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That KARK Open was copied from former sister station WXIA in Atlanta. What’s odd is that they snagged that open right after Gannett sold them (I believe; a 1983 blooper reel shows the news set in this video being built). And I’m assuming ‘JCL didn’t air 11pm news at the time cause they were being beaten in the ratings by “THE News” at WTOC...

Maurice DuBois is in for Jeff Glor tonight. He is SO much better than Jeff. I would be more likely to watch CBS if he was bumped up from CBS2.

Just saw a promo: Action News Mornings is going to 4AM on September 10.

$$$$$$$ My guess is, not enough people wanted to buy ad time during the news. Simple as that. The ad rates on these subchannels are ridiculously low most of the time. Even more so if it's a less mainstream network like Bounce. Eventually, it just isn't worth even trying to sell all the ad time local news gives you, if nobody's buying it.

The latest to want political $ with the general election season underway no doubt...

I like how a lot of people on here think this rebrand was a knee-jerk reaction that they just decided to do one afternoon. Believe me, they focus grouped this stuff, and did their research, and it took months to settle on this brand and logo combo. YOU may not like it, but apparently the research and focus groups did.

I already posted that.

Interesting how ESPN's graphics were standardized across all its properties - now each one (SportsCenter, MLB, NBA, CFB, CBB, NFL) has a unique package.

I wonder what Nexstar could do with KDAF, after their mixed approach to news up to now--and Nexstar (strangely) never having owned a station in its own area before.

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Here are the Conflict Markets where new homes would be needed: DMA 28: Indianapolis DMA 30: Utah DMA 32: Connecticut DMA 43: West Michigan DMA 45: Susquehanna DMA 47: Hampton Roads DMA 50: Memphis DMA 55: Richmond DMA 57: NE Pennsylvania DMA 68: Des Moines DMA 80: North Alabama DMA 98: NW Arkansas DMA 102: Quad Cities Note: Please do not attempt to resolve conflicts by selling to your BFF, poker buddy, car dealer, etc for pennies on the dollar.

Correct me if I'm wrong, here are the markets where Nexstar can acquire a Tribune station clean, in DMA order: DMA 1: New York - WPIX 11 CW DMA 2: Los Angeles - KTLA 5 CW DMA 3: Chicago - WGN 9 DMA 4: Philadelphia - WPHL 17 DMA 5: Dallas - KDAF 33 CW DMA 6: Washington, DC - WDCA 50 CW (A duopoly with WDVM would be formed)* DMA 7: Houston - KIAH 39 CW DMA 12: Seattle - KCPQ 13 FOX & KZJO 22 DMA 16: Miami - WSFL 39 CW DMA 17: Denver - KWGN 2 CW & KDVR 31 FOX DMA 19: Cleveland - WJW 8 FOX DMA 20: Sacramento - KTXL 40 FOX DMA 21: St. Louis - KTVI 2 FOX & KPLR 11 CW DMA 22; Portland, OR - KRCW 32 CW (A duopoly with KOIN would be formed) DMA 29: San Diego - KSWB 69 FOX DMA 33: Kansas City - WDAF 4 FOX DMA 36: Milwaukee - WITI 6 FOX DMA 41: OKC - KFOR 4 NBC & KAUT 43 DMA 48: Piedmont - WGHP 8 FOX DMA 51: New Orleans - WGNO 26 ABC & WNOL 38 CW

... and because WGCL pulled the rug out from under them, Viacom stepped in and turned it into a UPN O&O. Viacom was starting its process of selling its Big Four affiliates at the time, and chose to sell KSLA to Ellis Communications in order to free up cap space. (Something I only learned last week from a 1994 B&C article posted on American Radio History that was among several I was using as sources for an expansion of a Wikipedia article about KSLA as well as articles about other Shreveport-area stations on that site.)

WJCL must had changed, because in the late 90s into 2000s they only had a 6/11pm news. Glad somebody did clarified.

WJCL's logo in the mid-90s was a...KCBS ripoff, just with one more "2". No open or music though: These WVTV movie bumpers from 1986 use associated cuts of the KTLA/KSTW/etc. theme... And here's a KARK newscast at 6:00 from 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=94oLUeA11WE;t=1050

NFL Live has new insert graphics and a top of the screen banner rundown.

Craig and Hoda would have been great together; Savannah could sit next to a crying baby and still manage to be the inferior part of the duo. Hopefully, Craig gets that spot soon.

From 80sCommercialVault, here's a 1978 WRC NewsCenter Forum on PCP use hosted by Jim Vance and Jim Hartz.

KHJ becomes KCAL; final newscast as KHJ and a preview of the changes, 1989: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=Se9ZifHgpTU;m=2;s=20 KCBS and others remember Bill Stout, the legendary anchor and commentator, 1989:

FOX treats WNYW like trash. They treat KTTV better than WNYW. And at somewhere in heaven, WHBQ must be calling heavens on earth for getting dumped by FOX for COX. WHBQ was trashed under FOX and treated like royalty under COX. Amazing times we live in.

I’m thinking Nexstar would start news operations from the ground-up for KDAF and KIAH.

I think WHTM is still #2. Not sure if WPMT is ahead of WHP.

My lists have been corrected. As for Susquehanna, aren't the rankings as follows: 1. WGAL, 2. The Field?

News clip of KWEX, somewhere between 2003 to 2006, showing off the custom in-house lower thirds graphic and logo bug.

Verifying thru my YoutubeTV account, wow. No wonder TMZ Live finished basically on the dot at 5p. News usually start 2 mins before 5. Just waiting for the shoe to drop on what happened. For their sake, i hope it was evacuation from building due to condemnation, if any.

Some BTS stuff of KINT-TV from 2007.

With all the news breaking this afternoon you'd think they would atleast simulcast the mothership or use an empty studio at broadcast out of that if there's a problem at the station

Looks to me like it was intentional since they had everything cued up to go right after the opening, it's interesting for sure.

As I figured would happen once the Sinclair purchase went bust, The New York Post is reporting that Nexstar is looking at attempting to acquire Tribune Media. It would be an interesting case of vengance, considering that Sinclair bid fairly higher than what Nexstar was willing to pay when Tribune was seeking bids in an auction-like manner in May of last year.