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Newswire is a popular news music package originally created for WMAQ in 1993.
While WMAQ no longer uses the theme, it is used by several other stations, notably WEEK-TV in Peoria, Illinois (since 1996) and WAVY in Portsmouth, Virginia (since 1995).
[edit] Stations that used Newswire
| DMA# |
DMA Name |
Station |
Affiliation |
Years Used |
Other Notes |
| 3. |
Chicago, Illinois |
WMAQ-TV |
NBC |
1992-1997 |
First station to commission package |
|
| 7. |
Boston, Massachusetts |
WLVI-TV |
CW, formerly UPN |
1997-present |
|
| 12. |
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL |
WTOG-TV |
CW, formerly independent |
1993-1995 |
|
| 29. |
Raleigh-Durham, NC |
WLFL-TV |
CW, formerly independent/WB |
1993-2001 |
|
| 31. |
Kansas City, MO |
KMBC-TV |
ABC |
1995-1997 |
|
| 42. |
Norfolk, Virginia |
WAVY-TV |
NBC |
1995-present |
|
| 56. |
Albany, New York |
WCWN-TV |
CW |
2006-present |
|
| 116. |
Peoria, Illinois |
WEEK-TV |
NBC |
1996-present |
|
| 116. |
Peoria, Illinois |
WAOE-TV |
MyNetwork TV |
2006-present |
|
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