“48 Hours” 1997 – 2002 Theme
With the introduction of this theme, 48 Hours was given a makeover. The opening graphics showed us traveling at high speed through busy city streets. It...
News music
ABC News 1999 – 2001 tags
“More and more Americans get their news from ABC News, than from any other source,” according to the voice over that accompanied these tags. They played...
“Good Morning America” 1999 – 2004 Theme
In 1999 Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson were named interim anchors for Good Morning America, filling in until ABC found new permanent anchors for the breakfast...
“The News with Brian Williams” 1998 – 2002 Theme
Brian Williams joined NBC News in 1993 and was quickly groomed to be the next anchor of NBC Nightly News. At first he was named White...
“America’s First Family” 1998 Promo
This is a well-known promo campaign used for a number of years: America’s First Family. It is composed by Jay Stollman, Fred Shehadi, Frank Radice and Peter Primamore....
“20/20” 1998 – 2000 Theme
This 20/20 theme is an update of the classic theme composed by Walt Levinsky for Score Productions. When it premiered, ABC decided to name its news...
“World News Tonight” 1998 – 2000 Theme
This theme was used on ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings until September 29, 2000 when they received brand new graphics. The theme was actually...
“Nightside” 1997 – 1998 Theme
NBC Nightside was NBC’s second overnight newscast. The program started in 1991 and was produced in Charlotte, North Carolina by the NBC News Channel. That is...
“Start with Today” 1997 Promo
Start With Today is composed by Jay Stollman, Fred Shehadi and Peter Primamore, then of Kingsize Music, and was used in many promos for NBC’s Today Show. The show...
“Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel” Theme
After a number of years on Today, Bryant Gumbel joined CBS News in 1997 to anchor a primetime news magazine: Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel. With an...
“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...
“Good Morning America” 1997 – 1999 Theme
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...
“Decision 96” Theme
This theme has been used for coverage of the 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002 elections. Generally the broadcast networks go all out for general elections and...
“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...
“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...