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Carbon Copy of WSVN Debuts in Boston

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Boston’s 7News At 10 on CW56 debuted last night and all indicators point that it’s a carbon copy of WSVN. Graphics, music, pace and content are all derived from WHDH’s South Florida sibling.

The newscast is anchored by Frances Rivera and WPLG alum Matt Lorch.

One thing I thought was interesting is what Ed Ansin said when asked about the new newscast

The industry is changing very rapidly … and situation we have is to either progress or slip behind so this is a big step to us…

Makes sense, especially with NBC offering prime time shows online for free or fee on iTunes, VOD, and probably bittorent, wireless and who knows where else.

Remains to be seen whether Boston is ready for it’s own version of WSVN though!

The link below has a video from WHDH’s newscast giving viewers a preview

CW56.com
7News at 10 p.m. to premiere Tuesday night

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  1. That’s interesting…
    I don’t like the fact that there’s more than one “7News” though…. I mean same graphics in Miami and Boston?? They should each make their own.

  2. So what’s up with 7’s branding on 56? What, 56 alone isn’t good enough? Too high up the dial? Or is it just that 7 has to make everyone and their grandmother aware that they do 56’s news, as if the anchors and reporters from 7 aren’t enough?

    Can you imagine if WSVN were still affiliated with NBC today here in SoFla? Wow…

  3. Well, I still am not happy with the new WLVI. Yet, I wouldn’t be surprised if this were a change for the better and 56 actually BEATS 25.

    I grew up in Boston and noticed WBZ wasn’t much NBC in the old days, and today WHDH also doesn’t want anything to do with NBC. I have a prediction, not only for 2007, but maybe, for 2008:

    NBC-Universal buys WBZ lol.

    Why not NBCU sold WJAR to Media General.

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