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Amarillo is a “fresh out” market - kiddos right out of college. I had a couple of college mates who started there right out of school (and then moved up and out after a year or two) - especially on the weekend, where crews are very thin. i’d just chalk it up to lack of experience. J

But also using the slogan/theme for nearly 30 years! (1978-2006) J

Glenwood Springs (and thus KREG) is in the Denver market - 1.438% on the cap Dkenver provides,but it’s a VHF station (so no discount), and assuming Nexstar is somewhat close, selling off this station could provide cap space for several smaller markets (easily 3 sub-50 markets without any discounts).... J

KXAN’s C.O.P.S. program preceded the Fox show by several years - airing in the 1am hour, there was no confusion between the two...

Watching WCBS at noon on my flight to Dallas, they mentioned 3 people leaving... J

How? Other than the 12 being inside the circle (negative space), I see little resemblance. if you follow that logic, then KTVU’s logo is a ripoff of any logo inside a circle prior to 1975.... J

As for WSIL, they used a font/logotype that other stations used - KHTV/39 in Houston used a similar (of not the same) 3 in their 39 logo. Back in the day, your options were more limited, mostly, since you didn’t have millions of fonts to chose from - and everything was edited by hand, be it using something like ChartPak rub-on letters or film/pictures from a typesetter to create ads. As for WPSD and WKMG, they both use the “Local #” branding, possibly from the same creative design agency, but the fonts and obliqueness of the graphic are distinctly different. For a better example, compare WCBS, WBBM and KCBS’s logos, or any of the numerous ABC Circle-7 logos...

Sorry this is a bit late, but they’ve been doing this on and off in recent times (IIRC, they did it about a year ago, the stopped). The also rebroadcast KGWN.2’s Northern Colorado News 5 (from the folks in Little Rock) years ago. J

IIRC, KDFI early on in the 84-85 timeframe also used Texas 27. I’ll see if I can find videotape thereof... Jim

Plus... WRC (Washington, DC) Dec. 6, 2001 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]249608772[/MEDIA] WRC (Washington) Feb. 25, 2002 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]249608423[/MEDIA] KGO (San Francisco) Feb. 2, 1999 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]249608137[/MEDIA] CBKST (Saskatoon) April 26, 1995 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]249607533[/MEDIA] Jim

Here you go! (In no particular order) - Between work keeping me busy and a couple of weeks without internet at home (I'm looking at you Comcast)... KABC (Los Angeles) Nov. 2, 1998 4:30pm [MEDIA=vimeo]249609058[/MEDIA] KCBS (Los Angeles) December 28, 1998 5:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]249612642[/MEDIA] KTBC (Austin) Feb. 8, 1999 5:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]249610034[/MEDIA] WLIO (Lima) Nov. 19, 2001 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]249609715[/MEDIA] Jim

Enjoy some Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA from 2003! WDBJ (Roanoke) June 13, 2003 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]260596254[/MEDIA] WSLS (Roanoke) June 16, 2003 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]260596584[/MEDIA] WSET (Lynchburg) June 16, 2003 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]260596521[/MEDIA] WFXR/WJPR (Roanoke) June 12, 2003 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]260596312[/MEDIA] More on the way... Jim

KBTX had the same promo: Buy the Brazos Valley First - same graphics (save the logo/tagline), and music. It looks like it was a package created and marketed to regional stations to encourage people to shop locally, vs. driving to Houston (or other large city) to do their shopping. All I know is that the quality of shopping available in Bryan/College Station improved significantly in the late 80s while I was at Texas A&M

Yup! Tried to compete with WLIO, until Block purchased the stations after successfully wrestling away the Fox affiliation onto a digital subchannel of WLIO. Jim

And a couple of Post 2000 newscasts (I still need to find the WLAJ 53 News Express...)... KFTY Santa Rosa, CA - April 6, 2005 11:00pm (via KVIQ) [MEDIA=vimeo]247701209[/MEDIA] WWJ Detroit, MI - November 19, 2001 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]247700047[/MEDIA] WOTV Battle Creek, MI - November 21, 2001 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]247699675[/MEDIA] WOHL Lima, OH - November 19, 2001 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]247699339[/MEDIA] J

As we close out the year (and close in on the 20th anniversary of the "end" of KNWS/51 in Houston - the final full newscast was January 2, 1998), I'm throwing out a few "newscasts from the beyond grave" - newscasts from stations no longer airing in-house newscasts. Enjoy! KNWS Houston, TX - December 30, 1997 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]240311418[/MEDIA] WKBD Detroit, MI - June 3, 1999 10:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]247700843[/MEDIA] WTWC Tallahassee, FL - March 23, 1999 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]247700444[/MEDIA]

Well, if you had the equivalent of NBC or CBS running the station as an O&O with standard graphics across all of the stations, it can be done... And in typical fashion, news has been cut from 30 minutes to 15 minutes - granted, SP&M have access to more of the RFO is run by France Télévisions (France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5, France Ô) - they're (IMHO) the 800-lb. Gorilla in French TV... J

For a unique TV Market: St. Pierre & Miquelon (a French territory off the coast of Newfoundland, Population Est. 6300 in 2000). Call Sign: FQN Channel: 8, SECAM Operated By: Réseau France Outre-mer Date: February 20, 2000, 7:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]247628086[/MEDIA]

Two More from 1991 Los Angeles: KNBC (Los Angeles) July 9, 1991 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]247699005[/MEDIA] There were (at least) 2 different versions of the open: one starting with Keith Morrison followed by Kelly Lange, and one starting with Kelly Lange, followed by Keith Morrison... KCAL (Norwalk/Los Angeles) July 9, 1991 8:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]247698332[/MEDIA] J

Interesting seeing 2 names I associate with Baltimore appear in the last few days: Rod Daniels on WTAE and Stan Stovall on KSDK... Jim

Back home! (and sick...) Three newscasts closing in on 20 years ago... WABC (New York) August 3, 1998 6:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]247718612[/MEDIA] WCVB (Boston) August 3, 1998 11:00pm [MEDIA=vimeo]247718957[/MEDIA] WLS (Chicago) December 4, 1998 [MEDIA=vimeo]247719378[/MEDIA] Jim

I'm putting everything out there I can - as I said before - it does absolutely no one any good sitting in my basement! Here's my last compilation post before Christmas - I'm on holiday for about a week, without access to my "stuff"... (I may be able to get 1 or 2 items uploaded before I leave, but no guarantees!) California, May 1993 - about 24 different stations [MEDIA=vimeo]247655678[/MEDIA] Notes: - The KCBS theme is one of my favorites, especially the long close. - I'm not a fan of KNBC's "transitional" open they used for about a year. - Sorry for the quality on KEYT - the feed in the hotel was horrible... - I appreciate Jerry Dunphy's classic staccato "From the desert to the sea to all of Southern California, a good evening" - Not that impressed with the stations in the central valley, save the solid look and feel of KFSN... KTTV 10pm, KEYT 10pm (bad video), KCBS 11pm, KNBC 5:30am, KABC 6am, KTLA 7am, KNBC 5pm, KCBS 6pm (Long Close), KCAL 10pm, KNBC 4pm, KCOP 10pm, KCBS 11pm, KCBS 6am, KNBC 6pm, KCAL 8pm, KCAL 9pm, KTLA 10pm, KMEX 11pm, KGTV 12pm, KNSD 6pm, XEWT 6:30pm, KUSI 10pm, KFMB 12pm, KGTV 5pm, KFMB 6:30pm, KFSN 5pm, KJEO 6pm, KSEE 6pm, KSEE 5pm, KFTV 6pm, KMPH 10pm, KJEO 11pm, KGET 5pm, KFSN 11pm, KERO 11pm, KERO 12pm, KSBY 6pm, KCOY 6:30pm, KBAK 11pm Jim

Time for some Colorado/Great Plains from 1993: [MEDIA=vimeo]247653555[/MEDIA] KRDO 10pm, KOAT 5:30pm, KOAA 10pm, KCNC 5pm, KMGH 10pm, KCNC Close (x2), KKTV 12pm, KRDO 5:30pm, KMGH 5pm, KUSA 10pm, KWGN 9pm, KMGH 10pm, KUSA Close, KMGH AM Close, KMGH 6am, KMGH 12pm, KGWN 12pm, KUSA 10pm, KNOP 6pm, KHGI/NTV 10pm, KWCH 12pm, KOLN/KGIN 10pm, KFOR 4:30pm, KWTV 5pm, KFOR 5pm, KETA/OETA 6:30pm, KOCO 6pm J

Back to the Northeast from April 1993, including WNYT before Prime News, another WNNE variation, and WGOT, Channel 60! 1993 Northeast [MEDIA=vimeo]247653451[/MEDIA] WWOR 10pm, WPIX 10pm, WTEN 11pm, WFSB 12pm, WWLP 5:30pm, WWLP 6pm, WTIC 10pm, WGGB 11pm, WGOT 10pm, WNNE 11pm, WVIT 11pm, WFSB 11pm, WTEN 6pm, WNYT 11pm, WRGB 11pm, WNYT 11pm, WTEN 6am, KTRK 6pm, KPRC 6pm

2 New Clip Sets from 1991 - focused mostly on a trip in May (brother's college graduation), then another in June (work). (Some of these are in full newscasts already posted, but most aren't) - Jim 1991 - Part 1 (April/May 1991) [MEDIA=vimeo]247644588[/MEDIA] KENS 10pm, KCEN 10pm, KTRK 7am, KPRC 10pm (3/89), CBMT 11pm, WBRC 10pm, WVTM 10pm, WBMG 10pm, WLWT 11pm, WCPO 11pm, WKRC 6am, WLWT 6:30am, WCPO 6:30am, WDIV 5pm, WILX 6pm (bad video), WTVG 11pm (bad video), WTOL 11pm, WJBK 11pm ®, WKBD 10pm, WXYZ 11pm, CBET/CBLT 11pm (WE), CFCF 11:30pm, CBMT 11:30pm (WE), CJOH ID, CIII/Global 11pm, CJOH 11:30pm, WPTZ 7:25am Note: There are four Channel 6's (KCEN, WBRC, CBMT and CIII) and four Channel 13's (KTRK, WVTM, WTVG, and CJOH) in this compilation! 1991 - Part 2 (May/June 1991) [MEDIA=vimeo]247641861[/MEDIA] WNBC 11pm, WPIX 10pm, WNBC 5pm, NJN 5:30pm, WWOR 10pm, WNBC 6:30am, WDEF 11pm, WTVC 11pm, WRCB 11pm, KAVU 10pm (bad video), KLAX 6pm (bad video), KERA NewsAddition, KPRC 4:30pm (Afternoon with Ron Stone), WHNT 10pm, WAAY 10pm, WAAY 6:30am, WAFF 12pm, WAFF 5:30pm, WXIA 11pm, WAGA 11pm, WSB 11pm