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On 3/15/2024 at 8:44 AM, Breaking News said:
Oh they've been dropped Eyewitness News back in 2007, but WWL did dropped it under TEGNA but not WBNS-they were still family owned.
Bumping this up-- personally, IMO, if WWL in the Big Easy was to no longer be EWN (saddened that that Big Easy CBS station was to no longer be/is no longer EWN), then I think a better name for that news would have been News 4 Louisiana, or even News 4 New Orleans [that latter one would have given WWL, seemingly, a sort of WNBC/Big Apple flavor, because News 4 New York has been a long-running news handle in the Big Apple, first from 1980-95, and then from 2008-now]).
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One thing I'm wondering (and don't know if I asked)-- is CBS' current Evening News setup of having the normal evening broadcasts in Washington, the Saturday editions in Chicago, and the Sunday editions in New York sort of a reversal of how it used to be with ABC, where the normal World News Tonight broadcasts with Jennings were in New York (and occasionally in Washington), and the weekend ones (World News Saturday and World News Sunday) were in Washington?
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15 minutes ago, ttvn2000 said:
FWIW, WBNS dropped “Eyewitness News” around 2007, when its newscasts went HD.
More obvious is the exodus of well-known and experienced talent from these stations, plus a decline in production values.
Just looked that up on Scott Kimmell's site under "Old Newscast Titles," and that bears you out-- quite honestly though, never knew they had been 10TV News that long.
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8 hours ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:
Welcome to TEGNA -- They've screwed a slew of legacy stations over, including WTHR and WBNS to name a few...
Especially making them give up their legacy news titles (both were Eyewitness News before, and they are now 13 News and 10TV News respectively).
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On 2/17/2024 at 1:30 PM, Greggo said:
Shocked they’re being her back. That was a high-profile, well-covered DWI with shocking video. Stations have dumped talent arrested for DWIs far less severe.
Not all of them-- Dave Ward of KTRK in the 90s had one such incident (he was also driving without a license), and while the brass of that Houston ABC O&O were upset at what he did, all they had him to do was to write an apology and have him deliver it on all three afternoon and evening newscasts (5, 6 and 10); I think the reason why they were seemingly more lenient with him than any other station would be with talent of shorter tenure is because he had been quite an asset to that Bayou City of Texas to that point (one of the longest-serving talent that any TV station has had where news is concerned), and the good thing about it is that it caused him to reflect on what he did and change his ways where booze was concerned (all this is how I read it in his Good Evening Friends memoir).
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2 hours ago, newsteam13 said:
Kinda like KTIV's version of the Proud N logo. Thier unique take on that NBC 1979-86 logo if you will. You know, where the wireframe N logo is replace with the 4 log at that time.
Other good things:
--The announcer had a pretty good opening line/billing on each of these openings, both for the evening edition at 6, and late edition at 10: "In touch with Siouxland, KTIV NewsCenter 4 at 6... with Dave Nixon, Mike O'Connor sports, and Mike Wankum with the weather" (repeat for the late one at 10, just putting 10 in the opening).
--Also really liked KTIV's apparent custom Hello News mix of the time, and how the NewsCenter 4 title was at the top of the screen (with Sioux City in the background) for the anchor to preview the top stories, and at the bottom for the announcer's billing of the anchors.
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On 9/27/2023 at 10:36 AM, mrschimpf said:
Watching the WGBA version, it comes of as 'thin-staffed small-market Gannett newspaper operation' where only weather has money put into it instead (as it should, it's their main and only strength) and they're reporting about evergreen topics like 'how did my high school mascot get their name' rather than anything investigative or current-day, and like the Gannet example, struggle to fill 35 minutes the same way they struggle to fill twelve pages (and ten of them are pre-filled with USA Today filler and one page of classified/legal notices). It's fine for what it is, but if what it was was already kind of a mediocre product to begin with, it's just making it even more unremarkable.
So basically, WGBA is the TV news version of what the Greenville News is in print in my area, I take it?
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3 hours ago, SoFloTVClassics said:
KTIV Newscenter 4 intros 1982
Love how the 1979 peacock is used in tandem with the 4 on these (both in its native colors on the station ID, and in B/W outline on the actual opens).
Also, these openings look much newer than '82, it seems to me.
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On 2/26/2024 at 6:35 PM, MD TV said:
The first few minutes of WNBC News 4 New York from September 30, 1980 (12:37):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5inuKzOHTEU&t=758s
At this time they just started using that name/music/set but I don't think I've ever seen that WNBC logo.
Two things I'd like to say:
--First, a question: was this an evening edition (6 P.M.) or a late one (11 P.M.)?
--Second, an observation: I noticed that there was no announcer on this apparent maiden voyage of News 4 New York.
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1 hour ago, MidwestTV said:
I think the biggest problem CBS O&Os face today is the nationalization of its local markets. How much is "CBS Colorado" actually covering news from places like Pueblo, Grand Junction, or CO Springs? Genuine question, I don't know. You also have, in my opinion, overlapping brands. Saying you're watching CBS 2 News from CBS News New York is unnecessarily layered and almost totally removes the local aspect. I get what they've tried to do, but I don't think it's been implemented well.
Which is why KCNC should really be called CBS News Denver, IMO (and KTVT of the Metroplex should be called CBS News DFW, instead of CBS News Texas).
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On 2/21/2024 at 7:16 PM, MediaZone4K said:
My theory for the affiliates is that their struggles stem from the '94 realignments. They lost some stronger affiliates, left to pick up weaker ones. Look at ATL, CBS lost WAGA 5 to Fox, so they had to settle for WGNX 46, a weaker station with a dial number up in the boondocks.
And Milwaukee, where WITI Channel 6 became Fox from CBS, so CBS had to go to WDJT Channel 58, also in the boondocks.
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13 hours ago, MediaZone4K said:
Interesting catch. Just this morning my local CBS affiliate skipped Face the Nation (for the first time that I've seen) and aired E/I programming instead. The did however air Sinclair's Sunday morning political show "Full Measure".
What is your local CBS station that is Sinclair-owned?
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16 hours ago, 24994J said:
Also notable, that's sports anchor Jim Rose with the opening voiceover, that night.
Why would a sports man on that Chicago ABC O&O be the announcer on that late edition?
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On 2/4/2022 at 5:38 AM, 5OnYourSideMan said:
ABC News set from the late 1990s.
I personally enjoyed ABC News' then-new-look Washington bureau, and totally miss when they actually had separate bureaus for weeknight and weekend newscasts; now everything is done from the same New York bureau (no originality anymore).
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WMAQ NewsCenter 5 late edition, Monday, Oct. 13, 1980...
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2 hours ago, H-Town TV Fan said:
WBNS 10-TV Eyewitness News (January 23, 1984)
The Eyewitness Sports slide on the monitor beside Gary Radnich has part of the CBS Sports logo of the time (apropos, because WBNS is the CBS station of Columbus).
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In two weeks, Sunday Morning will have its 45th anniversary (45 years to the day since the first broadcast in 1979); will the show do something to commemorate, or will it be just a run-of-the-mill broadcast?
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CBS College Football Today studio coverage w/Andrea Joyce and Mike Francesa for GT/UVA; also includes game intro and coverage w/Jim Nantz, Tim Brant and John Dockery from Charlottesville
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The Super Bowl Today for Super Bowl XVI between the San Francisco 49ers and Cincinnati Bengals (strongly dislike when the NFL makes you see such things directly on YouTube)
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10 hours ago, WWUpdate said:
WMAQ, Chicago; weekend, 1979:
A very interesting billing variation with this WMAQ Chicago weekend edition: "Terry Burhans with all the weather, and Mike Lederman reporting on sports."
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On 12/14/2023 at 11:47 PM, nbc9houston said:
KPRC-TV’s newscasts became 2News (said as Channel 2 News on-air) not too long after 9/14/80.
And here is one from '85, a late edition (Fri. May 30); not sure if this was shown here.
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WSMV Nashville Scene at 10 late edition, Monday, Jan. 24, 1983...
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2 hours ago, cxd7346 said:
We are doing a year long celebration leading up to it. We went on the air 10/31/49.
That's what I wanted to know-- I was unaware that this station started at Halloween of that year.
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On 10/12/2023 at 1:45 AM, VHSgoodiesWA said:
And he will turn 90 this December! One of the last traditional game show emcees left, now that Bob Barker is up in the heavens.
Him, and Bob Eubanks and Chuck Woolery, among those I remember.
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