KDKA-TV Promotions 1979-1996
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Here’s a “time capsule” of selected KDKA-TV on-air promos from ’79-’96.
I attended a retirement party for Drew Moniot, a former director at KDKA-TV. Friends at the party reminded me of the many promotional campaigns Przyborski Productions produced for KDKA from 1979 through 1996. Those were the “analog” days of 35mm film production, film-to-tape transfers, and tape-to-tape video editing.
A TV station’s “creative services director” is responsible for promoting the channel. This includes the concept & design of billboards, radio spots, print advertising, and TV commercials that showcase the station’s on-air talent and news broadcasts. Audience ratings establish the amount of money a station charges advertisers. Ratings are a big deal and usually the basis for evaluating a creative services director’s job performance. This intense focus on ratings and station rankings was especially true in the days before the internet and before social media. Back in the ’70’s-‘90s, KDKA-TV was consistently the number one news station in Pittsburgh.
I was fortunate to work with 3 of KDKA’s creative services directors… Brad Crum (1979-1982), Art Greenwald (1985-1988), & Lorraine Sneebold (1988-1996). The promos we produced were often music-driven, high-energy spots that featured KDKA’s on-air talent and teamwork between station employees. Today, TV stations usually promote specific news stories that are scheduled for that day’s newscast. (Note the dates above are production dates, not employment dates.)
The earliest of these promotions aired 40+ years ago. They are a visual tribute to KDKA’s talent and staff, many of whom are retired or unfortunately, no longer with us.
TECHNICAL STUFF: All footage photographed by Glenn Przyborski who also edited many of the spots. Promos were transferred from 2” or 1” composite analog masters or protection masters. Video was processed through a Teranex2D image processor for 3-2 pulldown removal, blanking correction, noise reduction & up-conversion from SD to 1080P.
Ray Tannehill was my grandfather...I miss him so much. I so appreciate seeing this. Thank you for posting.
Here's a 1979 newscast with him
czcams.com/video/CcLlGdr6V7Y/video.html
I Always was a fan of his journalism he was a great person and we Miss him!
he was the best made pittsburgh like patti burns her dad wayne van dine al julius and now mr bob kudzma a magic time in Pittsburgh we all miss them now we can say goodbye to bob a true legend
ur grandfather was a legend love him and patti and bill burns together the 3 big giants of the news scene in kdka when i was a kid loved watching them all at their job they were and still are legends in pittsburgh in my opinion
I grew up watching him on KDKA
I wish we could go back to those days.
I’m always a big fan of TV stations showing off their headquarters, either in opens or promos. That said, that first shot of Chopper 2 flying over Gateway Center/KDKA HQ - that’s an attention getter.
And SUCH PRISTINE QUALITY.
Agreed!
Same here.
2:06 Audrey Roth (aka Miss Paulificate, the royal telephone operator in the "Neighborhood of Make-Believe") from a PBS Kids show called Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
I'm now 56 and was growing up during most of this. KDKA was the old peoples station and WTAE was for most younger families. I remember going to my grandma's house and it was weird having channel 2 news on.
I'm watching Bob Kudzma appearances over, and over again. Such a legend lost. At least he's reunited in Heaven with his colleagues, Ray Tannehill and Patti Burns. 🙏
God rest his soul. Grew up in Western Pa, but moved to Fl. I did not realize he drove school buses after being a top weather man. What a great man!
Vicki Yates at 10:10 & 10:31 Now at Powerhouse CBS affiliate WTVF Newschannel 5 in Nashville, TN.
Pittsburgh lost another treasure today we will miss him a lot Thank u Bob kudzma u made the weather always a magic thing in Pittsburgh say hi to bill burns patti burns wayne van dine al julius from us here in Pittsburgh we will miss u my friend and give ray tannehill our best too
That KD + You campaign (especially the “concert” version) is straight fire.
can u do it again now with the new cast and bring some old faces back to it i can see it
Thank you Mr. Przyborski for sharing some of your work with KD....As one who grew up a couple of states away from KD Country, I had heard about some of these spots, but had not seen them...Until Now. Thanks again for posting these, they were, and are amazing..
memories of KDKA I Mean I was born in 1976 but these memories bring a smile and a tear in my eyes ray tannehill patty burns bob kudzma wayne van dine john sanders I mean this was when kd was the King of news in Pittsburgh I always loved watching these guys at their job they were the best at what they do sad to say bob and john r the ones still around we lost patty ray wayne van and some others over the years but their memories will always live 4 ever in KD Country!
Inspirational work. I just started my career in the industry and hope to be able to look back at my work with pride.
35 seconds in look at Patti burns teaching a very Young i think Mary robb jackson how to be a good journalist man this brings memories back
good stuff, glenn! It's funny how, in person, Patti Burns was even more knock out beautiful than she came across on TV
This is so good! These look brand new!
I heard Bill Hamilton
as voice-over in the late 80s and 90s promos.
These are some fantastic promos! In 1999, I was only able to see bits and pieces of the "KD and You" promos on KDKA's 50th anniversary special. Thank you for granting us the chance to see the entire promos.
This is making me so old
The 11 pm Eyewitness News Update companion open, to the one seen and heard first, had anchor Patti Burns saying at the beginning, "We've got it and we're bringing it home" with a shot of a news van.
As seen and heard in the first three minutes, could anyone post the hard-to-find instrumental version of the KDKA Eyewitness News Renaissance 2 theme?
KDKA weekend edition in 1983 - czcams.com/video/MF6JEXpaSUg/video.html - In the opening credits, it had that classic line "we've got it and we're bringing it home."
RIP William "Bill" Burns and daughter Patti, the best (and only) father/daughter anchor team
agreed
CS Keys looked to be a rising star on KDKA, he seemed to have it all - good looks, charisma, outgoing personality and definitely perfect for tv. Then I remember it came out that he was a domestic abuser of his wife or girlfriend and all of a sudden he was gone. It was like KDKA couldn't wait to cut ties with him. I would bet anything if he never did that he was being groomed to be the "face" of KDKA in the 2000's and definitely the replacement for Bob Kudzma.
IIRC, he was transferred to a news station in San Diego...a number of newscasters who worked for KDKA, went out to California to work for other news outlets...
He passed away in 2018 at age 54.
There is one weather promo I'd love to see again. Where Bob Kudzma is put in the back of a car being told by a father of a bride to "fix the weather good Kudzma"
Mister Bob Kudzma.... tomorrow being the wedding of my own sweet daughter, it would make me VERY angry if the weather was to..... spoil it. FIX THE WEATHER GOOD, KUDZMA!"
i was in the "KD and You " commercial
I thought that was you.
Hi there. Do you happen to have any more tv station demos?
Yes Steven, but I'm super busy right now and I'll post them later. I remember directing early promo packages for WKYC Cleveland and WRC Washington DC
@@PrzyborskiProduction sweet. Just those stations?
It appears that WROC-TV in Rochester, NY borrowed from the Renaissance 2 promos for their 1987 - 1989 branding.
Notice a very young mary robb jackson getting advice from patti burns in this video 30 seconds in
You mean "Here's 2 A Time Capsule!"
8:29 in stacy smith is laughing so hard and shaking his head at this Lol
5:30 Steelers former quarterback Terry Bradshaw, now currently co-host of Fox NFL Sunday during the season.
My favorite is at 0:56
If I can hazard a guess, Klein& was involved in the production of these promos?
U need to bring some of the old faces back for another chapter I mean bob kudzma Harold hayes john burnett get these guys with ken rice and some of the ones we have the rock concert at ppg plaza and new ones make a new kd and u song rock out ppg plaza it was so cool to see john sanders ray tannehill patty burns and everyone jam to this tune this brings memories back of the concert in ppg plaza to KD And u what year was that rock show at ppg plaza
At the 7:52 mark, I'm digging the rock concert music video version of KD&You promos
Me 2
I'm just lost for words to see all these KD promos. The picture and audio quality is just so great. The wizards at Gateway Center knew how to create some damn good station imaging promos during the Westinghouse era. Taking the line from sister station. There is only one KD.
and kd is Pittsburgh!
Can you find more digitally remastered Renaissance 2 promos soon Glenn?
That's all I have of the 2" promos from long ago
@@PrzyborskiProduction Aw!
1:44
Any other KDKA promos that combine local slogans (like Here's 2 and KD & You) with CBS network campaigns?
I know past the 2:57 mark, KDKA added its own personal touch to CBS's Looking Good Together. That personal touch was HERE'S 2 by Klein&.
I also know that, when KDKA did a version of Get Ready for CBS in 1989, they added the lyrics to KD & You into the localized version of the CBS 1989 fall campaign.
Are most of these broadcasters still living?
Some are still alive, but quite a few of KDKA's on-air talent are no longer with us. I know that Bill Burns, Patti Burns, Ray Tannehill and Wayne VanDine have passed away.
@@PrzyborskiProduction thanks for writing back.
Jon Burnett just retired from KD.
I didn't know Patti Burns passed away.
@@tyrese3745 she wasn't that old and then ended up not being that many years after her father.
11:22 I didn't see Jim Lange do a "Chorus Line" act to promote "The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime" for the gang at Ardmore Boulevard! I bet Mary Hart, John Tesh and the "Entertainment Tonight" crew would copy this, after a Steelers-Browns game at 3 Rivers for the folks at Television Hill! I don't see Paul Kangas and William Conrad show off his dancing skills to promote "Nightly Business Report" and "Wild, Wild World of Animals" at a Pens game at the Igloo, shilling for donations for 4802 Fifth Avenue! And don't get me started with "$25,000 Bingo Mania", "Channel 11's $50,000 Jackpot Bingo", and that stupid soap opera "Pittsburgh's (Not So) Great Entertainer" had...a soap opera before prime time based on repetitious superstitions, wonderful job, Eddie Edwards, you get a gold star! That's why this Evening Magazine promo was the best of the "KD+You" era. After Evening went off the air, KD had different programs, while 4 had Deborah Norville /Mary Hart and 11 had Pat Sajak/Vanna White/Alex Trebek..."America's Time Machine?" "Hollywood Squares (with Whoopi)?" Give me a break! At least Gateway Center finally stuck with something, with "the Insider", and the return of "Extra (with Mario Lopez)" was better than the original...the only things worth seeing today in Pittsburgh TV? KD playing the National Anthem, before their morning newscast. It's at half-past 4 AM, but at least KD (under CBS Pittsburgh) has the anthem here on CZcams...great to see a television tradition back on the air...CZcams has plenty of sign-on and sign-off clips, especially their analog farewell...go see it, it's great! Sorry for the length of this comment, the Evening Magazine/Chorus Line promo and the "We're growing with you, with Renaissance 2, WE'RE EYEWITNESS NEWS!" spots were outstanding! How 'bout some KD promos from 1996-current?