“Good Morning America” 1987 – 1989 Theme
When David Hartman left Good Morning America, the program received a total makeover. The original GMA theme was dropped and the graphics were redone with a...
ABC News
“Our World” Theme
“When we remember a time, we remember moments. A kaleidoscope of the sights, sounds and emotions of the way we were. Our World. It’s about time.”...
“Nightline” 1986 – 1989 Headlines
Nightline started out as a series of special reports to update viewers late at night on the Iranian hostage crisis. Those special reports were called “America...
“We’re With You” Promo (news version)
“We’re With You” is the name of the promo campaign that ABC used during the 1984-85 TV season. It’s composed by Richard Lavsky who has also...
“Business Brief” 1984 – 1986 Theme
Business Brief was an ABC News Brief featuring only financial news anchored by ABC’s chief economics correspondent, Dan Cordtz. News Briefs were the 30, 60 or...
“Directions” 1983 Theme
ABC News Directions was the name for a program that consisted of town hall meetings, talk shows and documentaries that usually had a religious or spiritual...
“ABC News Closeup” 1982 – 1987 Theme
This is the theme used for a few years on the long running ABC News documentary series titled Closeup. The first documentary that ran under the...
“World News This Morning” Theme
World News This Morning has had a variety of anchors since its debut in 1982, including Steve Bell, Anderson Cooper and Paula Zahn. This theme was...
“This Week” 1981 – 1992 Theme
In 1981 This Week hit the airwaves as ABC’s answer to NBC’s Meet the Press and as successor to Issues and Answers. Its moderator was David...
“Viewpoint” 1981 – 1987 Theme
This program was created in 1981 by Roone Arledge, as were most other ABC News programs of the time period. Viewpoint did not have a regular...
“20/20” 1979 – 1993 Theme
In June of 1978, Roone Arledge’s first news magazine hit the airwaves. It was called 20/20 and created to compete with 60 Minutes, the show that...
“World News Tonight” 1979 – 1990 Theme
Legendary ABC News president Roone Arledge wanted orchestral music to open World News Tonight and so in 1980 the evening newscast started to use this theme....
“World News Tonight” 1978 – 1996 Theme
This is the teletype theme that was for World News Tonight in its early days. In 1980 World News Tonight stopped using this theme as its main...
“Good Morning America” 1975 – 1987 Theme
ABC’s Good Morning America was launched in November of 1975. The first host was David Hartman with Nancy Dussault as his co-host (later replaced by Sandy...
“ABC News” 1975 – 1976 Theme
ABC first started a newscast in the fall of 1953. Its anchor was John Charles Daly and the broadcast lasted only 15 minutes, as was customary...