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I understand some of your points. I don't think the streetside studio concept is a necessary trend across multiple stations especially on the local level with constrained budgets. I don't mind Today keeping the plaza however. The W 49th street view being blocked by police is understandable as you said. The Rockefeller Plaza portion however is a lot more controled. Onlookers have to go through metal detection to enter the plaza and security reviews your signs before you walk on. Today already does an occasional weather hit or concert series on the plaza so one or two interview segments out there weather permitting (to keep the plaza portion relevant) wouldn't hurt. Sidenote: GMA's in-studio audience experience was better. There are security guards in the audience monitoring everyone, there's a hype man in the crowd between commercial breaks, and you can actually hear the audio of the anchors and guests speaking. It's more controlled in that you have to book tickets (but people on standby in the audience who show up early can get in before you).

You called it, Per Tv News Check McLaughlin will also become KPRC 2's Vice President and General Manager while serving as VP of News for Graham. https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/grahams-mclaughlin-adds-kprc-vp-gm-to-role/ SIDEBAR: what exactly does the title "/Vice President" mean for a general manager. As far as I know general managers are the highest authority at a local news station so who is the "president?"

YES. This one (attached) is one of the arrangements (over a number of years) I did for my original 'WTNCF' theme that I composed for KCRA-TV Kelly Broadcasting in late 83 ... Thanks.

There has to be some dirt between Byron Allen and CBS. It's like he's extorting them to air his garbage shows on a network timeslot. After all, if his stations are now all leased down to the coffee maker and toilet paper....

Probably very different situation and don't want to assume anything, but reminds me of what happened at GMA (with Rob Marciano/Ginger Zee). I've noticed Mike Masco has been appearing on weekends (particularly weekend mornings). He seems like a solid hire, if he were permanent. For now I could see them shifting Chris Cimino back to mornings and giving Mr. G all the evening slots. Or they could give Stacy Ann the whole morning (Mike Woods does it on FOX5).

Bring back Linda Church from retirement

Wow. So now they’re down to 3 meteorologists. 2 of whom are on the evening shows and none on the weekends.

Some sad news, per Diane (Pathieu)'s facebook page, her husband passed away after a four to five year battle with brain cancer.

As long as Matt Laubhan is still there. He's literally the James Spann of the market, even down to the suspenders! I refer to him as "James Spann Jr."

They might, but coughing up that much additional $$ might give them pause.

This post has now aged poorly -- Almost 3 years and AMG idiocy later... They're back to 4 Also WHNS has 7

According to FTVLive, Byron Miranda was “escorted” from the station recently. Apparently he and Stacy-Ann Gooden didn’t get along, and he wasn’t easy to get along with.

Current NFL broadcasters NBC, ABC, and Fox/MyNetworkTV might want to expand their packages.

Ugh, stupid region blocking.

who would be interested in the AFC package if CBS wasn't? CW, Youtube?

Boy, are you gonna hate watching KTLA then. WPLG is the top-rated English-language station in Miami. WJXT has similar success in Jacksonville. They’ll be fine.

does that mean kwtx is also on the line?

Don't know what Warren Buffet is thinking with this decision. They're gonna rue the day they did this. Nobody my age is interested in watching a quasi all news channel.

Yep. Those guys got punished for their greed. Not a tear will be shed for them here bar the employees that get caught in the crossfire

The news keeps getting worse... KTHV's former Chief Meteorologist Ed Buckner has passed away. He was only 59. Only 59, waaaay too young. But his pain is over, he no longer has to suffer. RIP to one of Arkansas' greats.

It looks like changes are on the horizon at WBBH/WZVN, especially the latter's morning show as Greg Parker will be leaving this Friday. Not just from the TV station, but from the TV business as a whole. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1078025384139696&id=100057967334737

He’s been on for a few moths now. According to a post on his social media Shannon had knee surgery and would be out for a few months. John D has also been on in the afternoons

Tom Kaminski, formerly of WCBS880 and Air11 on WPIX was reporting in NewsCopter 7 tonight. Wonder if John or Shannon are cutting back or departing, or if Tom is just filling in?

Belize Channel 5 in Belize has rebranded and evolved and instead of Great Belize Television, it's now Greater Belize Media. Channel 5 is still the flagship property though. https://greaterbelize.com/channel-5-evolves-into-greater-belize-media/

The ability for stations to preempt programming has always been maintained in affiliation contracts, even if they're much rarer now. There's nothing currently stopping any station from not airing tonight's After Midnight, much less this replacement.