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To air Leno at 10 p.m. after all rather than 79th straight hour of local news.

Station owner Ed Ansin said, presumably with a completely straight face: "Jay is from Andover, where I went to school. I enjoy his humor."

The Globe story is by Johnny Diaz, so naturally it doesn't explain what might have really led to Ansin's change of heart.

The Dig's Media Farm is in fine form this week, with their takedown of the post-Priceian newscasts on Channel 7:

... So now, Frances Rivera has been joined by Kim Khazei. Together, they man the prime 7News broadcast, dressed in almost comical vampy outfits that mark a very different direction indeed, putting the WTF in Sefen Newz at 11 (we smell a promo!).

For example, during a newscast last week, Rivera was dressed in a vest over a frilly shirt by some sadistic wardrobe person, and Khazei was clearly still nervous after a month on the job, kicking off a story, "And new at 10 tonight, surprising results from a survey of lung yocal people." Ah. ...

Nice to see "the news station" sent Matt Lorch down to New Jersey to cover the Adolf Hitler Campbell cake drama, although it is a bit distressing that they couldn't find an alliterative headline to go with it (Really, Channel 7, "FROSTY RECEPTION" was t

Lance and friends provide the live blow-by-blow here and here, complete with incisive commentary on all the Channel 7 ads and stuff:

If there is one guy who should have got a whoopin' when he was in school, it's Matt Lorch.

Channel 7 general manager now former Channel 7 general manager: Randi Goldklank resigned and agreed to a plea deal in East Boston District Court that will keep her out of jail if she stays away from booze and drugs for a year. She also apologized to state troopers for her behavior at Logan, which included threatening one trooper's job after she was hauled off a plane - and will pay restitution to the trooper whose glasses she broke during the fray.

OK, maybe I'm not cut out to write headlines for Channel 7. Still, will be interesting to see how they play the case of their general manager, whom the Herald reports was arrested at Logan for "unruly behavior." She says a male passenger on her inbound flight tried to fondle her and that she got upset when the flight attendant told her to "calm down." One thing led to another and State Police wound up cuffing her on the ground.

The Globe paints a slightly different picture, one involving an out-of-control angry drunk threatening a trooper's job.

Click on through for a rockem-sockem loosey-goosey summary of the media coverage of this story, which was varied to say the least. Will the grand but lightweight Globe take the short-but-sweet prize for best writeup? Or will the rough, battle-hardened Herald take the Globe to the cleaners? What about the litter transit pulp papers? How do the Kings of Swooshing Animations and Lead-Ins fare?

First up, at 194 words: Maria Cramer, from The Globe:

WBZ posts an audio tribute to the former WHDH morning host, who died this morning (2005 bio).

The Yaz Song.

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