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A rather nice long close with the Music Oasis WRC package.. cued up to hear it in its entirety. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=p5J3DnnBExA;m=19;s=47

We missed this one but Gray is assuming the control of WFFP in Lynchburg via a shared services agreement (beginning June 15th) and buying WLHG (it's low-power sister station) outright, this being an outgrowth of WDBJ's CSA with WFFP. Programming produced by Liberty University will be able to air over all three stations through an agreement reached with the university, the parent company of Morning Star Broadcasting which owns WFFP and WLHG and Gray, the operator of all three stations. All of this info came from TVNewsCheck and RBR. Anyway, here is the Form 314. Includes a Shared Services Agreement for WFFP and an APA.

WLS, Chicago; 10 p.m., 1980 (with an interestingly screwed-up map of San Salvador):

We take you back 43 years ago to 1975 where KOAT-TV in Albuquerque brings you "Action News." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-_pysV9RQ

Chicago's WGN takes a look back at its first 40 years (with Geraldo Rivera as the host), 1988 -- I've cued up the clip to start with the segment devoted to the news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h=1;id=bI9ghnsMb48;m=1;s=20

Canal 13's opener of its 1pm newscast, taped in 2005. Back then the broadcast focused on "news for the people" and "news you can use", and still had an important reputation because of its consumer segments and analysis.