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The early days of cable TV...WTCG/Atlanta. Promos and station IDs from 1979, just prior to becoming WTBS:

Yeah, it was a Sunday afternoon, and from the sound of it, the met was the only person in the building, LOL. I was surprised he had to pick up the phone, from what I was hearing, to talk to somebody. You would think the folks at the hub would be working in tandem? Can't they see the met is done and just switch and go back to programming?

So I observed a weather cut-in for my local Nexstar station, WCMH, a few weekends ago. After the meteorologist was done giving the weather warning, you could hear him off camera apparently calling up the 'hub' (Indianapolis, I think?) and verbally say "I'm done with the cut-in" or something to that effect. Is that the common procedure now, where the meteorologist has to call the hub and have them cue the graphics and all that? I'm sure all the station groups have policies on when to cut in and how often. It was a Sunday and it appeared the met was the only one at the station.

WCMH 1988 "Newswatch 4"

WBNS holiday promo and news stinger, December 1990:

There was that episode back in 2008, IIRC, where they hired another meteorologist to tag team the weather with Jym. It was a huge mistake. He certainly went through ups and downs at WCMH. A great man indeed.

Columbus weather legend Jym Ganahl has passed at 76. He came to WCMH in 1979 from KWWL, one of the youngest TV meteorologists in the nation. He 'retired" from WCMH in 2016. After a year, he returned to the air on WSYX/WTTE, retiring last year. This is a huge loss. His 'weather lore' was the best. RIP Jym.

WAVE-TV "Newswatch" from 1979 with unknown theme:

KCRG news promos 1970s:

The NMSA has ID'd the "WJKS 1977" theme (also used in ABC News promos around the same time) as an Edd Kalehoff production piece called "Important Printout".

From Columbus, it's a WTVN-TV "Action News" cut in with Earl Green from 1978, with a "Bringing It Home to You" ID. News open at 1:59:10. Fun fact: WTVN was using automated cameras at the time.

WBNS 1977 news open:

More vintage KIRO:

WTSP's last four months as an ABC affiliate, then the switch to CBS 12/12/94. I think the woodgrain on the newsdesk reminded me of a school desk. LOL.

This set was used by WTSP from Sept. 1994-April 2001. Also used by KCBS, KSTW, KPTV. Mixed opinions: It offered a variety of backdrops and a projection screen behind the sports anchor. The duratrans "10" behind the anchors was eyecatching. I felt like the newsdesk took up too much space. Maybe it was the faux woodgrain? By 2000, it was looking outdated as the other stations had upgraded their news sets.