“48 Hours” 1996 – 1997 Theme
This theme is composed by Edd Kalehoff and used on 48 Hours for about a year. When they started to use this theme, 48 Hours dropped...
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“CBS This Morning” 1996 – 1999 Theme
After Harry Smith and Paula Zahn left CBS This Morning, the show was revamped. Its new main anchors were the former weather and news anchors, Mark...
“Eye to Eye” 1994 – 1995 Theme
Eye to Eye got Connie Chung and CBS in a lot of trouble, which led to Chung’s exit at CBS. When Chung interviewed the mother of...
“CBS News” 1994 – 1995 Tag
And this is another CBS News experience tag. It is composed by Peter Fish. Fish has written a lot of promotional music for CBS News. Peter...
“Eye to Eye” 1993 – 1994 Theme
Eye to Eye was the third Connie Chung news magazine at CBS. It was essentially a retooled version of Face to Face with Connie Chung. While...
“Face the Nation” 1991 – 2002 Theme
Face the Nation is one of the longest running programs on television. At thirty minutes in length until 2012, it was the shortest of the Sunday...
“CBS News” 1992 – 1994 Tag
The long running CBS News promotional line is very simple: experience. This tag was used after a CBS News broadcast to drive the point home. Peter...
“Up to the Minute” 1992 – 2006 Theme
Up to the Minute is CBS’ overnight newscast. It premiered in 1992 with Russ Mitchell and Monica Gayle as its first anchor team. The program was...
“Street Stories” Theme
Street Stories was a newsmagazine that premiered in 1992 featuring 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley. Its premise was that all the stories it reported on could...
“CBS Evening News” 1991 – 2006 Theme
This theme started being used by the CBS Evening News in 1991 and lasted until September 2006. The theme is most closely associated with the Dan...
“48 Hours” 1990 – 1996 Theme
This is the second version of the classic theme composed by Edd Kalehoff for 48 Hours. This cue was used for the opening credits, which introduced...
“Saturday Night with Connie Chung” Theme
This 1989 program replaced West 57th and was anchored by Connie Chung. Like West 57th it tried to set itself apart from other news magazines by...
“CBS News Special Report” 1989 – 1997
This is the classic CBS News Special Report theme that was used from 1989 until 1997. Edd Kalehoff is the composer. Kalehoff was quite active for CBS...
“CBS News Nightwatch” 1988 – 1992 Theme
During this period CBS News Nightwatch used branding similar to the CBS Evening News. It’s logo and opening graphics are basically the same. The theme music,...
“48 Hours” 1988 – 1996 Theme
In 1988 CBS News started a new kind of news magazine: 48 Hours. The show drew its name, inspiration and original format from a CBS News...