WPDE-TV news opens

Third longest of my compilations thanks to the YouTube channel wpdehistory, which is devoted to the history of this very station. I’ll be doing the same thing with forthcoming KSTP - marathoning the tcmedianow archives for new content.

The following are opens from WPDE in Florence, SC from 1980 onward.

Here is what you can find in this compilation:
0:00 - WPDE Station ID (1998-2000)
0:07 - “Pee Dee 15 News: The 5.30 Edition” intro (1980-1981)
0:29 - “Pee Dee 15 News” and “Pee Dee People” intros (1981-1982)
1:23 - “Pee Dee 15 News: The Early Edition” intro (1982-1983)
1:39 - “15 News” “The Early Edition” and “The Late Edition” intros (1983-1984)
2:24 - “15 News: The Early Edition” intro (1984-1985)
2:44 - “15 News” “Morning Edition” and “The Early Edition” intros (1985-1986)
3:26 - “Action News 15” morning update and generic intros (1986-1989)
5:56 - “Action News 15” noon and generic intros (1989-1991)
7:51 - “Action News 15” “On The Hour” and generic intros (1991)
8:19 - “Action News” 6pm intro (1991-1993)
8:37 - “15 News” 6pm and ”Nightbeat” intros (1993-1996)
9:22 - “WPDE News Channel 15” 6pm and 10pm (WWMB) intros (1996-1998)
10:59 - “WPDE News Channel 15” 6pm intro (1998-2000)
11:26 - “WPDE News Channel 15” 6pm and “Nightbeat” intros (2000-2002)
13:14 - “WPDE News Channel 15” ”Good Morning Carolinas,” 6pm and 11pm intros (2002-2003)
17:17 - “WPDE News Channel 15” noon, 6pm, 10pm (UPN and CW21), “Nightside,” weekend and Myrtle Beach mayoral runoff intros (2003-2007)
20:30 - “WPDE News Channel 15” 6pm and “Nightside” intros (2007)
21:10 - “WPDE News Channel 15” “Good Morning Carolinas,” 6pm, 10pm (CW21), 11pm, breaking news, special report, “First Alert Weather Report,” “Vote 2008” and “Carolina This Week” intros (2007-2010)
25:05 - “WPDE News Channel 15” “Good Morning Carolinas” (used until 2015), 6pm and “Carolina This Week” intros (2010-2012)
26:20 - “NewsChannel 15” 6pm, “CW21 News Now” and winter storm intros (2012-2015)
27:21 - “ABC15 News” ”Good Morning Carolinas,” “Carolina & Company Live,” 5pm, 6pm topical, 11pm (generic and topical) and breaking news intros (2015-2021)
32:07 - “ABC15 News” “Good Morning Carolinas,” 5pm, 5.30pm, 6pm, 7pm, 11pm and breaking news intros (2021-present)
34:23 - WPDE News Promo (1989-1991)

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