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Have they ever used ESPN New York personnel in the past, even team beat reporters? If not, I don't know why. ESPN Chicago's Cubs and Bears (and Bulls, when the station had one) reporters have filed reports as part-timers for WLS for several years now.

They've been around at least a few months, possibly even longer. Maybe in-house, but not a sign of anything new.

As much as I like the KABC package, Roadgeek Adam is right. It's minimalist to a fault, and seems uniquely appropriate for only the west coast. Besides, that package is almost 4 years old. This is about as long as KABC has used any package this century. They're probably already working on the next new look.

Greg Dutra leaves KDVR/FOX31 Denver for weekend mornings at WLS/ABC 7 Chicago.

I noticed the other day that WLS removed the listing for a meteorologist on their website, and now we have confirmation. Greg Dutra joins from KDVR in Denver. He's formally succeeding Larry Mowry after the spot was open for 19 months.

It's moving to the afternoon slot vacated by 'Millionaire' and company. Same thing for WABC and WTVD.

Yessssssssssssss

Throw a couple circle 7's on the blue, and boom- #nostalgia. ...But I digress.

WLS in Chicago opts for a solid blue feed on their video wall during off hours. Is it safe to assume that does less damage to the screens over time?

Anyone have pics of the updated video backdrop behind the weather anchor's seat at the desk?

I remember a few eyebrows being raised a few years ago when it was announced that Peggy Kusinski was shifting from daily reporting to a special projects/investigative role, an odd arrangement for local TV sports. As an irregular NBC 5 viewer, I hadn't seen her much since, and was a little surprised when she was talked about as if she was a former colleague during a recent interview with her and her son on Sports Sunday. Sure enough, she's only been at work 7 days in the last year. Now we know why, and it's heartbreaking... https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20190729/rozner-whatever-happened-to-peggy-kusinski

Huh, didn't catch that. Who's anchoring?

The writing was on the wall with the new CW affiliation, and with no mention of it on WCIU's fall preview promo, it was only a matter of time. After 4.5 years, 'ABC 7 Eyewitness News at 7 on The U' is coming to an end as the calendar changes to September. This comes just weeks after sister KGO ended their Primetime newscast, leaving KABC, WTVD and WPVI as the only O&O stations still in this game, though there's a question of how long the latter of those will last, with WPHL's changing ownership. Cheryl Burton continues anchoring at 5 and 10, Larry Mowry & Jim Rose at 4 and 6, but this leaves Hosea Sanders without an anchor assignment for the first time in 25 years. With a lack of fill-in appeances on earlier shows, and his recent health issues, I'm guessing he'll shift to permanent community affairs role, like Harry Porterfield and others years ago. The 3 anchors not named Larry will co-host the Bud Billiken back to school parade next month, as usual. https://www.robertfeder.com/2019/07/29/abc-7-end-7-p-m-newscast-u/

Did anyone say he's gone, or just demoted? Also, posting a link is always cool.

I feel like the open is trying to emulate the 2012 World News open, but not hardly rendered and animated as well as the ABC version.

Bout. Damn. Time.

While the play button is getting pretty tired across the board, I can't say I hate it. Easy to read, not an uninspired flat design, full width of the screen used with no stupid branding box to the left. It's something I could live with, but I'll believe it when I see it used on-air.

Certainly sounds like it. Overall, I like it. The set looks better when gussied up for this, and not just the same lighting and stuff as CTM. I love the graphics updates, but will miss the old theme. Glad they kept the rough signature, at least.

The Infamous Disco Demolition Night at Old Comiskey Park, 40 years ago tonight... WLS coverage from that night... WMAQ & WBBM... More WBBM, from the following night...

https://www.newscaststudio.com/2016/03/08/providence-station-unveils-new-set/ Three years on this set, after the sale to Sinclair.

Totally random, but I was looking up David Novarro's time in Chicago the other day. In the process, I discovered that he'll be turning 60 this fall. Doesn't look like it, sound like it, act like it, so I never realized it. Everyone talks about Mike replacing Bill, but there might be other slots opening up, too, before too long.

Good news! Most dead link videos in this thread should be working again, as the FuzzyMemories YouTube account has been reinstated, assuredly without the heavily-copyrighted material that got it removed, in the first place. One of their first posts upon return is ol' Skippy introducing a package on 4th of July safety.

The version I posted was from pre-launch. They debuted with the error, but it was fixed. I'd assume the 5pm talent they're using is okay.

As plausible as that sounds, the new episodes sure seem current and topical. Is it possible that CLTV just vacates the studio for that one timeslot, once a week? That said, I don't know exactly when MOTP records and CLTV is live.

There's been quite an influx of posts on the New York forums. There are a ton of posts that were immediately blocked and flagged, and were never visible to the general users. The double post exchange you directly referenced was hidden quickly, but you just saw it before I did.