Both Claudia Barr and Marybeth Conley are now retired from WREG and Memphis TV news and Richard Ransom is now anchoring news in WATN-TV (formerly WPTY-TV).
WREG-TV CBS Channel 3 Sign-On/Sign-Off Notice (1986-1989 Version): This Is WREG-TV. CBS For Memphis, Tennessee. Owned And Operated By The New York Times Broadcasting Service, Inc. To Broadcast On Channel 3 From It's Studios And Transmitter At Channel 3 Drive. Channel 3 Is Affiliated With The CBS Television Network.
WREC-TV CBS Channel 3 Sign-On/Sign-Off Notice (1966 Version): This Is WREC-TV. CBS For Memphis, Tennessee. Owned By Cowles Communications, Inc. A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Of The Minneapolis Star & Tribune Broadcasting Company, Inc. To Broadcast For The Mid-South On Channel 3 With It's Main Studios And Transmitter Are Located At The Peabody Hotel In Memphis. WREC-TV Is A Member Of The National Association Of Broadcasters And The NAB Television Code Of Good Practices. Channel 3 Is Affiliated With The CBS Television Network.
Some of the hosts on WREG have since retired (or resigned for whatever reason)... Lists are sorted starting with earliest appearance in this compilation (as some may have started working before then). Not all hosts are listed (yet a few that are not pictured here may be listed). Retired/resigned hosts: 1970s: Tom Stocker, Davd Sandefur, Paul Dorman 1980s: Mike Lawhead, Pam Crittendon, Ben Keesee, Roy Weissinger, Johnny Dark, Brian Teigland, Jerry Tate, Les Smith (worked with WHBQ 13 for a time), Marybeth Conley 1990s: Monica Stokes, Joe Larkins, Dennis Turner 2000s: Jamey Tucker, Claudia Barr, Richard Ransom (now works for WATN 24), Markova Reed, Austen Onek 2010s: Symone Woolridge Active hosts: 1980s: Alex Coleman, Todd Demers 1990s: April Thompson, Tim Simpson, Jim Jaggers 2000s: Stephanie Scurlock, Zaneta Lowe 2010s: Greg Hurst, Shay Arthur Feel free to let me know if I missed anyone from these lists...
For the 1988-92 opens: the BGM replacement happens at 3:57. The 1993-97 opens had a voiceover change sometime late in the run. The only open after the voiceover change that was posted was at 5:20. 1998-2005 opens had a BGM change around 2001-02; the first open that was posted was at 7:15.
Would you even consider doing a tag team of WXYZ and WMYD? WMYD (previously WXON and WDWB) had newscasts/news cut ins predating common ownership with WXYZ-TV, and it may gain new newscasts following the loss of the MyNetworkTV affiliation, so I was wondering if you could consider doing WMYD in Detroit, and tag-team WXYZ-TV with it, stitching three separate WXYZ compilations together.
While we're on the subject of the Memphis market in general, we now await the complete compliment of the current WHBQ-TV news opens, which soon will be uploaded by Studio 31 Media Archive (formerly dma37dude). Memphis' Fox 13 got the new graphics during the week of April 26, 2021.
Todd has always been a big guy. No disputing his popularity in Memphis; he’s been on the morning show at Channel 3 for 36 years and he’ll likely be there as long as he wants to keep working. Something that has changed over the last 20 years? WREG’s dominance in the ratings. For decades, they were a distant second to Channel 5, but since they hired Bruce Moore as news director, WREG has ruled the roost and Demers’ popularity in the morning is a big part of that success
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We're 3 For All. WREG-TV Channel 3. Memphis, Tennessee. (1977).
Both Claudia Barr and Marybeth Conley are now retired from WREG and Memphis TV news and Richard Ransom is now anchoring news in WATN-TV (formerly WPTY-TV).
We Are News Channel 3. WREG-TV Channel 3. Memphis. (1992-Present).
WREC-TV Channel 3. Memphis, Tennessee (1966).
WREG-TV CBS Channel 3 Sign-On/Sign-Off Notice (1986-1989 Version): This Is WREG-TV. CBS For Memphis, Tennessee. Owned And Operated By The New York Times Broadcasting Service, Inc. To Broadcast On Channel 3 From It's Studios And Transmitter At Channel 3 Drive. Channel 3 Is Affiliated With The CBS Television Network.
I worked at WREG from 1989 to 1995. This reel brings back a lot of memories.
Hello Memphis, Channel 3 Loves You. WREG-TV Channel 3. A Proud Service Of The New York Times Company. (1986).
2:07 - 4:30 - News 3 (1988-1992) is one of my favorite opening.
WREG-TV News Channel 3. Your 21st Century News Starts Here. A New York Times Company Station. (1998-2001).
Memphis & Channel 3. WREG-TV Channel 3. Serving The Mid-South Since 1956. (1987-1988).
WREG-TV (News Channel 3) Channel 3. A New York Times Company Station. (1987-1997).
WREC-TV CBS Channel 3 Sign-On/Sign-Off Notice (1966 Version): This Is WREC-TV. CBS For Memphis, Tennessee. Owned By Cowles Communications, Inc. A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Of The Minneapolis Star & Tribune Broadcasting Company, Inc. To Broadcast For The Mid-South On Channel 3 With It's Main Studios And Transmitter Are Located At The Peabody Hotel In Memphis. WREC-TV Is A Member Of The National Association Of Broadcasters And The NAB Television Code Of Good Practices. Channel 3 Is Affiliated With The CBS Television Network.
Phew! I'm glad you reuploaded this. I got nervous when I couldn't find it!
The Following News Channel 3 Presentation Is Closed Captioning For The Hearing Impaired. WREG-TV News Channel 3. (1994).
Memphis Is On Your Side. WREG-TV News Channel 3. (1995).
WREG-TV News Channel 3. A Service Of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (2017).
Some of the hosts on WREG have since retired (or resigned for whatever reason)... Lists are sorted starting with earliest appearance in this compilation (as some may have started working before then). Not all hosts are listed (yet a few that are not pictured here may be listed).
Retired/resigned hosts:
1970s: Tom Stocker, Davd Sandefur, Paul Dorman
1980s: Mike Lawhead, Pam Crittendon, Ben Keesee, Roy Weissinger, Johnny Dark, Brian Teigland, Jerry Tate, Les Smith (worked with WHBQ 13 for a time), Marybeth Conley
1990s: Monica Stokes, Joe Larkins, Dennis Turner
2000s: Jamey Tucker, Claudia Barr, Richard Ransom (now works for WATN 24), Markova Reed, Austen Onek
2010s: Symone Woolridge
Active hosts:
1980s: Alex Coleman, Todd Demers
1990s: April Thompson, Tim Simpson, Jim Jaggers
2000s: Stephanie Scurlock, Zaneta Lowe
2010s: Greg Hurst, Shay Arthur
Feel free to let me know if I missed anyone from these lists...
15:35 - MEMPHIS & CHANNEL 3
KREG-TV news opens
These are not all of WREG's news opens. Missing are the Hello News open and another version of the NewsChannel with different music.
0:00 - “Hello Memphis. Channel 3 Loves You.” (WREG-TV Memphis).
13:19 - 13:27 I wonder why they didn't include the Live @ 9 logo in the new open.
For the 1988-92 opens: the BGM replacement happens at 3:57.
The 1993-97 opens had a voiceover change sometime late in the run. The only open after the voiceover change that was posted was at 5:20. 1998-2005 opens had a BGM change around 2001-02; the first open that was posted was at 7:15.
Nexstar: It’s 10 o clock do u know where your children are?
Fox Corporation: hold my beer
“Your 21st Century Starts Here!”
Would you even consider combining kyndle hewett and S BEN’s WKRN-TV opens considering WKRN just got the new graphics that first debuted on WJHL-TV?
Can you do WKRN
Not really able to right now, sorry
Actually change that, I'm working on it now
Would you even consider doing a tag team of WXYZ and WMYD? WMYD (previously WXON and WDWB) had newscasts/news cut ins predating common ownership with WXYZ-TV, and it may gain new newscasts following the loss of the MyNetworkTV affiliation, so I was wondering if you could consider doing WMYD in Detroit, and tag-team WXYZ-TV with it, stitching three separate WXYZ compilations together.
While we're on the subject of the Memphis market in general, we now await the complete compliment of the current WHBQ-TV news opens, which soon will be uploaded by Studio 31 Media Archive (formerly dma37dude). Memphis' Fox 13 got the new graphics during the week of April 26, 2021.
Is it just me, or is Todd Demers slowly packing on more weight every year? I'm just sayin'...
Todd has always been a big guy. No disputing his popularity in Memphis; he’s been on the morning show at Channel 3 for 36 years and he’ll likely be there as long as he wants to keep working. Something that has changed over the last 20 years? WREG’s dominance in the ratings. For decades, they were a distant second to Channel 5, but since they hired Bruce Moore as news director, WREG has ruled the roost and Demers’ popularity in the morning is a big part of that success