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Whoopi came in on Friday’s show (when she usually has off) to address this whole thing. With Joy (who usually moderates Fridays) off, I wonder if Paula was scheduled to moderate. Also, one of the reasons Pirro was supposedly pissed was because the anti-Trump conservative Republican Ana Navarro was scheduled to fill-in for Joy and she wasn’t told about it. Would she honestly have preferred Joy to be there?!

You mean in 30 Rock behind the glass panels? That’s the newsroom that launched with msnbc back in 2007. They either use the full 3A studio backdrop (as it was intended) or as they do most of the time they the cut newsroom portion in half with an LED wall if the slides in which shows a backdrop similar to the one Nightly has. On the other side is another wall for msnbc where they have a video where it looks like the typical view to the Nightly Studio or they show generic graphics. It’s always on showing something even when it’s slid into “hiding” but can be seen in certain shots.

That ladies and gentlemen is a burn...

Chronicle Broadcasting at its finest... They used similar GFX at KRON and KAKE - and the latter along with WOWT were in smaller markets! This KMOV open is new-ish...

From Phoenix, a few KTVK promos, 1978-'80:

Saw his Twitter bio and he did change his Twitter Profile Picture as well so his 23 year career at KFOR is done

A rebroadcast of WFTV's Eyewitness News from November 19, 1998, leading into a half hour portion of World News Now (with the World News polka!):

Any updates on who is anchoring the new noon newscast that is supposed to launch Monday? July 23rd? The TV guide says page six tv is still on at noon

The short version is... don't sext at work. Otherwise, there's a good chance you'll be out. Look at KFOR's Lance West for example. Out after 23 years. https://www.thelostogle.com/2018/07/18/lance-west-resigns-from-kfor-over-sexting-controversy/

From one last place station to another ...

What is the control room area behind Lester while he is anchoring on set? Does anyone know?

Oh, really? Anyone familiar with Minneapolis TV can tell you KSTP has been in the gutter since ... forever. Thus the neverending tweaks, including talent. Hello, Paul. OKC might have a little more wiggle room depending on how well KOCO did in any given book and how poorly KOKH may have done. If your idea of successful is fighting for 3rd or 4th place, local TV isn't for you.

I know, but there needs to be at least a 3rd male. Ukee should not be doing 4 newscasts in the evenings. Maybe give the 5 and 10 to someone else like Joe, and even give Jessica a rest too. I’m sure Natasha Brown has wanted a promotion for years, she’s one of the most tenured people at the station right now.

KOCO is not in last place and neither is KSTP.

WCAX's "The News" (6:00), 12/1/1990. This was during a series called "First Republic, Fourteenth State" in celebration of Vermont's bicentennial.

Here are a couple of old clips from when Maury Povich was a news anchor (well before he got his own talk show): WTTG 1985: WNYW 1989:

I don't know what's sadder: That UNO nuked its football program in order to go D1 in everything else (perhaps at the coaxing of UNL) or that WOWT's graphics 25 years ago can be seen as slightly better as their graphics today. For perspective: