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Look at what I just found and I'm going global with this... Bogota, Colombia Friday, March 19th, 1999 The first CityNoticias newscast on Citytv Bogota, yes the same name of the legendary Toronto station which has been seen nationwide in Canada since 2002. To this day, Citytv Bogota is still the only real branded affiliate left outside of the Canadian network. As you can see, the open and style of those early days are EERILY similar to those from the Canadian side, music, presentation, everything. Toronto, Canada Here's a look at the original Citytv to compare and contrast. This is from 1998 (a year before Citytv Bogota launched), featuring three legendary personalities all in their own right: Gord, Anne, and yes, Mark (RIP), THE voice of Citytv.

Seems like they plan on broadcast and streaming (if their "station history" section is any indication). Personally I'm a bit skeptical since parts of the website seem a bit strange...I wouldn't say AI-generated, but the writing is very suspicious (especially the station history section, which is very vague and occasionally puts things that haven't happened yet in past tense). I have used their contact form and asked a few questions, so I'll see if I get any answers. Update: they have a contact page on the official PBS site (where you select your local station) and it says it was updated on the 1st of the month, so it seems pretty legit.

Since WSRE is no longer a PBS station, a new group has emerged that could be the area's next PBS station "Emerald Coast PBS" emeraldcoastpbs.org It's unclear what this organization is, or what their plans are, but it may have plans to bring PBS programming back to a station (or even a virtual one) in the near future. They are soliciting pledges, primarily for former WSRE members who benefited from having access to PBS Passport programming, a standard feature for those who donate at least $5 a month to their local PBS station. Going forward, their best option may be a brokered spot on WPAN-TV. Their entire station is brokered content, including a full-powered repeater slot for WFBD-TV, a TCT station with a fringe transmitter. Does PBS even have any stand-alone low-power stations, or virtual affiliates that lack a broadcast signal? In WSRE's absense, there is a large part of Northwest Florida that no longer has access to PBS programming over the air.

DC Fireworks was postponed and realized today FNC anchors can’t improvise. Honestly, what is Charlie Hurt’s appeal? Please tell me. Will say Rachel Campos Duffy needs to replace Ainsley on F&F weekdays. Seems to be more relatable and likable.

I started watching at 11pm and it was just Sam and Lara dancing. It was so uncomfortable and almost cringe. They didn’t even show the Times Square ball dropping at midnight but a Vegas wedding. It made no sense. Disney/ABC promos had the Illuminations music and it felt like it was going to be another ABC 2000. I was really disappointed with almost everything being reruns or taped stuff. Gave up after an hour. The 8pm special was decent though. Chris Connelly is a great storyteller.

For anyone here who works for ABC7NY, can you please suggest a better revamp to the newscasts page? It's now IMPOSSIBLE to go further back to view older newscasts. Don't get me wrong, it looks a lot nicer than the previous one, but it's removed a huge amount of functionality by limiting the amount of videos you can scroll through. An option to select a date would be fantastic. I don't know just how many newscast videos are kept on the server, but it'd be nice to have the option to go back at least to the start of the current month.

This is why if you ever get a job at WABC you don’t leave. You deal with the shitty hours for a few years, and then you move to better ones. Derick Waller and Janice Yu both made demands which ended up not boding well for their careers. Waller wanted off mornings and Yu demanded the weekend morning anchor spot. Lesson to all - don’t bite off the hand that feeds you. You do your time, and if you do your job well, you will get a better shift. It might not be anchor, but it will be something other than early mornings.

He also spent some time (freelance?) at WTTG in DC.

Yeah, overnight they reran GMA segments on each state from the past year.

GMA did a special 3 hour Saturday edition for July 4th with Robin, George and Michael on from 7-9am and Whit Johnson, Will Reeve and Rhiannon Ally from 9-10am. The first hour had some great segments from the anchors and correspondent’s on their own American history.

Weekend Today has a nice set up for America 250! Craig and Savannah in to host. Loving the network mic flags, wish they were more common place on national news. Apparently Willie is still seen on MS now post split?

Disney logo on GMA Graphics for ABC's 24 hour nonstop telecast for America 250. I assumed this was going to be something like ABC 2000 with Peter Jennings. David Muir hosting for 24 hours straight. This looks like it's alternating between multiple hosts with a lot of pre-produced segments.

Congrats but Nexstar is not quite the safest place to land if you're worried about layoffs

Updated opening graphics and new music for KOLN/KGIN and satelite KNPL dropped this week. Enforcer ended its 19 year run and was replaced with CBS Local by Stephen Arnold. They have continued to evade GrayOne. Enforcer will be missed, but the new music at least sounds similar and sets a good tempo.

I didn't know about this but since February, Steve Savard has returned to St. Louis television to be a part of the KSDK news team. https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/outreach/press-releases/ksdk-5-on-your-side-welcomes-steve-savard-to-highlight-local-veterans/63-8f33f663-2f94-4713-a4a7-30c1b681131c

I think the clip of Matt proposing to Emily is still around on YouTube somewhere

We all know that back in late May, CBS News Radio had their last day on the air. However, they still had staff working that was connected to the radio division, even if they've been off for a month for now. Today, the last remaining staff member connected to CBS News Radio has departed the company. Now its dead. Like really really dead. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1670018821791402&id=100063499003416

The updated open actually looks based on the ones already used by WANF and WBRC. But either way, I'm just gonna drop this post from the "2025 Scripps Station Graphics" thread here, because it sums up the GrayONE rollout perfectly...

Funny enough, WTVR also dropped Antenna TV on Tuesday. No Spot branding here yet, but CBS6XTRA was moved to 6.2.

That makes sense since West Michigan is in-market for the Pistons

This seems to be the M.O. for Nexstar's weaker stations going forward. WIAT CBS 42 in Birmingham has done this with both their morning and noon newscasts.

WNCN just cancelled it weekend newscasts in favor of podcasts.

For us Simpsons fans, this merger carries a terrible curse .... We can call it Froku!

my goodness. And I've lived and worked in Central Time for over 20 years now....

So they're busy modifying already implemented graphics while a whole slew of stations still have old packages -- nice