Brian Kane notices growing similarities between Channel 7 news and Fark:

...[I]t's like they just threw out any semblance of a "newsroom" and just cherry-pick stories off of goofy Internet news sites. Especially if there's video. Some nights the LEAD STORY will be some lame-ass piece of satellite video of something that happened in Ohio or Alabama or some other place thousands of miles away. For me, though, I think they crossed a line on Wednesday night when they ran JibJab's "Star Spangled Banner" video as news. ...

Then you'll appreciate this 1976 Channel 5 report (by longtime reporter Bill Harrington) from when the Major was dying of diabetes-related kidney disease:

More Major Mudd.

Remembering Major Mudd.

Also of note: Channel 5 is posting a ton of clips on YouTube.

Sean McCarthy not only sits through an entire Channel 7 newscast, he tallies up just how many alliterative headline graphics they used.

Earlier:
7 News alliteration madness!

Bostonia Rantida watches Channel 7 report that Prince Harry, spotted with his arm around some woman, was giving her "a reach around." Bostonia Rantida informs Channel 7 that a reach around is something completely different:

... So Channel 7, if you're reading, that's probably not something you want to say on the news again. Didn't you guys see Full Metal Jacket? Come on! ...

For those of you who didn't see Full Metal Jacket (not words you want to have on your screen while your boss is peering over your shoulder).

And Todd Gross looked like he was 12. DCbatwing posts some snippets from a 1984 newscast on Channel SE7EN:

The storm claimed one more victim last night, at least, according to Channel 7 news.

Maybe you remember the Monolith-sized 5 that would show up at random New England spots (like on the back of a lobster boat). Or WBZ anchor Sharon King bicycling to work. But perhaps the most wacked-out local promo ever is this Jackson 5/Poltergeist promo for Channel 5 (thanks to Spatch for showing me all the fun stuff you can find by searching YouTube on terms such as WBZ, WCVB and WHDH - the world is truly a richer place for being able to watch Dawn Hayes read the daily numbers in 1996):

Channel 4 finally admitted that CBS4Boston was stupid, announcing it's going to call itself WBZ again. John Daley notes:

Now that that's settled we learn that Channel 7 has been cleared to absorb Channel 56, which should add up to Channel 63. But I don't think that's how it works.

What the Hell was WHDH thinking when they booted Todd Gross (a scientist) and replaced him with Pete "At Milk & Cookies Time..." Bouchard? The nitwit couldn't keep up with Romper Room! Did they pluck Bouchard from a special ed class in Newton? And what's with that Phillipino chick's war paint and collagen suction cups? Just wonderin'.

On Irregahdless, Andrew Teman ranks local anchorwomen on their hotness (which, of course, leaves open the question of who will be the first to rank the anchormen, which leads to the question of who remembers the ill-fated pairing of the Anchorhunk and the Anchorette as an attempt to combat the Anchorcouple way back when).