Effective Monday, the station will be changing its slogan to “Ladies and Gentlemen, Here is Your News.”

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Jim Kambrich will now wear a tuxedo while reading the news.

“Coverage You Can Trust” has been the calling card for WNYT for many years, but with an ever-changing media landscape, the station has decided to move away from it.

Effective Monday, the station will be changing its slogan to “Ladies and Gentlemen, Here is Your News.”

“We needed a change,” explains Curtis Loew, who works for the station’s marketing team. “And this was the best we could come up with.”

Along with the new slogan, changes will be made to the presentation. Rather than filming in their traditional studio, the 6:00pm and 11:00pm newscasts will instead be shot in front of a grand fireplace with anchors like Jim Kambrich and Benita Zahn presenting the news in formal wear.

“We want you to feel like you’re not hearing the news but discussing it with really really important people after a fancy dinner,” explained Loew.

Not everyone is happy with the changes, however. A source who asked not to be named has told me that Phil Bayly has refused to go along with the new format and has indicated that he’ll sit out in protest if forced to wear a tuxedo on the air.

“Phil’s too punk rock for that [stuff],” the source told me.

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Happy April Fools’ Day!

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Everyone else as burned out on Charlie Sheen as I am? Good. Because this week’s collection of links contain nary a single article related to his extended manic episode.

As I write this, I’m watching fights and packing for a weekend in New York City. Going to see some family members, non-related Marshalls, and my friend Brian and Marla that are like a brother and sister to me except they’re also a couple which makes it weird.

What?

Anyway, y’all hold it down here in the Capital Region and I’ll be back on Monday, when this blog will be relaunched under a new title and a new brand. That’s right! Get excited!

This week – A fighter with a heart gives a liver, bullies with bullhorns, booty in the Bible and more. This…is Blogorama.

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WE’RE YOUR SOURCE: This Week on the Times Union Blogs

Shannon Miller: a fighter recovers (Boxing in the Capital Region)

Garage to Glory II: Singer-Songwriter coming this April (Arts Talk)

Learning to forgive (High School Blog / Tobi Walsh)

Bullhorn Bullies (Libby Post)

The horse-drawn carriage (Animal Rights)

Booting booty from the Bible (Rev. Alan Rudnick)

Fighting Words (Ed Dague)

Are you squeezing more life out of your products? (Simpler Living)

The memoir project (Daniel Nester)

More amazingness is after the jump.

IN OUR AREA CODE

• WNYT’s Dan Bazile on his cameo in “The Adjustment Bureau” (All Over Albany)
• The Black Socks Scandal of 2011 (Keyboard Krumbs)
• Police: The Good Guys? (Albany Lawyer)

MEANWHILE, IN THE REST OF THE WORLD…

• The website for the film “Space Jam” is still active…and hasn’t been updated (OMG Facts)
• I want to be in a Celeb Twitter war (Tom the Blog, NY) @TomTheBlogNY Bring it on, bitch.
• Nine lives, set to music (We Who Are About to Die)
• A word on d-bags (Letters to You)
• Review: “The Illussionist” (Superheroes, Etc.)
• Liam Gallagher reviews “King of Limbs” (Stereogum) I wish I could say I disagree with him, but…
• The Easy Bake oven has cooked its last cupcake (Wendalicious)
• When athletes attack! (Jeff Pearlman)
• Why you should listen to the rap group Odd Future, even though it’s hard (NPR Music)

ART

• Where children sleep (Fubiz)
• Hengki Koentjoro (photography)
• Harmony at the Guangzhou Opera House (WebUrbanist)

MMA

• Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix delayed (Dave Meltzer) Here we go…
• Jon Fitch ties record for most strikes thrown in a single round (Fight Metric)
• Bellator signs top five featherweight Marlon Sando (MMAjunkie)
• Jorge Santiago signs with UFC, meets Brian Stann at UFC 130 (MMAjunkie)
• Brian Ebersole explains why he shaved his chest hair into the shape of an up arrow (MMAFighting.com)
• What’s next for Jon Fitch? (Fight Opinion)

Got links? Share ‘em.

As a reminder, tonight the band Phantogram will play live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. So stay up late and/or set your DVRs.

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Hey folks!

As a reminder, tonight the band Phantogram will play live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. So stay up late and/or set your DVRs.

Despite all the buzz around them for several years (going back to when they were known as Charlie Everywhere), I just saw the band live for the first time this past Saturday at WEXT‘s Exit Dome 4.

They were amazing. I rushed out and bought their LP towards the end of their set, and fell in love with them.

If Phantogram were a cult, I’d have given them all my money by now.

The duo is originally from Saratoga Springs, and is poised to be launched into the stratosphere with the buzz this performance is sure to generate.

Don’t miss out.

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon airs on NBC (local affiliate WNYT) at 12:38am EST.