WBBM 4:30-5-6PM News Opens 1990

From WBBM Chicago, the afternoon news block opens and a long close. The thumbs up sign was done at several O&Os, have no idea why, but it got the viewers involved.

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[Davidingilbert]

I can't believe this. The guy doing the voiceover work for WBBM is the announcer currently doing the KPNX-TV in Phoenix. I forget his name, but he is still doing it!

[eyeontv]

It's Charlie VanDyke, still one of the leading news voice guys in the business.

[hkfreak]

So many sets....how come? I understand 2 sets, but freaking 3!?

[eyeontv]

WUSA had three different sets in the early 90s for the 4-5-and 6 and 11pm shows also, its not unprecedented!

[tmq1384]

Bill Kurtis...was...the balls.

[southdude89]

Lester Holt with a mustache... ha ha!

[barber747]

@WXmanTimothy

That sounds more British than Canadian to me...

[DrSurprise]

that theme sounded like the WCBS theme

[rberbill]

The young Adel Arakawa...I had a crush on her back then. She drove a cool gold Jaguar...I worked nearby...

[zbsx]

@hkfreak It's only two sets, the 4:30 and 5:30 are the same. The monitor panel in the back center on the 4:30 is switched out for the "5:30 Report" panel at 5:30.

[WXmanTimothy]

i love there's still just a hint of her Canadian roots from McClennon when she says "doubts."

[Market42Fan]

@OzzyMouth Didn't know that tidbit about Charlie.

[offthewall85]

now that i notice it, the WBBM main set was in their newsroom, and their 5:30 report/First Edition set was in Studio 1, which was their main studio from i believe 1991-2009 when they moved to their new broadcast facility.

[putdownan8dude]

So many thumbs. Man Bill and Linda were the best. I remember making up a rude song about Adele Arakawa to the tune of a John Lennon song. I miss the 90s. The 2000s were a real piece of crap.

[chyrongeek]

If I do my time telling correctly, if WBBM then had a 4:30, 5:00 and a 6:00 newscast and the CBS Evening News was on at 6:30 (CT - likely tape delayed) then the live (ET) primetime was on at 7:00? Were any news mags and other evening shows moved earlier, or other stations had them?

[joebradio]

..I'm Bill Kurits and I'll have a cherry lime rickey and a hard boiled egg....