Re: WABC IMISSEDIT NEWS

["Kevin Vahey" <k-vahey@attbi.com>]

I should have added Jim Jensen was at WCBS (coming from WBZ)

Long forgotten is the role WNAC had in all this. In late 68 or 69 a news 
director was brought in to try to make 7 a serious news player as RKO 
General fought to keep license. The format was blood and guts with tight 
switching and blaring band music. The newcasts were called New England 
Today or Tonight depending on slot and was a very slick package for the 
era. The format didn't catch on here as 4 and 5 were too entrenched but 
it caught the eye of WFIL in Philadelphia who hired the news director 
and the marching band. The result was ACTION NEWS which became a 
monster.

BTW for years Channel 4 used music from a James Bond movie to intro the 
news, anybody know the name of it?


On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 8:55AM -0500, Kevin Vahey wrote:
> There is a Boston connection to the birth of Eyewitness News in NYC. 
> WABC was desperate to repair the damage done by Tom Ellis who Jim 
> Jensen just had for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
>
> Then when Eyewitness took off, WNBC grabbed Chuck Scarboro from WNAC in 
> a move that was laughed at 30 years ago.
>
> CBS did everything wrong. They revamped newscasts that were doing fine 
> in both NYC and Chicago and sank to the bottom in both markets and have 
> never recovered.