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Fox says the plan is to continue running Tubi and Roku Channel separately

This is not meant to be a list thread, but it seems like Nexstar is **finally** embracing the internet and OTT apps, and has taken a deep dive into podcasting. The catch? These shows are not only being broadcast on air, but are pushing out traditional newscasts and recent layoffs seem to corroborate this. The ones i've seen so far are WKRG's weekend sports show morphing into their "Southeast Sports" podcast, a joint venture between several Nexstar stations in the southeast. Any other notable ones?

It's a one-off. They're not taking her off the 4 pm now that she's the actual co-anchor, not the third anchor role. Just like we can guess with the attention Disney is giving Independence Day this year that some set of the main anchor teams will be on, none of which means they are moving them to Saturdays.

Were they streaming live? I didn't think to look. I couldn't believe that they put on the second post-game show after the first post-game show and didn't go to local news (I guess they had no choice, but still). I have to imagine that they lost a lot of viewers to the other stations, which had extended their late local news to celebrate the victory.

Pretty sure it was a one off since Philly was hosting its first World Cup game this year. I believe she had also been off the past two weeks. Trish Hartman has on occasion also sat alongside him, as has Sharrie.

CNBC reports.

Yeah I know 2 & 4 got to react live, 5 had late news but I don't know if they hit 11:30, I DO know they also went rolling coverage, 11 might have online but OTA they I assume broke into Seinfeld (and they pre-empted the Honeymooners, something I didn't know they were capable of doing), 7 definately had coverage online although that might have started just after, they had a box cover the outside of the picture to say so which looked oddly closer to channel 5's graphics package than 7's...the coverage popped on OTA after Inside the NBA ended, close to 1 AM (oddly started with a breaking news bumper rather than the 11pm open despite the newscast being scheduled after the game) Of the two I saw, Channel 4 seemed to actually call the final play of the game, Channel 2 i think did the same to an extent but they seemed to be somewhat in disbelief. I have to check if I actually did get a DVR of Channel 5

The stations should really post that, it would be epic to see.

Missing from this of course is the reaction from the anchor desk the moment the knicks won (i had been dvring the various 11pm newscasts since i wanted to have the reactions should the knicks have won (of course, they did) but didn't get the whole reaction since the DVR cut off where SNL would've started). 2 was also at the anchor desk when the buzzer sounded and they got pretty emotional there.

Sarah Bloomquist was reporting live from the Linc for the World Cup during the 6pm show tonight. Now she's back in the studio at 10pm to co-anchor with Walter. I wonder if it's just for the special occasion (plus there's been a lot of news/weather this weekend), or if she's moving back to Sunday nights.

News Active 3 has the post Knicks victory broadcasts from the big three local stations uploaded. Here is WNBC's coverage. Loving the Knicks themed desk.

He sounded rough for a few years...he's also on less of the O&Os (I know he's been off WPVI)

Its a remarkably repeated history, full circle 1999 analog moment in both respects.

Charlie van Dyke is sounding rough… yikes.

And this morning‘s talent open with the NBA champions graphics. ScreenRecording_06-14-2026 11-46-47_1.mov

understandable. I meant in the days after perhaps after the parade, not the day of. History repeats itself. Ritter succeeded Beutel in stages under (eventual) similar circumstances, just months after the Knicks and the Spurs were in the NBA finals.

It is a shame, but perhaps given that it wasn't certain the knicks would win tonight until the final 8 seconds...I can see why he didn't wait...that and he probably wouldn't want to upstage them if he announced it immediately after.

I wish Bill could've stayed through the Knicks win, one last happy NY story before the tragic circumstances forcing his retirement.

2, 4, 5, and 11 all have (or at least had as of midnight) special reports going in (2 4 and 5 leading out of their 11pm/late 10pm newscasts)...7 of course broadcasts the finals and thus their coverage is online-only until inside the NBA ends at which point Eyewitness News is scheduled

I know that Bill Ritter stepping down is the main issue of concern right now, but the Knicks just won the NBA Finals with a 94-90 win and Channel 7 is all hands on deck tonight with Sade Baderinwa and Mike Marza leading the coverage. I’m sure that this Knicks win will be putting a smile on Ritter’s face this weekend, especially with everything he is dealing with right now.

Very sad. My dad is suffering from dementia, so this announcement made me very sad.

Monday will be the first 6:00pm newscast on WABC-TV without a Bill sitting at the anchor desk permanently in nearly 56 years.

Being old sucks, man. Sad to see Bill go not on his own terms. Part of my childhood basically forced out of a job due to nature being an ass

I remember working in KYW's street front studio at 5th & Market. Being so close to all of that glass, the audio wasn't always the best. Between that and the daylight management, it was more hassle than it was worth, in my opinion. In addition, the wireless mics on the tour busses were on the same frequency as our production belt packs. If a bus got stuck at the light, the tour spiel would step completely over us. We did entire segments where the intercom was completely useless and we did the show on instinct. Good times!

Bill Ritter was and still is the face of Eyewitness News in the 21st century and there is no questioning that. Downstate New York, northern New Jersey, and southwest Connecticut residents opened the century in 2000 with him, closed the first quarter with him, and have already started the second quarter with him. Two of my aunties have been living there in the New York area (Borough Park, Brooklyn and Copiague, Suffolk County) since the early 1990s, and they have watched Ritter on both the network and local levels through the good and bad times. A lot of people get triggered when he inserts his opinions into the newscast, and their feelings are valid, but a lot of long tenured anchors tend to go off script a bit anyway, so I don’t really make it bother me. I hope his situation improves soon because Alzheimer’s disease is very destructive to one’s health.