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There's a lot to take in in 90 seconds: a totally new KGMB open and theme from a newscast when KGMB made the news for a 22-minute power failure...during the Super Bowl! This can't have lasted long. In 1986, KGMB rebranded its news as KGMB 9 News after the retirement of longtime anchor Bob Sevey—the "Walter Cronkite of Hawai'i"—but by late 1987, they had changed their logo to the sailboat 9. Oh, and before Joe Shortsleeve was in Boston...he was anchoring eyeWITNess News, as this rare WITN newscast from December 1980 shows!

This video starts with a CKY (Winnipeg) news close from 1994 when Jim Wicks (later hired for KDNL) was still there:

That same channel has a WDAF report on him too from the same year:

Yo, let's calm down. Sure, channel numbers are useful for most stations. But not all of them. A good local brand is decided by figuring out what has brand equity and will resonate with viewers. Obviously, in Charlotte and Austin, that hasn't been a channel number for the Tegna stations in a long time.

This KMOV newscast from February 1995, using the "This Is Your News" moniker but the older imaging and music, shows how KMOV was starting to "soften up" compared to, say, a year prior, but they still had a ways to go compared to where they were by '96.

Huh, didn't realize she'd worked there too. At KPHO she was teamed with Fred Powers (real name Fred Fife), who was himself an ex-KTVXer (he used his real name in SLC but was apparently made to change it by KPHO staff).

The date is August, not November — it's primary night. He has them all misdated.

We have an anchor, and we have a launch date: Allison Rodriguez returns to 15 to host the KASW morning expansion with a late March debut. She'd been at KTVU for the last six months. A co-anchor is to be determined.

Part 2 is even more worth the watching: a full tour! The set is aesthetic as all get out, too.

This feels like a huge step back. Hopefully these are only for Super Bowl/NFL, like the current NBC SNF package.

Oh it's John Boler's LPTV—the first ever in the continental US! (BC 11/15/82 p88) He had a grant for a full-power conversion of 26 in the mid-80s as KXBJ. In 1986, K26AC and K18AI were the second-to-last STV stations in the country (and even this is slightly incorrect as WFTY and WNUV exited STV at the same time)...

That's normal in the course of business when you buy a company. Scripps also seems like it wanted to settle the matter quickly. Reading the consent decree, this one started when an aircraft hit the KATC-owned tower in Kaplan, Louisiana (which was home to an LPB transmitter and KAJN-FM).

Jude LaCava is leaving KSAZ. He'd been there since 1993. This was his decision. Last day on air is April 1. Wow.

Yes, I'd suspected Conner too, having heard the KCBS San Francisco "News and More on 74" pack in particular.

For someone who's been regarded as a bit elusive by jingle enthusiasts, getting that confirmation is something (I just saw it for myself). Nicely done.

Scripps gets nailed with a $1.13 million fine from the FCC in an investigation from the ex-Cordillera stations over tower lighting and maintenance at 10 facilities in 5 states. Cordillera also had failed to notify the FCC of its purchase of two antenna structures.

And then there's... The News? What year is it, KGGM? (By year's end they were KRQE)

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Job postings indicate KNXV is about to extend its morning news onto KASW. An AM news/traffic anchor and an AM anchor/meteorologist are being sought, as well as a News Producer/Content Planner, all with job postings that mention "The CW61 Arizona". h/t formeraa

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41828191/ Well, I didn't expect Tahiti... (The record goes cold after this)

We've already seen KXTV's coverage of Loma Prieta as it started to unfold—now we have a full, 45-minute (!) 11pm show from that night, and it's a treat with its own special open. Not the only long KXTV aircheck we got in the last week: five and a half minutes of coverage of the Sun Valley Mall plane crash in Concord from 1985. At the time, the station was still using the Tuesday "Spirit of California" theme:

What's coming up on The Big News tonight? KELO was in a time warp for much of the 80s, not that it showed in the ratings: KELO continued to use "The Big News" theme and name until 1990 (!):

Well that's a surprise! Also, the pre-meatball circle 3 toward the end of its run.

Those Phoenix clips are a nice stocking stuffer. Especially when there are stories with titles like "Grid Plan or Papago?". Also on YT today, a KPWB news promo (!): And a KCRA noon open from January 1 of that year — when northern California (and Nevada) were in the grip of major flooding:

WAPT 5pm open, 1989: