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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7SjpXcfLug Speaking of San Diego & Raleigh, I totally forgot KUSI in my San Diego playlist! Also I’ll be doing Raleigh next for news opens. It was a fine line between that and Charlotte but Raleigh won overall.

If they're not careful KCTV will turn into the WGCL of the Midwest.

Joe is anchoring again this weekend in evening. Wonder if he is Natasha’s replacement.

Wow! That's been on YT for all this time and none of us ever found it? The Chicago acting mayor story dates this to December 1987, not 1988.

KCTV just ran off its ND... again.

WLEX 18 “Kentucky Sunrise” segment from 1998.

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

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!

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.

It's surprising to us today how some stations in the middle of the country back then didn't have 6pm news and just did 5 and 10 (KMGH in the early-mid 90s comes to mind; WHBQ also was in that situation near the switch, but that was also a sign of deep neglect).

Am I the only one who misses Russ Mitchell at CBS News? He needs to replace Glor.

Meanwhile at 13th and Lakeside in Cleveland. Leon Bibb returns back to TV at WKYC. https://www.wkyc.com/mobile/article/entertainment/television/wkyc/leon-bibb-brings-his-storytelling-back-to-wkyc/95-580932541 https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1928508563858652

Why would KTVI have Geraldo (syndie talk show) in place of a 6 P.M. report?

1) Local newscasts are cheap to put on, especially if you are adding time to an existing show. 2) The station gets all of the ad revenue with news. They wouldn’t with a syndicated show.

Yes, it was very odd that Nationwide Communications (owner of WNCI-FM) never owned any of the Columbus TV stations. Alan Henry, in his book "A Man and his Medium" talks about the formation of Anchor Media-He was previously one of the top brass at Gulf Broadcasting.

No offense, but this is one of the dumbest posts I’ve read here in a long time. CBS isn’t going to suspend KYW’s news operations because their ratings are low. By this logic, they would have to suspend news operations at stations like WBBM, WFOR and KCBS.

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

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