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Cokely had been working for two years as the consumer reporter for the Gillett stations, based in DC. He was only 33 at the time! Whoever consulted KTVI I think missed the mark with this promo, because it ended up accentuating that everyone wasn't from St. Louis. KDNL suffered through the same problem with its entirely out-of-market news lineup when they launched.

That's not correct. I've talked to staff there. They did create this package and they have been doing a lot of work!

ABC33/40- Sept 1, 1997 -1 year after signing on as the new ABC affiliate.

And I can guess where they all came from - Iola from Dallas, Kevin from Cleveland (he was at WKYC in 1980), Stu from Detroit and Miles from New Orleans. Hiring out-of-towners really didn’t do much for KTVI. Miles was gone a year later in favor of Dave Murray, who was previously at KSDK. And that move has paid off after 30 years.

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Heavens to murgatroyd... That's the KFMB "Koo Koo Roo" music. Yuk!

It’s similar to how WFLA still uses their 2016 Media General graphics, but uses the Nexstar ticker.

Hothaus had nothing to do with this package and they are rarely doing work anymore. This really takes 19 back to the glory days!

They all just got off planes and they're all ready to give St. Louisans the news — a promo for KTVI's new news team in 1988:

I've documented the changes on the TVNT Discord server - it appears they are just updating the logos for the most part. Some graphical elements, such as CFTO's Community Calendar, now CTV Our Community, and the aforementioned promo graphics (chryons and all), were completely redone with new graphics. Their news app was also overhauled too. Also noted in the TVNT Discord server: "The roll out is...quite slow. The new CBC standardized logos were quietly introduced in the middle of the Fall 2017 season... and it was only used for internal documents concerning the CBC TV network. Fast forward a year later, the TV network began using it in promos, and the Sports division formally opted in afterwards. Either way, a new look for the CBC is looong over due. The corp was using the same logo structure for almost two decades now." Looking at the visual motifs, it appears The National's chyrons are a part of the current CBCNN/local refreshed graphics, so there will not be a refresh anytime soon. Home of the Champions.

Welcome to Toledo, TEGNA...

Not particularly. Some of the little nuances of the broadcast have changed, but nothing significant. They've even become comfortable enough in the branding that the 'ABC7' is occasionally dropped in favor of just 'Eyewitness News' in some promos, which is nice, because the full title can be quite wordy.

That's not true though. They are eliminating the Limerick package group-wide.