WPDE-TV news opens

Third longest of my compilations thanks to the YouTube channel wpdehistory, which is devoted to the history of this very station. I’ll be doing the same thing with forthcoming KSTP - marathoning the tcmedianow archives for new content.

The following are opens from WPDE in Florence, SC from 1980 onward.

Here is what you can find in this compilation:
0:00 - WPDE Station ID (1998-2000)
0:07 - “Pee Dee 15 News: The 5.30 Edition” intro (1980-1981)
0:29 - “Pee Dee 15 News” and “Pee Dee People” intros (1981-1982)
1:23 - “Pee Dee 15 News: The Early Edition” intro (1982-1983)
1:39 - “15 News” “The Early Edition” and “The Late Edition” intros (1983-1984)
2:24 - “15 News: The Early Edition” intro (1984-1985)
2:44 - “15 News” “Morning Edition” and “The Early Edition” intros (1985-1986)
3:26 - “Action News 15” morning update and generic intros (1986-1989)
5:56 - “Action News 15” noon and generic intros (1989-1991)
7:51 - “Action News 15” “On The Hour” and generic intros (1991)
8:19 - “Action News” 6pm intro (1991-1993)
8:37 - “15 News” 6pm and ”Nightbeat” intros (1993-1996)
9:22 - “WPDE News Channel 15” 6pm and 10pm (WWMB) intros (1996-1998)
10:59 - “WPDE News Channel 15” 6pm intro (1998-2000)
11:26 - “WPDE News Channel 15” 6pm and “Nightbeat” intros (2000-2002)
13:14 - “WPDE News Channel 15” ”Good Morning Carolinas,” 6pm and 11pm intros (2002-2003)
17:17 - “WPDE News Channel 15” noon, 6pm, 10pm (UPN and CW21), “Nightside,” weekend and Myrtle Beach mayoral runoff intros (2003-2007)
20:30 - “WPDE News Channel 15” 6pm and “Nightside” intros (2007)
21:10 - “WPDE News Channel 15” “Good Morning Carolinas,” 6pm, 10pm (CW21), 11pm, breaking news, special report, “First Alert Weather Report,” “Vote 2008” and “Carolina This Week” intros (2007-2010)
25:05 - “WPDE News Channel 15” “Good Morning Carolinas” (used until 2015), 6pm and “Carolina This Week” intros (2010-2012)
26:20 - “NewsChannel 15” 6pm, “CW21 News Now” and winter storm intros (2012-2015)
27:21 - “ABC15 News” ”Good Morning Carolinas,” “Carolina & Company Live,” 5pm, 6pm topical, 11pm (generic and topical) and breaking news intros (2015-2021)
32:07 - “ABC15 News” “Good Morning Carolinas,” 5pm, 5.30pm, 6pm, 7pm, 11pm and breaking news intros (2021-present)
34:23 - WPDE News Promo (1989-1991)

(C) 2021 Sinclair Broadcast Group

[PopLightBrown]

Oh wow, over thirty minutes of footage!

We have an Uze Brown, Sue Abrams, Rick Henry, Tom Sorrells and Liza Mozer sightings. Good stuff.

[ChristopherF]

This video here has so much history as this station celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2020.

[DBZfanboy]

Man, I was born in late 1983 but I remember the ones from 1989 to now. The ones I haven't seen when I was not even born yet!

[RobertKeilOK]

7:58 is that who is now known as Nancy O’Dell?

[ndulmillenium]

Hey, would you update WRAL news open?

[swissmediastuff]

9:40 This has to be the tackiest set I've ever seen.
It’s a mix of bar, courtroom and church.

[samhall-earl]

"Live from Eastern South Carolina News Station: This is Action News".

[z]

Zahramay Falls WPDE Mile 15 Laurinburg

[mydogg]

@ 34:16 why does it say FOX28 but it’s ABC15?

[christopherleejohnson]

The one and only theme used for an abc affiliate. More common used with Cbs Fox and NBC stations in the 90s

The X Factor theme is more prevalent on Fox stations

[VideosdeHeOl]

El "15" del periodo 1993-2015 era una marca muy distintiva de la estación. No debieron cambiarla por una versión tan barata como la actual.

[elmofx]

If NBC 4 New York have the current Sinclair graphics for 2023 April fools

[alfonsogreen]

Wow that's the late Johnny Cochran's daughter Tiffany

[kmart]

WPDE TV ABC 15 florence AND CW 21 OWN BY sinclair