WIS-TV Newscast Intro 1985

This intro was introduced in late 1984, and was used through about 1989. It features the "Big 10" logo, which was used by many TV stations assigned to channel 10 in the 1980's and 1990's, including WTSP and WPLG. WBNS in Columbus, Ohio still uses the logo.

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News & Politics

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• WIS-TV
• WIS
• Anchorman
• Susan
• Aude
• Joe
• Pinner
• Ed
• Carter
• Columbia
• South
• Carolina
• SC

[JFER1980]

Wow! They've come a long way. What's amazing is how long those anchors lasted at the station.

[dst104]

Pinner is still there! Susan retired last February.

[MrMichaelChua]

WHAS in Louisville still uses Gari's Newschannel news theme since 1991. I believe next year will mark the 20th anniversary of the station's use of Newschannel!

[eastest566]

I remember it from WHAS in Louisville

[eastest566]

@brithgob It's Newschannel by Frank Gari

[swedishfreak90]

I recognize those pedestals... they still work great!

Are those the same Ikegami camera's we have now?

If only we could do an intro wide-shot like that.

-Fred

[appstaterebel]

I picked up WIS quite a bit when I was growing up in the Sandhills of North Carolina (near Rockingham). WIS is and always will be the best station in Columbia. Their tower looks like a big red and white candy cane (with no hook, of course) that can be easily seen from I-20 near Lugoff, and that station is alot like WRAL in which it originates in the capital city of its respective state and covers about 90% of the state itself. In terms of coverage, WIS like WECT (when it was still analog).

[scnightsky]

wow.. now that takes me back, i was 10 then, but i remember that intro.

[rnrstar82]

Damn, I remember WIS.

[ytrewq1994]

I think the package is called "Newschannel".

[brithgob]

Newscenter! One of the great themes by Frank Gari.