Channel 22 WNVY did do an honerable attempt at local news, to bad people did not find it. The graphics, and presentation did impact the other stations in the market, it did make Channel 3 and 5 present more in a contemporary way. I have never seen a Bangor TV station newscast, even when I frequent the Canadian Maritimes, the network affiliates come mostly by way of the Boston stations.
The Channel 7 newscast does indeed sound interesting though, hey at least it made the NY Times..