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Each network/station certainly had a personality. I think part of this was from the announcers & the station promos they used. It might be fun to run some sort of blind test to see if we can tell nowadays! Not real easy here as my rabbit ears only pick up 3 stations-they are each unique, for sure. Though last night my wife switched from CBS to ABC during the world news, while I was out of the room, & I did not notice until they cut to the anchor.
I really noticed the difference as a kid. WMAR was stuck-up, WBAL a little less so, and boring, WJZ real friendly, WBFF seemed old-timey, WDCA amateurish, WDVM all business...ABC in general seemed youthful, CBS a little stuffy but still "with it", in my growing up NBC seemed friendly & sort of an underdog, but that was in the early 80s, rough sledding for the network.
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Bryan
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