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Phil Schwarz on a Friday night? What's the world coming to?

I've seen it quite often, especially former on-air talent visiting their old station if they happen to be passing through the area or somehow on assignment in their old market.

Weekday Jackie Bange? That's extremely rare.

Could that possibly be the original KUTH? The "66" branding doesn't make much sense for it, though, unless there was an SLC translator that no one noticed...

Ten years ago tonight:

Yep... Or even more sinister... Sometimes talent will show up to other stations to visit friends...and "be seen" exclusively for gossip and negotiation reasons. Make 'em think you are being shopped....when you are not. ...and sometimes that backfires.

Yep, it was surprising to see Vanesasa go because she just accepted the promotion but the article explains it all. So far, she has not resufarced anywhere else. I do hope she lands back on her feet. Jen is one of my favorites, I would have loved if she took the job full time but alas.

I mentioned it in the shoutbox when I watched WFOR one time and was surprised to see Diane Magnum on-air. Summary: Jen didn't want it because she didn't want to do TV permanently again. Vanessa got into a feud with WFOR because of a vacation in L.A. and went to tour KCBS-KCAL while at it to possibly find a job there, which made WFOR management mad, which is why she left. So glad to see Diane again!

Did they seriously have the same people in the same order tonight?

Even Feder is making note of it. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1671078486247923

Can't believe this was ten years ago tonight (12/23/07). Video Courtesy of thrawnbutler from YT.

I've never seen that EQ Vance graphics package, either! And based on the update open you posted...did he do the KCBS Action News "For All of Southern California" set!?!?!?

Well, she needs to rest because Wednesday is the blood drive, and she needs to be well for it.

Yeah, I could tell Cheryl caught something because her voice was slightly lower during her weathercast at 4:30.

Isn’t it somewhat common for people to visit sister stations or those unrelated to their own when on vacation especially if you have friends working there? If your on Instagram you’ll see plenty of visits to other stations while on vacation - usually to see old friends. Could it be as simple as someone at KCBS/KCAL heard she was there visiting from their sister station, heard about the promotion and wanted to talk?

The 1997 Television Factbook says K66FN Salt Lake City signed on March 1, 1996, owned by Rolando Collantes. (A Salt Lake Tribune article suggests the sign-on was at least a month earlier.) This station is today K39JS-D, an Azteca América outlet simulcasting with KSVN-CD 25 in Ogden. The callsign came from KSVN 730 AM which has been a Spanish-language station for nearly three decades now but previously was known as "K-7". You're seeing KSVN in 2001 (the mention of the 154th anniversary of Pioneer Day seals the year). Collantes is the owner of Azteca Broadcasting Corporation, the current licensee, which has no relation to TV Azteca itself other than a business partnership and a shared name. His stations hooked up with la televisora del Ajusco in 2002, dropping Univision. In 2004 and 2005, they carried live Spanish translations of the LDS General Conference. Of all the Utah rarities I've wanted to see, this was one I didn't even know existed!

Now here is something very obscuring, A video clip of Noticias 66 Univision. Not from Chicago, but from Utah! Circa between 2001-2007. Anyone know any info of this incarnation of Univision Utah?

Bye Mr. Fred ...Next stop WGCL!

JUST IN: WOIO/WUAB has not only got rid of its news director, but is rumored, according to FTVLive, to have already found a new ND!! http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2018/1/5/canned-in-cleveland

Surprise, Surprise! A WCCO sports report featuring former NBC sports Reporter Ahmed Rashad.

The voice of Metromedia himself, Tom Gregory gives Channel 5 viewers the late news headlines at about 4am on August 27, 1983: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hxwbvRLI00

While Bill is Jewish, his wife is not. They celebrate Christmas for his young daughter.