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The piano melody when Parks says "holiday cheer" is spot on...it's the first part that has me second guessing myself. It definitely would be an oddity...but stranger things have happened, even amongst Stephen Arnold packages (e.g. WBRZ and WGMB, more recently).

I would definitely resize the bug. Perhaps if they expanded the standard lower third parallelogram to the width of the screen they could insert the bug on top of the lower third. Again I'm thinking of Look F where when the lower third disappears the bug remains but against the video backdrop instead of the blue backdrop - similar to what they do during syndicated programming but with the bug in color. I would really like it if they also removed the white translucent bits to the left and right of the lower third and the bug (that really serve no purpose). I think it was because it had a good sense of motion, sleekness and was extremely polished when it first appeared. You didn't see that type of background animations in a while. Granite they were a bit busy (especially the rotating Diagrid disc) but they've since slowed down where WBAL now primarily uses a simple slow movement of the Diagrid in rows going accross the screen.

Forget the graphics and music. I'd rather they spent the money on sets. WISN desperately needs a new set, and I'm sure they're not the only one.

They could also charge for it.... Pay Per Poo.

It's actually not that big a surprise. Channel 24 has languished in last place since... what... the early 1970s? Had they remained under Raycom ownership, it's possible that they could have been somewhat competitive against long-dominant WTOL and WTVG. Channel 24 has been snake-bit ever since it was the (not kidding) flagship of the Overmyer/United Network. Creditors even owned it throughout the early 1980s when owner Don Overmyer defaulted on loans! It was a miracle that WTVG was bought by ABC, thus giving WNWO the NBC affiliation on a silver platter. (WXYZ would outdraw channel 24 in Toledo during the ABC years, and I wouldn't be surprised if WDIV outdraws WNWO today.)

Evolution!

What's the difference between that and the radio conservatalker KDNL runs at 6 and 11?

I like it for CBS-TM, but it doesn't feel right for the Evening News, nor do I particularly care for it during special reports.

Arizona Republic, June 30, 1984... Unfortunately, there is no KPHO from this era to provide an audio sample of this theme. EDIT: I believe it is this. This open was long in the tooth by this time, I suspect: April 30, 1993... That explains some things, including the 1992 open... It also confirms something I've always suspected. News Station did not debut until spring '93. "Real Life, Real News" was used from about 1990. October 27, 1996... (Impact News debuted in the fall of 96)

ABC World News Tonight, 1980 (a captioned rebroadcast from WYES); w/ Frank Reynolds anchoring from Los Angeles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=EFHMFQBS-3w;m=3;s=3

Interesting KERO stuff from 1999. I did find something on YouTube related to KERO. This is a video montage containing a clip of the California Raisins and some classic KERO news moments and bloopers featuring legendary Bakersfield newsman Burleigh Smith. It even features a glimpse of a KERO news open from around the mid 1980s which features an unknown theme. This was before KERO adopted the "Turn To News" package by Frank Gari. You can check out that news open clip at 11:35.

I love Savannah but these numbers would make me worried if I were her. Today wins week of December twelfth outright. http://press.nbcnews.com/2016/12/20/today-wins-7th-week-in-total-viewers-demo/

Thinking of maybe a 2.0 similar to Look F. Maybe get new opens, make the tickers and lower thirds widescreen. Perhaps a bolder blue?

WSMV and WTVF already do this and have been doing so for years.

You silly bird, that dish IS attached to the Jeep....all those guys could afford was C-Band.

I agree with this. 57 is a great studio and the Evening News does do a nice job utilizing the various video elements there but I still get that temporary solution feel.

Two former co-workers of mine work at a Sinclair station in the western U.S., but they also do news for a Sinclair station in the Midwest. These two stations are 1,500 miles apart and the same anchors and producers are doing news for both. Toledo and South Bend is nothing. I wouldn't be surprised if more of the talent is centralized in the future, especially in regions where one company owns a station in every market.

Exactly! The amount of news that is shown in the Mobile market is overkill. Does Mobile really need a 6:30pm newscast?

Yeah I had hoped that this was only temporary as it just doesn't look right coming from the CTM studio. Not the right look for a flagship evening broadcast.

Can't EN relocate to another studio?

Studio 57 doesn't have the right feel...We'll see what they do, I guess.