They actually showed the dead bodies! Gotta love old-school KOVR 13 News. Dan Gray was the main guy for years, then he just completely disappeared. Such as it is in local TV news.
@graphichris I knew he ended up in St. Louis because about a decade or so ago I came across his name in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (he was at another STL station at the time). Later on I became acquainted with a former KOVR photographer, who basically told me Dan was replaced because he was intelligent, and KOVR was trying to dumb down the news.
@ASKconard It's not just KTVT and KOVR sharing the same theme music. Both stations would become CBS O&O stations in 1995. One difference is KTVT was an independent, and KOVR was an ABC affiliate (not sure of KOVR's owner at the time)
@newscaster13 Actually KOVR became an affiliate in 1995 and was owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. They were bought by CBS in 2004 and the deal was finalized in May 2005.
They actually showed the dead bodies! Gotta love old-school KOVR 13 News. Dan Gray was the main guy for years, then he just completely disappeared. Such as it is in local TV news.
timanny1 1 year ago
@timanny1 Dan Gray is over at KPLR-TV in St. Louis now.
graphichris 1 year ago
@graphichris I knew he ended up in St. Louis because about a decade or so ago I came across his name in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (he was at another STL station at the time). Later on I became acquainted with a former KOVR photographer, who basically told me Dan was replaced because he was intelligent, and KOVR was trying to dumb down the news.
timanny1 1 year ago
I like this news music it too. Does anybody know who composed it?
graphichris 1 year ago
@graphichris KTVT also used the theme. Almost sounds like Shelly Palmer or John Hegner.
ASKconard 1 year ago
@ASKconard It's not just KTVT and KOVR sharing the same theme music. Both stations would become CBS O&O stations in 1995. One difference is KTVT was an independent, and KOVR was an ABC affiliate (not sure of KOVR's owner at the time)
newscaster13 1 year ago
@newscaster13 Actually KOVR became an affiliate in 1995 and was owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. They were bought by CBS in 2004 and the deal was finalized in May 2005.
TJL31SJ 11 months ago
I really like the music here. Seems like they tried to put together a decent effort judging from this clip.
ASKconard 1 year ago