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KOVR Live at Noon November 1983 - they tried a hybrid news / lifestyle studio guest format

KABC Eyewitness News 1988 Thanksgiving 4pm

WDIV started a trend of hourlong anniversary specials in Detroit Here's WXYZ - Robbie and Diana look great and both very gracious about Bill WXYZ promos reel And WJBK getting in on it

Ah Geraldo… This I’ll give to NewsNation and Nexstar… Perry Sook is filling the broadcast leadership void left by Les Moonves’ resignation. A shameless cross promoter because it works, doesn’t try to chase the young adult audience that’s been fickle for decades, and pushing retrans hard. How much juice is left from satellite and cable and streamers paying subs - who knows - but those years long contracts give a lot of runway.

Debra O'Connell now running ABC News and the O&Os https://nypost.com/2024/02/14/media/abc-news-president-kim-godwin-gets-new-micromanager-boss-effectively-demoted-sources/ Guess it's a good thing for WABC (and maybe stations in general) a WABC lifer is at the top of the combined role

Straining your talent by having them stand for an hour doesn't sound great for arresting delivery of the copy on the prompter. Competition must be loving this.

KJEO 1985 (also some KFSN at the beginning)

WAVY 1981 last day of 'Area 10 Eyewitness News' - full clip of the 'proud as a peacock' affiliate news theme at the end

WLS Eyewitness News 10pm November 1986 The unique part of this clip is the set covered in blue panels for the election

Thank goodness. Those grey toned shots with the 'better' Bay Area in the open were so grim looking.

This post has a “wide” shot and confirms this is a temp set - new one might be a year away https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2vpLR0vKCl/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Yeah once they ditched the backyard scenery with staircase motif from 75-9X GMA stopped being distinctive. Guess that was around the time they moved from the entertainment to the news division. Wasn’t a fan of the 90s Today set myself. 85-90 luxury condo and the 06-13 were my favorites there.

Might be - someone in another post mentioned KUSI in a “new building.” I remember some media piece saying they would consolidate at KUSIs building because half the building was vacant. Maybe they are in the KSWB temp set area while the KUSI building is renovated for dual use. Also a data point…a job posting for a weekend morning producer says KUSI is #1 in that time slot. Unfortunately for both stations the rescan this month is turbulent - lots of confused people on social plus streaming has gone wonky in the last week. Edited to add... As of today KUSI.com redirects into Fox5SanDiego, with the KUSI logo at the top adjacent to Fox 5.

Moving onto a temp set https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2f4n5Cyu6q/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Looks better than the O&O implementation. Less in your face with the eye and CBS name. But close enough you pick up the cues it’s related to the network news parent.