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Overall a solid new look for 6ABC, watching the broadcast right now. And wow, the "Action News" format is very apparent with the new package. The pace of the newscast is notably quicker than the big sister up north. I never fully watched an Action News broadcast before. But overall, it's a solid product. Glad they kept the music theme too! At this point is KABC the only station now left to get the update? Seems like most of the O&Os have converted now at this point.

Our inside source says it'll be a few weeks before the ticker and set screens get switched over. Heck, the new opens are temporary, since they're still the winter ones.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/bbc-news-channel-free-streaming-platforms-1235850872/

THIS JUST IN: WPVI (6abc Philadelphia) has officially SWITCHED and it looks GREAT!!

It will be the first Selection Sunday without Greg Gumbel since 1997

Interesting. That was a staple of the Action News brand.

John Lomax, WKRC anchor who retired in 2022 after 40 years at the station, has passed away. https://local12.com/news/local/former-local-12-good-morning-cincinnati-anchor-john-lomax-passes-away-godfather-wkrc-television-reporter-newscast

And Alex Cheney is apparently gone? I couldn't tell you when, but when I saw her post, I checked to see that his bio was gone off the website.

A sad day at KXAS. Bobbie Wygant, who was a lifestyle/entertainment reporter, host, and even commercial pitch person back to the station's earliest days as WBAP, has passed. Bobbie had her own daytime midday show called Dateline for many years. She participated in the local Jerry Lewis telethon segments for several of the years that KXAS carried the telethon. She had a longer presence in Dallas-Fort Worth media than anyone else. Bobbie was 97, and will be missed. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/trailblazing-nbc-5-reporter-bobbie-wygant-dies-at-97/3466101/ https://www.bobbiewygant.com