Quotation[7] = "'FTVLive Delivers some of the TV World's Biggest Scoops' - Tonawanda News "; On March 19, 1972, Jacobson joined newly-formed WCVB-TV as a reporter. [1] He is currently working as an actor in major motion pictures and television productions. The portrait had been covered from view and as the tally had reached a certain amount, a piece of the portrait would be revealed to the viewers until it was completely uncovered, revealing what Fennel looked like. It was also critical of the combination of the Herald-Traveler and WHDH-AM-FM-TV. She had previously been in Hardings sixth-grade class. [3] In 1978 she began anchoring the 11 p.m. newscasts with Tom Ellis. With the new anchor team in place by the end of 2005, Chronicle went several more months with a smaller group of regulars. He fell in love with the Chevy so much that he kept it as the principal vehicle for all Main Streets & Back Roads and (later) On the Road trips. In the fall of 1995, as Chronicle introduced yet another new graphic look and theme song, the show launched a popular ad campaign using the slogan "News You Can Use" (with the lyrics "Chronicle has got the news, the news you can use!"). [24] On June 22, 2022, the BAA announced that the marathon would return to WCVB beginning with the 2023 race, in a partnership with ESPN, which will carry the event nationally.[25]. 2014 - 2023 Marathi.TV - All Rights Reserved. It airs weeknights at 7:00 p.m. on WMUR and 7:30 p.m. on . Goes the Fourth" Celebration for First Time", "WCVB Launching Weekday Newscasts at 4:30pm and 7pm", "Some stations shelved 'Private Ryan' amid FCC fears", "They preempted that for this? Concurrent with WCVB's sign-on on March 19, 1972, the station began its news operations as News 5. Langhart was reportedly angered by the proposition, accusing WCVB of trying to minimize her from the role of respected journalist and talk show host, and also inferring a racial motivation behind the offer (Langhart is African American). Hudson School Superintendent Marco Rodrigues said district officials had not received any prior reports suggesting Harding harmed students. Chronicle is an American newsmagazine television program that is produced by two New England television stations owned by Hearst Television: WCVB-TV (channel 5) in Boston, Massachusetts and WMUR-TV (channel 9) in Manchester, New Hampshire.The program premiered on WCVB on January 25, 1982, and the WMUR version premiered in September 2001. lasted until 1991. She covered The Nova Scotia Tree for Boston in December 1971. Ed Harding WCVB/ Channel 5 Harding is a co-anchor of NewsCenter 5 at 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, and 11:00 PM and has been in the channel for more than two and a half-decade. She worked for News Center 5 at WCVB for more than fifteen years. In February 2007, meteorologist Mike Wankum, who was chief meteorologist at WLVI until that station's news department shut down two months prior as a result of its purchase by WHDH parent Sunbeam Television, was hired by WCVB as the weekend evening meteorologist. By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel on Apr. Of course, unlike Curtis during his several months on Chronicle in 1982, both Mehegan and Richardson never returned to the NewsCenter 5 broadcasts. The new program, with proposed titles including OnLine, Prime Access, Tuning In, Close Up and 5 to You, was to follow the Evening Magazine format; a 30-minute newsmagazine covering a variety of different topics each night, ranging from arts and entertainment to human interest stories. Quotation[9] = "'FTVLive.com Scooped Everyone With News' - About.com "; Often, the basic lifestyles of the area are covered, but sometimes the legends or famous myths of the city or town are investigated. and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology in 2013. In April 2006, new talent finally arrived; reporter Shayna Seymour was hired away from ABC affiliate WGGB-TV in Springfield, Massachusetts. [1][2], Unruh is a 1986 graduate of Lincoln High School in Stockton, California and a 1989 graduate of DePauw University. Take a look back at some of the faces and milestones that helped shaped Channel 5: Top Picks JCPenney was once a shopping giant. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. A rotating group of off-screen voiceovers announced the drawings. He said she voluntarily left in 2013 after seven years. In 2008, for the first time in the Lottery's broadcast history, midday Numbers Game drawings were introduced, with the results running at the bottom of the screen, at 12:50p.m. weekdays, during Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Andria Hall, a new correspondent, joined in 1985, and within a few years she would also serve as a fill-in anchor. This Chronicle theme lasted far longer than the NewsCenter 5 theme package from Gari Communications that was introduced at the same time ("Image News", which debuted to all Hearst stations beginning in the fall of 1995, was used as the WCVB news package until December 2003). As of 2022, she seems to be around 42 years old. [3], Unruh received four regional Emmy Awards for journalism,[4] the Clarion Award from Women in Communications, Inc., and the Gracie Allen Award from the American Women in Radio and Television. In June 2012, Hearst-owned WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania announced the launch of WTAE Chronicle, a series of hour-long news specials dedicated to in-depth reporting on relevant topics to Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. [7], "William G. Salatich, at 87; . Only WFXT's 10 p.m. news drew more viewers than any of the "big three" affiliates' late evening newscasts. WCVB has since regained the lead at 11:00p.m. On May 14, 2007, starting with the 5 p.m. newscast, WCVB began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition, although the majority of the field reports remained in 4:3 standard definition for a few months. You can catch her live every weekday as the co-host of Great Day Connecticut with Scot Haney . Continue with Recommended Cookies, Emily Riemer Born in October 1980. [1] Jacobson scaled back her work. However, for a couple years more, she would occasionally still appear on Chronicle. [33] This also provides WCVB a backup channel to air ABC programming during breaking or pre-planned local news coverage. Quotation [15] = " 'FTVLive Reported the Story First'- NY Times" Over the last few decades, these campaigns have consisted of the following: The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WCVB is one of a handful of ABC-affiliated stations and one of several Hearst-owned ABC affiliates that broadcast their high-definition signals in 1080i rather than the 720p format of most other ABC stations. [34][35] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 5. More about Lynchie Mike Lynch was formerly WCVB's principal weeknight sports anchor for 34 years from September 1985 through August 2019. Since March 2008, an instrumental soft-rock tune, dominated by piano, has been used as the theme music. var whichQuotation=Math.round(Math.random()*(Q-1)); Former Mass. [3] In 1978 she began anchoring the 11 p.m. newscasts with Tom Ellis. Though the broadcasts generally rated higher than the competing wire-to-wire coverage on WBZ-TV, the station announced in November 2006 that it would stop carrying the race, as declining viewership and advertising revenue made it difficult for the station to justify providing all-day coverage, despite production costs being shared with WBZ-TV and the Boston Athletic Association (BAA). As WCVB's newscasts are titled NewsCenter 5, the station's sports segments are likewise branded as SportsCenter 5; weather segments were similarly branded as WeatherCenter 5 prior to 2001. (2012, September 13). The station was owned by the Boston Herald-Traveler Corporation, along with WHDH radio (850 AM, now WEEI; and 94.5 FM, now WJMN). Thomas Caswell Ellis (September 22, 1932 - April 29, 2019) was a Boston-based journalist, well-known throughout New England for his tenure as anchor for three of Boston's network-affiliated stations. (2008, December 19). Liz Brunner was the only non-lead anchor to do both the news and Chronicle simultaneously; in 1994, a year after joining Chronicle, she began co-anchoring NewsCenter 5's early morning EyeOpener newscast (Brunner was replaced on EyeOpener in 2000 by Heather Unruh). Quotation[6] = "'The site that everyone that works in TV News turns to' - NPR "; His career included stints as a correspondent for WNBC-TV and as an anchor for WABC-TV both in New York City, and for KONO-TV Channel . var Q = Quotation.length; WCVB is believed to be the only local station permitted to use the SportsCenter name, owned by ESPN, for its sportscasts, owing to its ownership by Hearst (which owns 20% of ESPN) and affiliation with ABC (whose parent, The Walt Disney Company, owns the other 80%), along with its use predating ESPN's 1979 existence. In the past year, Riemer has become one of the people on NewsCenter 5 that Boston residents look up to due to her job as a medical reporter in the pandemic. The longtime WCVB anchor and medical reporter announced she is leaving the station and taking a step back from broadcast. [12] On June 26, her son filed a lawsuit against Spacey, claiming emotional damages. A Life A Day Foundation - SAVE A LIFE OR TO HELP AN INDIVIDUAL A DAY Quotation[8] = "'CNBC wanted a reaction to a story someone had seen on FTVLive' - Vanity Fair "; - Greta Van Susteren" In addition, she also shared the news with her 3.5k Instagram followers. From 1982 through 2006, WCVB telecast live wire-to-wire coverage of the Boston Marathon. After 30 seconds, any player that had a cylinder still standing won the cash amount (ranging from $7,500 to $200,000) associated with their number choice. Daughter of Boston Anchor Accused of Sex Assault of a Minor. Similar stories even follow people, young or old, who had survived life-threatening accidents and now had to deal with permanent handicaps or altered appearances. However, there is no overlap in content or appearance between WCVB's sportscasts and the ESPN program beyond the latter's occasional use of WCVB video with credit for press conference and interview segments. However, Chronicle tends to avoid sensational tabloid topics and, since its premiere, has never featured story content that underestimates the intellect of its audience. Possibly due to marginal ratings, if not anything else, Chronicle began to evolve into its current form, a newsmagazine that tackles one single topic per night. It also inherited all of WHDH-TV's personnel, including anchorman Jack Hynes and sportscaster Don Gillis. First, Jeanne Blake announced her decision to leave WCVB for rival WBZ, and was replaced by another NewsCenter 5 anchor, Mary Richardson. with Regis and Kelly, which moved to the station after a 23-year run on WHDH. In 2002, chief meteorologist Dick Albert was joined by former rival Harvey Leonard who left WHDH to become co-chief meteorologist with Albert. WCVB was originally in the running to become the Massachusetts State Lottery's host station in late 1986, when WBZ-TV relinquished the rights. According to a press release, Price who has been anchoring NewsCenter 5's weekday EyeOpener newscasts from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. alongside co-anchors Antoinette Antonio and Doug Meehan,. In the fall of 1982, Chet Curtis left the program, and was replaced by new lead anchor/reporter Peter Mehegan. Another original regular, contributor Arnie Reisman, hosted an Andy Rooney-like closing segment that poked fun at life's little foibles. Mehegan and his wife kept a rotting 1969 Chevrolet Impala V8 in their backyard garage after inheriting it from an aunt. February 3, 2022 67 Former WCVB anchor Bianca de la Garza has garnered a new shot at news reporting on the pro-Trump cable network Newsmax. This episode theme was launched shortly before Mehegan's retirement from Chronicle in 2005, but continued as an occasional piece for several years more (with Mehegan returning as a guest contributor). Like Peter Mehegan before him, Everett left a permanent anchor post at NewsCenter 5. After a complete overhaul and the installation of a new engine, Mehegan decided to share the project in a Main Streets segment, and then took it out for a spin to the show's next destination. Anthony Everett described the look on the first night of the set as "if you are in an urban, uptown setting, like a cozy loft". Jim Boyd was a weekend, early morning and midday news anchor and reporter for WCVB-TV. An expanded group of reporters were added to the show within the first few years, including veteran local producers Jennifer Crompton and Cindy Jones. Ultimately, WCVB lost its bid for the lottery rights to WNEV-TV (channel 7), which began broadcasting the drawings and all other related broadcast property in August 1987. "[29] In February 2016, WCVB announced that it would also add a nightly prime time newscast at 10:00p.m. on its MeTV subchannel, The 10 O'Clock News on MeTV Boston, beginning February 29, 2016. Other Hearst stations have since done specials under the Chronicle format including WESH (channel 2) in Daytona Beach, Florida; WXII-TV (channel 12) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and WVTM-TV (channel 13) in Birmingham, Alabama (the latter of which will start in fall 2018). In September 2001, following Hearst-Argyle's purchase of Manchester, New Hampshire ABC affiliate WMUR-TV (channel 9) the previous December, a second local edition of Chronicle premiered. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); // ============================================== He had served as sports director and anchor for WDSU-TV in New Orleans from 1978 to 1981. BOSTON . WCVB - Boston. After 2000, there would be shakeups, as WCVB as a whole saw many prominent personalities leave the station or switch positions. Brunner and Reinstein added their own experiences and point of view, sometimes being the subject of stories themselves. Each would place a cylinder on a numbered space from 1 to 12. Meanwhile, NewsCenter 5 lead anchor Anthony Everett, who had often been a Chronicle substitute anchor in 2005, was slated to be interim male anchor until the producers found a replacement for Peter Mehegan. He was born in Harlem Hospital, educated in New York City Schools (Public School 90, and Public School 68, Humboldt Junior High School 115 and George Washington High School (New York City) (class of 1958) and attended Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York and Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. She moved to WBZ-TV as an off-camera producer after WKBG eliminated its public affairs division.[3]. He helped launch. ", "Hearst to buy Kansas City VHF for $79 million. While these stories are in no way meant to depress the viewers, they often do not flinch from their subjects' grim realities; at the same time, they are intended to educate and inspire the audience. Notable examples are the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon (before the program's 2013 move to ABC as a short-form broadcast, although it did stay on WCVB; the program would be discontinued after the 2014 edition) and the 2004 preemption of Saving Private Ryan (one of several ABC stations that preempted the film out of concern over the graphic war battle scenes and profanity that were left intact in the uncut ABC telecast and fear of resulting FCC fines) for another movie, Far and Away.[20]. [28] On January 11, 2016, WCVB added two additional weekday newscasts, one at 4:00p.m. and a second at 7:00p.m. WCVB president and general manager Bill Fine stated that the newscast expansion "addresses an expressed need of Bostons viewers by providing additional options to receive NewsCenter 5 at new times. The station's nightlight service loop consisted of the official public service program from the National Association of Broadcasters, a rerun episode of This Old House (a nationally distributed show on PBS presented by Boston's WGBH-TV), and reruns of segments from WCVB's webcasts; all were dedicated to instructions and questions about switching to digital television for viewers who have not yet upgraded their old analog sets. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Chronicle was structured this way when it premiered on Monday, January 25, 1982, at 7:30pm. Since October 2016, the blonde beauty regularly appears on the morning broadcast "Eye Opener." Cicalese is often be spotted out on the streets in thunderstorms, heavy snow & tornadoes with her hair blowing and microphone in hand! Main Streets & Back Roads is Chronicle's longest-lasting regular segment; each installment profiles a different rural town from around the region. . Remember He continued his role as lead anchor on NewsCenter 5 while anchoring Chronicle, which in a sense brought the program full circle. WCVB presently broadcasts 43 hours, 55 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours, 35 minutes each weekday, five hours on Saturdays and six hours on Sundays). Manage Settings Great Pumpkin aired on sister station WMUR.[21]. A monthly continuing segment was Pop Chron, an episode devoted to covering the latest happenings in pop culture, from the fine arts to movies; television; literature; fashion and music, among other topics. newscasts. According to an internal email sent out to the staff, the accused is the daughter of Harding. The program premiered on WCVB on January 25, 1982, and the WMUR version premiered in September 2001. [9][10] Channel 5 was included in the original deal, but was concurrently spun off to the Hearst Corporation, which had purchased fellow ABC affiliate KMBC-TV in Kansas City, Missouri, from Metromedia in 1982. She would not have a permanent replacement until 2002, when Karen Holmes Ward, host of WCVB's weekend public affairs show CityLine, assumed the position. Patriots 0 1:00 PM NAMES Former Channel 5 anchor says women in TV news encouraged to dress 'more provocatively' By Mark Shanahan Globe Staff,August 2, 2017, 9:05 a.m. 253 Heather Unruh.. WCVB-TV veteran Jim Boyd retires. ], The channel 5 allocation in Boston was first occupied by the original WHDH-TV, which signed on the air on November 26, 1957. Almost immediately, reviews for Chronicle were mixed. The girl was a 13-year-old seventh-grader at a middle school in Hudson at the time. A motorized cube would then be let go, in order to knock the cylinders down. This Chronicle set is situated adjacent to the new set for the NewsCenter 5 broadcasts; its introduction gave Chronicle its own unique set for the first time in 14 years (prior to 1993, when Chronicle began sharing a set with NewsCenter 5, the show did have a separate set, noticeably away from the news department). She had her third kid in September 2017. With the scheduling of the 4:00 hour resulting in low ratings, changes were made in November 2016; at this time, the half-hour NewsCenter 5 at 4:00 premiered, and Inside Edition moved to 4:30p.m. As of 2019, Inside Edition has been dropped from the schedule and has moved to WHDH. Quotation[0] = "'Mr. Chronicle's ability to maintain a stable roster of talent continued. Quotation [17] = " 'An insider newsy website' - Hoda Kotb" Bonus Bonanza had randomly drawn contestants play elimination games (similar to The Price Is Right) to win big cash prizes. He participates in the Screen Actors Guild Foundation Book Pals program and has been a volunteer parent/coach in the Needham Track Club, the Needham Soccer Club, St. Joseph's Parish Youth Basketball program in Needham, Mass and the Bay State Jaguars AAU Basketball program in Newton, Mass. This includes WCVB's ABC-affiliated sister stations WMUR-TV in nearby Manchester, New Hampshire, WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, KMBC-TV in Kansas City, and KETV in Omaha, as well as stations not owned by Hearst in eight other markets. His eyes actually glowed by the use of fluorescent paint on a pair of special contact lenses. In September 1971, Natalie Jacobson was trained and hired at WHDH-TV, she was the final employee at the Original Channel 5 in Boston. This article about a United States journalist born in the 1970s is a stub. During the 1970s, WCVB-TV was the first television station in southern New England to run a 24-hour program schedule. While this Chronicle campaign lasted a couple of years, the instrumental version of "News You Can Use" (in a different arrangement than what was used in promos) became the new theme song, which remained unchanged from its debut in November 1995 until its retirement in March 2008. Liz Brunner, who was a member of Chronicle's regular reporting staff from 1993 to 2002, had returned to the program as a frequent contributor as well until her departure from WCVB in 2013. In early 1995, the specialty games moved to 11:10p.m. (later 11:20) during NewsCenter 5 Tonight. [1][5] WCVB split up the Curtis/Jacobson pairing in July 2000. [4][7] Her 1990 interview with Democratic gubernatorial nominee John Silber became notable after Silber's outburst when Jacobson asked him to describe his weaknesses. [5] In 1982 she and Curtis began a 17-year pairing as co-anchors of the station's 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. The inaugural edition, with Jeanne Blake on location, was about Mystic, Connecticut. According to an internal email sent out to the staff, the accused is the daughter of Harding. As part of the renewal, Hearst also signed agreements to add the network as digital subchannels of WCVB-TV and sister stations KCRA-TV in Sacramento, WBAL-TV in Baltimore, KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City and WXII-TV in Greensboro. Caitlin Harding a former teacher was arraigned by videoconference on multiple charges of child rape and indecent assault and battery on a child, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryans office. It airs weeknights at 7:00p.m. on WMUR and 7:30p.m. on WCVB, offering an informative lifestyle, cultural and news-related magazine format, most often covering a single topic within each broadcast. [19] The 4:30 newscast was stated to be a fast-paced rundown of the day's news, while the 7:00p.m. newscast covers longer-length stories of special interest. That spring, after nearly 23 years with the program, Peter Mehegan announced he was stepping down as the program's lead anchor and correspondent, although he agreed to still do periodic On the Road segments; Mehegan's final telecast as a regular aired in September 2005. Leonard became the sole chief meteorologist following Albert's retirement in February 2009. However, the Herald-Traveler refused to hand over its facilities to the new channel 5, forcing the station to rent tower space for its transmitter from WBZ-TV (channel 4); during the final months of its operation, WHDH-TV was court-ordered to sign off daily at 1:00a.m. so that WCVB-TV could test its equipment. The station ran a programming block from 1:00 to 5:00a.m., branded as 5 All Night, which featured a library of older black-and-white movies and a few recent syndicated programs. spanish middle names for isaiah; who does tim fleming marry on heartland; difference between achalasia and dysphagia Like Hall, Brunner became a substitute anchor for Mehegan and/or Richardson whenever she was needed. Harding was fired four years later from the Needham school district, and reached a settlement with the town last year in a wrongful termination suit, the newspaper reported. The station has aired the Celtics' 2008 NBA Finals win and their 2010 and 2022 NBA Finals appearances. In early March, Hall signed off from Chronicle, and for the next six months, Mehegan, Richardson and Barnicle remained the only marquee regulars on the show. WCVB used an old International Harvester dealership in Needham to serve as its studio facility, which the station continues to operate from to this day. [6][7] Throughout his television career Boyd had been a member of AFTRA (The American federation of Television and Radio Artists) that merged with the Screen Actors Guild in 2012 to become SAG-AFTRA. [23] The BAA then signed a new deal with WBZ. Advertisement Click here to donate Our 50 Years Fund, powered by. WBZ-TV led in the 11:00p.m. timeslot from late 2007 to early 2010 with WCVB maintaining second place in that timeslot during that period. [1] On December 14, 1999, Jacobson and Curtis announced that they were divorcing. His stories have ranged from the "Great Comeback" of 198485, through the 1987 stock market crash to the recession of the early 1990s and its subsequent recovery ("the dot com boom"). On the same day, Ellen moved to 3:00p.m., and Inside Edition was moved to the 4:00p.m. slot, from the 7:00p.m. slot it had held since September 1994. The new Brigham's flavor was briefly mentioned in the hour-long anniversary special that aired on January 22, 2007. With the departure of Heather Kahn from NewsCenter 5 in 2000, Liz Brunner expanded her news duties by taking over Kahn's former role as co-anchor of the 5:30p.m. newscast. ", "One less TV for CBN, number seven for Fox. [1][3][4][7] Silber's lead in the polls vanished after the interview and he lost the race to William Weld. Everett had mutually agreed to switch his focus at the station from the daily demands of hard news to specialty stories on the newsmagazine. After deciding that his replacement needed to be a veteran of WCVB with a strong viewer connection, management let Everett stay as full-time anchor alongside Mary Richardson. Dawn Hayes, who emceed the drawings on WHDH, was retained as host. Natalie Jacobson (born August 14, 1943) is an American former news anchor with WCVB-TV in Boston, Massachusetts. Veteran WCVB anchor honored. The following day, longtime program reporter and producer Shayna Seymour replaced Monahan as co-anchor.[2]. Quotation [19] = " 'FTVLive.com, a prominent television industry website' - Lexington Herald Leader" Former WFXT meteorologist (and close friend of Monahan's) Cindy Fitzgibbon replaced Monahan on the NewsCenter 5 EyeOpener and Midday newscasts.[1]. INSIDER. While she left her current post as co-anchor of the station's 5:00 newscast in March, she remained on Chronicle through May 24. Last edited on 19 December 2022, at 03:34, George Washington High School (New York City), http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media_marketing/2008/12/wcvb_tv_veteran_jim_boyd_retires, "Negro String Quartet | Encyclopedia.com", "National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - New England Chapter on Facebook", "MASSACHUSETTS BROADCASTERS HALL OF FAME | Jim Boyd", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Boyd_(newscaster)&oldid=1128233651, This page was last edited on 19 December 2022, at 03:34. Us @2023 FTVLive LLC Can it make. window._taboola = window._taboola || []; [11] On June 4, 2019, the defense learned that when Heather Unruh gave her son's cell phone to police in 2017, she admitted she had deleted some of the text messages. Until the late 1990s, WCVB broadcast the 1954 film White Christmas annually during the holiday season, preempting ABC network programming. The concerts had been broadcast locally on WCVB Channel 5 and enjoyed by millions nationwide on the A&E Network. FTVLive has obtained a copy of the email: Twitter | It was originally an ABC affiliate, but switched to CBS in 1961. The original WHDH-TV signed off for the last time on March 18, 1972, and was replaced by the new WCVB-TV early the next morning. Spacey spent months trying to obtain copies of the texts and the phone itself. Born James Lloyd Boyd in Harlem, New York, he is the son of Edmonia Coleman, a secretary and receptionist and Leroy Homer Boyd, a postal worker, gospel singer and musician. 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