WOAY-ABC broadcast from 2/20/1987 - 'Amerika,' local news + 80s commercials

Here's an hour-plus broadcast of ABC affiliate WOAY-TV, recorded on February 20, 1987, retrieved from an old VHS tape.
The recording features a portion of the ABC network miniseries 'Amerika,' a few minutes of WOAY 'Nightwatch,' the station's 11 p.m. newscast, and a lot of vintage 1980s commercial breaks mixed in.
The commercials include:
1:08 - Dexatrim
1:23 - Aspercreme
1:38 - Glade Litter Fresh
2:08 - US Sprint
2:38 - Milk, America's favorite health kick
3:14 - ABC News Brief with Ted Koppel featuring Syria-Lebanon conflict, South Africa UN sanctions, McFarlane-Iran
3:46 - Van Heusen
4:02 - News Brief continued with Reagan-terrorists
4:16 - Ballard's Mexican Pizza
4:28 - Nissan dealers
4:58 - WOAY Jeopardy! promo
5:18 - WOAY Earehart's Toyota bumper
20:19 - Alka Seltzer
20:49 - New York Life
21:35 - Pledge
21:50 - Magnavox
22:20 - MacGyver, Love Among Thieves promos
29:35 - 409 with Jerry Houser, aka Wally Logan, aka Mr. Marcia Brady
29:55 -Liquid-Plumr
30:05 - Coors Light
30:36 - Dupont Stainmaster Carpet
31:06 - Surf detergent
31:41 - ABC Saturday night promo: Sidekicks, Sledge Hammer, Ohara and Spencer for Hire
32:42 - Bank of Raleigh
33:13 - Newswatch News Brief, sponsored by LeRose Motors
50:54 - Loreal with Cybil Shepherd
51:24 - Sharp televisions
51:54 - Vaseline Intensive Care Foam Bath
52:09 - Ragu Pasta Meals
52:24 - Speed Stick deodorant, byyyy Mennen
54:33 - ABC Sports promo
55:04 - In Season Sports, Southern WV's largest pro golf shop!
55:15 - Andy Clark Ford, Princeton WV dealership
55:45 - WOAY Star Trek promo
56:16 - West Virginia Lottery, touting premiere of Daily 3 and Daily 4 games
56:46 - The recording concludes with approximately five minutes of WOAY Nightwatch. Anchored by Lisa Holbrook, stories include:
57:22 - Fayette County accident involving Sheriff Jack Manning and Deputy Edward Steele.
57:59 - Ingersoll Rand Beckley WV plant closing.
58:26 - Miner Billy Green killed in Boone County WV mine collapse; Martin Keith killed in rescue attempt. Mark Mooney and Bobby Cantrell interviewed.
59:30 - Rail rates
59:53 - UMWA-Island Creek Coal Company agreement. Elizabeth Davis reports; Rich Trumka, S.O. Ogden interviewed.
WOAY-TV serves the Bluefield, Beckley, Oak Hill, market in West Virginia.
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[@stevensuarez6564]

Please 🙏, keep it up in finding more vintage newscasts.

[@joshrebich1832]

I recognized that music playing in the intro of Nighwatch. It's the same music from my Vermont NBC affiliate: WPTZ Channel 5. They used that music on their News 5 telecasts from 1987 to 1989.