WRAL-TV 5 News (Good Friday 1991) Video

In Spring 1991, WRAL opted to update their opens and graphics package. This hideously ugly experiment was one of the worst produced opens ever for the Big 5. The package includes an awful new voice talent for the opens, as well as dropping the word "News" from the signature News Logo at the open. How ridiculous. Fortunately for us all, this horrible experiment (featuring a repackage of the 1988 "WRAL-TV News" open) only lasted from Spring 1991-Summer 1993. It was in '93 WRAL updated their logo to the current version of the blue and white "5" and returned the word "NEWS" to the logo standard.

Greg was? so cute. ...
Greg was? so cute. xD

To randygupton2: ...
To randygupton2: Charlie Gaddy originated Wednesday Child. Charlie did a? super job providing very moving stories about the great kids. It did not originate with Adele. Photographer was Patty McQuillen.

Can you upload some ...
Can you upload some weather clips from the? storms that went through NC?

Greg's? glasses ...
Greg's? glasses sure are sexy! haha

Gregg looks better? ...
Gregg looks better? today.

god greg looks old? ...
god greg looks old? still!lol

My frend died last ...
My frend died last year from chain? letters repost ten other videos, or she'll kill u Mark As Spam

Correct.? She was ...
Correct.? She was in Chicago until 1993.

Hate to? burst your ...
Hate to? burst your bubble, however, Adele most certainly did leave in November 1988 -- the day AFTER the North Raleigh tornado killed four people and destroyed countless businesses and homes. She was originally supposed to leave the day of the tornado, but was asked to stay on an extra day because of the extensive coverage of the disaster.

Actually, it was ...
Actually, it was originally something Adele Arakawa did. Donna Gregory carried on the torch in 1988 after Adele's Departure. The? segment eventually morphed into something Pam Saulsby took over after she joined the Six O'Clock News Team in 1991. Finally, the segment was dropped all together in the early to mid 90s.

does anyone ...
does anyone remember the segment called "Wednesday's child", it use to be? on at lunch time I think on WRAL at noon, probably the mid to late 80's.

Donna -did- replace ...
Donna -did- replace Adele. Adele's last day on the air was after the North Raleigh tornado that ripped through the Glenwood Avenue North? area November 27, 1988.

Greg? looks so young
Greg? looks so young

I wonder how much ...
I wonder how much it did cost to? do that CG. It may have been a way for them to get the most out of their investment. It was a natural progression in their on-air look through during early '90s.

The 24 hour news ...
The 24 hour news logo looked simular to KIRO's logo, & I think Roger Thompson also did voiceovers? for KIRO, too.

Well ... remember ...
Well ... remember the CG is a re-package from 1988. If it were a brand new CG? -- that would be one thing. It just looks as if this was done on the cheap.

Aww...I dont think ...
Aww...I dont think the open is that bad. Any fly-through of a CG? city is always cool.

For many years on ...
For many years on WRAL, a sitcom rerun would air during the 11:30 p.m. half hour after the 11:00 News. The? list of sitcoms that aired in the timeslot include "M*A*S*H", "Married...with Children" and "Amen".

Don't worry about ...
Don't worry about answering my question. I would rather turn to Johnny? Carson. Because I wouldn't want to have been scared by the MCA-TV logo at the end of Amen.

what? followed the ...
what? followed the newscast then? A sitcom rerun? This is the pre-David Letterman days

I guess it's a ...
I guess it's a matter of preference. I actually liked this particular generation of news opens (not the best, though). Granted, they pretty much gave up on this generation of music and graphics when they dumped the talent intros in favor of the quick opens (around the Winter of '93 where they expanded the Noon News and added the 5:00 First News). Now, the version of this intro where they used the "North Carolina's News Leader" slogan and had? a different voiceover was much better.

I'm pretty sure the ...
I'm pretty sure the voiceover? here is Roger Thompson, who is the current voice of WJLA in Washington. I don't think the open is too bad, the 1988 one was better. The music though is nice (the package is "Finale" by Stephen Arnold Music).

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