Archive for the ‘A Look Back’ Category

Blast from CNN’s past

British newspaper The Guardian has a photo gallery of screen grabs from CNN’s past election night coverage, with some interesting views of sets and graphics. Click here to view.

A look back: ABC News

Today  is the third in a series giving you a look back at the sets and graphics of past election nights. As you’ll see, the breadth and quality of the images we could find varies greatly from network to network and year to year and in many cases we don’t have material for side-by-side comparisons from the same election. If you have video clips of past election night coverage you’d like to share, please feel free to e-mail contribute@newscaststudio.com.

Previous posts: CBS News | NBC News

There seems to be a shortage of ABC News election clips available, so please feel free to send us any images you have.

1984

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A look back: CBS News

Today  is the second in a series giving you a look back at the sets and graphics of past election nights. As you’ll see, the breadth and quality of the images we could find varies greatly from network to network and year to year and in many cases we don’t have material for side-by-side comparisons from the same election. If you have video clips of past election night coverage you’d like to share, please feel free to e-mail contribute@newscaststudio.com.

Previous post: NBC News

1984

For its election night coverage in 1984, CBS built a special working newsroom-style set featuring yellowish-tan walls and broad spans of glass panels. Dubbed the “CBS News Election Headquarters,” the space was stocked with plenty of (now vintage) computers and monitors.

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A look back: NBC’s past election night coverage

Today we begin the first in a series giving you a look back at the sets and graphics of past election nights. As you’ll see, the breadth and quality of the images we could find varies greatly from network to network and year to year and in many cases we don’t have material for side-by-side comparisions from the same election. If you have video clips of past election night coverage you’d like to share, please feel free to e-mail contribute@newscaststudio.com.

1972

We’ll start with NBC News’ 1972 studio set.

This set, somewhat reminiscent of Star Trek, features simple black and light blue walls and yellow lettering display voting data.

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