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Mayor Eric Adams will declare Aug. 10 as WABC-TV Day in NYC, and the Empire State Building will be lit in WABC blue Thursday night.

Here's a look back at how the Big Apple made it through the blackout from Jul 13-14, 1977.

Its new slogan, Finding Heart in Every Beat, speaks more to the station's connection to the community it serves.

After Wednesday’s noon newscast, CBS3 will sunset its current branding.

By Holland Cooke Consultant Local news sponsorship is an opportunity to “fish for whales,” institutional advertisers who can associate with something special. And, well-done, local news sure is special, because: New-tech audio competitors don’t do it, and most AM/FM broadcast hours are now robotic. Newspapers are in a tailspin swapping print dollars for digital dimes;…

Red Crown Productions has optioned the television rights to "Lights. Camera. Crime," a March 2022 story in the Philadelphia Inquirer written by Layla A. Jones. The story, which was produced as part of the publication's 'A More Perfect Union' series, tells the history of the Eyewitness News local television format, which is still widely used today.

This year, TVNewsCheck reported on the deaths of outstanding men and women who shaped television as actors, lawmakers, producers, business people, journalists, on-air personalities and more. Here’s a look back at some of those influencers, each linked to their obituary.

Reimagined station newscasts in Philadelphia, New York, other markets

He transformed local newscasts in the ’60s and ’70s, eschewing the single monotone anchorman for on-the-street reporters and a friendlier, engaging studio format that is now the standard.

At stations in Philadelphia and then New York, he relaxed the tone of news delivery, using two anchors, a diverse team of reporters and dollops of banter.