To mark Ted Turner's passing, here are a couple of CNN promos from KTVK, aired after the station lost its affiliation with ABC and wanted to emphasize its connection with another national news organization. (Apparently, CNN was the only Phoenix station not to have a news sharing agreement with CNN before the 1994 shakeup):
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KPNX was the only Valley station not to change network affiliations during the 1994 shakeup--and the station's promos at the time emphasized its relationship with NBC:
During its 70th anniversary celebrations a few years ago, KPNX looked back at the history of its sports department:
A 1985 KTVK promo for the station's recently launched midday news; with a change in management the following year, KTVK would drop the Eyewitness News brand and become NewsChannel 3:
KTSP (now KSAZ) reports on ASU's just-launched student radio station, KASR, in 1982:
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Hands Across America. Here's an excerpt from KTVK's coverage, anchored by Frank Camacho and Heidi Foglesong:
A 2007 promotional video for KYMA in Yuma:
New to YouTube, an entire weekend KSAZ newscast from just before the affiliation switches of 1994:
Some interesting behind-the-scenes video of KSAZ from after the affiliation shakeup but before the station adopted its "Fox 10" branding in late 1996:
And from 1990, here's an on-air tour of the station's master control with long-time General Manager Ron Bergamo:
Thirty two years ago this month, KTVK learned that it had lost its ABC affiliation. This is how The Arizona Republic reported the news (click to enlarge):
Not too long after that, Cameron Harper moved to the new CBS affiliate in Dallas-Ft Worth (transitioned from independent). I remember him from there and how he and the longtime female co-anchor did not get along well. It's bad when it surfaces on-air (e.g. talking over each other, etc.).
In the early '00s, Harper briefly returned to Phoenix, where he anchored and reported for KNXV before moving on to other markets. I believe he retired to the Valley a few years ago.
And speaking of Cameron Harper, here's an entire KTVK newscast from 1988 with Harper and his longtime co-anchor Heidi Foglesong: