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Ok, I'm fairly convinced that WGN must have rolled out a new automation system. Everything I've seen tonight is indicative of the same type of technical gaffes you usually see when a station has a new automation system. The entire 10pm hour was devoid of the "News at 10" logo on the lower third, instead displaying an empty blank space there. When they went to Tom's weather segment, all of the titles on the triple box were from a story that aired earlier in the newscast; the lower third on the triple box was about police reform protests, and the title above Tom's video said "Wrigleyville". When GN Sports started at 10:45, the opener completely failed to play. Instead we started with a black screen and then abruptly cut to Lauren Magiera's single shot, during which time she had no idea she was on the air. We sat in awkward silence for about 10 seconds. Suddenly, the opener's audio started to play, and Josh Frydman started introducing the show; meanwhile, we were still stuck on Lauren's single the entire time and unable to switch camera shots for a good 30 seconds. Does anybody know what WGN had been doing to date? Were they still using a fully staffed control room, and maybe cutbacks finally forced them into automation? Or were they using a different automation system for which they may have had a reason to switch to a different solution?

WTVG 13 Nightly News 1980

WHEC's News Team 10 in 1989. Eastern Airlines has been sold—and WHEC's changing networks:

WBZ Eyewitness News cut in 1981 KNOE TV 8 News 1988 KLAX Cenla 31 News 1988

WHEC in 1989 touting the switch to NBC:

Back up the truck...it's clips of WJW 12/24/95 and late August '96! By the time of the stuff after a few minutes in, the station was starting to go verbally by "Fox 8" and "Fox 8 Is News"...and was on a temporary set... This might be the best of several late 90s WJW clips on the channel though: the first four minutes are the ultra-rare "Fox 8 Is News"!

WYMT 1991 11 PM open And a 6 pm version.