bmasters1 418 Posted October 18, 2022 Posted October 18, 2022 What is one of your favorite specialty titles that any station has/has had for a newscast? By specialty titles, I'm specifically excluding the titles that were/are used overall for stations' operations (Eyewitness News, Action News and the like), and also the time of day titles (at 6, 10 P.M., etc.). That said, specialty titles refer to those titles which are/have been used for specific dayparts (an example of one of these is Nightdesk, which, IIRC, was used for many years on WBRZ Channel 2 [ABC in Baton Rouge, LA]) within their Eyewitness News branding as a late edition subtitle; I don't know if this was used as a subtitle within any other overall branding on that Louisiana ABC station. Also, to not have this a list thread, only one example per person per answer (multiple answers are allowed, but only one example per answer).
groupwfan 97 Posted October 18, 2022 Posted October 18, 2022 Another Louisiana station that had “NightWatch” in the name is WWL4 in NOLA. (They may need to use that name for the 10p newscast again)
bmasters1 418 Posted October 18, 2022 Author Posted October 18, 2022 How about Nightside, which was part of KNBC in L.A. for many years, under many overall brandings (NewsCenter 4, News 4 LA and Channel 4 News are the ones I remember it being used for); it was also used for many other stations of various affiliations, but that would turn this into a list.
Newsjunkie24 506 Posted October 18, 2022 Posted October 18, 2022 WTOL in Toledo used nightwatch in the 90's and possibly early 2000's.
bmasters1 418 Posted October 18, 2022 Author Posted October 18, 2022 KMGH Channel 7 in Denver used Nightscene in 1983 when that was the Rocky Mountain CBS station (it was News 7 Nightscene).
Bsean 165 Posted October 18, 2022 Posted October 18, 2022 For me, I liked the format of the early Prime Time KCAL news block. The 8p hour was designated as the California Report, the 9p hour was the World Report and the 10p was the normal local broadcast.
bmasters1 418 Posted October 18, 2022 Author Posted October 18, 2022 43 minutes ago, Bsean said: For me, I liked the format of the early Prime Time KCAL news block. The 8p hour was designated as the California Report, the 9p hour was the World Report and the 10p was the normal local broadcast. Perfect setup on that station in the City of Angels!
FiveNews 385 Posted October 18, 2022 Posted October 18, 2022 WDIV's NewsBeat in the 80s and 90s. Their 11pm was known as NightBeat.
bmasters1 418 Posted October 19, 2022 Author Posted October 19, 2022 Another specialty name that WBRZ has used (and, IINM, they still use this today): 2une In (for the morning edition).
TheRolyPoly 2655 Posted October 22, 2022 Posted October 22, 2022 On 10/19/2022 at 6:18 AM, bmasters1 said: Another specialty name that WBRZ has used (and, IINM, they still use this today): 2une In (for the morning edition). Speaking of WBRZ, when it had the Eyewitness News name, their 10pm news was known as... the Nightdesk. I'm not even kidding.
TexasTVNews 1379 Posted October 22, 2022 Posted October 22, 2022 I know I wasn't born when KDFW had the Eyewitness News name back in the 70s and early 80s. I remember KDFW had the Nightbeat name for its 10pm newscast from 1990-95. And WFAA had The Update until it was dropped.
bmasters1 418 Posted October 22, 2022 Author Posted October 22, 2022 4 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said: Speaking of WBRZ, when it had the Eyewitness News name, their 10pm news was known as... the Nightdesk. I'm not even kidding. Already said up top.
Big Rollo Smokes 266 Posted October 22, 2022 Posted October 22, 2022 I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Scene, which WSM-TV/WSMV in Nashville used for many years. And also Pulse, used by WTVT in Tampa and CFCF-TV in Montreal. Wait, I just did.
TheRolyPoly 2655 Posted October 22, 2022 Posted October 22, 2022 12 hours ago, bmasters1 said: Already said up top. Whoops! My apologies.
MediaZone4K 2317 Posted October 22, 2022 Posted October 22, 2022 "Volunteer News" from WVLT (CBS ) Channel 8 in Tennessee. The name in reference to the state's nickname.
TheRolyPoly 2655 Posted October 22, 2022 Posted October 22, 2022 Newsight 7 over at WWNY-TV Watertown, N.Y. during the 80s and 90s.
Metrodonmartin 42 Posted October 22, 2022 Posted October 22, 2022 Newsforce 29: KBAK-TV Bakersfield 1980-1982 TeleNews 29: KBAK-TV Bakersfield 1978-1980
AdamTheJ 90 Posted October 22, 2022 Posted October 22, 2022 In the OKC, this Laughable newscast title existed:
H-Town TV Fan 224 Posted October 22, 2022 Posted October 22, 2022 KPRC in Houston named its late newscasts "Nightcast" from 1988-92 and "Nightbeat" from 1995-2006.
Georgie56 3349 Posted October 22, 2022 Posted October 22, 2022 WBBM renamed its 6pm newscast to Hour 18 (6pm is the 18th hour in the day) during the early stages of the pandemic.
tyrannical bastard 4084 Posted October 23, 2022 Posted October 23, 2022 How could we forget some station in Cleveland with such eye-popping "News" titles as... Go! What's New What's Now Front Row What's Next Any guesses? I"ll give you until the count of one...two......
Big Rollo Smokes 266 Posted October 23, 2022 Posted October 23, 2022 On 10/22/2022 at 10:10 PM, tyrannical bastard said: How could we forget some station in Cleveland with such eye-popping "News" titles as... Go! What's New What's Now Front Row What's Next Any guesses? I"ll give you until the count of one...two...... I personally know one of the anchors/reporters at said station in Cleveland. At some point, I hope to ask this person how they feel about these titles and current (soon-to-be-former) ownership's continuing efforts to dumb-down the news...
tyrannical bastard 4084 Posted October 23, 2022 Posted October 23, 2022 In the 2000s, WBNS in Columbus also revamped their 11 pm news as NightBeat, using a totally different graphics package and harder cuts of This is Your News. I believe it lasted until they went HD in 2007 and shed the 10TV Eyewitness News branding and became 10TV News HD. Here's their 2003 debut. The subject of the lead story, a wanted fugitive showed up at the 10TV studios right at the top of the show to give her side of the story.
Breaking News 848 Posted October 23, 2022 Posted October 23, 2022 41 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: In the 2000s, WBNS in Columbus also revamped their 11 pm news as NightBeat, using a totally different graphics package and harder cuts of This is Your News. I believe it lasted until they went HD in 2007 and shed the 10TV Eyewitness News branding and became 10TV News HD. Here's their 2003 debut. The subject of the lead story, a wanted fugitive showed up at the 10TV studios right at the top of the show to give her side of the story. Funny part is during the 80s when the late Lou Forrest and Bob Orr did the 11pm they were called Nighbeat. Then in the late 90s WSYX during the Deb Countiss/Bob Hetherington/Lorene Wagner era they also did Nightbeat at 11pm. However in the 80s and early 90s WTVN & WSYX called their 11pm Nightcast. Nightbeat return 10TV in the early 2000s.
Big Rollo Smokes 266 Posted October 23, 2022 Posted October 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Breaking News said: Funny part is during the 80s when the late Lou Forrest and Bob Orr did the 11pm they were called Nighbeat. Then in the late 90s WSYX during the Deb Countiss/Bob Hetherington/Lorene Wagner era they also did Nightbeat at 11pm. However in the 80s and early 90s WTVN & WSYX called their 11pm Nightcast. Nightbeat return 10TV in the early 2000s. Off-topic, but when did Lou Forrest pass? I couldn't find anything about it and as far as I know he's still with us.
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