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News Source

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News Source (originally known as News Source Now) is a United States television news music package composed by Frank Gari
Frank Gari
Frank Gari is a popular singer and songwriter from the late 1950s and early 1960s. His best known songs where he was a performer are Princess, Utopia and Lullaby Of Love, all of which hit the U.S. Top 40. He co-wrote with Roger McGuinn the song Beach Ball for Bobby Darin...

 of Gari Communications. The package was first commissioned in 1996 by CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...

 affiliate WBNS-TV
WBNS-TV
WBNS-TV is the CBS television affiliate for Columbus and central Ohio. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 10 and its digital signal on UHF channel 21. It is owned by the Dispatch Broadcast Group, a subsidiary of the Columbus Dispatch along with WBNS radio...

 in Columbus. WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV, , is the CBS owned-and-operated station in Miami, Florida. WFOR shares its studio facilities with sister station WBFS-TV in Doral, Florida; west of Miami...

, the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...

 Owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...

 in Miami commissioned the package in 1999, along with updated versions in 2005, and a New Generation version in 2007. News Source contains 4 dics of news opens, stingers, bumpers, closes, ID's, and utility tracks and has 234 cuts.

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News Source (originally known as News Source Now) is a United States television news music package composed by Frank Gari
Frank Gari
Frank Gari is a popular singer and songwriter from the late 1950s and early 1960s. His best known songs where he was a performer are Princess, Utopia and Lullaby Of Love, all of which hit the U.S. Top 40. He co-wrote with Roger McGuinn the song Beach Ball for Bobby Darin...

 of Gari Communications. The package was first commissioned in 1996 by CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...

 affiliate WBNS-TV
WBNS-TV
WBNS-TV is the CBS television affiliate for Columbus and central Ohio. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 10 and its digital signal on UHF channel 21. It is owned by the Dispatch Broadcast Group, a subsidiary of the Columbus Dispatch along with WBNS radio...

 in Columbus. WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV, , is the CBS owned-and-operated station in Miami, Florida. WFOR shares its studio facilities with sister station WBFS-TV in Doral, Florida; west of Miami...

, the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...

 Owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...

 in Miami commissioned the package in 1999, along with updated versions in 2005, and a New Generation version in 2007. News Source contains 4 dics of news opens, stingers, bumpers, closes, ID's, and utility tracks and has 234 cuts.

Stations that used or have used News Source


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| Station
| Affiliation
| Years Used
| Notes
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| 16.
| Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
| WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV, , is the CBS owned-and-operated station in Miami, Florida. WFOR shares its studio facilities with sister station WBFS-TV in Doral, Florida; west of Miami...


| CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...


| 1999-2008
| First station to commission Series 2 in 1999, first station to commission Series 3 in 2005, & first station to commission News Source-New Generation in 2007
|-
|
|
| WBFS
| MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...

, fromerly UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States, being in production for over eleven years. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries. It was later owned by CBS Corporation. Its first night of broadcasting was...


| 2007-2008
| 10pm newscast produced by WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV, , is the CBS owned-and-operated station in Miami, Florida. WFOR shares its studio facilities with sister station WBFS-TV in Doral, Florida; west of Miami...


|-
| 23.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the second largest city in the state. Its population was 334,563 at the 2000 census; by 2006, it was estimated to have fallen to 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is...


| WPGH-TV
WPGH-TV
WPGH-TV is the FOX-affiliated television station for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 43 from a transmitter at its studios on Ivory Avenue in the city. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel...


| Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
The Fox Broadcasting Company , commonly referred to as Fox , is an American television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, from 2004 to 2009 Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic...


| 1998-2002
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 32.
| Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the county seat of Franklin County, although parts of the city also extend into Delaware and Fairfield counties...


| WBNS-TV
WBNS-TV
WBNS-TV is the CBS television affiliate for Columbus and central Ohio. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 10 and its digital signal on UHF channel 21. It is owned by the Dispatch Broadcast Group, a subsidiary of the Columbus Dispatch along with WBNS radio...


| CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...


| 1996-1998
| First station to commission Series 1
|-
| 33.
| Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. Salt Lake City has a population of 181,698 as of July 1, 2008, making it the 125th largest city in the United States...


| KSTU
KSTU
KSTU, channel 13, is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Salt Lake City designated market area. The station is owned by Local TV LLC, the media arm of private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners, and its transmitter located on Farnsworth Peak, southwest of Salt Lake City...


| Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
The Fox Broadcasting Company , commonly referred to as Fox , is an American television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, from 2004 to 2009 Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic...


| 1997-2005
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 37.
| San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the second-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventh-largest city in the United States. The city is characteristic of other Southwest urban centers in which there are sparsely populated areas and a low density rate outside of the city. It was the fourth-fastest growing...


| KMYS
KMYS
KMYS, My35, is the MyNetworkTV affiliate in San Antonio, Texas. The station is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. It is licensed to the nearby city of Kerrville. Its transmitter is located near Lakehills, Texas.-History:...

, formerly KRRT
| MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...

, fromerly The WB
| 1998-2000
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 42.
| Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, fine dining, and entertainment. Las Vegas, which bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, is famous for the number of...


| KLAS-TV
KLAS-TV
KLAS-TV is the CBS station serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market. Its address is 3228 Channel 8 Drive. It is owned and operated by Landmark Communications. Its transmitter is located in Henderson....


| CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...


| 2000-2006
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
|
|
| KTUD-CA
KTUD-CA
KTUD-LD is an independent television station serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market owned and operated by the Greenspun Broadcasting, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Greenspun Corporation...


| Independent
Independent station
An independent station is television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any network...

, formerly UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States, being in production for over eleven years. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries. It was later owned by CBS Corporation. Its first night of broadcasting was...


| 2005-2007
| 10pm newscast produced by KLAS-TV
KLAS-TV
KLAS-TV is the CBS station serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market. Its address is 3228 Channel 8 Drive. It is owned and operated by Landmark Communications. Its transmitter is located in Henderson....


|-
| 54.
| Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre is a city in Northeastern Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Luzerne County and the central city of the Wyoming Valley. Founded in 1769 and formally incorporated in 1806, the city has an estimated population of 43,123, according to the 2000 census...


| WYOU-TV
| CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...


| 2002-2005
| Commissioned Series 2
|-
| 56.
| Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Pulaski County. The Metropolitan Statistical Area, had a population of 675,069 people, according to 2008 census estimates...


| KKYK-DT
KKYK-DT
KKYK-DT is a television station in Camden, Arkansas, serving the Little Rock, Arkansas market on digital channel 49. The station also has an analog repeater inside Little Rock, KKYK-CA channel 20....


| Independent
Independent station
An independent station is television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any network...

, formerly The WB, ION Television, RTN
Retro Television Network
The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations primarily airing classic television programming from the 1950s through the 1980s, such as Leave it to Beaver, Kojak, McHale's Navy, Adam-12, Emergency!, and The Rockford Files, as well as the horror film showcase Midnight Monster Hop...


| 1999
|
|-
| 80.
| Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and...


| WUHF
WUHF
WUHF, known on-air as Fox Rochester, is the Fox-affiliated television station for Rochester, New York. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 28 from a transmitter on on Pinnacle Hill in Brighton. The station can also be found on Time Warner Cable channel 7 and in high...


| Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
The Fox Broadcasting Company , commonly referred to as Fox , is an American television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, from 2004 to 2009 Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic...


| 1998-2002
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 90.
| Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County , but the city also contains areas in Madison and Rankin Counties...


| WLBT-TV
| NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...


| 2009-present
| Commissioned Series 2
|-
| 114.
| Lansing, Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
Lansing is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan, and the state's sixth largest city. It is located about 80 miles west-northwest of Detroit and is mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County...


| WILX-TV
WILX-TV
WILX-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Central Michigan that is licensed to Onondaga. Its broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter in the town. Owned by Gray Television, the station has studios on American Road in Lansing...


| NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...


| 1998-present
|
|-
|
|
| WSYM-TV
WSYM-TV
WSYM-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Lansing, Michigan. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 38 from a transmitter five miles south of Eaton Rapids along M-99. Owned by Journal Communications, the station has studios on West Saint Joseph Street in downtown...


| Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
The Fox Broadcasting Company , commonly referred to as Fox , is an American television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, from 2004 to 2009 Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic...


| 2005-2006
| Newscasts produced by WILX-TV
WILX-TV
WILX-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Central Michigan that is licensed to Onondaga. Its broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter in the town. Owned by Gray Television, the station has studios on American Road in Lansing...


|-
| 118.
| Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital, second most populous city, and the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the Southern U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. The city population was 201,568...


| WAKA-TV
| CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...


| 1999-2006
|
|-
| 133.
| Columbus
Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus is a city in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States on the Tombigbee River. It is approximately northeast of Jackson, north of Meridian, south of Tupelo, 60 Miles Northwest of Tuscaloosa, AL, and west of Birmingham, AL . The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census...

/Tupelo, Mississippi
Tupelo, Mississippi
Tupelo is the largest city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. It is the seventh largest city in the state of Mississippi, smaller than Meridian, and larger than Greenville. The Tupelo area — specifically the nearby village of Blue Springs — was selected during the...


| WLOV-TV
WLOV-TV
WLOV-TV is the Fox network affiliate for the Columbus/Tupelo/West Point, Mississippi television market. The station broadcasts digitally on UHF channel 16. It is legally owned by the Lingard Broadcasting Corporation, but is controlled by the Spain family, owners of area NBC affiliate WTVA,...


| Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
The Fox Broadcasting Company , commonly referred to as Fox , is an American television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, from 2004 to 2009 Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic...


| Date unknown-present
|
|-
| 175.
| Elmira, New York
Elmira, New York
Elmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses Chemung County, New York. The population was 30,940 at the 2000 census...


| WETM-TV
WETM-TV
WETM-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for the central Southern Tier of New York State that is licensed to Elmira. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 18 from a transmitter northwest of West Elmira. Owned by Newport Television, the station has studios on East...


| NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...


| 2005-present
|
|-
| 177.
| Watertown, New York
| WWTI
WWTI
WWTI is the ABC-affiliated television station for the North Country area of New York State that is licensed to Watertown. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 21 from a transmitter southwest of Copenhagen. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 5 and in...


| ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. It first broadcast on television in 1948...


| 1996-present
| Commissioned Series 1
|-
| 196.
| San Angelo, Texas
San Angelo, Texas
San Angelo is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States, in West Central Texas. As of 2009 according to an estimate published by the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total population of 91,880....


| KASN
KASN
KASN , is an affiliate of The CW Television Network in Little Rock, owned by Newport Television in a duopoly with Fox affiliate KLRT . Its transmitter is located near Redfield...

, formerly KACB
| NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...


| 1998-2002
| Commissioned Series 1 in 1998 & Series 2 in 2000
|}

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