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"Water Cooler" (viewer comments shared by Clayton Morris).
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"Viewer Calls" (calls from actual viewers to a Daily Buzz hotline augmented for TV through the use of 2-frame animation). "Old School" (poking fun at vintage commercials, PSAs, and instructional/educational films). "Mitch's World" (Mitch English giving his take on the news, ending the segment with a story-related punchline). "Keeping Them Honest" (a clearinghouse for the most ridiculous government- and politically-themed news). "News by the Numbers" (a highlighting of numerical figures in notable news stories). "Plugged Into the News" (the latest news headlines, utilizing content from CNN and Associated Press). It's infotainment." ĭuring its early years, The Daily Buzz included several live or prerecorded standing features in its broadcast, all utilizing the show's overall irreverent tone. As Andrea Jackson described it to the Orlando Sentinel in 2005, "We always talk about as morning radio on television or late-night television in the morning. The lively tone was intentional, as it was meant to attract an audience that was younger in age and were more likely to get their news from sources other than traditional local and network TV newscasts. And above all, the liveliness trumped the serious. The hosts' employed not-as-formal forms of dress and demeanor (dancing in the lead-outs to commercial breaks were not uncommon). Pop culture segments were liberally employed (see below). The original on-air talent included anchors Ron Corning and Andrea Jackson, newsreader Peggy Bunker, and weather and features presenter Mitch English.įrom its launch, The Daily Buzz employed a personality-driven on-air approach, one that was looser, faster in pace, and sometimes edgy in comparison to tradition-bound network morning television shows broadcast by ABC ( Good Morning America), CBS ( The Early Show), and NBC ( Today): Slang terms, pop music, and host commentaries would be interjected in the news summaries. The Daily Buzz formally launched on the morning of September 16, 2002, airing on 10 ACME-owned stations, all of which were affiliates of The WB Television Network, including the station from which it originated during its first two years on-air, WBDT in Dayton, Ohio. The Daily Buzz was conceived out of a desire by station owner ACME Communications to increase original content to its stations' schedules, most of which aired infomercials and reruns in its morning drive hours, and to bolster local ad revenue for those stations. DAYTON DAILY NEWS LOGO SERIES
Series history Original series (2002-2015) When it was revived as a weekly series, Buzz was re-added to the Youtoo America and Soul of the South schedules, added to the schedule of cable network Pop, and offered to various local stations. The Daily Buzz was also featured on the schedules of the Youtoo TV and Soul of the South networks streamed live-to-air on the program's website, and uploaded daily to Hulu.
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For most of its time on air, The CW Plus and its predecessor, The WB 100+ Station Group, carried the show in most smaller markets. Start and running times varied by market, with some stations airing the show as a whole or only one or two hours. ET) for its last years as a weekday program. ET), eventually shortening to a two-hour time slot (5:00–7:00 a.m. In its weekday run, The Daily Buzz initially aired live for three hours, (6:00–9:00 a.m. The approach set theDBZ apart, during its weekday run, from the traditional tone of network news programs, and would serve as an unofficial template for future national, syndicated, and local morning news shows. Despite the fact the revival now broadcasts weekly, the show retains the Daily Buzz name.įrom its launch, The Daily Buzz has generally catered to a younger-skewing audience demographic, historically employing an informal atmosphere and a drive-time radio-style approach to presenting and discussing subjects in the realms of current events, lifestyle, entertainment, gossip, and pop culture, as well as celebrity interviews and paid publicity content. Two years after leaving the air, Buzz would be revived as a weekly series in June 2017, after KEF Media acquired the show's trademark. By the time of its Apcancellation (the result of show owner Mojo Brands Media declaring bankruptcy), the show was distributed to stations in 149 U.S. The show premiered as a 3-hour weekday morning television show on September 16, 2002, initially airing on 10 stations owned and operated by the show's founding owner, ACME Communications. The Daily Buzz (occasionally abbreviated "theDBZ") is a nationally syndicated news and infotainment program.