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KIAH-TV’s plan to air anchorless news has NYC anchors wondering

Word that a Houston station is considering anchorless news has folks wondering whether this is the next wave of TV news or just a stunt to draw attention by a station with low ratings.

The answer is somewhere in between, but the mere thought of ditching anchors has TV news staffs wondering if it could happen here.

"You're talking to a news person; I hope not," Susan Sullivan, WNBC/Ch. 4 vice president of news, said earlier this week. "I'm very curious to see what they do."

She's not alone. News people have spent eons seeking ideas to freshen the decades-old local news format, with little success.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/08/06/2010-08-06_plan
_to_drop_anchor_jolts_news_biz.html

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