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Ed Ansin the man behind the flashy loud tabloid news operations at WSVN Miami and eventually WHDH Boston has died at 84. Apparently he was still working up until last Friday. Mr Ansin created 2 of the most influential news operations in North American television which influenced stations across North America but also newsrooms around the globe. When WSVN lost its NBC affiliation in the last 80s their news operation broadcast hours were ramped up and "sexed-up" with thundering music, flashy graphics, loud growling voice-overs, tabloid style writing and a high story count, initially with very crime-heavy stories. The sets typically used big screens with flying graphics and a swooping jib camera. All techniques still used to this day and one of the few stations to use its own graphics department and even still a station music composer. Unheard of today for a local station. This entire style was transported, albeit in a modified fashion to Boston and WHDH.
For all of its detractors, WSVN and WHDH continue to be successful stations in their markets, now with their own unique tone and style that have often been imitated but never quite duplicated.
https://wsvn.com/news/local/loss-of-a-leader-ed-ansin/
Here is how WSVN reported the news.
Here is the debut of the NewsPlex at WSVN and an example of their tabloid newscast in 1994
Rivals at WPLG Miami also reported the story.
Rivals at WBZ Boston aired a tribute
For all of its detractors, WSVN and WHDH continue to be successful stations in their markets, now with their own unique tone and style that have often been imitated but never quite duplicated.
https://wsvn.com/news/local/loss-of-a-leader-ed-ansin/
Here is how WSVN reported the news.
Here is the debut of the NewsPlex at WSVN and an example of their tabloid newscast in 1994
Rivals at WPLG Miami also reported the story.
Rivals at WBZ Boston aired a tribute
Last edited by Mouseboy33 on 27 July 2020 4:34pm - 2 times in total