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I fugured that WSYX almost became "Fox 6 On Your Side", as back in 1994/5 WTTE dropped Fox from their branding and went by TV-28 in preperation of becoming the new ABC affiliate had WSYX switched. The end of the KNBC Weekend Newservice and an NBC News Special on the "Saturday Night Massacre": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBkUtvYlEH4

Some KOCO promos from a recently uploaded commercial break from 1993 - an insight into the first logo under the “5 News” brand.

A WSB open that was so interesting that I screen-recorded off a recently uploaded radioman1968 video.

There is no logic behind this , 6 and 10 will crush them in the ratings .

Highly doubt that will happen in a Top 10 Market. This is not Detroit. Besides ... the News watch, never stops! Wait. That’s on the radio side. Lol —Matt

Two words: Midterm elections.

KYW must have something different planned with this newscast. I think, knowing them, it'll be focused on light-hearted stories with some social media thrown in. They'll obviously do serious news, but they'll try to be different with more light-hearted fare and positive, uplifting stories. I'm willing to give them a chance and I'll be willing to check it out. If I don't like it, I'll go back to 6.

Thanks for the info. Do they use other views?

Where is their live camera that shows the Empire State Building in the background?

WLEX 18 “Kentucky Sunrise” segment from 1998.

I think it would be hard for a station like WCBS, because they have a very successful Judge Judy in addition to Dr. Phil, something KYW doesn’t have.

WSYX got the shaft, because it was broken from Taft when the takeover went down. It couldn't be apart of Great American Broadcasting (UGH, which urkes me) due to lost its grandfathered protection of the FCC. Robert Bass was a shareholder when at Taft and he created AnchorMedia and bought then WTVN-TV now WSYX. AnchorMedia also bought WLOS & KOVR as well. It would of been nice if WSYX would at least had been under Great American at that time. Many people who worked at WSYX told me the reason their woes always run deep was due to ownership. They had their issues with Taft. I remember reading about what Taft thought they did, but people on the inside said there was good and bad with Taft. When AnchorMedia & River City came along it was just business and numbers. Both companies were private equality group. They had no broadcasting history. It was all about numbers, and Sinclair had already owned WTTE, but used WSYX has service because it had an operation. Sinclair thing was to get rid of all the established anchors, because they made too much $$$. Cheaper is better, and that what they did. However, WSYX made alot of money for the company group, and before getting their hands on KOMO, WJLA. Sinclair, was just some regular broadcasting company that wasn't much to crow about. Everything was cheaply done. Now, in present day Sinclair sits as one of the top broadcasting companies. I do wonder what would have ever come of WSYX. There was a time where Nationwide Insurance had a communication division and owned several tv stations i.e. WBAY, WRIC, and WSYX was poised on that list. Also Journal Broadcasting was also interested as well too. Then when stations were switching in the 90s. There was even rumbles that WSYX could switch to FOX, but that kicked down very quickly!

Looking at WPLG’s schedule (via TitanTV), « Dr. Oz » currently runs there, so my guess is the show is moving to a new station in the Miami market, either due to low ratings for WPLG or maybe contractual/monetary issues....

Listen, guys, I’m not gonna do every area. I have a list of areas already written down that I am doing, so please be patient. Also, I’ve posted it before, but it also takes weeks before I produce compilations, as I have to rummage through NewsActive3’s channel to find footage (as there are A LOT of his Various Newscast Opens compilations). It takes, possibly, up to 5 or 6 weeks. Also was Anchor Media a new company the Gulf Broadcasting guys formed when Taft bought them? My theory is they used WSYX as the nuclei for that company when Taft sold it off in 1987.

Any source for this info? I'm only seeing it here and not anywhere else.

Evans retired in 1993 so it was beforehand. I didn't realize he'd been at Ch.4 that long. Sad to lose someone like him, but he had a long career, and retired on his own terms (especially without someone higher up telling him he's too old/long in the the tooth/overpaid, like what is likely happening now).

Its sad that channel 3 hasn't been relevant for newscasts in the region for quite sometime,. The ratings show it.

Then why spend money on a newscast that 6 and 10 will dominate the 4 PM ratings for news? CBS 3 should have not bothered doing this.

Yeah. That's the reasoning for this. Does it make sense by that reasoning? Yes. Does that mean it's a great idea? Probably not. There's something to be said for quality over quantity, and 3 isn't exactly putting out a quality product at the moment.

Is the L-Bar new or have they been using that for a while?

Family Feud already airs on WPSG weeknights at 7 and 7:30.

They could also move The Doctors out of the 9am slot and over to 57.

....At 3. p. m. Why though?

WDIV's AM news open from 2003(?) with the morning theme of Local First News

Ultimately, I guess it depends on how stations prioritize their weekend newscasts now, compared to 15-20 years ago. 6 makes sense to have Walter and Sarah on Sundays, with 5PM (? not 100% sure), 6, 10 on PHL 17, and 11. 29 having Lucy and Ian on Sunday-Thursday makes more sense now, especially this fall with TNF on Fox. While writing this, I just remembered that Denise was paired with Chris Cato a few years ago and that pairing was great. It IS a good question why she has gone solo since Cato was moved to mornings.

This clip, from Chicago, is only partly TV-related but it's interesting: a 1992 promo for WMAQ-AM's CNN affiliation (at the time, the former NBC radio station was owned by Group W):

Here WXIA in 1994 11pm newscast

KBS, South Korea; 9 p.m., 1987: