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It seems the stations that still have the old package are stuck with it because of the old graphics systems. The weather graphics are different because it's a totally different platform. Same with the promo graphics package that marketing gets. You would have thought they would made a "GrayOne" package for the stations still on the old CG, but it looks like the package they're using is the one for the holdouts. Likely a purely business decision, since the systems haven't reached "retirement age" and that the day to replace them is still years away in a future capital expense...

As someone who went to tapings of Live (3 times) and The View (multiple times), and saw inside WABC's streetside studio each time (including once when I waved to two female anchors [and they waved back to me]), this really breaks my heart.

Well, this instills some hope that Rincon is a separate entity. At least they're starting to run on the Cox/Imagicomm fumes instead of the Sinclair ones.

They still have 'Sinclair, Inc' on the website footer so my skepticism that Rincon is just a Sinclair sidecar, but dressing KTVO up in another graphics package, remains strong (especially with what they did in Providence).

It's about time...looks like WMTV in Madison has FINALLY gotten the GrayONE package...the website shows the old GFX, but their met posted on their facebook and its the new banners.

This is amazing information, thank you! It finally gives greater clarity as to why Toni is not on weekend mornings and its because she doesn't want to! But she is excellent with Michelle and I think she'll be more than happy to remain as a fill in there whenever she wants to.

This has been in the making for weeks. It was down to Perry and Ike Ejiochi. Part of moving everyone together into the same building, studios on 4 and newsroom on 6, was to combine resources and this is an example of that. I’m sure you have all seen the frequent appearances of ABC network talent on local since the move. Most notably would probably be Aaron Katersky and Darian Sutton. Conversely, the same with weather - Lee doing WNT W-F, and Dani or Jeff doing weekend evenings. It’s all part of creative cost savings - which we all need to do as the landscape changes. Perry will continue to contribute to network 3 days a week - but eventually his role at local will grow. Some 411 - Toni does not want a regular anchor slot. She enjoys her role in NJ and being close to home. She’s always happy to help wherever needed - but she likes her weekends to spend with her boys.

Bill Beutel and Roger Grimsby were a pair for almost 16 years. Your point? Just because management has gone with same-sex pairs in the past, doesn’t mean that that’s what they were looking for here. Also, the Diana Sade pairing didn’t exactly come about because there was an opening and they decided they wanted two females to anchor together. Diana decided she wanted to scale back her schedule so they moved her to the 5 PM, pairing her with the more senior anchor of Roz Abrams, and pushing aside the junior anchor of Rob Hanrahan, and then when Roz left, she was replaced by Sade who just prior was brought in without a show to anchor and displaced Lori at noon. Anyway, I didn’t say it was definitively the reason, just a possibility.

I can agree with that, though I wish all networks would drop the BREAKING NEWS tag for mostly every story that they showcase... when it clearly isn't.

Aw, I echo your sentiments @Action Newsroom. I remember the first time when I saw WABC's streetside studio, I had driven from my home out in Long Island and parked right next to it, sometime in 2013, to view the weekend evening newscast. In the more recent years of now living in the city i'd always get off the 1 to just stand by it. It's really breathtaking how in less than a year after its final broadcast, a building so rich and filled with history, now completely gutted. The streetside studio was nice, shame ABC no longer has any external facing studios anymore. (Times Square is also gone too) All in all, this is an end of an era. It's one of those moments in life when one doesn't realize how special something was until after its gone for good so yeah, its really heartbreaking indeed. .

ABC7’s previous home is gone.