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Charles Gibson, Joan Lunden and Spencer Christian came later. In 1997 to be exact. That was when Good Morning America moved from ABC's entertainment division to the News division.

KTRK Eyewitness News Tonight (August 9, 1996)

They finally figured out mornings with Charlie / Gayle / Norah, but then...

Lauren Scala’s last traffic report was this morning. She was very emotional. I mean for someone who’s been doing this for 10 years the emotions are really gonna be there. However, congratulations to her and that she’s still apart of the WNBC family and still reporting and doing things with NY live and TINY. So, all is not lost with Lauren. I wonder if WNBC has found her replacement as of yet. Hopefully, it is the old traffic reporter from spectrum news (NY1).

YouTube has all of CBS Moring Shows openings from 1961 to present day and a couple of things caught my eye… 1. I did not know Diane Sawyer was on the CBS morning program so long. I just thought she was there for like a year but from the video it seem she was a cohost for much longer. 2. Out of all the cohost of this program, I distinctly remember Rene Syler and Maggie Rodriguez taking them getting let go from the show the hardest. 3. I always said it was a huge mistake to fire Maggie and Harry to replace them with Erica and Chris. They were not that good and it was destined to fail. https://youtu.be/jTWV2lSeHvU

Brian Williams anyone? Kidding....

He needs to go, along with Jeff Zucker and Brian Stelter - who really stuck his neck out for Chris, especially with the whole "many people here understand why he (Chris) did what he did, plus his office is several floors above the newsroom...".as if location of someones office would prevent them from controlling/interfering with coverage. And who could forget "if we open up the journalism ethics book, there's no rule for this" (referring to Chris not covering Andrews accusations). Can't wait to hear what Zucker's fiction writers come up with for Brian to say Sunday and somehow defend all of this making Chris look good. I hope Jake Tapper takes over the time slot, if not him maybe an external hire would be best. Clearly CNN needs new leadership and some cleaning.

Just an FYI, the segment is called "Tell Us Your Story" and it normally lasts for the majority of the hour. Glen & Ray do a phenomenal job with these long-formed, detailed interviews. So DEFINITELY a must listen.