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@GraphicsMan I've grown to appreciate Austin Reed. A lot us in this forum thought he was some hotshot who bragged but had no talent, that was based off of seeing a newscast with a very low budget and weird music choices, especially during the weather segments. I still remember Sexual Seduction by Snoop Dogg playing in the background while a weather map of Fresno was shown. I and others were shocked with Austin Reed made an account a few years back to address criticism of the newscast that was airing at the time, he was really annoyed and frustrated with his initial posts but what struck me was that he wanted to take the profession seriously and even made attempts to make the newscast better in the process taking our criticism to heart. It's sad that the newscast was canceled by the station due to factors like them wanting the station to make a huge profit. They did not care about the product at all and only saw you as filler that was immediately made irrelevant when the station decided to fire the people who made the newscasts. Terrestrial TV is on life support at this point in time. I have ideas on how to run a terrestrial television network in a way that can actually stand up to not only the other TV networks but to streamers as well. Like how the TV networks valued streaming over a terrestrial television network, I would value terrestrial television over streaming with my terrestrial television network. Even I am having doubts that nothing anybody could do would make a difference in the terrestrial television medium we grew up with. With any company you must pump absurd amounts of money to get results and the results don't work then your company starts to fail and when your company starts to fail you become broke and you are forced to get another job that is lesser than the company you once ran. I still carry on this idea because even if it doesn't really pan out, I would at least like an opportunity to prove that the terrestrial TV model is still viable as a medium. If you're asking, none of my plans involve a streaming service or a film studio. Those combinations worked well initially but soon became ultra disruptive to the point where the only content you will find that's good is on a streamer that you have to pay a monthly fee for and you can't even share the accounts with other households for the sole purpose of making people give them more money. Having either a streaming service or a film studio to me is ultimately detrimental when it comes to traditional TV. ABC, NBC, CBS and even FOX get less attention when it comes to content and investment and their owners also own a streaming service and/or a film studio, it's is also more absurd that we do not have traditional TV transmitting their content in 4K60 with HDR and Dolby Atmos which is part of the ATSC 3.0 standard. It's all reserved for the streamers and a lot of movies that are on Fandango at Home. I'm tired of seeing other countries broadcast traditional TV in 4K60 with HDR and Dolby Atmos, we are the United States of America for crying out loud, why are we stuck on a standard that was first developed around the millennium and has never really substantially improved after. TV is stuck at 1080i/720p with 5.1 surround sound and some 480p/i channels that may or may not broadcast in widescreen and it's just pathetic at this point. 25 years of ATSC 1.0, even the NTSC standard that was introduced in the mid 40s/late 50s was able to have color in the 60s, stereo sound in the 80s and surround sound and closed captioning in the 90s. That analog standard has managed to have more innovation than ATSC 1.0 and it's lasted longer than even ATSC 1.0 and that transmission format is still going. I'm sorry for going off topic, so yeah... It's really terrible what happened to you. The broadcasting industry has become absolute shit, all the consolidation that went on was crazy and it's possible the current FCC could actually allow more shit mergers that reduce choice until there's a few left. Scripps is on it's last legs and was the first channel group to do lazy automated newscasts which Sinclair and Bryon Allen soon starting doing. TEGNA is still doing a lot of local programming, Grey is still taking care of it's stations and even Nexstar is doing some positive things with WPIX, WGN and KTLA and even KRON which was at one point the least watched station in San Francisco due to Young Broadcasting's ridiculous mishandling of the station. Those station groups may not have started to automate their newscasts but it's getting to a point where they're considering it. Every broadcast group also has to deal with the networks reverse compensation fees that have grown to values that don't really represent each network's value and also have to fear about a plan B if any network decides to leave traditional TV entirely for greener pastures like their own streaming service. The impending ESPN streaming service that will contain every bit of ESPN including the live sports is seen as a benefit by cable TV companies but harmful for cable TV itself. Nexstar and others rely on retransmission fees that both often create disputes around and things will get to a point where cable TV companies will have every bit of control when it comes to rejecting what TV channels get to be on it's systems, that includes Nexstar which has a cable channel called NewsNation of which is profitable now but in the long term is unviable solely cause the channel relies on retransmission fees that cable companies have to pay as part of deals with Nexstar that use local stations as a bargaining chip. Call me crazy but I really believe that in a year or shorter, the landscape will change in a way unseen since the 1994 New World affiliation deal except there's no real winner here. There is going to be one broadcast network that will call it quits thus leading the way for others to follow eventually, there will be a lot of TV station closures that will ultimately be worse then CHCH and CKX combined, there will be a slim number of broadcast groups with Scripps, Sinclair and Bryon Allen eventually going bye bye and a small number of mergers that ultimately create monopolies similar to radio groups like iHeartMedia and Audacy. In short, it is really going be a shitstorm out there. I hope Austin Reed makes it out okay, he really has his heart set on the TV journalism profession. I also apologize for those who had to read those long nerdy paragraphs.

I'm actually waiting for the point where I can buy Nexstar stock. Right now it's too expensive. I don't know if anybody really wants a linear broadcast TV network anymore, doesn't stop a man from dreaming right?

Not flagship WLTV/WAMI though since they're housed with the network.

The true test of when CBS crosses the line of no return is when the CW overtakes it in the ratings. CBS is not what it used to be, but at least the CW under Nexstar is fading even faster towards oblivion trying to be a "catch all" network as opposed to the niche one it used to be under CBS and Warner Brothers.

WNBC has long been housed on the 7th floor, mainly on the 49th Street side of the building. The new space is on the 2nd floor and spans the entire width from 49th to 50th Street. NBC gutted the whole space and created a purpose-built home for WNBC and WNJU. What is particularly impressive is that the massive newsroom is completely open-concept. To make that much square footage open in a building that is almost a hundred years old is amazing. The elevators serving the studio portion of 30 Rock and the studios themselves make this feat more challenging as you go higher in the building.

Yeah after my little stint working for KMSG MY53 News at 8pm in Fresno I figured out I don’t like this industry too much. Yeah I was fortunate to get a job and I have a reel so if I want to comeback into I can get hired. But it funny how easy you can backdoor this profession. Shoot my mom is teaching me AP format. But I lost my passion for this industry and the Reddit forum I was in was full of Debbie downers and honestly I accepted that, I just looked at myself in the mirror and said screw this. Though I enjoy talking about it that’s why I’m in this fandom. But the thing I will say is my boss Austin Reed who now in Yakima-Tri Cities market really taught me a lot he taught me how to put together a package what is a vsot is, he taught me how to pitch stories he even gave me the freedom to do whatever news story I wanted. I did a story on the NH primaries, he told me everything about local news answered all my questions. I’ll be forever grateful for that. We don’t talk as much anymore but he was a blessing. He was also very defensive of the broadcast as a lot of people including some people on this forum who I won’t name constantly demonized the broadcast, criticism was alright we had a lot to improve but some weren’t nice we did the best with what we had we had cheap owners that really didn’t want to invest in the product and abruptly fired us for no reason shoot I was on vacation when I got laid off but we managed to put out a good product every day Monday-Friday for an hour. We even bested a competitor newscast. Btw one of my colleagues Eric Walker who also had no education background and also worked for Austin is now doing news in Boise, Idaho, now I considered applying to some news jobs and putting my reel after I saw him get that job but honestly I don’t really wanna leave home. I tried finding jobs in my states small markets, not the major city markets but they weren’t hiring. So currently I’m back in university to study something else. But that job was a dream come true. If you have any questions about the experience message me.

Scripps' graphics hub is in the same building as WFTS.

I've always wondered how it's decided which station gets stuff like this first and why others have to wait so much longer.

Here's some interview from many news outlets regarding preparation of Llamas role as a new anchor of NBC Nightly News. Variety: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/tom-llamas-nbc-nightly-news-anchor-evening-news-battle-1236415217/ Deadline: https://deadline.com/2025/06/tom-llamas-nbc-nightly-news-plans-anchor-1236413346/ USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/06/01/nbc-nightly-news-anchor-tom-llamas-interview/83947990007/ I expect someone from ABC may doing something similar for Llamas when he takes over the role as a anchor of NBCNN tomorrow, given that he was previously worked with Disney-owned network for almost 7 years.

It's good to see a sign of life from Scripps, especially over the last two years. Has the industry declined so far that I'm actually excited to see this package? So many of the group packages introduced over the past few years are well past their prime already, and groups like Gray haven't even finished yet....

This rebrand is on track to look good.

Generally agree with most of what you said, except for two things. I think CBS primetime is probably one of the stronger ones of the traditional broadcast networks. The second is that Pelley wasn’t that great either.

WNBC story about their now shared newsroom/studio space with WNJU.

Was thinking this myself. Journalism has a broad enough skill set where one can study adjacent subjects like English, law, or political science and enter the field. I supoose that broad skill set is why the industry pays so low. Writing articles or conducting interviews are perhaps not considered specialized enough for high pay compared to medicine, law or skilled trade jobs. Furthermore, a lot of training for journalism happens on the job which deemphasizes the formal education necessity. Most colleges do not teach broadcast skills like teleprompter reading, voice modulation or even how to edit packages. They simply teach standards of journalism, writing structure and how to craft print/web stories. Journalism is also a field where anything more than a masters degree, or attending a high status college aren't necessary. While the degree gets you in the door, skills like pitching stories, having robust contacts, and your on camera personality appearance and sound, is what carries you furthest.

Oh my bad but they could still move though. And quick observation a little of topic I feel like all Univision stations are all in office buildings. Not standalone buildings.

Yeah I’ll try to grab a screen image of it next time if I remember. It ends with Shirleen, Brittany, Sam and Heather standing in front on the old set. It preciously included Mike.

Have they? I’ve seen the one where they edited him out and it’s just Shirleen and the crew, and then there’s other ones “recapping” the show from the day, with the team and whoever is in that seat, usually Pedro

They’ve also been running the morning promos with Mike Marza edited out. I would have figured they had the AM succession plans all sorted by now.

WABC's uncertainty about its weekend morning anchor is creating some very unlikely and interesting pairings.

Their studios are not in Paterson. They are in Teaneck at the Glenpointe Corporate Center, not far from the GWB.

Something you don’t see too often (or ever?) - Liz Cho filling in with Toni Yates for this Sunday morning’s newscast.

Now thats some extreme pettiness there. I rate NY1 over News 12 anyways especially nowadays since News12 is barely a newschannel now. I feel for the Cablevision subbers...

Lowkey starting to think and I talked about this in a Reddit forum but I got my first tv job when I was in college and I dropped out. I’m starting to think you don’t need a degree for journalism or at least you don’t have to study it, some of the best journalist didn’t even study it they studied another genre than went into journalism. For example Tom Brokaw studied political science not journalism, I’m not saying going to school for journalism is important I’m not saying that but obviously people have back doored their way into TV News. Another example people have back doored there way into tv weather apparently you can get a metrology certificate (which is a degree without the Gen Eds) from Miss State and do the AMS exam and become a metrologist I’d didn’t know that I thought you had to get the 4 year degree. Even Al Roker didn’t go to school for metrology he majored in communications to be a journalist, he in a way back doored his way to weather. Again not saying j-school isn’t important that of course that’s traditional way but some journalist I’ve watched didn’t take that route.

Maybe WXTV will move to NYC from there Patterson, New Jersey studios.

IMHO: WNBC and WABC's new newsrooms HAVE STEPPED UP THEIR GAME. It makes WCBS, WNYW, WPIX, and WXTV's newsrooms appear inferior by comparison (I'm not sure I've seen the newsrooms of either NY1 or News 12). To me, WNBC and WABC's newsrooms look like the future of television news and where its heading today... adapting to everything, including streaming.