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WDVM/WDCW news director has been named news director for WPIX.

No one told the weekend PM director.

The time bug inconsistency saga on NBC 10 Boston continues... It's absent from Mon-Fri 11 PM newscasts but on Saturday and Sunday nights, it is visible. What gives?

Very good point you made, but even though it took CBS almost 25 years to get a news operation at WWJ. In 1999, CBS O&O were in the crapper except certain stations i.e.(Minneapolis, Denver, Baltimore) CBS' news infrastructure has been tied to William Paley, Edward R. Murrow & Walter Cronkite, and it has always been slow to change. With the pending sale that CBS is going through you do wonder how much will change. I actually thought CBS would have bought Channel 46 during their WGCL days and combine 46/69 together. I wonder how much of an investment is being made, because they will need a new building for starters.

I researched so you don't have to!!! According to Zap2it (errrrrrr... Gracenote), its C-SPAN on Blue Stream Channel 18 (Coral Springs and Weston, the only two cities it serves), and its H&I (WPLG 10.3) on Hotwire Channel 18.

Fun fact. when CBS O&O’s started rolling out the “CBScityname” websites in the 2010s they couldn’t register cbsatlanta.com since it belonged to WGCL…as such WUPA ended up with the domain CBSAtlanta.net, which still redirects to their current website

The 4:30A Weekday slot is Roseanne’s. Elizabeth (and Brian) were filling in until she came back. Elizabeth hasn’t been on weekend mornings for weeks (guessing for personal reasons). I believe Mark said Elizabeth is expected to be back next weekend.

And Dane Placko was anchoring yesterday morning. I haven't remembered to check in on the 4:30am weekday slot in forever. Is that an Elizabeth Matthews slot now, or was she was off, this weekend?

Looks like two providers didn't get the memo. I'd love to know what they have on their respective channel 18s* that they don't want to move. * Or is that "channels 18"?

Sports Anchor/Reporter Cassie Carlson anchored Good Day Chicago this morning. I believe this is a first for her (anchoring a non-sports program/newscast).

Off topic... TIL: Breezeline is the American division of the Canadian conglomerate Cogeco that was formerly known as Atlantic Broadband.

liking the "miami" in the abc font.

And sure enough, that's what happened:

Don't look now but WSVN launched a subpage devoted to "ABC Miami 18".

To me, this seems to be CBS Local Stations' own take on the trend of how many local TV stations have had weather talent do their segments in front of very large side monitors just off the news sets as opposed to green screens in recent years. As television is a visual medium, the AR/VR studio on KCAL/CBS Los Angeles does look stunning, indeed. it certainly does look somewhat cold, however, though I have observed on KCAL in recent days that they have had one of the co-anchors introduce the weather persons in the AR/VR studio on some newscasts. That may be their way of making the weather persons feel less distant from the rest of the talent. I suppose this can all work for KCAL/CBS Los Angeles as well as the other CBS Stations that utilize this technology if it can be used it in a way that educates the public going forward.

To be more precise, Carr has already began the "delete, delete, delete" proceedings which could result in the removal of the 2 out of 4 and station cap rules, and he and Trusty have a working majority.

1.) Okay, so while yes, Byron Allen's stupidity did cause issues, I do not ever think that... ■ Allen completely destroyed the reputation and value of the stations, especially given the fact some of the stations that Allen owns could be considered legacy stations in their own way, nor... ■ It means that broadcast groups like Nexstar could just... buy them at a discounted price equivalent to a price of a chocolate bar at a convenience store, do absolutely nothing to even help the stations, potentially do massive layoffs, and then call the whole buyout just an ordinary day. How is that even fair for the employees? (And potentially get in trouble with the whole duopolies thing. See WPIX and Mission Broadcasting, for example.) 2.) Also, There's only reason why the FCC (Not just even Perry Sook, I included the FCC AND the Broadcasting business in general, but anyway...) is allowing this to happen because they just do not care, and also just for money... Like, have they ever cared for the viewers, at all? No. People should know this. That's why the FCC is making really dumb and dangerous decisions recently. And also why iHeartMedia, Audacy and Cumulus owns the amount of radio stations that it owns right now. 3.) Also, honestly, at least it was Nexstar that bought the Tribune stations, Sinclair would've destroyed the stations reputation at all costs. But yea, the O&O thing makes no sense. **Also, this is why people don't trust the media nowadays.

Dear Hearst...

If the broadcasters get the network O&Os, the networks could eventually walk away from broadcasting when they take all of their content directly to streaming. Sad to say, but Nexstar, Gray & Sinclair could be the next "Big 3" networks, especially with their news divisions. The others will just become news-intensive independents where they can be supported. Nexstar having the CW may benefit them in a non-news way and Gray's regional sports efforts would be a prime source of programming when the networks disappear. The other groups would be producers of "filler" shows....much like Byron Allen does today....

It may not be what people want to hear, but it is the truth: Byron Allen's hubris and utter incompetence destroyed the value of these stations. Whomever would buy them would have to sink embarrassingly large amounts of money just to get them back up to par with their competition. How is that not damaged goods? This FCC will simply let it happen thanks to kickbacks and bribes to Brendan Carr and Olivia Trusty. And you think Perry Sook has ever cared about the viewers? His greed and lust for power makes R.J. Fletcher look scrupled. The Tribune purchase handcuffed them regulation-wise. It is no secret that Nexstar wants to buy the CBS owned-stations, Gray and Cox Media and even put out a press release stating they openly covet the ABC-owned stations.

Exactly this!

I agree with this. I guess it looks "cool" but it gets stale pretty quickly. In fact, I think it gets in the way of showing the weather. Where we used to have weather maps and graphics taken full screen, they now exist on only a portion of the screen. I don't care if it "looks bigger" because the talent is tiny in comparison, if it takes up less of my TV screen at home it's smaller and harder to see. Instead of seeing the maps, we see fake walls that add nothing. And having the weather talent in a different room than the news anchors just makes everything feel less friendly. I guess it's interesting for viewers to look at, but it's distracting and takes away from presenting information.

Longtime religious broadcaster and evangelist Jimmy Swaggart has passed away at the age of 90. Talented preacher, singer, musician. Cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley. Overcame scandal in the 80's and founded SBN, SonLife Broadcasting Network. Still preaching, singing, and playing that famous piano up until just a few weeks ago. Survived by wife Frances and son Donnie.

Meteorologist Bayne Froney, previously of WLEX-TV in Lexington, KY, joined Fox Weather a few weeks ago. Her first on-air appearance was as a field reporter on June 24th; however, based on her socials, it looks like she was in the studio both days last weekend alongside Michael Estime and Jane Minar.

They got promoted to mornings around the same time