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I have to say, I was surprised to see WTTV hosting today. Indianapolis never struck me as a station that CBS would want (or was capable) of hosting. Good on them!

Various Miami Stations around the time of the big switch (from 4 to 6) Now For the first time the complete first Newscast of WTVJ on NBC 6, 1995.

Okay Pop Quiz! Can you spot the difference between the two clips in the Miami channel switch of 1995?

Has anyone actually see a current WTSP open with the new logo? You'd think they would have changed it over by now.

MAJOR FIND! 13+ Hours from various L.A. stations on the Northridge Earthquake 1994.

This WITI promo from 1981 is, uh, something.

The second video was recorded from a translator.

I wish that every Gray station that picked up WMC’s pkg could pick up WAVE’s package, but that’s a dream.

From forty years ago today, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster:

That's good. I'm not too impressed with Gray's packages. I hope more stations pick up the WAVE look.

KGO "The Making of Channel 7 News" 1988 https://abc7news.com/entertainment/70-years-of-abc7--behind-the-scenes-of-tv-news-in-1988/5750478/ They posted it for their 70th anniversary, also did a really thoughtful tribute to 70s Van Amburg era https://abc7news.com/society/70-years-of-abc7-van-amburg-the-1970s-and-a-tv-news-revolution/5748210/

Well... they kinda depend on the games for their lifeblood... but that’s kind of a given.

I was looking for We Got the Touch affiliate IDs, when I stumbled upon this video. It was a Newschannel image campaign for WANE-TV with a We Got the Touch ID at the end, also from WANE-TV back in 1985.

It's another hit, but the $48 million is less than the $60 million cash it coughed up to Nexstar. They probably have some bigger issues down the road with their finances, but will it put them back in the M&A game again to scale up to Nexstar? The icing on the cake? Pai isn't going to revoke the licenses because.... ..."On the other hand, I disagree with those who, for transparently political reasons, demand that we revoke Sinclair’s licenses. While they don’t like what they perceive to be the broadcaster’s viewpoints, the First Amendment still applies around here.” How politics have ruined everything. THEY. BROKE. THE. LAW. AND. SHOULD. BE. PUNISHED. Even the RKO General stuff seems tame compared to how Sinclair conducted themselves in the Tribune deal.

I know it’s a competitive industry but in a city with about 6-7 news options, being a solid and steady #2 isn’t reason to change. The industry is so obsessed with who is first but in saturated markets, #2 is not a bad place to be at all.