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This is why I’m hoping News Nation (WGN America) is successful. Having an unbiased news source (which they plan to be) is key in shifting thing towards unbiased news coverage overall. Granted, this is wishful thinking, but hopefully, things won’t get any worse than they already are.

It looks like KHTV (currently KIAH) was another user of the music the NMSA currently has listed as the "WTVX 1983 News Theme" A minute long clip of it appears at 6:13 in this video as part of a promo for the daytime lineup, circa June 1983. 10 second IDs featuring it appear at 8:43 & 14:27 I'm curious if, though doubt, they used it for their hourly news briefs during this period. They didn't use any music for the news briefs they did during the "39 Gold" era that followed just a few months later, though that branding came with a completely different look and sound.

In the memory and in tribute to WSVN/WHDH Owner, Ed Ansin. RIP and Godspeed.

It would be a shame of WOIO dumped those graphics this soon. It's the best package they've had since the days of 19 Action News. Nothing in Gray's current graphics portfolio would be nearly as good as the current gfx on WOIO.

Tegna announced today that they'll recognize Juneteenth this year as a paid holiday.

Watching some of the stuff on that page makes my head hurt. It would probably alienate their viewers with epilepsy too. "See beyond the surface" reminds me of this classic from Boston.... https://youtu.be/WP1YbGLdXKM?t=90 And reading about what they did for WXIA......they though about this WAAAAAAAAY tooo much! "Hey, let's make the angles 11 degrees because it's channel 11!" As The Simpsons said in the Poochie episode it's just another example of a "...soul-less byproduct of committee thinking." But the agency wanted a brand that didn't get "busy.....it gets BIZ-ZAY!" I have to go now. My home planet needs me.

Another passing to report. John Ivanic, who was a reporter/anchor at WCMH until 2007, passed away at the age of 52. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/remembering-former-nbc4-anchor-john-ivanic/

Courtesy of the Tegna website, here's what appars to be the WOI Tegna logo.