Now, here's something you'll really like. A WTVT news hour from 1980, with "co-anchor for a day" then-Governor Bob Graham. He did O.K., in my opinion, just not what I'd call "big market material". Becoming a senator was a much better career move. Also, look for long, long-time NYC reporter Lou Young.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=EvFEmxiTogw
News themes hopping within the same market isn't unprecedented. WLOS had Counterpoint for a while; but when they replaced it, WSPA picked it up not too long after.
Has anybody really given the KPRC 1984 Theme a good listen? It really sounds a lot like Telesound, doesn't it?
http://www.southernmedia-nmsa.com/#3,1,524
I know; that's just what it sounded like to me.
Shelly Palmer didn't really have a distinct sound the way most news music composers do. PNP sounded nothing like Brave New World, which sounded nothing like Millennium 3. WTLV's 1988 package could certainly be "The Works", but the same could be said for WTLV's 1991 theme. Another news music mystery.
Scripps is making another aquisition: Cracked.com. I can't wait for The Now to be replaced with the daily Shut-Ups.
http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/e-w-scripps-buys-cracked-demand-media-humor-1201751426/
I don't know if I'd call what happened in Charlotte a case of Goliath being taken down by David. More like down Goliath being taken down by Macho Man Randy Savage.