Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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There was a time when people would stop what they were doing and watch the local evening news. Twin Cities PBS’s "Broadcast Wars," co-produced with Cathy Wurzer, takes us back a half century to the era when ratings battles were fierce, women and people of color were making their presence known, technology was rapidly evolving, and local TV news was as vital as it was entertaining.

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0:00 “There was a time…”
1:54 The Beginning of Broadcast News
5:50 Dave Moore Heats up the Competition
10:35 What’s the Weather Today?
14:25 Women in the Newsroom
19:29 How the News is Made
26:04 Action, Reaction
29:36 Stream Broadcast Wars Now!

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