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INN (Independent Network News) stations: List them here!

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johnnya2k6

We know it was on WPIX and sister stations WGN and KWGN as well as KCOP in Los Angeles (and later KTLA after it was acquired by Tribune) when it started, but what about the other stations that carried INN? Based on the listings posted here as well as our memories, here are some of them:

Anchorage--KTBY
Fairbanks--KJNP (yes, a religious station!) and later KTVF
New Orleans--WGNO
Dallas--KTVT
Seattle (and Vancouver, B.C.)--KCPQ
Phoenix--KNXV
Miami--WCIX (now WFOR)
Detroit (and Windsor)--WKBD
U.S. Virgin Islands--WBNB (as evidenced by this promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElmAMeN7Ido)
Boston--WSBK
Buffalo (and Toronto)--WUTV
Cleveland--WUAB (?)
Houston--KHTV (now KIAH)
Columbus--WTTE
St. Louis--KPLR
Philadelphia--WTAF (now WTXF)
Norfolk--WYAH (now WGNT)
Cincinnati--WXIX
Atlanta--WANX (now WGCL)

That's all I can think of.
 
IIRC, WUHF in Rochester also carried it. That was the only news it had for a while, until it launched its own 10 PM news in the 90s (which is now produced by CBS affiliate WROC-TV, after the disastrous News Central experiment run by many of the Sinclair-owned stations crashed and burned).
 
KMEG (CBS) in Sioux City. They weren't doing local news at the time, except a few one-minute updates, so they ran INN at 10pm (central) against the local news on the ABC & NBC affiliates. It didn't last long at ten, probably until the first ratings came it. Then it was back to a sitcom at 10. They continued with INN at 11 or 11:30 for awhile, probably until they could end the contract with INN.
 
WDYR-LP 33 in Dyersburg, TN had them for a short time in the late 90's when they were trying to be a local independent and before they were sold to TCT, something like a cheap local version of TBN.
 
I thought WLVI-56 here in Boston carried "Independent Network News" for a time in the mid-1980's at 10:30 P.M.

During that time, the station had launched a 10 P.M. newscast on weeknights, but it was still only a half-hour.
 
EJM said:
It definitely aired on KMSP in the Twin Cities; indeed, there's at least one aircheck of it on the TC Media Now site (http://tcmedianow.com/video/kmsp-tv...pendent-news-network-june-11-1981-jeff-bailon).

I'm pretty sure that it also aired at some point on most of the (other) independent stations in (or near) Wisconsin--although I can't remember many specifics.
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Two notes of trivial trivia:
1. The local anchor, Jeff Ballion, is still with KMSP.
2. Isn't the title "Independent Network" a paradox?
 
Wright County Guy said:
Isn't the title "Independent Network" a paradox?
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Maybe, though I think the naming supposed to meant providing a network-quality newscast to independent stations.

Though of course, some network affiliates also carried INN -- in addition to what was already mentioned, WEYI in Saginaw also carried INN at 11PM, in lieu of a local newscast at that time (during the 1980s until the mid-1990s, WEYI only had a 5:30PM local newscast on weekdays).

In Tampa Bay, WTOG also carried INN, both the midday and nighttime newscasts. However, in the mid-1980s, the midday report was replaced with a two-hour magazine style program, "Inday", which included an INN news segment. However, WFTS picked up "Inday" (as it was syndicated separately from INN's regular newscast), placing INN's newscasts on two different stations for a time.
 
Wright County Guy said:
EJM said:
It definitely aired on KMSP in the Twin Cities; indeed, there's at least one aircheck of it on the TC Media Now site (http://tcmedianow.com/video/kmsp-tv...pendent-news-network-june-11-1981-jeff-bailon).

I'm pretty sure that it also aired at some point on most of the (other) independent stations in (or near) Wisconsin--although I can't remember many specifics.
Click to expand...

Two notes of trivial trivia:
1. The local anchor, Jeff Ballion, is still with KMSP.
2. Isn't the title "Independent Network" a paradox?
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About like the "Lawrence Welk Network." Not every city carried Welk at the same time but it was a network-quality syndicated show.

Now back on topic: here's a list of what I assume were the original 41 stations carrying INN, from Broadcasting in December 1980:

WPIX New York
KCOP Los Angeles
WGN Chicago
WTAF (WTXF) Philadelphia
KBHK San Francisco
WSBK Boston
WKBD Detroit
WDCA Washington, DC
KXTX Dallas
WPGH Pittsburgh
KHTV (KIAH) Houston
KMSP Minneapolis
KSTW Seattle
KDNL St. Louis
WANX (WGCL) Atlanta
WTTV Indianapolis
KWGN Denver
KTXL Sacramento
KPTV Portland, OR
KBMA (KSHB) Kansas City
WVTV Milwaukee
WUTV Buffalo
WSFJ Columbus, OH
WPTY Memphis
WGGS Greenville, SC
KGMC Oklahoma City
WOFL Orlando
WDRB Louisville
KSTU Salt Lake City
WYAH (WGNT) Norfolk
WTVE Harrisburg/Reading
KMPH Fresno
WLRE (WGBA) Green Bay
WBHW Springfield, IL
KZAZ Tucson
WFFT Ft. Wayne
KCIK El Paso
WQRF Rockford, IL
KADN Lafayette, LA
KVVU Las Vegas
WJAN Canton, OH
 
As you're mentioning present-day calls for some stations:

bpatrick said:
Now back on topic: here's a list of what I assume were the original 41 stations carrying INN, from Broadcasting in December 1980:

WTAF (WTXF) Philadelphia
KBHK (KBCW) San Francisco
KHTV (KIAH) Houston
WANX (WGCL) Atlanta
KBMA (KSHB) Kansas City
KGMC (KOCB) Oklahoma City
WYAH (WGNT) Norfolk
WLRE (WGBA) Green Bay
WBHW (WRSP) Springfield, IL
KZAZ (KMSB)Tucson
KCIK (KFOX) El Paso
WJAN (WDLI) Canton, OH
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And since KJNP was technically an independent station, I think they were able to tape the INN feed themselves instead of letting KUAC do it and send the tape there (they were the only two stations in Fairbanks at the time that received the bulk of their programming via satellite).
 
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