WLS-TV news opens

The following video features various news and talent opens from WLS-TV in Chicago from 1976 to present.

Here's what you can see in this video:
(0:00-0:18) "Eyewitness News" weekend evening intro (1976-1978)
(0:18-0:28) "Eyewitness News" Sunday evening intro (1978-1981)
(0:28-1:16) "Eyewitness News" intros (1981-1984)
(1:15-1:44) "4:30 Eyewitness News" intro (1984-1987)
(1:44-2:22) "Eyewitness News" 6 and 10 p.m. intros (1984-1986)
(2:22-3:42) "Channel 7 Eyewitness News" intros (1986-1990)
(3:42-4:14) "Channel 7 Eyewitness News" intros, similar to before but with 3D animation of logo and in second video of intro, a modified version of "News Series 2000" (1990-1992)
(4:14-6:26) "Channel 7 Eyewitness News" intros (1992-1996)
(6:26-7:39) "ABC 7 News" intros (1996-2001)
(7:39-10:00) "ABC 7 News" intros (2001-2005)
(10:00-15:03) "ABC 7 News" intros (2005-2013) - versions with Ron Rolland as voiceover (10:00-12:45), versions with Roger Rose as voiceover (12:45-15:03)
(15:03-18:10) "ABC 7 Eyewitness News" intros and talent bumps (2013-present)

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© 2013 WLS-TV, owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

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