Re: WABC IMISSEDIT NEWS

["Daniel Murphy" <danmurph@worldnet.att.net>]

I'm confused by the chronology here. I remember Ellis on WABC late
'70s/early '80s. Did he have another stint in New York?

>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.
>