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The second Spann leaves WBMA+, their news department becomes DOA. Given his past history at WVTM, it would be a coup for Hearst to snatch him.

Sinclair and that word is such a disgrace. Period. Julian Sinclair Smith must be flipping the bird a million times on this.

True over the graphics, and I bet Arnold and the boys were popping some bubbly after the FCC approval was announced. Just a matter of months and all of the MG/LIN stations will switch over to a SAM/360 pack if they don't do so voluntarily. I don't predict many fights over that mandate besides a station like WAVY-TV10 and WOOD-TV. WAVY should have paid 615 to fully and totally buy-out the complete and total rights to the entire package before this deal went through. That would have been their only way to continue with the music long-term and to where Arnold could have updated it and kept the logo verbatim, without having to side-step around it with slight logo variations to keep 615/Warner-Chappell happy. I predict a few fights at WAVY, both over the music and the website just for starters. It'll be super surprising if their GM and a few other long-timers don't leave or get forced out by the end of the year.

Can someone identify the music used in this promo? WCVB uses it a lot for winter weather promotions. [MEDIA=vimeo]198717461[/MEDIA]

"Our news department lost all it's credibility overnight.... ...But look at all the money we saved!" (empty suit v.p. of news)

And I'm sure none of you have the entire breakdown of the ratings. So unless you get the ENTIRE demo breakdowns nobody( here) has a real picture of how both shows are really doing. You only see the ratings that they (the networks ) want you to see. Ok... As you were. That is all. Sorry for interrupting.

Dating myself here, but I once had a cassette *ahem, GASP* with ALL of those cuts on it from Tuesday and they were are part of a long News 88 demo. I had that when I first started in the biz in the early to mid 90's. That 6:53 mark cut that you referenced was on there and it's almost as if that theme was a repurpose from the Network Music catalog. If you listen to the :25 second mark of News 88 on the NMSA it thematically matches up with the 2:13 bump in the video. Also the 11:43 bump shares some same melody with the same NMSA cut around 40 seconds in. They're all related, but some Tuesday packs did better than others, as you know, when it comes to having a strong logo that stands out.

What about WBRC? He used to work there too.

Yeesh... can't speak for the others, but that's a HUGE chunk of WVEC's viewing audience affected with Cox being the primary cable provider for six of the seven cities (Suffolk has Charter/Spectrum)

If they were to attempt to shake off James Spann....