News was still "The #1 Primetime Newscast in the Country."
the69chevykid 3 years ago 2
Until 1997
angelapleasant2007 3 years ago
This newscast aired 2 days after I was born.
ctmajka 3 years ago
Just curious... I remember NBC did a piece on George Watson in 1997, after he was canned by Channel 2 for his excessive imbibing of the "juice of the grape." What became of him since, please? Thanks.
StukInBuf 3 years ago
He had another relapse after that story. But sometime in the early 2000s sobered up, won an emmy for a report he did back at KTVU in 2004 or 2005. Is remarried but not sure if he's working.
80stvthemes 3 years ago
Glad to hear of his turnaround, and let's hope that this marriage serves him well.
StukInBuf 3 years ago
I remembered when he came back after 2001-02ish... He mostly did special reports on Mornings on 2. I'm not sure where he is now.
DaPlatinumJedi 3 years ago
man i wasn't even born yet but i'll say the open ROCKZ 1990 dam my mama was still n high school
iluvSpectacular011 3 years ago
I don't mean this to sound sarcastic -I am quite genuinely curious. Why has someone posted an opening from a local newscast from nearly twenty years ago, and why is it being discussed by people who seem to be, for lack of a better word "fans"? Again, I intend no derision, I'm just baffled.
polymath7 3 years ago
Two reasons...
1. People are nostalgic. Maybe you're not. But seeing something familiar from our past makes us feel warm and fuzzy. Even the opening from an old local newscast.
2. KTVU was probably the best local news production in the country. Local news tends to be schlocky and awful. KTVU was an exception and garnered a lot of respect over the years. The reporters were good and well liked. People, myself included, are curious as to what happened to them.
deyoungparker 3 years ago 16
I miss Ron Boltz doing the opens here from KTLA and KTVU. Its Incredible that KTVU is the only Fox Station to not go tabloidal like the Fox O&O's do. How does KTVU and Bay Area TV News manages to pull of a newscast without Tabloid Stores thats seen on HLN and Fox News?
dinfg6 1 year ago
I used to really like the end of the 10 O'clock news later on when they had what i think was a CGI overhead view of downtown San Francisco. I wish somebody had it on youtube.
kingofnonj 4 years ago
Ahh, I rememberb back in the day when my non-cable TV in Sacramento could pick up most of the Bay Area channels.. Used to watch KTVU 2 News and KTVU 2 Cartoons a lot back then.
PortPowerKS 4 years ago
I remember those days. I used to watch Romper Room everyday on channel 2. Hey, do you or anyone else remember Elaine Corral? I was MADLY in love with her!!!
Mjohnso77 3 years ago
Can't say that I do, unfortunately.. I barely remember Dennis Richmond, course now I see he's retired..
PortPowerKS 3 years ago
I remember all that too...Romper Room, Elaine Corral, do you remember Faith Fancher?
opinionated99 3 years ago
I remember her very well; I watched a lot of the special broadcasts in 1994-95 during the OJ trial when The New Price Is Right & Family Feud were being pre-empted by the trial on CBS.
the69chevykid 3 years ago
i remember this
jazzyfayy1983 4 years ago
I remember watching the Dateline piece whereas the anchor, George Watson was an alcoholic. As the management tried to help him, it wasn't enough for him to keep his job.
hookem2003 4 years ago
They said October 28th 1990, hmm that means i turned 10 years old on that day!
copywrit 4 years ago
I REMEMBER WHEN CHARLIE VAN DYKE SAID LIVE FROM KTVU AND FIRST IN THE BAY AREA THIS IS THE 10 O CLOCK NEWS ON CHANNEL 2 THE # 1 Primetime Newscast in The Country
Nicholas4141 4 years ago
Wow, that was quite a news set.
ASKconard 4 years ago 3
It was their best news set
dinfg6 3 years ago
I thought KTLA's Ron Boltz did the open for KTVU until 2006
sky1beam 4 years ago
They did. He would come later. But from the 80's until the early-mid 90's they used Charlie Van Dyke (heard in this open).
sanantonionewsman 4 years ago
no its Scott Chapin
Stealthguy06 4 years ago
Chapin only did promo's in 1997 until 1998 he did the morning news opens and KTLA's Ron Boltz did opens for the 10pm News until 2006
sky1beam 4 years ago
really? wow i could have sworn it was Chapin before on the news opens, btw he was already doing the opens in the pre hd era
Stealthguy06 4 years ago
I heard of Chapin in the morning newscasts but Boltz took the 10pm newscasts until 2006
sky1beam 4 years ago
Scott Chapin! I did not know that! I think that Scott was an announcer for WKYC-TV 3 in Cleveland between 1993 and 1996.
bhilcu1 3 years ago