The Palmer News Package (news music)

'''The Palmer News Package''' (commonly abbreviated as PNP) is a television news music package created for [[WCBS-TV]] [[New York]] in 1985 by [[Shelly Palmer]]. It was originally called the ''WCBS TV News ID Package'', which is still its official [[ASCAP]] title. This music package is based on [...] Marx's 1975 [[WBBM-TV]] news theme, which in turn is based on a song called "I Love Chicago, Chicago, My Home", a MusicAL signature that has been used on several packages created for [[CBS]] owned or affiliated stations. Many people know of the Palmer News Package but not the 1975 WBBM theme, and think that the Palmer News Package is the base for other news music packages.

The package, which has over 500 cuts of music, has been used at dozens of television stations throughout the United States, not all of them CBS affiliates.

The "I Love Chicago, Chicago, My Home" is used for Palmer's [[Millennium 3]] news music and promo package.

==Stations that used or have used ''The Palmer News Package''==
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| '''[[Designated market area|DMA]]#'''
| '''DMA Name'''
| '''Station'''
| '''Affiliation'''
| '''Years Used'''
| '''Notes'''
|-
| 1.
| [[New York City, New York]]
| [[WCBS-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1985-1989
| First station to commission package
|-
| 4.
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| [[WCAU (TV)]]
| [[NBC]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 1987-1995
|
|-
| 10.
| [[Houston, Texas]]
| [[KPRC-TV]], formerly KLEE
| [[NBC]]
| 1993-1995
|
|-
| 19.
| [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
| [[WOIO]]
| [[CBS]], formerly [[Independent station|Independent]], [[FOX]]
| 2002-2005
|
|-
|
|
| [[WUAB]]
| [[MyNetworkTV]], formerly [[Independent station|Independent]], [[UPN]]
| 2002-2005
|
|-
| 19.
| [[Orlando, Florida]]
| [[WKMG-TV]], formerly WDBO & WCPX
| [[CBS]]
| 1992-1995
|
|-
| 21.
| [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
| [[KTVI]], formerly WTVI
| [[FOX]], formerly [[CBS]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1988-1990
|
|-
| 24.
| [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| [[WBTV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1988-1990
|
|-
| 25.
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
| [[WTTV]]
| [[The CW]], formerly [[NBC]], [[Independent station|Independent]] [[UPN]] & [[The WB]]
| 1990-1991
|
|-
| 29.
| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| [[WTVF]], formerly WLAC
| [[CBS]]
| 1989-1998
|
|-
| 31.
| [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
| [[KMBC-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 1986-1995
|
|-
| 34.
| [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
| [[WKRC-TV]]
| [[CBS]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1992-1994
|
|-
| 35.
| [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
| [[WISN-TV]], formerly WTVW
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 1985-1989
|
|-
| 40.
| [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| [[WBRC]]
| [[FOX]], formerly [[NBC]], [[CBS]], & [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1990-1998
|
|-
| 41.
| [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]
| [[WLYH-TV]], formerly WLBR
| [[The CW]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], [[UPN]]
| 1988-1990
|
|-
| 44.
| [[Albuquerque]]/[[Santa Fe, New Mexico]]
| [[KOB-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 1994-1996
|
|-
| 46.
| [[Greensboro]]/[[High Point]]/[[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
| [[WFMY-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1994-1998
|
|-
| 48.
| [[Memphis, Tennessee]]
| [[WPTY-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[Independent station|Independent]], [[FOX]]
| 2002-present
|
|-
|
|
| [[WLMT]], formerly WMKW
| [[The CW]], formerly [[Independent station|Independent]], [[FOX]] ,[[UPN]]
| 2002-present
| Airs morning and evening newscasts produced by [[WPTY-TV]]
|-
| 50.
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| [[WLKY-TV]]
| [[CBS]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1990-2000
|
|-
| 53.
| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| [[WDSU]]
| [[NBC]]
| 1994-2000
|
|-
| 60.
| [[Mobile, Alabama]]
| [[WKRG-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1997-2000
|
|-
| 69.
| [[Wichita, Kansas]]
| [[KWCH-TV]], formerly KTVH
| [[CBS]]
| 1995-2001
|
|-
| 70.
| [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]
| [[WFRV-TV]], formerly WNAM
| [[CBS]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] & [[NBC]]
| 1993-1995
|
|-
| 76.
| [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
| [[WOWT-TV]], formerly WOW-TV
| [[NBC]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 1992-2002
|
|-
|
|
| News On One (cable)
| No affiliation
| 1995-2002
|
|-
| 78.
| [[Paducah, Kentucky]]
| [[WPSD-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 1993-1995
|
|-
| 80.
| [[Rochester, New York]]
| [[WHEC-TV]]
| [[NBC]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 1987-1991
|
|-
| 82
| [[Huntsville, Alabama]]
| [[WHNT-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1991-2002
|
|-
| 88.
| [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]]
| [[KCRG-TV]], formerly KCRI
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1993-1998
|
|-
| 91.
| [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
| [[KOAA-TV]], formerly KCSJ
| [[NBC]]
| 1994-1997
|
|-
| 97.
| [[Davenport, Iowa]]
| [[WQAD-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1992-1995
|
|-
| 102.
| [[Evansville, Indiana]]
| [[WEHT]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 1988-1994
|
|-
| 105.
| [[Tallahassee, Florida]]
| [[WTXL-TV]], formerly WECA
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1998-2004
|
|-
| 117.
| [[Traverse City]]/[[Cadillac, Michigan]]
| [[WWTV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1998-2002
|
|-
|
|
| WLUP-TV
| [[CBS]]
| 1998-2002
| A full-time satellite of [[WWTV]]
|-
| 141.
| [[Port Arthur, Texas]]
| [[KBMT]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1991-1993
|
|-
| 142.
| [[Palm Springs, California]]
| [[KESQ-TV]], formerly KPLM
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2008-present
|
|-
|
|
| [[KDFX-CA]], formerly KDBA-LP
| [[FOX]], formerly [[CBS]]
| 2008-present
|
|-
|
|
| [[KUNA-LP]], formerly K15EI
| [[Telemundo]]
| 2008-present
|
|-
| 146.
| [[Erie, Pennsylvania]]
| [[WJET-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1999-present
|
|-
| 153.
| [[Bangor, Maine]]
| [[WABI-TV]]
| [[CBS]], formerly [[NBC]]
| 1992-2001
|
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.slpco.com/Pages/pnpa.htm Palmer Advanced Media: Complete cue list and audio samples]
*[http://southernmedia-nmsa.com/index.php?page=3,1,166 SouthernMedia's NMSA - listing of American stations that have used PNP]

[[Category:Television news music packages]]