KALB TV-5/Newschannel 5/CBS 2 id/newsbreak montage 1985-2016 (Alexandria, LA NBC)

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Here is a station ID and promo montage from KALB TV-5, the NBC affiliate for Alexandria, LA and Central Louisiana. All copyrights acknowledged. KALB serves as the main television station for Alexandria, LA as the only VHF station to the small market. It also served portions of the Lafayette/Acadiana market as that market did not have an NBC affiliate of its own aside from a brief period from 1968-1975 and since 2015. As a locally owned station (well Red River Broadcasting of Shreveport) until 1993, the look and identity of the station remained largely unchanged. From the mid 1970s until 1998, KALB used an arrow 5 logo (interestingly, its previous logo could have been seen as a prototype of the @ symbol) often set to the NBC image and look of the era. The earliest logos here are from 1985 during the second iteration of the "TV 5 Let's All Be There/NBC Let's All Be There" campaign. 1:45 starts the id period of 1988/1989 with a Newscentral 5 update (that was the station's newscast title until 1998) with Mary Ann Cleary. Unsure of news themes used in the 1980s, whether they are production tracks or official news themes. 3:26 features another news update. 4:35 features a list of notable NBC and syndicated shows that aired on KALB during the time. 5:23 features a news update from 1989 with Steve Coco. 6:30 starts the 1990s era of KALB. By this time, they were branding as "The Leader (for Central Louisiana)." The news theme adopted around 1992 was Gari's "Advantage," which was used during the station's Park Communications ownership. The station also used the squares graphics that were also used by an array of other Louisiana/MIssissippi stations including WDSU in the early 1990s (New Orleans), WAPT of Jackson in the mid 1990s, and KATC of Lafayette in the mid to late 1990s. 12:42 features a good 40th anniversary promo of the station from 1994. 16:42 begins the station image during its Media General Days. From 1998 until about 2004, the station used a rectangle Newschannel 5 logo deemphasizing its KALB call letters and featuring the NBC logo more prominently. By 2005, the station adopted its crescent logo which was used through the end of its Media General Days and during its Hoak Media days. Although the station was sold to Hoak Media in 2008, KALB retained its Media General theme until 2011 and version of its crescent arc logo until late 2014 (when the station was sold to Gray Television). 21:51 begins the start of the arc Media General era from 2005. 22:02 shows some primitive TV captures from late 2011 during its Hoak Days featuring a localized news theme by station talent Mark Klein and localized interpretations of the News 4 New York open from WNBC. 23:58 shows the modern 2015-2016 version of KALB's image. The news theme used until late summer 2016 was a production music track (unsure of title/composer). In 2006, KALB brought CBS back to Alexandria on a subchannel using the monkier CBS 2 given it is located on channel 2 of most cable systems in the region. Its current logo is somewhat similar to an early 2000s logo from WBBM CBS 2 of Chicago. In 2016, KALB took over the CW affiliation from KBCA on the 5.3. Syndicated programming on KALB includes, but not limited to, Dr. Phil, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Oprah, The People's Court, and Showtime at the Apollo, Ellen, and Rachel Ray. News talent featured here includes, but not limited to, Tom Konvicka, Melinda Johnson, Steve Coco, Mary Ann Cleary, Dale Hoffman, Mark Hamblin, Michelle Godard, Peter Marshall, Mark Klein,