The CBS Enforcer Music Collection

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The CBS Enforcer Music Collection is a syndicated television news music package distributed by 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/Fox 26 in Houston, KVII ABC 7 in Amarillo, and WVIT/NBC 30 in Connecticut.

In 2005, Gari Communications combined themes from composer John Hegner's News in Focus, a news theme package by which also featured the "I Love Chicago" signature. As of 2007, News in Focus is no longer offered as part of that 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. WCBS's sister station KYW-TV in Philadelphia also used the package for its Eyewitness News newscasts. The official BMI names for the package are the rather prosaic "KCBS News Music Package" and "WCBS News Theme".

DMA#	DMA Name	Station	Affiliation	Years Used	Other Notes
1.	New York, New York	WCBS-TV	CBS	2003-present	Commissioned News In Focus in 2003 and first station to commission New Generation 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, Illinois	WBBM-TV	CBS	1994-1997, 2000-2001, 2002-present	First station to commission Series 1 in 1994 & New Generation Series 1 in 2006
4.	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	KYW-TV	CBS	1998, 1999, 2003-present	Commissioned customized version in 1990s, News In Focus in 2003, Series 4 in 2006, & New Generation Series 1 in 2007
		WPSG	UPN (at that time)	2004 & 2005	Occasionally airs "CBS 3 Eyewitness News" when KYW airs CBS Sports programs
9.	Washington, D.C.	WUSA-TV	CBS	1997-present	Commissioned Series 1 in 1997, Series 2 in 1999, Series 5 (integrated News In Focus package) in 2006, & New Generation Series 1 in 2007
10.	Houston, Texas	KRIV	FOX	2001-2005	First station to commission Series 3
13.	Phoenix, Arizona	KPHO-TV	CBS	2005-present	Commissioned Series 1 & 2
14.	Seattle, Washington	KIRO-TV	CBS	2006-present
17.	Cleveland, Ohio	WOIO-TV	CBS	2005-present	First station to commission Series 4 in 2005, commissioned New Generation Series 1 in 2007
		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 Series 1 and New Generation Series 2
21.	St. Louis, Missouri	KMOV-TV	CBS	2001-present	Commissioned Series 3 in 2001, Series 4, & Series 5 in 2006
26.	Charlotte, North Carolina	WBTV	CBS	2007-present	Commissioned Series 3
28.	Hartford, Connecticut	WVIT-TV	NBC	2000-2005	Commissioned Series 1-3
39	Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, Michigan	WWMT	CBS	2007-present	Commissioned Series 1, 2, & 5 in 2007 (debuted alongside newscast relaunch as "NewsChannel 3")
40.	Birmingham, Alabama	WIAT-TV	CBS	2007-present	Commissioned Series 3
53.	Scranton, Pennsylvania	WYOU-TV	CBS	1999-2002	Commissioned Series 1
56.	Albany, New York & Troy, New York	WRGB-TV	CBS	2000-2004	Commissioned 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 Series 5
60.	Tulsa, Oklahoma	KOTV	CBS	2007-present
61.	Richmond, Virginia	WTVR-TV	CBS	2001-present	Commissioned Series 3 in 2001, series 4 in 2005, and New Generation Series 1 in 2006
66.	Flint, Michigan	WNEM-TV	CBS	2005-present	Commissioned Series 2 & 4
70.	Tucson, Arizona	KOLD-TV, formerly KOPO	CBS	2007-present
71.	Toledo, Ohio	WTOL	CBS	2006-present	Commissioned Series 3 & 5 & New Generation Series 1
82.	Springfield / Decatur, Illinois	WCFN-TV	My Network TV, formerly UPN	2006-present	Primetime newscast produced by sister station WCIA
		WCIA-TV	CBS	2006-present	Commissioned Series 2
84.	Huntsville, Alabama	WHNT-TV	CBS	2007-present	Commissioned Series 1
89.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	KCRG-TV	ABC	2004-present	Commissioned Series 2
90.	Burlington, Vermont	WVNY-TV	ABC	2003 & 2004	Aired rebroadcasts of WRGB
96.	Rock Island, Illinois	WHBF-TV	CBS	2007-present
100.	Charleston, South Carolina	WCSC-TV	CBS, formerly ABC	2007-present	Commissioned Series 2
104.	Lincoln, Nebraska	KOLN	CBS, formerly ABC	2007-present	Commissioned New Generation Series 1
109.	Springfield, Massachusetts	WSHM-LP	CBS	2006-present	Commissioned Series 4 in 2006 & New Generation Series 2 in 2007
110.	Reno, Nevada	KTVN	CBS	2006-present	Commissioned Series 4 & 5
115.	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	KELO-TV	CBS	1997-present	Commissioned Series 1
117.	Montgomery, Alabama	WAKA, formerly WSLA	CBS, formerly ABC	2006-present
120.	Eugene, Oregon	KVAL-TV	CBS, formerly NBC	2007-present	Commissioned Series 1
122.	Santa Maria, California	KCOY-TV	CBS	2006-present	Commissioned Series 2 & 5
125.	Monterey, California	KION	CBS	2006-present
128.	Columbus, Georgia	WRBL-TV	CBS	1999-2001
131.	Amarillo, Texas	KVII-TV	ABC	1996-1999	Commissioned Series 1 , operates satellite station KVIH in Clovis, New Mexico
133.	Rockford, Illinois	WIFR-TV	CBS	2003-present	Commissioned Series 1
141.	Medford, Oregon	KTVL	CBS, formerly ABC	????-present	Commissioned Series 2
144.	Joplin, Missouri	KOAM-TV	CBS	2004-present	Commissioned Series 2 in 2004 & New Generation Series 2 in 2007
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 Series 1, primary station in Charlottesville Newsplex
		WVAW-LP	ABC	2005-present	Simulcasts with sister station WCAV
199.	Ottumwa, Iowa & Kirksville, Missouri	KTVO	ABC	2002-present