The CBS Enforcer Music Collection

'''The CBS Enforcer Music Collection''' is a syndicated television news music package distributed by [[Frank Gari|Gari Communications]].

The package, originally known as ''CBS Enforcer'', was commissioned by [[Chicago]]'s [[WBBM-TV]] in [[1994]]. The package is based on the station's [[1975]] news theme, which in turn was based on a song called "I Love Chicago, Chicago My Home". WBBM has dropped the package twice (once in [[1997]] and once in [[2001]]), only to reintroduce it a few years after each attempt.

Gari Communications soon renamed the package ''Enforcer'' (and later, ''The Enforcer'') in an attempt to market it to non-[[CBS]] stations. A few non-CBS stations did start using the package, such as [[KRIV (TV)|KRIV]]/[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 26 in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[KVII]] [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] 7 in [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]], and [[WVIT]]/[[NBC]] 30 in [[Connecticut]].

In [[2005]], Gari Communications acquired the rights to several music suites by composer [[John Hegner]], including ''News in Focus'', a news theme package by which also featured the "I Love Chicago" signature. Since then several ''News in Focus'' themes have been remixed and in ''the CBS Enforcer Music Collection''.

''News in Focus'' uses the motif from the "I Love [[Chicago]], Chicago My Home" news theme first heard on [[WBBM-TV]] in [[1975]] (later used by many CBS owned or affiliated stations). This package originated at [[KCBS-TV]] [[Los Angeles]] in [[1997]] and was updated in [[2003]] for [[WCBS-TV]] in [[New York City|New York]]. WCBS's sister station [[KYW-TV]] in [[Philadelphia]] also uses the package for its [[Eyewitness News]] newscasts. The official [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]] names for the package are the rather prosaic "KCBS News Music Package" and "WCBS News Theme".
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| '''[[Designated market area|DMA]]#'''
| '''DMA Name'''
| '''Station'''
| '''Affiliation'''
| '''Years Used'''
| '''Other Notes'''
|-
| 1.
| [[New York City|New York, New York]]
| [[WCBS-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2003-present
| Commissioned News In Focus in 2003 and first station to commission Generation 2 Series 2 on 4-11-2007
|-
| 2.
| [[Los Angeles, California]]
| [[KCBS-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1997-2003
| First station to combine the package with John Hegner Music's News In Focus
|-
| 3.
| [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
| [[WBBM-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1994-1997, 2000-2001, 2002-present
| First station to commission Generation 1 Series 1 in 1994, Series 3 in 2000, Series 4 in 2002, & Generation 2 Series 1 in 2006
|-
| 4.
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| [[KYW-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1998, 1999, 2003-present
| Commissioned customized version in 1990s, News In Focus in 2003, Generation 1 Series 4 in 2006, & Generation 2 Series 1 in 2007
|-
|
|
| [[WPSG]]
| [[UPN]] (at that time)
| 2004 & 2005
| Occasionally airs "CBS 3 Eyewitness News" when KYW airs CBS Sports programs
|-
| 8.
| [[Washington, D.C.]]
| [[WUSA-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1997-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 1 in 1997, Series 2 in 1999, & Series 5 (integrated News In Focus package) in 2006
|-
| 10.
| [[Houston, Texas]]
| [[KRIV]]
| [[FOX]]
| 2001-2005
| First station to commission Generation 1 Series 3
|-
| 13.
| [[Phoenix, Arizona]]
| [[KPHO-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2005-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 1 & 2
|-
| 14.
| [[Seattle, Washington]]
| [[KIRO-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2006-present
|
|-
| 17.
| [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
| [[WOIO-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2005-present
| First station to commission Generation 1 Series 4
|-
|
|
| [[WUAB-TV]]
| [[My Network TV]], formerly [[UPN]]
| 2005-Present
| 10pm newscast produced by sister station WOIO
|
|-
| 19.
| [[Orlando, Florida]]
| [[WKMG-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2007-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 1 and Generation 2 Series 2
|-
| 21.
| [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
| [[KMOV-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2001-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 3 in 2001, Series 4, & Series 5 in 2006
|-
| 26.
| [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| [[WBTV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2007-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 3
|-
| 28.
| [[Hartford, Connecticut]]
| [[WVIT-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 2000-2005
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 1-3
|-
|-
| 39
| [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]]/[[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]
| [[WWMT]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2007-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 5 in 2007 (debuted alongside newscast relaunch as "NewsChannel 3")
|-
| 53.
| [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]
| [[WYOU-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1999-2002
|
|-
| 56.
| [[Albany, New York]] & [[Troy, New York]]
| [[WRGB-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2000-2004
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 2 in 2000 & News In Focus in 2003
|-
|
| [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]]
| [[WNYA]]
| [[UPN]] (at that time)
| 2003 & 2004
| Re-broadcasted newscasts from sister station WRGB
|-
| 58.
| [[Dayton, Ohio]]
| [[WHIO-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2006-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 5
|-
| 61.
| [[Richmond, Virginia]]
| [[WTVR-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2001-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 3 in 2001, series 4 in 2005, and Generation 2 Series 1 in 2006
|-
| 71.
| [[Toledo, Ohio]]
| [[WTOL]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2006-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 3 & 5 & Generation 2 Series 1
|-
| 82.
| [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]] / [[Decatur, Illinois]]
| [[WCFN-TV]]
| [[My Network TV]], formerly [[UPN]]
| 2006-present
| Primetime newscast produced by sister station WCIA
|-
|
|
| [[WCIA-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2006-present
|
|
|-
| 89.
| [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]]
| [[KCRG-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2004-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 2
|-
| 90.
| [[Burlington, Vermont]]
| [[WVNY-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2003 & 2004
| Aired rebroadcasts of WRGB
|-
| 96.
| [[Rock Island, Illinois]]
| [[WHBF-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2007-present
|
|-
| 109.
| [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]
| [[WSHM-LP]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2006-present
|
|-
| 112.
| [[Reno, Nevada]]
| [[KTVN]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2006-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 5
|-
| 115.
| [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]]
| [[KELO-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1997-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 1
|-
| 122.
| [[Santa Maria, California]]
| [[KCOY-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2006-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 2 & 5
|-
| 125.
| [[Monterey, California]]
| [[KION]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2006-present
|
|-
| 128.
| [[Columbus, Georgia]]
| [[WRBL-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1999-2001
|
|-
| 131.
| [[Amarillo, Texas]]
| [[KVII-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1996-1999
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 1 , operates satellite station KVIH in [[Clovis, New Mexico]]
|-
| 133.
| [[Rockford, Illinois]]
| [[WIFR-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2003-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 1
|-
| 144.
| [[Joplin, Missouri]]
| [[KOAM-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2004-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 2
|-
| 161.
| [[Sherman, Texas]]
| [[KXII-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2006-present
|-
| 177.
| [[Rapid City, South Dakota]]
| [[KCLO-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 1997-present
| Rebroadcaster of KELO
|-
| 182.
| [[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
| [[WCAV-TV]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2005-present
| Commissioned Generation 1 Series 1, primary station in Charlottesville Newsplex
|-
|
|
| [[WVAW-LP]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2005-present
| Simulcasts with sister station WCAV
|-
| 199.
| [[Ottumwa, Iowa]] & [[Kirksville, Missouri]]
| [[KTVO]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 2002-present
|
|}

==See also==
*[[Palmer News Package]], a news theme by [[Shelly Palmer]] which also features the "I Love Chicago" signature

==External links==
* [http://www.garicomm.com/ Gari Communications Website]
* [http://www.southernmedia-nmsa.com/search.php?search=3,1,45 "The CBS Enforcer Music Collection" at SouthernMedia's NMSA] - listing of American stations which have used the package
* [http://www.southernmedia-nmsa.com/search.php?search=3,1,199 "News in Focus" at SouthernMedia's NMSA] - listing of American stations which used ''News in Focus'' when it was a standalone package

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