“Nightline” 1997 – 2005 Theme
For most of the early years, Nightline used the World News Tonight theme to open the broadcast. That changed in 1997 when they started using a...
For most of the early years, Nightline used the World News Tonight theme to open the broadcast. That changed in 1997 when they started using a...
This theme embodies the transfer of GMA from the entertainment division to the news division as it contains the ABC News emblem. It is the first...
For the first time since 1978, ABC News used a different theme for its evening flagship broadcast. It was not entirely new because this theme is...
From a horse race perspective the 1996 presidential election was a bore. The minute that primary season was over, President Clinton seemed to be cruising to reelection, beating...
This was used for three years during the 1990s after ABC News broadcasts. I am not sure who the composer is, but Score Productions seems likely...
This is the sounder used for the hourly news updates from ABC News Radio since 1995. ABC’s newscasts are fed to more than 2,000 stations across the nation....
Turning Point was an ABC news magazine that would feature one topic, such as a historical event of significance. It was anchored by alternating stars: Barbara...
“From ABC News around the world and into your home, the stories that touch your life. With Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters, this is 20/20.” That’s...
Co-moderators Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts replaced David Brinkley. They were familiar to the show’s audience, as both were frequent panelists in the Brinkley-era. Sam and Cokie’s...
News magazines are like fashion accessories: one day they are hot; the next they aren’t. And when they are hot, there is no escaping them. They...
Polka music to end a newscast. Weird. What’s the story behind it? Since the beginning World News Now plays random pieces of music leading into the...
This theme was used during the latter years of the Lunden-Gibson era and is composed by Non-Stop Music. The early 90’s saw the morning shows travel...
In 1992 Aaron Brown and Lisa McRee anchored a relatively new type of newscast. It was titled ABC World News Now, designed to give the network...
“This is an ABC News Special Report.” Whenever breaking news warranted an interruption of regularly scheduled programming, this theme was used. While it is solemn and...
In 1990 the old theme was starting to sound dated, hence Score Productions produced an updated recording. The theme debuted without any new graphics and was...