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Looks like I’ve identified a VO! Or technically, NW Directions did. WJLA’s VO from 1987 to 1994/5 was named Sheldon Smith.

A bit of a diversion, but Smith is apparently kind of legendary (he got a nice union award some time back)... He also is the voice of political ads for Republicans in all 50 states and Guam and has been doing political ads for 44 years.

Don't see it on the EWN 50 Years page, but right now in New York taxicabs that have the Eyewitness News feed they're playing this 1991 promo uncut, full audio

Some New M&As. NBC is acquiring Telemundo affiliates in Sacramento & Salt Lake City, owned by Serestar Communications for $21M. Also, Scripps is buying independent station WHDT in Stuart, FL, from Gunter Marksteiner, for $25M. It already owns the NBC station WPTV and operates the Raycom-owned Fox outlet WFLX. No telling what they'll be using the new channel for, once the deal is done.

In the memory of Chris Bradley. RIP

Wow. I didn’t know about the KOBI/KOTI logo; it is small, but I wouldn’t say it looks worse than KTXA’s logo....

And quite fitting; the first voice (and later face) of BBC TV News died last Saturday at age 93.

Karlene Chavis now at KFMB (CBS-8 San Diego) as "Chief Meteorologist".

WCMH commercial break, 1998. Taken from Extra: The Entertainment Magazine, Access Hollywood, and Seinfeld.

Beginning today, all of Telefe's O&O stations are eliminating its local names (e.g. Teleocho in Córdoba, Canal 9 in Bahía Blanca or Canal 8 in Tucumán, among others) to adopt Telefe's branding for its entire programming. That means that its local newscasts are now called Telefe Noticias. Here's an example from Córdoba: an excerpt of its midday newscast (1pm) under this new name. Another example: this one is from Santa Fe, where the newscasts have just premiered its HD broadcasts!