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Just some observations... Looks like KSDK & KMOV are done with N6TY & their chopper agreement: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/ksdk-kmov-shut-down-shared-helicopter/article_ee39336a-5bee-5642-a348-13fe27a0ba44.html KCRA Sacramento has been using N75TV for a little bit.

Vintage sales film for KCOP touring their facility @ 915 N. La Brea in the early 1960s. Hosted by former anchor and 'General Hospital' alum Peter Hansen.

OSHA violation of the day right there!

It's not just the set.... which looks like the inside of a raspberry blue Slurpee machine at 7-11. I started taking a look at GMA again recently after not watching it for decades. I kid you not... let's just say the last time I really watched was the Hartman/Gibson/Lunden eras. Yup, call me Rip Van Winkle; I'm that old. Hey, I was busy at work putting food on the table and a roof over my head. I've recently had some time away from work and decided to take a peek. The program nowadays is an unwatchable trainwreck of show stacking, plus a 2 hour Disney Corporation infomercial. They grimly report about 400,000 Coronavirus deaths in one segment with super sad faces... and a split second later (with practically zero transition) they overexcitedly shill the newest Star Wars/Muppets crap that's going to be on Disney+ with a toothy grin. Can't forget the latest Disney park updates as well. I hope people who are watching GMA are taking it with a grain of salt. Robin Roberts and George Snuffleupugus are great anchors, but their talents are being wasted on the wrong show.

KCRA 1985... Where The Karaoke Comes First. Somebody needs to tell them this whole "Singing Machine" fad will never catch on! Good to see the old KCRA neon lit up @ 3:31. It needs to be restored and moved to the front of the building.

KOVR 13 in 1994 proving why they've consistently been the cellar dweller in the Sacramento market. SMH.

Good... Sinclair will now be constantly reminded how much money they've lost in the RSN gamble.

LOL! The voiceover almost sounds exactly like Chris Parnell from SNL!

Rare outtakes and raw footage with Leslie Nielsen for the classic KTXL TV40 Sacramento "Beyond the Nut Tree" promos. The two finished versions:

I don't think CBS affiliates would go for an already floundering network newscast @ 10pm leading into their local news @ 10:30 or 11. I hope you all remember the 10pm "Jay Leno Show" debacle years ago. If full on production of primetime gets to be a problem, give the affiliates the 10pm slot for local news and run the revamped "CBS News Tonight @ 10:30" (or whatever they want to call it & anchored by someone besides Norah) and then the "Late Show w/Colbert" at 11. That also gives Colbert a jump start on Fallon & Kimmel. Overall, it's gonna be a tough sell for Viacom/CBS to give up an hour of primetime $$$$$$ @ 10 for this kind of experiment.

It’s been my opinion that in situations like these the FCC should take action and fine the offender. Hunt the guy down, fine him $100,000... If he can’t pay, garnish his wages and collect any IRS refunds he has coming for the rest of his life until it’s paid in full.

CBS still does a newscast every night? I thought that stopped when Cronkite retired!

IMHO here's what I have noticed about Norah from the very beginning: She doesn't smile enough. The old adage goes, "It's not what you say, but how you say it." I'm not saying she needs to smile while delivering sad stories and the like, (this is gonna hurt and will sound cruel, not trying to be sexist, but I need to be honest) ....but she needs to lose the RBF. If you don't know what RBF is.... google it. She's a very good looking woman, but I don't think her expressions while delivering serious stories are very inviting. It's almost like she has a scowl on her face. There are plenty of female anchors out there who can deliver a heavy story without looking into the camera like you spilled purple grape juice on their new white couch. Norah is not one of them.

I keep pushing the new 3 logo in this darn elevator to get WKYC on the screen and nothing happens! Lol!

Hmmmmm... do you think we might see some Boston-type shenanigans that might happen in Sacramento or Salt Lake? I really couldn’t see NBCUni pulling the affiliation from KCRA or KSL though.

Last week I found myself watching CNN’s coverage of the Reagan assassination, the space shuttle Challenger disaster and Desert Storm coverage on YouTube. It was what real journalism was... and should be today. Just straight reporting. FOX, MSNBC and CNN today are not news operations anymore. They are opinion channels. It’s a shame. Good reporting about world events is much more riveting to watch than a Brady Bunch split screen with six talking heads blabbering on and on about what the weird haired man posted on twitter today. Hopefully these “news” nets find their way back to reporting the news again... but I’m not gonna hold my breath for that.

Great find! That was a VERY short lived package for KOVR... maybe not even six months.

Figured I’d add a screen grab of WLKY circa 1987 in here too.

Really? You have to be kidding. I’m pretty sure the direct deposit from Comcast every two weeks into Lester’s bank account makes up for the fact that he has to stand out in the cold.

KOVR 13 in Sacramento had a nearly identical set and graphics package beginning in April of ‘87 and lasting until maybe November of that same year if my memory serves me right. Video of that branding is pretty much nonexistent on the web. If anybody has any tape, please post! They eventually got a KCOP rip-off logo changed the graphics and tweaked the set a bit.

Apparently they both shop at the same black t-shirt store too. Lol. I don’t mind Jeff Glor, but I think CBS should’ve went in a different direction and found somebody else to anchor. I have a feeling the CBS Evening News will eventually become a carbon copy of ABC’s World News Tonight. I hope that doesn’t happen.

Looks like Sam Shane is out after about a dozen years as KOVR’s weeknight anchor in Sacramento. I’m surprised, but I really think they need some personnel changes anyway; the 10pm show is getting stale. I just hope CBS doesn’t get any ideas to try and Tegna-ize the place. http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/tv/article180591026.html

KHSL in Chico California eventually ended up with (purchased?) KOVR's old set when KOVR moved to their new studios in West Sacramento around the early 1990s. .

Great find noggi... it's interesting to see what materials were used.