Eyewitness News is a name used by local television newscasts, widely used in different markets across the United States. It is also the name of a very popular music package offered by Gari Communications. [edit] History [edit] Origins The earliest known use of the Eyewitness News name in American television was in April 1959 when KYW-TV (now WKYC-TV) in Cleveland, owned at the time by Westinghouse Broadcasting, launched the nation's first 90-minute local newscast (under the title Eyewitness), combined with the then 15-minute national newscast. ([1]) The name was then adopted for use by Westinghouse's other television stations—KPIX in San Francisco, WJZ-TV in Baltimore, WBZ-TV in Boston and KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh—for its local newscasts. After KYW-TV moved to Philadelphia in 1965 (the result of a government-ordered reversal of the 1956 Westinghouse/NBC station swap) its then-news director, Al Primo, created the Eyewitness News format. The reporter would be the "eyewitness" to the anchor in the studio and the viewer at home. He used the cue 007 from the 1963 film From Russia with Love as the theme. The format quickly became a hit in Philadelphia and allowed KYW-TV to surge past longtime leader WCAU-TV for first place, a position it kept on and off until the late 1970s. KYW-TV's success spawned rival station WFIL-TV (now WPVI-TV) to develop the Action News format to compete with it. (After NBC was ordered back to Cleveland in 1965, the Eyewitness News name left that city until WEWS adopted it for its newscasts in the 1970s.) KYW-TV used the name and format until 1991 and readopted it in 1998. All five major stations owned by Westinghouse prior to its 1996 acquisition of CBS have used Eyewitness News as their newscast titles at some point in time; KYW-TV, KPIX, and WJZ-TV continue to do so. [edit] Expansion In 1968, Primo moved to WABC-TV in New York City and took the Eyewitness News concept there with him, choosing music from the 1967 Paul Newman film Cool Hand Luke—the "Tar Sequence" cue (composed by Lalo Schifrin)—as the theme. However, he added a new twist at WABC-TV—chatter among the anchors, which came to be known as "happy talk". WABC-TV has kept the name and format since then, and has been the highest-rated station in New York for much of that time. The format, as tweaked by WABC-TV, was copied by many other stations in the United States, with four other stations owned and operated by ABC—KABC-TV in Los Angeles, WLS-TV in Chicago, WXYZ-TV in Detroit and KGO-TV in San Francisco—using both the format and the Cool Hand Luke theme. (In the case of KGO, since KPIX was already using the Eyewitness News name, KGO named its newscast Channel 7 NewsScene in 1969 and by 1983 simply Channel 7 News, while WXYZ used the Action News name since rival WJBK-TV called its newscasts Eyewitness News; KABC and WLS were free to use the Eyewitness News name as did WABC). Ironically, WPVI, which developed the Action News format, is also now an ABC owned-and-operated station. In addition, U.S. Spanish-language stations also use their own version of Eyewitness News, called Noticias de Primera Plana (Headline News, a concept translation in Spanish of Eyewitness News) on its owned-and-operated stations. A separate, but mostly unrelated, Eyewitness News format was developed by Irv Weinstein in Buffalo, New York for WKBW-TV. This format was mostly based not on the original Eyewitness News (though it used the same logo) but rather on the Action News format of its sister stations in the Capital Cities Communications stable. While based on Action News's brief and numerous reports, Weinstein built his Eyewitness News newscast around attention-grabbing catch phrases and alliterative headlines, along with occasional wisecracking or sarcastic one-liners about the day's news stories. This version of Eyewitness News was used on WKBW as well as other CapCities stations where the Action News name was in use by another station, such as WTVD in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was also used on a few stations not owned by Capital Cities, including WOKR in Rochester, New York. [edit] Outside of the United States In Mexico and other Hispanic American countries during the 1970s and 1980s, some local newscasts also used the Eyewitness News format, under the names Noticias de Primera Plana (Headline News) and Noticias de Acción (Action News). The title was used in Canada, on CTV affiliate CFRN-TV in Edmonton. In Brazil, the format was used by TV Globo's key stations in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo for their local newscasts, with the name of Praça TV (City TV (News)). In Japan, TV Tokyo branded its newscasts as Eyewitness News, but abbreviated as EyeNews. In Australia, BTQ-7 Brisbane adopted the Eyewitness News branding in the early 1970s. The branding was also employed by NWS-9 Adelaide for its evening newscast. TEN-10 Sydney and ATV-0 Melbourne, the principal stations in the Ten Network, adopted the Eyewitness News branding in the mid-1970s and it was later adopted by other stations in the Network Ten group as BTQ-7 and NWS-9 later relinquished the brand. Regional affiliates for the Ten Network, including CTC-7 in Canberra (Ten Capital Eyewitness News), Southern Cross Network in Victoria, and QTV in Townsville, also used the Eyewitness News name. The Australian version of Eyewitness News more closely resembled Weinstein's version than the original format. The Ten Network dropped the use of the Eyewitness News name in September 1988 but later re-instated it in July 1989 for six months, and then again in January 1991 for four years. In South Africa Eyewitness News in used by Talk Radio 702 in Gauteng, Cape Talk in Cape Town as well as Eyewitness News [edit] Stations that use or have used the Eyewitness News format or name 1Indicates station was originally owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting and now is owned-and-operated by CBS 2Indicates station is owned-and-operated by ABC | Market Name | Station | Affiliation | Currently uses | Other notes | | Albany, New York | WTEN | ABC | No | Identified as 10 Eyewitness News from 1986–1995; known as News 10 since 1995 | | Albuquerque, New Mexico | KOB-TV | NBC | Yes | Has identified as "Eyewitness News 4" since 1996 | | Atlanta | WXIA-TV | NBC | no | Used from 1969-1972; has identified as 11 Alive News since 1976 | | WAGA-TV | Fox (formerly CBS) | no | Used from 1980s–1998; has identified as Fox 5 News since 1998 | | Augusta, Georgia | WRDW-TV | CBS | no | Had identified as News 12 since 1998 | | Austin, Texas | KEYE-TV | CBS | No | Branded itself K-EYEwitness News with its callsign until 2001; has identified as KEYE-TV News since 2009 | | Bakersfield, California | KBAK-TV | CBS | yes | Identified itself as 29 Eyewitness News since 1992 | | KBFX-CA | Fox | Yes | Currently airs "Eyewitness News on Fox 58" produced by sister station KBAK-TV | | Baltimore, Maryland | WJZ-TV1 | CBS (formerly ABC) | Yes | Has identified as "Eyewitness News" since 1965 | | Bangor, Maine | WVII-TV | ABC | no | Currently identifies as Your Bangor News | | Binghamton, New York | WIVT | ABC | no | Currently identifies as NewsChannel 34 | | Boise, Idaho | KBCI-TV | CBS | No | Identified as CBS 2 Eyewitness News from 2007 to 2009; currently identifies as 2 News | | Boston | WBZ-TV1 | CBS (formerly NBC) | no | Used from 1966–1993; has identified as WBZ News since 2007 | | Buffalo, New York | WKBW-TV | ABC | Yes | Originally used from 1970-2003; identified as 7 News from September 8, 2003 to October 27, 2008, when Eyewitness News was restored. Its version of Eyewitness News is in name only and uses elements of the Action News format instead. | | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | KCRG-TV | ABC | No | Used name from early-70's to late-80's; has identified as "KCRG TV-9 News" since 1998 | | Charleston, South Carolina | WCBD-TV | NBC | No | Used name from mid-80's to late-80's as ABC; has identified as "News 2" since 1998 | | Charleston / Huntington, W.V. | WHTN-TV | ABC (Now a CBS affiliate) | no | Identified as "Eyewitness News" in the early 70's until it was purchased by Gateway, who re-branded the newscast as "Action News". | | WCHS-TV | ABC | yes | Used a lowercase "e" logo from 2002–2005 and identified as Eyewitness News 8 since 2002 without using the channel number (8) in their news title. | | Charlotte, North Carolina | WSOC-TV | ABC | yes | Has identified as Channel 9 Eyewitness News since 1996 | | Chattanooga, Tennessee | WRCB-TV | NBC | yes | Has identified as Channel 3 Eyewitness News since 1999 | | Chicago | WLS-TV2 | ABC | no | Identified as Eyewitness News from 1968–1996; has identified as ABC 7 News since 1996 | | Cincinnati | WLWT | NBC | no | Identified as Eyewitness News 5 from 1998–2004; has been rebranded as News 5 since 2004 | | WKRC-TV | ABC (Now a CBS affiliate) | no | Identified as Eyewitness 12 News from 1977-1992; has identified as Local 12 News since 2004 | | Cleveland | WEWS | ABC | No | Used from 1967–1990, has identified as NewsChannel 5 since 1990 | | WKYC-TV1 | NBC | No | The first station (as KYW-TV) to use the Eyewitness News name, in 1959, used until 1965; has identified as Channel 3 News since 1989 | | Colorado Springs / Pueblo, CO | KOAA-TV | NBC | No | Identified as Eyewitness News until 2002, has identified as "News First" since 2002 | | Columbia, South Carolina | WOLO-TV | ABC | no | Has identified as ABC Columbia News since 2005 | | Columbus, Ohio | WBNS-TV | CBS | no | Known as 10TV Eyewitness News 1977–2007; rebranded as 10TV News HD in April 2007 | | Corpus Christi, Texas | KIII-TV | ABC | no | Identified itself as 3 Eyewitness News (1977–2000); has identified as 3 News since 2000 | | Dallas / Fort Worth | KDFW-TV | Fox (formerly CBS) | no | Identified as Eyewitness News from 1975–1978; has identified as Fox 4 News since 1996 | | Dayton, Ohio | WDTN | NBC | no | Has identified as 2 News since 1996 | | Denver, Colorado | KWGN-TV | CW | No | Identified as TV-2 Eyewitness News from 1981-1983; has identified as News on the Deuce since March 2009 | | Des Moines, Iowa | WHO-TV | NBC | no | Identified as "Eyewitness News" in the mid–1970's; has identified as "Channel 13 News" since 2001 | | WOI-TV | ABC | no | Identified as Channel 5 Eyewitness News from 2001-September 2006; has identified as ABC 5 News since September 2006 | | Detroit | WJBK-TV | Fox (formerly CBS) | no | Identified as Eyewitness News from 1970-1997, has identified as Fox 2 News since 1997 | | WWJ-TV | CBS | no | Newscast defunct | | Duluth, Minnesota | WDIO-TV | ABC | Yes | Used since the late 1970s | | Durham / Raleigh | WTVD2 | ABC | yes | Used "Eyewitness News" until dropping for "WTVD 11 News" in 1985; this was a clone of WKBW's "Eyewitness News" format. Brought back title in 2000 as ABC 11 Eyewitness News. Also produces Eyewitness News at 10 on CW22 for WLFL-TV. | | Elmira, New York | WENY-TV | ABC | no | Used from the 1970s through the 1990s. Station now brands as "WENY-TV News." | | Erie, Pennsylvania | WSEE-TV | CBS | No | Used from 1968–1978; currently identifies as WSEE NewsWatch | | Eugene, Oregon | KEZI-TV | ABC | no | Currently known as 9 News | | Eureka, California | KIEM-TV | NBC | no | Currently known as NewsChannel 3 | | Evansville, Indiana | WTVW-TV | Fox | No | Used from the mid-1970s-1996; identified as Fox 7 News from 1996-2004, then WTVW NewsChannel 7 for about a year from 2004-2005 before Fox 7 News returned | | Fargo/Grand Forks | KXJB-TV | CBS | no | Identified as KX 4 Eyewitness News from 1980 to 1987. Currently identifies as Valley News Live; news department shared with KVLY-TV | | Flint / Saginaw / Bay City | WEYI-TV | NBC | no | Used Eyewitness News name in parts of the 1970s and 1980s; Used variant WEYI-witness News in the early 1990s; currently known as NewsCenter 25 | | Florence / Myrtle Beach, S.C. | WBTW | CBS | No | Used from the early 1980s-1995; currently identifies as "News 13" | | Fort Myers, Florida | WBBH-TV | NBC | no | Identified as TV-20 Eyewitness News from the late 1970s-1996; has identified as NBC 2 News since 1996 | | Fort Wayne, Indiana | WPTA | ABC | no | Has identified as Indiana's NewsCenter on 21 Alive since 2005 | | Fresno, California | KGPE | CBS | no | Identified as 47 Eyewitness News from 1985–1992; has identified as CBS 47 On Your Side News since 2004 | | Grand Rapids / Kalamazoo, Michigan | WZZM-TV | ABC | No | Identified as Area 13 Eyewitness News from 1975-1984, and Eyewitness News 13 from 1984-1995. Currently identifies as WZZM 13 News | | Green Bay, Wisconsin | WFRV-TV | CBS | no | Used from the mid 1970s-2001; has identified as Channel 5 News since 2007 | | Greensboro / High Point / Winston-Salem, N.C. | WGHP | Fox | no | Identified as TV-8 Eyewitness News from June 17, 1974-1986; has identified as Fox 8 News since 1995 | | Greenville / New Bern / Washington, N.C. | WITN-TV | NBC | no | Used variant EyeWITNess News for several years; has identified as WITN News since 2007 | | WNCT-TV | CBS | yes | Identified as Eyewitness News 9 since 1998 | | Greenville / Spartanburg / Asheville | WSPA-TV | CBS | no | Has identified as NewsChannel 7 since 2001 | | Harlingen / Brownsville / McAllen, TX | KRGV-TV | ABC | no | Used in the mid-1970s; has identified as "NewsChannel 5" since 2000 | | KGBT-TV | CBS | no | Used from 1967-1972; has identified as Action 4 News since 2003 | | Harrisburg / Lancaster / York / Lebanon, PA | WHP-TV | CBS | no | Has identified as WHP CBS 21 News since 2004 | | WLYH-TV | CW | no | Identified as Eyewitness News at 10 from 1995 to 1999 and as 15 Eyewitness News from 2001 to September 2003, when the newscast was dropped; current newscast is identified as CBS 21 News at 10; sister station to WHP-TV | | Hartford / New Haven, CT | WFSB | CBS | yes | Has identified as Channel 3 Eyewitness News since 1990 | | Honolulu, Hawaii | KHON-TV | Fox | No | Used from the early-to-late 1970s; has identified as KHON 2 News since 2003 | | Houston | KTRK-TV2 | ABC | yes | Has identified as 13 Eyewitness News since 1973 | | Huntsville, Alabama | WAAY-TV | ABC | no | Used from 1977 until the late 1990s; has identified as WAAY 31 News since 2000 | | Idaho Falls / Pocatello | KPVI | NBC | no | Identified as Channel 6 Eyewitness News during the 1990s; currently known as NBC NewsChannel 6 | | KIDK | CBS | yes | Has identified as Channel 3 Eyewitness News since 2007 | | Indianapolis | WTHR | NBC | yes | Has identified as Channel 13 Eyewitness News since 1998 | | Jackson, Mississippi | WAPT | ABC | no | Used Eyewitness News 16 during the early 1990s; has identified its newscasts as 16 WAPT News since the late 1990s. | | Jackson, Tennessee | WBBJ-TV | ABC | yes | Identified as 7 Eyewitness News from 1996 to 2007; has identified as ABC 7 Eyewitness News since 2007 | | Jacksonville, Florida | WJXT | Independent (formerly CBS) | no | Identified as Eyewitness News from 1967-2005; has identified as Channel 4 News since 2005 | | Johnson City, Tennessee | WJHL-TV | CBS | no | Currently identified as News Channel 11 Connects | | Kansas City, Missouri | KCTV | CBS | no | Used Eyewitness News branding from 1966-1984; currently known as KCTV 5 News | | Knoxville, Tennessee | WATE-TV | ABC | No | Used various versions of the Eyewitness News moniker from 1969-2001, currently known as WATE 6 News | | Lafayette, Louisiana | KLFY-TV | CBS | Yes | "Eyewitness News" is used to identify the 6 & 10 p.m. newscasts | | Las Vegas, Nevada | KLAS-TV | CBS | No | Identified as Eyewitness News 8 from 1982 to 1989 and as Channel 8 Eyewitness News from 1989 to 2009; currently identifies as Channel 8 News Now | | Lexington, Kentucky | WTVQ-TV | ABC | No | Used variant TVQ Eyewitness News for several years; has identified as ABC 36 News since 2009 | | Lincoln, Nebraska | KLKN-TV | ABC | Yes | Uses similar imaging/graphics as sister stations WOI-TV, WHBF-TV, and KCAU-TV, currently known as Channel 8 Eyewitness News | | Little Rock, Arkansas | KARK-TV | NBC | No | Identified as Channel 4 Eyewitness News from the 1970s to the mid-1980s and again from the late 1980s-1994; has identified as KARK 4 News since 2005 | | Los Angeles, California | KABC-TV2 | ABC | yes | Identifed as Eyewitness News until 1995, identified as Channel 7 Eyewitness News from 1995-1997, identified as "ABC7 Eyewitness News" since 1997 | | Louisville, Kentucky | WLKY-TV | CBS (formerly ABC) | No | Currently known as WLKY News | | Lubbock, Texas | KCBD-TV | NBC | no | Identified as "Eyewitness News" from 1970s-early 1980s, has identified as "Newschannel 11" since 1997 | | Madison, Wisconsin | WISC-TV | CBS | No | Identified as TV-3 Eyewitness News from September 13, 1971-April 24, 1982, has identified as News 3 since 1989. | | WKOW-TV | ABC | No | Used "Eyewitness News" from the mid-1980s-1995, currently identifies as "WKOW 27; Making a Difference" | | Macon, Georgia | WMAZ-TV | CBS | Yes | Currently identifies as "13 WMAZ Eyewitness News" | | Medford / Klamath Falls, Oregon | KOBI/KOTI | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "NBC 5 News"(KOBI)/"NBC 2 News"(KOTI) | | Memphis, Tennessee | WHBQ-TV | Fox | no | Identified as Eyewitness News from the early 1970s-1995 and Fox 13 Eyewitness News from 1995-1997 has idenitified as Fox 13 News since 1997 | | WPTY-TV | ABC | yes | Has identified as Eyewitness News since 2000, news department shared with WLMT | | Minneapolis-St. Paul | KSTP-TV | ABC (formerly NBC) | yes | Has identified as "5 Eyewitness News" since 1973 | | KMSP-TV | Fox (formerly ABC, Independent, UPN) | no | Used from 1969–1973; currently known as Fox 9 News | | Miami | WPLG | ABC | no | Used from 1983–2002; has identified as Local 10 News since 2005 | | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | WISN-TV | ABC | No | Used the title when it was a CBS affiliate from 1972 to 1976. Has identified as 12 News since 2003 | | WITI-TV | Fox (formerly CBS) | no | Identified as TV-6 Eyewitness News from mid-1980s-1990; currently known as Fox 6 News | | Nashville, Tennessee | WKRN-TV | ABC | No | Used from 1969-1972 as WSIX-TV; has identified as News 2 since 1994 | | Nashville, Tennessee | WTVF | CBS | No | Used from the early 1970s-1989; has identified as NewsChannel 5 since 1989 | | New Orleans, Louisiana | WWL-TV | CBS | Yes | Has identified as Channel 4 Eyewitness News since 1989 | | New York City | WABC-TV2 | ABC | Yes | Originally identified as just Eyewitness News, then as "Channel 7 Eyewitness News" beginning in 1984; was identified as ABC7 Eyewitness News from 1999–2003 before reverting back to Channel 7 Eyewitness News | | Norfolk / Portsmouth / Newport News | WTKR | CBS | no | Identified as Channel 3 Eyewitness News from 1992-1994, has identified as NewsChannel 3 since 1995 | | WAVY-TV | NBC | no | Identified as Area 10 or Channel 10 Eyewitness News from 1969–1982, has identified as WAVY News 10 since 1989 | | Oklahoma City | KOCO-TV | ABC | Yes | Identified as "Channel 5 Eyewitness News" from 1974-1977, has identified as Eyewitness News 5 since 1998 | | KWTV | CBS | No | Used "Eyewitness News" title from 1966-1971, has identified as News 9 since 1997 | | Orlando / Daytona Beach | WESH | NBC | no | Used from 1968-1974; has identified as WESH 2 News since 2005 | | WFTV | ABC | yes | Has identified as Channel 9 Eyewitness News since 1976 | | WRDQ | Independent | yes | WFTV produces newscasts identified as Eyewitness News This Morning and Eyewitness News at 10PM | | Philadelphia | KYW-TV1 | CBS (formerly NBC) | yes | The Eyewitness News format was originally introduced at this station in 1965; dropped name from 1991 to use different names for different dayparts; rebranded as News 3 in 1994 and reverted to Eyewitness News in 1998. | | Phoenix | KTVK | Independent | no | Used from 1980–1983 (at that time an ABC affiliate); currently identifies as 3TV News | | KPHO-TV | CBS | No | Used in the 1970s (at that time independent); has identified as CBS 5 News since 2004 | | Pittsburgh | KDKA-TV1 | CBS | no | Has identifed as KDKA-TV News since 1996 | | Panama City, Florida | WMBB-TV | ABC | no | Has identified as News 13 since 2003 | | Portland, Maine | WMTW-TV | ABC | No | Has identified as "News 8 WMTW" since 2000 | | WCSH-TV | NBC | No | Identified as "WCSH Eyewitness News" in the 1970s; has identified as "News Center 6" since 1986 | | Portland, Oregon | KATU | ABC | No | Used from 1967–1973; has identified as "KATU News" since 2003 | | Providence, Rhode Island | WPRI-TV | CBS | Yes | Identified as "Channel 12 Eyewitness News" from 1989–1996, has identified as "Eyewitness News" since 2002, produces "Eyewitness News at 10 on Fox Providence" for WNAC | | Quad Cities | WHBF-TV | CBS | No | Used the same imaging/graphics as sister station WOI-TV, Identified as Channel 4 Eyewitness News from 2002–2007, has identified as CBS 4 News since 2007 | | WQAD-TV | ABC | No | Identified as Eyewitness News from 1975-1978, has branded as Quad Cities' News 8 since 2009 | | Reno, Nevada | KOLO-TV | ABC | no | Identified as Eyewitness News from mid-70's to early-90's; has identified as "KOLO 8 News Now" since 2007 | | Richmond, Virginia | WRIC-TV | ABC | No | Has identified as "8 News" since 1996 | | Roanoke, Virginia | WSLS-TV | NBC | No | Used during the 1960s and 1980s, has identified as "WSLS 10 On Your Side" since 2007 | | Rochester, New York | WHEC-TV | NBC | No | Has identified as "News 10 NBC" since 2000 | | Sacramento | KXTV | ABC | No | Used from 1978–1985; has identified as News 10 since 1985 | | St. Louis, Missouri | KSDK | NBC | No | Used from the 1970s until 1989; has been known as NewsChannel 5 since 1989 | | Salt Lake City, Utah | KSL-TV | NBC (formerly CBS) | No | Identified as Eyewitness News from the 1970s to 1998, and as KSL 5 Eyewitness News from 1998 to 2009; currently identifies as KSL 5 News | | San Antonio, Texas | KENS-TV | CBS | yes | Identified as "Channel 5 Eyewitness News" from 1970-1998, has identified as "KENS 5 Eyewitness News" since 1998 | | San Diego, California | KNSD | NBC | No | Used from 1973-1977; has identified as NBC 7/39 News since 1995 | | San Francisco | KPIX1 | CBS | yes | Identified as "Channel 5 Eyewitness News" from the 1970s-2005 (aside from a brief period in the mid-1990s when it identified as KPIX 5 News), has identified as CBS 5 Eyewitness News since 2005 | | KGO-TV2 | ABC | no | Has identified as ABC7 News since 1998 which follows the Eyewitness News format though not in branding | | Scranton / Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | WBRE-TV | NBC | Yes | Identified as "28 Eyewitness News" from the 1980s-2004 and "WBRE Eyewitness News" since 2008 | | Seattle | KIRO-TV | CBS | yes | Previously used from 1981-1987, identifed as KIRO 7 Eyewitness News since 1997 | | Shreveport | KSLA-TV | CBS | no | Used from the 1980s to the 1990s; currently identifies as "KSLA News 12" | | Sioux City, Iowa | KCAU-TV | ABC | Yes | Uses similar imaging/graphics as sister stations WOI-TV, WHBF-TV, and KLKN, currently idenitfies as Channel 9 Eyewitness News | | South Bend, Indiana | WSBT-TV | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "WSBT News" | | Spokane, Washington | KHQ-TV | NBC | No | Identified as "Q-6 Eyewitness News" in the 1970s, currently identifies as "KHQ-6 Local News" | | Syracuse, New York | WTVH | CBS | No | Identified as "Eyewitness News 5" from 1999–2002, has identified as "CBS 5 News" since 2002 | | WSYR-TV (formerly WNYS and WIXT) | ABC | No | Identified as "Eyewitness News" in the early '70s, currently identifies as "Newschannel 9" | | WSYT | Fox | No | Identified as "Fox 68 Eyewitness News" from 2000–2006; produced by WTVH. No longer carries a newscast. | | Tallahassee, Florida | WCTV | CBS | Yes | Currently identifies as "Eyewitness News" | | Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida | WTVT | Fox (formerly CBS) | no | Branded as Channel 13 Eyewitness News from 1989–1996 and briefly as Fox 13 Eyewitness News from 1996–1997; has identified as Fox 13 News since 1997 | | WTSP | CBS (formerly ABC) | no | Used from 1974-1977, has identified as 10 Connects News since 2008 | | WTOG-TV | CW | no | Used from 1982 to 1985; no longer has a newscast | | Terre Haute, Indiana | WTWO-TV | NBC | no | Identified as TV-2 Eyewitness News from 1973-1994, has identified as simply WTWO since 2006 | | Toledo, Ohio | WTOL-TV | CBS | No | Used from 1966–1977; has identified as "WTOL News 11" since 1997 | | Topeka, Kansas | KTKA | ABC | No | Identified as "49 Eyewitness News" before local news was dropped in '02, bought by new owners and brought back news in '06 & currently identifies as "49 News" | | Traverse City, Michigan | WGTU | ABC | No | Name used in the 1970s; local news now limited on the station | | Tucson, Arizona | KVOA-TV | NBC | No | Was Eyewitness News at least since the early 1970s, identifed as Eyewitness News 4 from 1999-February 2006, identified as "News 4" since February 2006 | | Tulsa, Oklahoma | KOTV | CBS | No | Identified as "Eyewitness News" from 1978-1986, has identified as The News On 6 since 1986 | | Tyler, Texas | KYTX | CBS | No | Identified as "CBS 19 Eyewitness News" from 2004-2008; currently identifies as "KYTX CBS 19 News" | | Utica, New York | WUTR | ABC | No | Identified as Eyewitness News in the 1980s and early-to-mid 1990's. Stopped newscasts in 2003. | | Washington, D.C. | WUSA | CBS | no | Previously identified as Channel 9 Eyewitness News from 1972-2002, has identified as 9News Now since 2006 | | West Palm Beach, Florida | WPBF | ABC | no | Identified as Eyewitness News 25 from 1998–2004; has identified as WPBF 25 News since 2009 | | WPEC | CBS | no | Used from the late-1980s to the mid-1990s, has identified as CBS 12 News since February 1, 2008 | | Wichita, Kansas | KWCH-TV | CBS | Yes | Identified as Eyewitness News from 1969–1977 and again from 1983–1995 and then Channel 12 Eyewitness News from 1995–2001. Has identified as KWCH 12 Eyewitness News since 2001 | | Wichita Falls, Texas / Lawton, Oklahoma | KAUZ-TV | CBS | no | Used title Channel 6 Eyewitness News 1974-1988; currently identifies as KAUZ News | | Wilmington, North Carolina | WWAY | ABC | No | Identified as Eyewitness News 3 from 1983–1995; has identified as "NewsChannel 3" since 1995 | | Youngstown, Ohio | WYTV | ABC | No | Identified as "Eyewitness News" from the late 1970s-1999; has identified as "33 News" since 2004 | | | [edit] Music package Eyewitness News is also the name of a syndicated news music package, composed by Frank Gari of Gari Communications. Since 1968, ABC's large market owned-and-operated stations had used the "Cool Hand Luke" theme on their newscasts. In 1983, they started using News Series 2000, an updated version of the original Schifrin theme, composed by Frank Gari, that had been originally commissioned by WLS-TV in Chicago. However, in 1993, Schifrin raised his royalties for using Cool Hand Luke and its variations to a level that effectively priced the theme out of the local news market. As a result, Gari was commissioned by WABC-TV in New York to compose a new music package called Eyewitness News. This new package, based slightly on Cool Hand Luke, has been updated several times. WABC-TV currently uses the Series 4 version, which was specifically updated for the station in 1999. Besides being used in America, the Eyewitness News music package has also been picked up for use overseas. Hong Kong Cable News has been using it for its morning newscast, and POP TV in Slovenia has been using it for its main newscasts. It is also used by Nine Network and its affiliates for their newscasts in Australia. A station using the Eyewitness News music package might not necessarily use the Eyewitness News title for its newscasts, and vice versa. For example, WXYZ-TV in Detroit uses the music package, but uses the Action News format and branding, and in 2006 KGO-TV started using the Eyewitness News package but brands its newscasts as 'ABC 7 News HD'. In 2005, Gari Communications renamed the Eyewitness News-New Generation news package to the ABC O&O News Collection, as the packages are now only commissable by ABC owned-and-operated stations and affiliates.[dubious – discuss] Despite this, many still refer to the package as Eyewitness News. In Buffalo, New York, Move Closer to Your World is known as the Eyewitness News theme. It was used on WKBW-TV from 1972 to 2003, and from 2008 onward. [edit] Stations that used or have used Eyewitness News music package | DMA# | DMA Name | Station | Affiliation | Years Used | Other Notes | | 1. | New York City, New York | WABC-TV, formerly WJZ | ABC | 1994–present | First station to commission Series 1 in 1994 & Series 4 in 1999 | | 2. | Los Angeles, California | KABC-TV, formerly KECA | ABC | 1995–present | First station to commission Series 2 in 1995 & New Generation Series 1 in 2006 after starting high definition broadcasts Also commissioned New Generation 2 in 2007 and New Generation 3 in 2008 | | 5. | San Francisco, California | KGO-TV | ABC | 2006–present | Commissioned New Generation Series 1 | | | KOFY-TV, formerly KBWB | ABC (secondary), formerly WB | 2007–present | 9pm newscasts produced by KGO | | 8. | Washington, DC | WJLA-TV, formerly WMAL | ABC, formerly CBS | 2006–present | Commissioned New Generation Series 1 in 2006 & started using Series 2 for breaking news after starting HD newscasts in December 2008 | | 10. | Houston, Texas | KTRK-TV, formerly KXYZ | ABC | 1995–present | Commissioned Series 1 & 2 in 1995, Series 5 & New Generation Series 1 in 2006 | | 11. | Detroit, Michigan | WKBD-TV | The CW, formerly UPN | 2002–2004 | Aired a 10pm newscast produced by WXYZ | | | WXYZ-TV | ABC | 2001–present | Commissioned New Generation Series 3 only for its opens and bumpers, but uses Series 4 for closes. Also used New Generation 1 for promos of its 5pm & 11pm newscasts. Also commissioned Series 1 for opens and Series 2 for bumpers in 2001 | | 12. | Saint Petersburg, Florida & Tampa, Florida | WFTS-TV | ABC | 2007–present | Commissioned Series 1 for IDs, Series 4 for weather stingers, & New Generation Series 1 & 2 | | 13. | Phoenix, Arizona | KNXV-TV | ABC, formerly Independent, then FOX | 2007–present | Commissioned Series 2 & New Generation Series 1 after starting high definition broadcasts | | 17. | Cleveland, Ohio | WEWS-TV | ABC, formerly CBS | 2007–present | Commissioned New Generation Series 1 after starting high definition broadcasts, now uses New Generation Series 2 for opens & talent rejoins | | 18. | Denver, Colorado | KMGH-TV, formerly KLZ-TV | ABC, formerly CBS | 1995–1997 & 2006–present | Commissioned Series 1 in 1995 after the 3-way affiliation change with KCNC & KUSA, & New Generation Series 1 in 2006 | | 19. | Orlando, Florida | WFTV, formerly WLOF | ABC | 1995–1997 & 2006–present | Commissioned Series 1 in 1995 & New Generation Series 1 in 2006, uses Series 4 for weather alerts | | | WRDQ | ABC (secondary) | 2007–present | Newscasts produced by WFTV | | 21. | St. Louis, Missouri | KTVI, formerly WTVI | Fox, formerly ABC | 1995-1998 | Commissioned Series 1 after the affiliation switch with KDNL. | | 25. | Indianapolis, Indiana | WRTV Channel 6.1 | ABC | 2004–present | Commissioned Series 4 in 2004, New Generation Series 1 in 2006, & first station to commission New Generation Series 3 in 2008 after starting high definition newscasts | | | 6 News 24/7, formerly NewsChannel 64 - WRTV-DT 6.2 | No affiliation, though can be ABC Secondary | 2004-Present | 24 hour cable news channel produced by WRTV | | 27. | San Diego, California | KGTV, formerly KOGO | ABC, formerly NBC | 2006–present | Commissioned New Generation Series 1 in 2006 & New Generation Series 2 in 2008 | | 29. | Raleigh, North Carolina & Durham, North Carolina | WTVD-TV | ABC, formerly CBS | 1995–present | Commissioned Series 1 in 1995, Series 2 in 2000, Series 4 in 2005, Series 5 in 2006 & New Generation Series 1 in 2007 | | | WLFL-TV | The CW, formerly The WB | 2006–present | 10pm newscasts produced by WTVD | | 43. | Las Vegas, Nevada | KTNV-TV, formerly KSHO | ABC | 2003–present | Commissioned Series 5 in 2003, New Generation Series 1 in 2006, and New Generation Series 2 in 2008 after starting high definition broadcasts | | 51. | New Bedford, Massachusetts & Providence, Rhode Island | WNAC-TV, formerly WSTG | Fox, formerly ABC | 2002–2004 | Newscast produced by sister station WPRI | | | WPRI-TV, formerly WPRO | CBS, formerly ABC | 2002–2004 | Commissioned Series 1 & 4 | | 58. | Dayton, Ohio | WDTN-TV, formerly WLWD | NBC, formerly ABC | 2002–2004 | WDTN commissioned Series 2 before the affiliation switch with WKEF & the ownership change from Hearst-Argyle to LIN TV. | | 62. | Tulsa, Oklahoma | KTUL, formerly KTVX | ABC | 2006–present | Commissioned Series 5 & New Generation Series 1 | | 66. | Flint, Michigan | WJRT-TV | ABC | 1997–present | Commissioned Series 1 in 1997 & New Generation Series 1 in 2006 | | 69. | Green Bay, Wisconsin | WBAY-TV | ABC, formerly CBS | 2006–present | Commissioned Series 1 for closes & New Generation Series 1 for opens after a licensing dispute with Stephen Arnold Music, the producer of their previous theme, "Counterpoint". | | 70. | Toledo, Ohio | WTVG-TV, formerly WSPD | ABC | 1997–present | Commissioned Series 1 in 1997, Series 4 in 1999, Series 5 in 2005, & New Generation Series 1 in 2006 | | 71. | Tucson, Arizona | KVOA-TV | NBC | 1999–2007 | Commissioned Series 1 & 4 in 1999 | | 73. | Des Moines, Iowa | WOI-TV | ABC | 2006–present | Commissioned New Generation Series 1 | | 85. | Madison, Wisconsin | WMTV-TV | NBC, formerly ABC | 1999–present | Commissioned Series 4, 5 & New Generation Series 1 the only NBC station that currently uses this package | | 89. | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | KGAN-TV, formerly WMT | CBS | 1996–2004 | Commissioned Series 1 & 2 | | 90. | Burlington, Vermont | WVNY-TV | ABC | 1999–2003 | Commissioned Series 1 & 4 | | 96. | Savannah, Georgia | WJCL-TV | ABC, formerly NBC | 2005–present | Commissioned Series 5 for morning newscasts & Series 4 for other newscasts | | 97. | Davenport, Iowa | WQAD-TV | ABC | 2009-present | | | 100. | Charleston, South Carolina | WCIV | ABC, formerly NBC | 2007–present | Commissioned Series 5 & New Generation Series 1 | | 101. | Evansville, Indiana | WTVW-TV | Fox, formerly ABC | 2004 & 2005 | Commissioned Series 1 & 4 | | 104. | Lincoln, Nebraska | KLKN, formerly KCAN | ABC | 2007–present | Commissioned New Generation Series 1 in 2007 & New Generation Series 2 in 2008 | | 111. | Tyler-Longview, Texas | KLTV | ABC | 2007–present | Commissioned New Generation Series 1 | | 125. | Salinas, California | KION-TV, formerly KMST | CBS, formerly UPN | 1996–2006 | Commissioned Series 3 & 5 | | 126. | Bakersfield, California | KERO-TV | ABC, formerly NBC, then CBS | 2007–present | Commissioned New Generation Series 1 | | 143. | Sioux City, Iowa | KCAU-TV, formerly KVTV | ABC, formerly NBC | 2006–present | Commissioned New Generation Series 1 in 2006 & New Generation Series 2 in 2007 | | 147 | Lubbock, TX | KLBK | CBS | 2007–present | Commissioned Series 5. KLBK is owned and operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group | | 154. | Anchorage, Alaska | KIMO | ABC | 1996–2007 | Commissioned Series 1, flagship station of "Alaska's Superstation" network | | 180. | Jonesboro, Arkansas | KAIT-TV | ABC | 2007–present | Commissioned New Generation Series 2 | | 182. | Charlottesville, Virginia | WVAW-LP | ABC | 2006–present | Commissioned New Generation Series 1 in 2006 & New Generation Series 2 in 2008 | | 188. | Lafayette, Indiana | WLFI-TV | CBS | 1996–2000 | Commissioned Series 3 | [edit] See also [edit] External links |
