WBAL-TV
11 News 1972-1974
Cool Hand Luke lived in Baltimore for a couple of years. That's
right. WBAL-TV used "Cool Hand Luke." This is not the same
cut that was used, but it is a similar theme. As soon as we get it, we
will post it.
WBAL-TV
Action News 1974-1981
Hello News! Well, that is one part of a very popular image from News Theme
Master Frank Gari. The opening is a cut from "Classical Gas."
Note: Mason Williams, the guy who composed the song, was very popular in
Baltimore, so I am told.
WBAL-TV Action News 1981-1986
coming soon
Hello Again News! Here is the news opening with "Hello"
signature. This was started when WBAL switched from NBC to CBS or The
Mighty Peacock to the Mighty Eye. CBS was the top television network at
that point.
WBAL-TV
Action News 1978-1986
This is the closing theme for the hello news package. This was also used,
very well, by WXIA 11Alive News in Atlanta, Georgia.
WBAL-TV News11
1986-199x
WBAL-TV dropped Action News as well as Action News 11 and simply
became "News 11" and started using this Frank Gari package
called.
WBAL-TV
11 News (1996-2000)
If you heard this theme on WCVB NewsCenter5 in Boston, WTAE-TV Action News in
Pittsburgh, WISN-TV Channel 12 News in Milwaukee or WLWT Eyewitness News 5 in
Cincinnati, then odds are is that station is owned by Hearst-Argyle
Television. This theme is composed by Frank Gari. The Package is
called Image News.
WBAL-TV
11 News (2000-Present)
WBAL used the UPDATED standard issue Hearst-Argyle News Theme by Frank Gari.
The Package is called Image News. And all of the Hearst-Argyle stations
are using this package with updated standard issue Hearst Graphics. KCRA
is not using this package though.
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