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Every newscast with a unique name to them. That is unprecedented.

I would use the old Tones on Tail song "Go!" at the start. When the newscast ends, play a song with "Stop!" in the title.

The 5pm talent open is back in what is certainly a nod to Diana Williams. The last time it aired was early July when she returned from a month long vacation to begin these final 10 weeks.

It's one thing to blow up the last place station that no one watches anyway. That way News With A Twist can exist peacefully amongst good and semi-decent products. In Tegna's case, they've taken successful stations (and a cellar dweller or two) and driven them into the ground (further) with their "forward thinking" WKYC and WWL were once decent stations (WKYC was finally clicking after DECADES of failure) to have been fixed to death by Tegna....

The only viewership WIIC got in the 70s was when the Steelers played on Sundays and Pirates played on The Game of The Week on NBC. If it weren't for the Steelers success starting in 1972, I'd think WPXI would still remain a laggard in the ratings.

Where's is this new logo? Let me see it..

I tend to agree with this. Everybody has the four anchors with no personality, they all sit behind a desk in a studio that looks like the bridge of the USS Enterprise. Something different is long overdue.

That second KUTV clip (the John Stehr bump) I think is also the news theme — they used similar for at least one other bumper I know of. The sign-off in the same video has the same musical signature, too!

Amen to that. I'm glad you're all for younger hipper and experimental newscasts like me. But the majority of this forum (along with longtime station viewers) will probably hate it from day one, cause they all think local newscasts are like the formula for Coca-Cola, in that changing it would be sacriligous and lead to tons of hatetred.

The walls of the interview area got a remodel.

Does Gray mandate that stations must spell at least one word wrong per newscast per station? "Autospy" on WLBT and "alamanc" on WBTV. Embarrassing...

...And right after "Lunch Break"... Grab your blanky's and sippy cups because at 1pm it's... "Nap Time" Old and young will love this show...but mostly the old, and very, very young.

Meanwhile at 13th and Lakeside Elevator3 News says hello.

Also, KGBT meteorologist Alex Herbst passed away yesterday at age 26. Cause is unknown but some have suspected suicide. https://valleycentral.com/news/local/cbs-4-meteorologist-alex-herbst-dies-at-26

It's gotten so bad that DirecTV is now censoring the Bottomline on their feed.