WJLA-TV news opens

Happy (belated) birthday America! To celebrate here is my third longest video showcasing the ABC affiliate in the nation’s capital. This was gonna be uploaded yesterday but I waited to get more opens from Studio 31 Media Archive (full clips will be on his channel soon in 60fps).

Strap in for 38+ minutes of a station that went from a last place finisher to Sinclair’s largest station with a very small-market product to boot. Also feel free to take a drink every time you see “On Your Side” in the video!

Here is what you can find in this compilation:
0:00 - WJLA-TV Station ID (1993-1994)
0:03 - “News 7” 5.30pm and generic intros (1978-1979)
0:33 - “News 7” generic and Democratic Convention intros (1979-1980)
1:04 - “News 7” intro (1980-1981)
1:17 - “News 7 5.30 Live” intro (1981-1982)
1:38 - “News 7” “Newscope 7,” “6.00 Report” and “Update” intros (1982-1984)
2:47 - “News 7” 5.30pm, “6.00 Report” and “Weekend Report” intros (1983-1984)
3:43 - “News 7” “Tonight” and “Weekend Report” intros (1984-1985)
4:07 - “News 7” “Morning Report,” “Noon Report,” 5pm and 6pm intros (1985-1987)
5:30 - “News 7” “Morning Report,” “Noon Report,” 5pm, 6pm, “Late Edition,” “Evening Edition” and 11pm intros (1988-1992)
7:39 - “News 7” “Morning Show,” 5pm, 6pm, 11pm and “Redskins Magazine” intros (1992-1995)
10:47 - “News 7” “Good Morning Washington” (5.30am and generic), 6pm and 11pm intros (1995-1998)
12:03 - “News 7” 5pm, 6pm and 11pm intros (1999-2001)
13:47 - “ABC7 News” “Good Morning Washington,” 5pm, 6pm, 11pm, “Special Edition,” “America Under Attack” and “America Recovers” intros (2001-2003) (the morning open was used until at least 2004)
17:25 - “ABC7 News” “Good Morning Washington” and 11pm intros (2003-2004) (the morning talent was used into the next graphics pack - the open itself retained the 2001 pack)
17:52 - “ABC7 News” noon, 5pm and 11pm intros (2004-2006)
19:22 - “ABC7 News” “Good Morning Washington” (generic and Saturday), 5pm, 6pm, 11pm and “ABC7 Breaking News” intros (2006-2008)
21:14 - “ABC7 News” “Good Morning Washington,” noon, 4pm, 6pm, 6.30pm, 11pm, topical, breaking news and “Storm Watch” intros (2008-2015)
24:27 - “ABC7 News” “Good Morning Washington,” noon, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 6.30pm, 11pm (generic and breaking news), breaking news and Trump inauguration intros (2015-2019)
29:11 - “ABC7 News” “Good Morning Washington” (generic, rejoin and breaking news), noon, 4pm (generic, breaking news and rejoin), 5pm (generic, breaking news and rejoin), 6pm (generic and topical), 6.30pm, 11pm (generic, topical and rejoin), “Your Voice Your Vote” and Biden inauguration intros (2019-2021)
33:57 - “7 News On Your Side” morning update, 5am, 6am (generic and breaking news), 7.30am, 8am, noon, 4pm (generic, breaking news and rejoin), 5pm (breaking news and rejoin), 6pm (generic, topical and breaking news), 6.30pm and 11pm (generic and topical) intros (2021-present)
38:37 - WJLA-TV Station ID (1986-1987)

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