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CircleSeven, I think you were the first person anywhere to pick up on this story. The Yuma Sun had nothing on it. December 2012 employment was 25%. Still staggeringly high, but it also hints at a chunk of that 30% figure being seasonal (for tourism and agriculture, I would imagine). The other key Yuma stations, as a refresher, are KECY (Fox, ABC), which has a very young local news operation that was revived in March 2012 (local news had not aired on KECY since its conversion to Fox in the 1990s); KESE (Telemundo), which was planned to have local news but doesn't (not even a KUNA simulcast as I read); and KVYE (Univision), which actually appears to simulcast news from KVER in Palm Springs.

Wow. That is a stunner. KECY could stand to gain a lot of ground here depending on the level of consolidation. A couple things that really stood out... Pappas has been shopping KSWT for 13 months, and the May unemployment rate in Yuma topped 30%.

Ah, so he's taking the opening in Tucson that Ryan Recker vacated to move to Pittsburgh, his childhood home and dream TV market.

WGHP's image in the Piedmont NewsChannel era (and well into 1996!) was really cool, possibly one of my favorites ever. TVbD graphics with a custom news theme. Notably, WGHP was one of the last stations to really change its look to a Fox-esque package (using a Fox logo but TVbD graphics). One of my favorite things about New World in the immediate aftermath of the Fox switch was that its stations still were rather traditional, in some cases changing very little of their news imaging. But Fox thought it "conservative", and the underperformance of the group as a whole was not helping either. Videos: KBJR, KDLH and WDIO in 1991. KDLH is using that WFTV 1988 theme, which has yet another "People You Can Count On" theme to it, and WDIO has The Leading Edge: http://archive.org/details/tobacco_swp91f00

And there's no way they will able to pluck The CW from WGNT—not with Tribune running it.

Wow, that's a complicated history. Is this part of the 1990-92 package? Notably this is the only KCRA open between 1983 and 2009 that's lacking the WTNCF signature, excluding the bump at the beginning. It renders the KCRA logo in white on orange, not green on white. It's voiced by Ed Hopkins. I think this might actually be production music. http://archive.org/details/tobacco_anx27a00

It may be a KCOY blooper reel, but there's no blooper with a 30-second close cut of the WGHP 1984 News Theme inside and a close cut from another Unknown theme!: The matching WGHP 1984 theme open is at 6:34 of the second part of the blooper reel: *** A director's track cut of WCPO, 1995. With Primetime News: *** KPHO. September 1997. 24 Hour News. To say I'm happy is an understatement. This was the latter half of the "Arizona 5 News" era; by now, Paul Turner (not Scott Chapin) was the voice of KPHO. The next year, they'd become CBS 5 News for the first (but not the last) time in their history. *** WXIX's midnight newscast (no, really), 1993. This was a brand-new, cutting-edge (TVbD) look for 1993: KCRA 1990. Whoa, this theme is not in our radar at all? This isn't the Grizzell theme, it's not the 1992 theme, but it's got the WTNCF signature in it... (It looks like we have some changes in the NMSA. The Grizzell theme may be 1986-88, this 1988-90 going by comments, and sample 3 for the Grizzell theme in the NMSA is another theme altogether for 1990-92. That, and there's another KCRA theme hanging in the NMSA's inbox from 1992 (possibly debuted 1991), when they had gone early prime.)

Citadel would be a once-in-a-forever opportunity to buy into a bunch of Iowa markets at once. I wonder if Meredith would consider buying Citadel, for that reason alone.

Former WTLV morning/noon anchor Sally Fox died on July 3 at the age of 58. She was at the station from 1988 to 1995, and while anchoring also founded a concern that runs group homes for the disabled, Angelwood, Inc. A couple ancillary items: -The graphic accompanying the article is from 1991, and it uses a 12 bug that is associated with their 1992-93 image. Looks like the "1992" theme debuted in 1991, and we know as of this week that the "1991" theme debuted in 1989 (or the fall of 1988, when WTLV returned to NBC after eight years with ABC). -The TVSpy article about Fox's death implies that Fox worked at WJXX, when WJXX wasn't on the air until 1997 or connected to WTLV until 2000.

KESQ moved last month into the old KPSP studios, which were remodeled to house separate operations for both stations. So what does an empty studio look like? (The studio switch occurred on June 26; to the relief of all, KESQ is keeping PNP.)

There's an email in Mr. NMSA's inbox about all that. I really like that WTLV theme too. It's truly something. I wonder who composed it...

For once, new stuff in the NewsActive3 collection. WPBF 1992, a cool WJXT "Program Note" slide, a WTLV 1991 Theme close at 12:35 (which is from 1989!), and a higher-quality cut of the (non-NMSA) KTUU 1990 News Theme are some of the highlights.

More Joplin KODE 1992 update: (this is a new one!*) KODE 1994 promos with another news theme (is this the mythical Interaction?): *The NMSA (which has a Joplin reliability rating of nearly 0) says this might be a Gari package called Your TV Friend, at least if the dates hold. But I don't think that even exists. (Any coincidence that KSNF was using Turn To resings with the line "Your TV Friend, KSN"?)

This graphics company did a lot of work for some big clients. You'll recognize WBBM, KCBS, the ABC and CBS networks plus Australia's Network Ten. Also, more Where's the Walrus!

For the second straight day, KSEE in Fresno has let go of an anchor. On Monday, it was their noon anchor; the next day, one of their morning personalities—who had been at the station for 28 years—was handed the axe. Looks like Nexstar's consolidation between KSEE and KGPE has reached the on-air talent (several reporting and other departments are already consolidating; production employees could take a while to combine because KSEE, unlike KGPE, has unionized production staffers).

revin hatol does that. That open looks more like 1983, and while it does have a common musical signature with 1990, the instrumentation is a little older.

A large basket of promos from WJZ, 1982-86. This image campaign was by JAM and accompanied "The News Leader" news package (which has the same "It's A Good Feeling to Know" signature):

Oh please! We don't have that theme at all!

This does sound sorta Mannheim Steamroller-y. The portion around :20 reminds me of their version of Classical Gas (which WKEF picked up and used in the late 80s and early 90s as their news theme). Jeffrey, check your PMs—I think I've hit another news theme find in the SESAC repertoire.

KSHB didn't start a full news department until 1993, but from 1985 to the late 1980s they ran a 15-minute 10pm newscast, 41 Express. This open is a real treat: music, voiceover, TVbD graphics. The animation actually appears in one of the TVbD demos.

There are some interlocking Hello/Great News combo cuts, I think. From KGGM Albuquerque (now KRQE)...it's Christmas in June?

That is some colorful open! And Rick Krizman's 24 Hour News! Also, WCMH 1992 (with an unknown news theme!):

Wow. Let's hope Media General can put some money into KLFY post-merger.

Ooh boy! *licks lips* KTSP Daybreak with Pinnacle, 1993: KTSP noon with a new theme (!), 1990: KTSP was not using its "1989 News Theme" (which was only for Nightcast) on its other newscasts. I can say I've never heard this one before.

Almost exactly like KMGH—music, graphics (except for color), animation are a dead ringer. I'm now wondering how long KOLD used the TheNews name and if they ever used anything close to this. Also from Maclovio's account, some really cheesy KENS promos from 1976 (probably not 1975). The last one, with its depictions of Native Americans and smoke signals, could never fly today: