Here ya go - almost a half hour of the station that went from being NBC’s “farm system” to a station that is currently an experimental pet for TEGNA. Besides, this was well worth the wait, wasn’t it? 😉

The following are opens from WKYC in Cleveland from 1976 onward.

Here is what you can find in this compilation:
0:00 - WKYC Station ID (1992-1993)
0:06 - “Action 3 News” intro (1976-1978)
0:22 - “Action 3 News Monday Report” intro (1978)
0:35 - “Action 3 News” intros (1978-1981)
1:27 - “Action 3 News” 6pm and 11pm intros (1981-1982)
1:47 - “Action 3 News” generic and “Nightside” intros (1982-1983)
2:39 - “Channel 3 News” 5.30pm and generic intros (1984-1985)
3:21 - “Channel 3 News” generic and 11pm weekend intros (1985-1986)
4:00 - “Channel 3 News” 6pm intro (1986-1989)
4:17 - “Channel 3 News” 11pm intro (1989)
4:47 - “Channel 3 News” intros (1989-1990)
5:10 - “Channel 3 News” “The First Report” and generic intros (1990-1991)
6:22 - “Channel 3 News” noon weekend and generic intros (1991-1992)
7:18 - “Channel 3 News” intros (1992-1993)
8:51 - “Channel 3 News” intros (1993-1996)
10:33 - “Channel 3 News” intros (1996-1998)
11:29 - “Channel 3 News” intro (1998-1999)
11:38 - “Channel 3 News” intros (1999-2001)
12:19 - “Channel 3 News” generic and rejoin intros (2001-2006)
13:46 - “PAX23 News” intro (2002-2005) (WKYC produced this newscast)
14:09 - “WKYC Channel 3 News” generic, morning, “Studio 3,” more generic and 11pm intros (2006-2009)
16:18 - “WKYC Channel 3 News” generic AM, morning, generic PM, 6pm, “News @ 7” and 11pm intros (2008-2013)
20:55 - “Channel 3 News” generic, morning, rejoin, 6pm, 7pm, “Donovan Live” and 11pm intros (2013-2018) (some opens like the last 11pm one and the second morning one were from 2016)
23:43 - “Channel 3 News” morning, 6pm and “Donovan Live” intros (2018-2019)
25:14 - “Channel 3 News” “Go!” (generic and 6am), “Connect,” “What’s New,” “What Matters Most,” “Front Row” and “What’s Next” intros (2019-present) (“What’s New” debuted in January 2020)
29:18 - WKYC Station ID (1988-1989)

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