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Goodbye Morning Dose and NewsFix, its been canceled. Now KDAF and KIAH can start rebuilding and revive their own newscasts. https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2018/09/newsfix-and-morning-dose-cancelled-by.html

[MEDIA=twitter]1032628105087737856[/MEDIA] The great Bruce Johnson is CANCER FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOIO/WUAB has hired Erin Logan to anchor the 10:30pm portion of its 10pm newscast on 43.

WEAR in 1991 — looks like someone watched WPLG at some point:

they did... there were other "circle 5" logo variations pitched too... they were passed on... and most of them weren't great... the consultants or whoever said they needed a new brand and that's what happened... maybe... just maybe... tv stations that are struggling to attract young viewers... don't want some dated logo and slogan from the 70's serving as their brand... this happens everywhere... pepsi has done it... mcdonalds... walmart... all for the same reason... to remake their image... hell in the period of time some of these stations have changed their logo once... other brands have changed a dozen times.... oh the times they are a changin'...

Here is another rare find that was uploaded...in 2010. I am sharing with you a video about Kris Ketz who was inspired by his father Jim King, a longtime news anchor at WQAD. So, I came across this video and found a rare WQAD news open from 1982 which can be seen at :25. And, it was seen on the night that Kris teamed up with his dad for the 6pm "Active 8 News".

A fantastic KENS close from 1985: WJZ's Eyewitness News from 1992 — the 11pm open with the candelabra tower top animation:

According to Wikipedia, the WSYM newscast will move to 6:30.

KIAH is launching a 3-hour morning newscast this fall.

They do need to do something about that slogan and logo. Plus, the on-screen graphics are atrocious.

WJW/Cleveland in 1989 CBS era WJW/Cleveland in 1993 CBS era

Raycom Sports/freelance announcer and former local sportscaster Mike Hogewood has died at 63. He worked at WBRC and WGHP, but he was best known for his ACC coverage and stint at WFMY.

And Rudabeh is still hot. <3 Sorry for going off-topic. I only watch WFOR for her.

Sad news indeed, I'm so glad I got to watch Ed for a few years before his retirement. Brandon, Dave Ward, Gina Gaston, Marvin Zindler and Bob Allen were the 6 pm news team I watched growing up. Here's an awesome photo from Channel 13 of Texas' news 6 and 10 pm newsteam from the late 1980s-early 2000s. Classic! Sadly the entire top row is now passed on.

This isn't going to end well for KUTV. Just look at what happened to the ratings for WWL's morning news when they were forced to move it over to WUPL to make room for "CBS This Morning."

I wouldn’t be surprised if the fiasco was a combination of the theories suggested in this thread. I tend to believe it was a massive internet failure. But I might also theorize that workers dealing with construction and abatement might have accidentally severed data lines running through the building. Few other things could explain an internet failure localized to one building. This should serve as a warning (but won’t) that absolute dependence on the web to facilitate day to day operations, without an alternative, is a recipe for disaster. I remember, when internet access became a normal part of station operations, that certain parts of the facility were kept as closed systems, without web connections. Editing, master control, traffic, etc. were not allowed direct web access. Servers were isolated. This wasn’t so much to protect against internet failure, as it was to prevent the introduction of viruses and malware. News, by necessity, had internet access. But I remember more than once when a virus shut down the primary system, forcing a painful switch to an ill-maintained back-up server. I appreciate the many advantages and progress of cloud system operations, and using the internet, instead of costly and sometimes obtuse closed or direct access systems. But the dependence on the web comes with a serious risk that station management minimizes. If the power goes out, most stations have generators. If a water mains break, bottled water can be brought in. But absolute reliance on the internet, with no back-up or alternative to serve your number one responsibility of putting product on the air, is a guarantee that exactly what happened, will happen.

Im still in disbelief on how the whole thing was handled. No mention last night by the station on social media.. and they were updating their pages.. Shep Smith anchoring the 10.. Where were Steve and Dari? I would like to know what time the systems went down. I honestly feel like the building was evacuated and inspected and that's why they were off. For the record last night Shepard Smith said the whole motherboard went down (which makes sense.) It was definitely interesting!