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2016 population was 134,410 and 5.5% Hispanic.

You might have seen this before, but the fact that this John Christopher Burns piece is now known to not actually be from the 1994 WYFF pack (which was just two weeks away from debuting at this point) is interesting. (Also note the older WYFF logo!)

Some anchor replacements were announced...... WKRN's weekend morning anchor Nikki Burdine will replace Davenport as new weekday morning anchor. The article didn't say when she will start. From McGuff, Spaulding is leaving next Friday (8/18). And replacing her will be former WPIX personality and current KRIV reporter Kaitlin Monte.

I bummed about this. Jeff's a good anchor, seems like the nicest guy too. He & dawn have a real chemistry, and as much as I don't care for Bill Bellis or Lou Canellis, all four of them worked well together. But Rafer Weigel?! Talk about unlikable! Has NONE of his father's personality. But, lucky for him, he has his name! Oh this city!

I could see a 7pm newscast. Or maybe Fox 9 News Now.

As for Lockwood, Raycom would technically make more sense geographically when it comes to KTEN, KAKE, and WHDF (if shelled under American Spirit). WKNX and WSKY are probably worth less than $10 million for the two stations combined, but I don't know who would want to put money into a couple loser independents.

After 37 years at WISH-TV, David Barras is retiring. He will step down as 5:00-7:00 a.m. and midday anchor on December 1, 2017, a date which he revealed in a Facebook post announcing his retirement to have once jokingly claimed was his projected date of retirement when he interviewed to become an assignment reporter at the station in 1980. http://wishtv.com/2017/08/09/david-barras-to-retire-after-37-years-at-wish-tv/ http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/indianapolis-news-legends-says-hell-retire-come-december/192932

KSAZ is a funky station in a lot of ways. For one, creatively it's long done its own thing. The Fox O&O theme has been used to open their newscasts for, by my count, as little as five months this decade. I mean, here's the open sequence for KSAZ since 2010: There's also News Now, which has become a most unusual beast in TV news. It has a national audience but is not coming from a Top 10 market; while it will cover local news when warranted, it quickly understood that Trump and police chases were among its biggest viewer getters. Putting a taste of News Now on TV is a smart move to raise its visibility. Such is the case that their fall upfront presentation boasted "the world is watching Fox 10 News Now". But come on, this logo is an abomination.

And the next KCRA 3 and KQCA 58.

Maybe it's because Milwaukee is basically a Chicago suburb.

Looks like this was done about 6 months or so. WGAL's building is so beautiful and iconic. -- Matt

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