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GBS (Galaxy Broadcasting System)[1] is a major American news outlet. Its main studio is in New York City.[2][3][4] The station's coverage extends to other corners of the globe, such as in Taipei[5] and Bwunda.[6] Some time before 2016, G. Gordon Godfrey became a pundit, and used his program to defame aliens and the Justice League.[2] GBS content is also available via its website.[7]

History[]

1998[]

 
Metropolis
June 1, 19:38 EDT

GBS footage showed "The Superman" flying above the city.[8]

 
Metropolis
November 28, 19:41 EST

GBS had live coverage after the Superman defeated Mechanical Monsters.[8]

2010[]

 
GBS News
July 10, 22:12 EDT

Cat Grant reported on the disappearance of Selena Gonzalez.[9]

 
Taipei
September 7, 19:20 NST

Cat Grant covered the arrival of the mysterious independent arbitrator who would help with peace negotiations between North and South Rhelasia. She reported on the initial attack by Cheshire, as well as the signing of the treaty that could eventually lead to reunification.[5]

 
New Orleans
September 14, 16:53 CDT

Cat covered Superman and Martian Manhunter's fight with the Terror Twins in New Orleans.[10]

 
Chicago
September 17, post-00:01 CDT

Cat reported on Martian Manhunter's defeat of the Headmaster.[10]

 
Metropolis
October 1, post-08:08 EDT

Cat reported on the strange plant creatures that attacked the city.[11]

 
Fawcett City
November 5, 19:47 CDT

After Captain Marvel defeated Ibac and Sabbac, Cat Grant did a news report on the fight. During the broadcast, it appeared that all children disappeared. Cat stayed on air to give live coverage of the events.[12]

 
GBS News
November 11, 07:16 CST

Iris West-Allen congratulated her nephew on his 16th birthday, before reporting on school closures due to the heavy winter weather.

Later, she reported on Ice Fortress-5 being defeated, and the (false) death of Queen Perdita.[13]

GBS covered the situation in Qurac after President Rumaan Harjavti announced he would unite the country with Bialya and hand over control to Queen Bee on November 17. They reported on the protests and crackdowns in the following five days, as well as on press conferences held by Harjavti and Bee.[14]

 
Dhabar
November 23, 22:11 UTC+2

GBS showed live footage of "Queen Bee" attempting to meet with Harjavti and being rejected.[14]

 
Washington, D.C.
December 30, 09:16 EST

Cat reported on the press conference Superman gave about the induction of Atom, Doctor Fate, Icon, Plastic Man and Red Arrow into the League.[15]

2011[]

 
GBS News
November 1, 18:46 EST

GBS reported on a new hero operating out of El Paso: Blue Beetle.[16]

2016[]

GBS studio

The main studio in New York.

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
January 3, 17:06 EST

G. Gordon Godfrey hosted a segment on a recent attack by an alien bounty hunter on the UN, repeatedly playing the footage showing that Kroloteans are hiding among the human public. Cat Grant tried to get a statment at the Hall of Justice.[2]

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
January 5, 17:10 EST

Godfrey commented on the Justice League providing tech to locate Kroloteans on Earth.[17]

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
March 19, 11:11 EDT

The launch of an Earth-Mars Communications Satellite angered G. Gordon. On his show, he made it clear he would travel to Cape Canaveral to ask the questions he thought the people needed answers to.[18]

 
Cape Canaveral
March 19, 20:59 EDT

Cat Grant and G. Gordon both attended a press conference for the satellite lauch held by Carol Ferris and "Martian Manhunter".[18]

 
GBS News
March 31, 06:41 EDT

From the studio, Cat reported on the arrival of a Reach ship at the United Nations. She turned to G. Gordon Godfrey, who was on the scene.[19]

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
April 1, 19:20 EDT

G. Gordon covered Captain Atom's meeting with the Reach ambassador and UN Secretary-General Tseng Dangun.[20]

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
April 2, 22:03 EDT

Godfrey criticized the Justice League after it was revealed they had a secret HQ in orbit.[20]

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
April 8, 09:00 EDT

Godfrey railed against the Justice League's secrets, then praised the joint project between LexCorp and the Reach, LexCorp Farms.[21]

 
GBS News
May 24, 21:39 EDT

Cat Grant reported on what NASA called "an encroaching planetary body", which had started to impact the Earth gravitationally through tidal changes and mini-tsunamis. She passed on advice from the US Weather Service.[3]

 
GBS News
May 26, 07:35 EDT

After Mongul launched all of the Warworld's weapons to carpet-bomb the Earth, Cat Grant somewhat listlessly passed on the recommendations of Homeland Security for all Americans to remain indoors. There was nowhere to go.[3]

 
New York City
May 28, 15:02 EDT

GBS covered a press conference at the UN, where Blue Beetle revealed himself and thanked the Reach for giving him the ability to disable the Warworld.[22]

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
May 29, post-12:14 EDT

Godfrey had the Reach ambassador as a guest on his show, where he berated him for lying about the presence of the Reach's fleet of warships.[23]

 
GBS News
May 30, 06:22 EDT

Cat Grant said that Blue Beetle was dominating the current news cycle, with the UN Secretary-General announcing his plan to award Blue Beetle with the International Medal of Valor for saving the Earth.[24]

 
Metropolis
June 13, 20:28 EDT

Cat Grant interviewed Blue Beetle, after he defeated the Toyman.[24]

 
New York City
June 19, 05:27 EDT

Cat Grant reported that Captain Atom had revealed evidence that the Reach's goal on Earth was conquest, and that the UN Secretary-General demanded the Reach leave immediately.[25]

 
New York City
June 20, pre-06:16 EDT

Godfrey led a protest against the Reach outside UN headquarters.[26]

 
New York
July 4, 21:15 EDT

Cat reported on the Independence Day celebrations. She noted that it was a special Independence Day for the whole world; one free of Reach control, thanks to the Justice League.[27]

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
July 4, 21:16 EDT

Godfrey announced that Tseng had resigned as Secretary-General of the United Nations. He then welcomed his guest and the man he believed should be the new Secretary-General, Lex Luthor.[27]

2018[]

 
Markovburg
July 28, 08:59 EEST

Cat Grant reported from a press conference held by King Viktor Markov and Queen Ilona DeLamb-Markov on the anniversary of their daughter's abduction regarding meta-human trafficking. Cat interviewed their younger son, Brion Markov.[1]

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
July 29, post-10:16 EDT

G. Gordon Godfrey talked about how martial law is sometimes necessary, which led into an interview with Baron DeLamb in which, among other things, DeLamb said he was implementing martial law in Markovia in light of recent events.[1]

 
New York City
July 30, 14:21 EEST

Cat reported from a meeting of the United Nations general assembly, where Catherine Cobert announced the resignations of several Justice League members in protest of the restrictions placed on them by the UN.[28]

 
Markovburg
July 31, 00:44 EEST

GBS provided live coverage of Baron DeLamb revealing footage of Prince Brion undergoing Meta-Gene activation.[29]

 
Gotham City
September 26, 02:27 EDT

GBS showed live footage of Simon Stagg's arrest for meta-human trafficking.[30]

 
Taos
September 29, 08:59 MDT

Cat reported from a press conference held by STAR Labs and the Justice League for the grand opening of the Meta-Human Youth Center.[31]

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
September 29, 11:06 EDT

Godfrey interviewed Gretchen Goode, who had come on the show to talk about her charitable work for the Meta-Human Youth Center, to Godfrey's derision.[31]

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
November 04, 20:08 EST

Godfrey held another interview with Goode in the wake of revelations about Goode Goggles' role in meta-human trafficking.[7]

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
November 06, 20:18 EST

Godfrey interviewed Lex Luthor after Troia accused him of holding up Justice League operations.[7]

 
Bwunda
December 31, 09:00 CAT

Godfrey covered a UN climate summit in Bwundasa. The event was attacked by the Bwundan Independence Front, but they were stopped by the Outsiders and the Flash.[6]

2019[]

 
The G. Gordon Godfrey Show
Januray 01, 20:03 EST

G. Gordon Godfrey interviewed Lex Luthor after the Outsiders rescued a girl in Dublin, and destroyed a factory in the process. Luthor decried the Outsiders' recklessness, and called for a registry of meta-humans and vigilantes, but Godfrey demonstrated the level of popular support for the Outsiders.[6]

 
Hollywood
January 20, 20:25 PST

Cat Grant reported from the premiere of the film The Great Khan at the Babylonian Theater and interviewed Gretchen Goode on the red carpet.[32]

 
Burbank
January 25, 14:29 PST

Gretchen Goode released a statement on GBS about the break-ins at numerous Goode World Studios facilities by meta-human]s, really referring to the Team's search for Halo.[33]

 
New York City
February 13, 20:52 EST

Tod Donner interviewed Geo-Force about the Outsiders and Infinity, Inc.[4]

 
New York City
February 14, 21:03 EST

Donner reported on the Justice League's rescue of hundreds of meta-humans from space, and a video provided by Cyborg purporting to show that Gretchen Goode was really an alien entity. Later in the program, Donner played the interview with Geo-Force recorded the day before.[4]

 
New York City
February 15, 01:16 EST

Donner reported that Baron DeLamb had escaped prison and staged a coup in Markovia.[4]

 
New York City
February 17, 12:03 EST

Donner reported on protests calling for Lex Luthor's resignation as UN Secretary-General. He was interrupted by a statement from Luthor.[34]

 
New York City
February 20, 20:02 EST

Donner reported on Luthor's resignation, the reactivation of the Bat-signal and Tara Markov's sentencing at the Hague.[34]

 
New York City
February 25, 18:39 EST

Donner reported that Superboy, Terra and Forager had joined the Outsiders.[34]

2020[]

 
New York City
April 19, 23:05 EDT

Tod Donner presented a video message by Brion Markov welcoming meta-humans to Markovia, and a response from Perdita Vladek of Vlatava.[35]

On September 14, a billboard at Planet Circle promoted Donner's work at GBS, proclaiming "he anchors America".[36]

 
New York City
November 11, 15:05 EST

Donner confirmed that Perdita Vladek was still missing, despite prior reports to the contrary.[37]

Known employees[]

Appearances[]

Background information[]

  • In the comics, GBS was the broadcasting division of Galaxy Communications, the company of Morgan Edge. After he bought the Daily Planet, Clark Kent became an anchorman for a time.

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