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Based on the news product alone, I think 7&4 is going to make some headway in the ratings - if it hasn't already, even with that horrid news set.

Our website is a joke. We have a new reporter who’s been here for 3 months and she’s not on the website yet? To make it worse, we have a reporter on the website that’s not been on the air in over a year? We need to do better! Why don’t you fix it then? Probably nobody knows how to code. Or laziness.

Now that the ownership limit is officially removed, I could see Sinclair buying the station at some point. That would be very bad Thanks for getting me up to speed on the latest FCC (non)regulations! Apparently things will be determined on a case-by-case basis. One can expect a lot of legal ...

radionerd wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2026 1:58 pm I think Gray Media needs to buy them!!!

Why Gray?

Now that the ownership limit is officially removed, I could see Sinclair buying the station at some point. That would be very bad

moldyoldie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2026 3:18 am I remember Rita, but that's it. All the names are a blur.

I saw a video clip of Rita and someone from the Record Eagle doing news. I'm not sure when it aired though, or how often it was broadcast.

Wow, I don't remember this at all! The only 29&8 evening newscast I recall was a reporter hired from 'ZZM to solo anchor. His name escapes me, as does the year; it was also short-lived. I agree, that final sign-off was pretty good...in a downbeat sort of way. Maybe in the 70s? I vaguely remember ...

Cool find! I had no idea 29&8 offered a local newscast during the 1980s. This particular newscast evidently was a 5:30PM newscast, with PM Magazine (a nationally syndicated show) airing at 6PM. Perhaps 7&4 didn't offer a 5:30PM newscast at the time? The theme music is hideous, and that's putting it ...

Came across this old 29&8 Newsource newscast from 1984!!

No idea who any of these guys are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvc4Urk8TEs

moldyoldie wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2026 12:21 pm

organman95 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2026 8:30 am Well, when you effectively already own and operate it, just not on paper....

I'm glad someone is saying what I've always figured.

Anybody who knows how the rules (used to) work, has known for quite some time. I think 2007-ish?

This was perhaps my favorite graphics package the station used. And I really like the news set. They should go back to a similar design instead of what it currently is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpx9X1XBNKI&t=60s

I think a button shirt with a suit coat is enough

RIP

If 92.7 is originating its own programming, it is violating the law. How? Translators by law are prohibited from originating their own programming. Sounds like that may be what's happening here. The exception to the above rule is an FM translator for a daytime-only AM station, in which instance the ...

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2026 6:00 am If 92.7 is originating its own programming, it is violating the law.

How?

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