Independent Network News (US)
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| Opening theme | Production Music: Industrial Power by Bruton Music Ltd. (1980-1984) Independent Network News Theme by Klein & (1984-1987) USA Tonight by Michael Karp Music (1987-1990) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
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| Location(s) | Daily News Building, New York City |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Distributor | Tribune Entertainment |
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| Original network | Syndication |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | June 9, 1980 – June 1990 |
The Independent Network News (INN) (later retitled INN: The Independent News and USA Tonight) is an American syndicated television news program that ran from June 9, 1980 to June 1990. The program aired seven nights a week on various independent stations across the United States and was designed to serve those stations in the same manner that the "Big Three" network news programs – ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News and the CBS Evening News – served their affiliates.
The program debuted on June 9, 1980, under its original title Independent Network News. The newscast was a production of Tribune Broadcasting's New York City station WPIX, and was distributed by Tribune's syndication division as one of the first programs that the company produced for the syndication market. As INN was produced at WPIX, that station's on-air news staff presided over the broadcast. The nightly broadcast was helmed by a three-anchor team consisting of Pat Harper, Bill Jorgensen, and Steve Bosh with Jerry Girard reporting on sports and Roberto Tirado providing national weather forecasts (Tirado would later be replaced by Bob Harris), and WPIX's local reporting staff was also utilized for the program. Saturday and Sunday editions of INN were added to the schedule in October 1980.
INN also used reports from its member stations, the Associated Press, United Press International, Visnews, and later CNN to supplement its own coverage. WPIX transmitted the national show's live feed at 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time. In the New York City area, WPIX paired a replay of the national INN broadcast at 10 p.m., with its own local newscast at 10:30, called the Action News Metropolitan Report.
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