On the date of WSVN's network affiliation change from
NBC to
Fox in 1989, the station debuted the locally produced news magazine program
Inside Story. The program gradually shifted from news into an entertainment-based format, and was renamed
7:30 in 1994. After its
time slot was moved to follow WSVN's evening
newscast,
7:30 changed its title to
Deco Drive (a reference to the
Miami Beach Art Deco District and South Beach's
Ocean Drive) in 1996.
Deco Drive officially premiered on WSVN in Miami and
WHDH in
Boston on January 8, 1996. However, the show was cancelled in Boston after six months. During its first month in Miami,
Deco Drive scored a
Nielsen rating of 5.8, or nine percent of all local televisions turned on at that time.
Deco Drive was initially positioned as a competitor to the nationally syndicated
Entertainment Tonight,
Extra and
Access Hollywood, but was quickly changed to feature a heavier focus on Miami after its initial poor reception in the Boston market. In April 2015,
Deco Drive returned anew to Boston, now carried by
WLVI, a sister
CW affiliate to WHDH bought by Sunbeam in 2007. == References ==