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I can say there isn't much more to the end. It was a 30 second cut that ended with a riff on the WTNCF signature. Maybe there's a longer version that wasn't used on air. There were also some mixdowns of that cut used for bumpers. Still wondering if anyone has reached out to Grizzell to see if the original 1983/84 era cuts of WTNCF are around. Classic stuff, especially that preshow bumper - it just screams 'news'. Amazed someone who was green to composing news themes came up with it.

I knew this was happening as soon as Ben Bradley signed on with WGN. I didn't picture him jumping ship unless WGN told him right up front that they had a lucrative weekday anchor job for him. Also, any chance they might anchor this 4 P.M. newscast from the newsroom like the old WGN News at Five? I like that concept and wouldn't mind them doing that again.

You do make a good point about a lot of the things you said right there. Even I have trouble distinguishing between fact and fiction sometimes and to think I used to trust The Young Turks as a source of news (not that I would trust InfoWars then, and I won't trust them now), and now, I'm more vigilant as to what news sources to trust. For me, wikileaks has become more trustworthy than it ever has been, (and I prefer it by far over infowars). That being said, I don't expect them always know what's going on or always be right, because insiders are hard to find and even then, they either don't know a lot about certain things or they're lying. Also, I agree with you when you said that most people believe what fits the narrative. That, and emotional manipulation (that I've noticed, is now as common in the liberal media as it is on Sinclair and Fox News, it's scary) is why propoganda works, first conservative propoganda (mccarthyism), now liberal propoganda (progressivism, as in the movement, despite its name, is now regressive and is starting to resemble McCarthyism). As for the training/schooling/knowledge, I have to disagree with you there because most journalists 35 years ago didn't have the training or schooling, but they did have the knowledge (like some alternative news outlets, obviously not all), and even those that did have training and schooling as well as knowledge had integrity, which is why I consider 1986-2001 the journalism renaissance. Now journalism is becoming a club of elitists, many of whom ignore the other guys. Sorry, I get a little worked up over elitism in journalism as well as yellow journalism.

The reason why they became broke is because they aren't that relevant anymore, but yeah, I agreee with you, eapecially the part about that there are no-bias news outlets called alternative media, and many of them get shut out because of the elitism (not to mention their hypocrisy about diversity right down to lack of diversity in ideas, and yes, race) that permeates the mainstream media these days

The reason why they have social media obsessed news is because, and I doubt anyone here will admit to this, the mainstream media (including local news), and by extension television itself is becoming obsolete, and as WCSH/WLBZ is showing, the media is desperate to remain relevant. I've said this many times and I'll say it again: Why wait for the 6 o'clock news anymore (which is often full of elitists now) when you can get it online?

CIVT (VTV); Vancouver, Canada; Vancouver Breakfast, 1998 (before the great Vancouver affiliation swap):

Did they need more news? Heck no. Did we need 4 episodes of Two and a Half Men? HELL NO. Skilling > Sheen

Seeing as it took a year to fill Mike Jacobs' seat, don't expect this to move too quickly. If they were smart they would name Brian Gotter the chief and keep him on mornings like WITI.

Apparently, the execs thought the youngsters needed a hip, hot, happening channel of hilar clips, smart pop culture news and OMG moments to tweet and snap about tomorrow. Thus this was born. It's probably as stupid as I made it to be in this post.

I'm just restating what Eat News said because I agree with him. Also, I only said the mainstream media weren't that relevant, but yeah, I should've clarified this. The mainstream media is still relevant, however, just not as relevant as they were 10 (or even 5) years ago, especially the mediums they deliver content on (cable, TV), because with a lot of people younger than 40, why wait for the 6 o'clock news when you can get it online, some of which from alternative news outlets? And last, I hate the elitism that has permeated journalism in the mainstream media's recent years, not listening to citizen journalists (which is why I consider Fresco and blogs to be godsends to journalism), or alternative media outlets just because they're not a part of the club known as mainstream journalism. Which leads me to this point that relates to that: Why does the mainstream media shove "diversity" down our throats when they themselves lack diversity in ideas and (yes that's right) race?

Saw TBD for the first time today. Five minutes of my life I will never get back. What are they smoking in Hunt Valley? They got rid of GetTV for this crap.

That's a damn shame. I guess no one should be surprised by this outcome, but this is pitiful nevertheless. Sad. #TooMuchNews

I'm glad Lourdes will be back in the evenings, but I'm a bit surprised Dina Bair didn't get the nod, as she's the main back-up on the show. That's said, I'm very happy for what should be a very solid 4pm team, with the bonus of a designated sports segment each of the 3 hours. BUT COULD WE PLEASE SEPARATELY BRAND EACH HOUR?