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The close is the second example I've seen from December '85 with We're Going Where You're Going as the close bed. What's interesting is that this particular cut did not seem to survive the 1986 relaunch! As to the cold open... How long had Kirkpatrick been at KPNX? Had a new open even been made with her in it? , but that had Linda Alvarez in it. And speaking of Phoenix, I found that the Duke OAAA collection is much larger than it was the last time I saw it online. Lots of late 60s material, and it is very heavily Phoenix (though there are isolated examples from different markets). I was just about to throw that in. It's absolutely wonderful and shows the way WYMT looked right after relaunching. All indications are that Phil Copeland composed this theme and its matching WKYT package. ——— KTBS 6pm and 10pm, 1988: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq6SR1SbxVU This confirms that in the 80s KTBS was using three separate themes for 5, 6 and 10pm. I wonder if the 6pm theme, like the 5pm and 10pm themes, is from a musical or film? Also, WBTV 1992 (morning): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uDu81azLME — can't say I've heard that cut of Signature

Interesting choice of domain name. The previous KECY website was at "yourtvfamily.com". The KYMA logo is a redrawn version of the Sunbelt-era look and has about 15 years on it. The KSWT logo was similarly revised and is based on their redesign from a couple years ago. Looking at Facebook, the stations have new graphics (at least for weather) and even separate branding. KYMA is "Weather Authority" and KSWT is "First Alert" (it was "SkyWarn"). The KSWT graphics scream to me "last generation KPHO".

KHQ, 1987 (another variant I've never seen): — note the bed of the non-updated Image IV that follows, which is the only time I've heard those cuts outside of KCNC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXIvc7LJhCE#t=1785 — WPXI, 1997

This is a ludicrous story from Argentina. In 2001, the public broadcaster ATC was replaced by TV Pública. Yet here we are, 14 years later (!), and ATC still is on the books, with one employee and a budget of about $96,000 USD. The employee is a lawyer who has been handling ATC's liquidation. Most of the budget is for the liquidator's salary, but 35% of it was earmarked for "goods and services". He also was paid for travel to and from his home city of Santa Fe, yet for tax purposes his home is in Buenos Aires. He also works as an insurance agent, even though he affirmed in 2012 and 2013 that he spent at least 160 hours a month working on the liquidation of the long-dead public broadcaster. The original investigation here explains that ATC might likely still on the books for legal reasons to face various court cases, but otherwise it looks like some plush corruption. This is the definition of a sinecure.

Jack Londen, a former Arizona insurance man and one-time aspirant to be governor of the state, has died at 85. Londen owned KAZT-TV; he bought then-KUSK in 2002 and led its reinvention as an independent local station for both Phoenix and Prescott.

Not exactly a video, but it should be appreciated. This has to be one of my favorite photos of recent years. This photo dates from 1977, and was taken in Tempe, Arizona. It's in here because of the wonderful KTAR "12 Alive / Action News" banner, but I love it even more because it shows ASU's Manzanita Hall (probably one of our more recognizable buildings — it's a 60s gem!). The Magid influence that Combined loved so is visible even in black and white. I'm sure those are red-white-blue stripes. I think that's Vince Leonard and Kent Dana?

Just when it seems like things are looking up for KNXV... news director Pat Costello decides it's time to return to Seattle, at KOMO. If they want someone in the market they do have Cameryn Beck on corporate payroll...

Why are they even buying K23KK-D? It mainly seems to overlap KEVN's signal. Something has to be up that we don't know about.

WNUV did test DVB-T2 in 2013. First off I think there'd need to be more multiplex channels (say, 9 or 10) solely due to channel width (8 MHz versus 6). Secondly, it'd be a nightmare ensuring that all the networks had just one channel number (put CBS on 2 and anger viewers in Midland, Fort Myers and St. Louis, for instance). You need to have a more nationalized media landscape to make those types of channel allocations. From the business side, many "basic cable" channels are now found on the commercial side of these multiplexes (this would never happen). And technically most countries that do this have ONE transmitter operator, usually a private concern in and of itself (e.g. Arqiva in the UK). The only country in the Americas going DVB-T(2) is Colombia, which has the nationalized media landscape and technical infrastructure to make it work. They're also implementing a very tight frequency allocation program with 6 MHz-wide muxes rigidly assigned nationwide and all in MPEG4 compression: 14: Caracol 15: RCN 16: RTVC (public) 17: Reserved for a third national private network 18: Regional public channels After transition that will be it. No more VHF, no higher UHF channels, and what seems to be four muxes for broadcast.

There is an ATSC norm A/72 for MPEG-4 but I think the US just came too early to be able to implement it. While the use of MPEG-2 for a 90s standard is understandable, I think the bigger miss was using 8VSB instead of OFDM modulation. ATSC can't support single frequency networks, mobile reception, etc. Having done much research into Mexican television, a British-style DTT system would have been far more suitable if only economic imperatives and geopolitical realities didn't dictate their use of ATSC.

In addition I expect to see some use of MPEG-4 on ATSC, especially in a next generation standard. In Mexico TV Azteca ran a service called HiTV using its three Mexico City stations — the channels of said service were broadcast over the air (in Mexico City Azteca has a continuous swath of 18 MHz of spectrum, 24-25-26). On channel 26 (40.x) they ran 7 subchannels, one of which was in HD MPEG-2 (while Mexican stations can use MPEG-4 their primary subchannel must be in MPEG-2 for compatibility reasons) and the others in SD MPEG-4. HiTV ran into some legal trouble. Originally Azteca sold special decoder equipment for it (as most digital equipment from the US could not handle MPEG-4) and charged a subscription but in 2010 they were forced to open the service after the SCT told them they really couldn't charge for pay TV on a broadcast concession. It's likely that the disappearance of HiTV over the last few months (I believe it also ran on their Guadalajara transmitters) is related to the massive legal changes in Mexican telecom law and also the fact that digital subchannels under new policy (currently being drafted) will be regulated much more tightly than an American observer is used to.

That's me! Yeah, look at the KCTV/KPNX package for instance from 1990, or WTLV 1989 — someone was looking at TVbD and replicating it for sure. On the other hand, the 3D map is definitely from the WRGB/WBTV/WSAZ mold but not by the same people. — A chunk of WOWT, 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy4r-YEpUy4 WRCB, 1997:

Cordillera and DirecTV have been in a retrans dispute since January 1, and that's got new Montana Senator Steve Daines pretty steamed. He's publicly called for DirecTV and Cordillera to make good by Sunday so DirecTV viewers in Montana can see CBS — and the NFL playoffs — again.

This KLAX news anchor's demo from 1988 features a close with the WBKO/WMGC theme from that period. The newscasts were known as CenLa 31 News:

¡Noticiero interrumpido! Our KTAZ live reporter gets interrupted by two people, one in a yellow jacket, and the anchor somehow gets out of the jam. Apparently this happened last night.

WBOC got hacked by an Islamist group calling themselves the "CyberCaliphate", with social media and website being impacted.

We actually have the 1995/96 theme (non-NMSA) but it's a slightly different sample.

Actually it occurred by late in '90. There's a KFMB noon open in this Internet Archive clip from December 11, 1990. We also have a 5pm open with a slightly different animation from this era. There's a bump from break with a bit of another cut of the KFMB 1990/92 Silvertree theme in there as well. On the other hand, there's a non-NMSA theme for KFMB from 1992 that (I think you said) immediately followed the Silvertree theme. This theme is one of the few I assume Silvertree creation for because all four of its credited stations were listed in Silvertree's client list. Same for WDAF 1987.

KFMB "Say Hello" promo, 1985: Most of the material on the channel is sports, and for news it's mostly KFMB. Wow, that "tumbling News Eight" logo (which appears to be a model) lasted a while: 1983/4-88, possibly as far as 1990.

Sad news from Joplin: former KODE anchor Rich White has died at 56 of complications from multiple sclerosis. A video here includes a photo of the KODE Newsight 12 set from the 80s. And includes some 1995 promos with White and other KODE anchors.

A great story from 1988 on the personal lives of local anchors in Chattanooga: Also, I think I hear WVII 1992 in the bumper at the end! And a super treat from Monroe: KNOE full 10pm newscast from 1979!

Right, I remember you saying that to me, I just wasn't sure if I could say that yet.

Forgot to include this earlier... This KGET commercial block from 1987 has the longest cut of a certain news theme I've ever heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_vqI0SGfMQ#t=163

WTOV promo, 1985...I feel like I've heard this theme before. Tuesday9? WESH in 1996, just changing over to the short-lived "NewsChannel 2" look. The promo at 5:36 is from the last generation package! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvOSc6Ktm68

NBC's newest affiliate is KAIT, who will offer the network on a digital subchannel beginning January 26. The new NBC subchannel will offer WMC's newscasts with local inserts (I assume WMC is already the common NBC affiliate for the area, so this makes sense).