Samantha

CBS is trying to make something of its morning show and is clearly getting somewhere in that effort. Obtaining clearance from holdout affiliates who have had local programs in that hour for an eternity is probably a priority for the network.

You could make a case that KPHO's 6:30 newscast has been its flagship for the past decade, which includes most of the good ratings history for the station. In any event, they didn't face any competition until KNXV extended its 6pm news to an hour — a fairly recent development.

Cluster centralization makes sense, as much as we abhor it a bit around here. I know the Ackerley stations were rather connected at one point.

There are two more KMGH reels on that account... (I would date the one posted to 1980 BTW. That is definitely a new news theme, and I'm fairly sure that's a young Roger Thompson VO too.) One has Bill O'Reilly! (This is the oldest of the three.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=mg9VaLAiXUc;t=68 As to the VO, I do believe that's Thompson. Get this quote from a Q&A done with Beau Weaver, who would at one point also be the voice of KMGH... The first paragraph strongly indicates Thompson was a VO and this was in the early 80s. I've added a few brackets to clarify.

It's the end of local news production in Toledo, where Sinclair has decided to shift the actual production of its WNWO newscasts to South Bend and occasion some layoffs in the process. The reporters, meteorologists and apparently the actual news set will remain in Toledo, but the entire backend operations will move to WSBT.

Various KMID promos, in fact, featuring weatherman J. Gordon Lunn...

I definitely recognized the WBNS pack when I saw this. Didn't know about WPMT.

Speaking of KCNC... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=9IEzlR-n2FI;t=243 That's a cut of Image IX. It has the NBC chimes in it too. But it's in a promo from circa 1996/97. The Gilmer packages really did tend to bleed into each other. The reel also has some WDIV and KMGH promos. Can't get enough of News Series 2001.

I knew that it had lasted a while, but it's still nice to see it. As to WBRZ, it's a lot like the WFMY "cube" open from the same year.

Finally! And yes, this is 1993... There's a new unknown news theme, too:

That second clip's the new part. Definitely interesting to see!

Arizona stuff you've never seen is always good stuff... This long reel of 1984 election materials contains local excerpts, but only one is interesting. At 1:50 is a KOLD "Channel 13 News" close from the days when they used a KCOP-esque logo and some unknown theme.

A full 27-minute documentary on KTEN? With this news open? Yes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=WtG205tWcjI;t=730

You're not the only one who thinks that.

WHO in 1992:

I checked and it wasn't up yet.

Former Fox executive Karen Adams (most recently of Fox Television Stations, with a long career at WGHP and later WJZY) has died at the age of 62. She died over the weekend from sudden medical complications at her High Point, NC, home.

Scott Chapin's voice! Arizona 5 News!!!

KCNC in 1986 with the more traditional ("First News") cut of Image IV: And WYMT's first ever newscast, aired October 21, 1985. The first story is the new station!

Speaking of Jackson... This is from around May 1984. Get a load of the weather radar in the first segment!

Even Jackson's showing up to the Jacky Party. Yes, this is 1992:

It's been a long time since Jacky had this much good stuff... I mean, I've never seen that KPNX OTS graphic. I wonder if there was a matching open pack used for a hot moment at the end of the 80s? There's also KTAL in 1994... KSLA in 1991... KLTV in 1985... KPLC's 1990 image song... KFDM in 1992 (see: WSB)... this outstanding KLFY newsbreak from 1986...

There are too many clashing elements to this coverage and they end up talking over each other. Furthermore, Micah Materre is continually demonstrating a lack of knowledge of what she's talking about, misidentifying trophies and hats left and right.

It's mind-boggling that, even after years of that policy being reversed and three Stanley Cups, it's somehow salient.

I only think it's appropriate. Without WGN being a superstation, the Cubs wouldn't be as cemented in the national psyche as they are. There's an understanding that there are many fans nationwide who used to watch the Cubs regularly and would want to see the parade. On the other hand, the Blackhawks got little national exposure (and weren't on WGN from 1975 to 2008), weren't good for most of the time prior to 2007-08, and when they did get on WGN, the NHL limited the broadcasts to within the TV market. Kind of a different ball of wax.