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I'm guessing any major renovation plans will wait until Good Karma vacates and frees up all that space at Radio City. Edit: when is that happening, anyway? That was originally announced as being late in 2021, then "later in 2022" - how long does it take to build out an office space for GKB?

[Station ditches talent opens] "Booooooo, they suck! No sense of tradition!" [Station updates talent opens] "Booooooo, not good enough! These are crap!" This new open is absolutely fine. The fact that they're using existing shots makes keeping talent opens a more viable option, in the future.

Word on the street is that the ongoing supply chain/chip shortage issue has impacted the ability to get new equipment.

With all due respect, if they wanted a smaller cast and a tighter script they might as well go once a week. The appeal for me has always been multiple plots at once with characters rotating between front and back burner status. Twice or thrice a week is fine, but then that slippery slope will lead to season breaks. If you have Long breaks then it's a telenovella not a traditional soap.

Anyways... let's get back on topic...

TBH, the first caller is my spirit animal. But seriously, if someone tease a story as "next" it better be the first story after the break. It's slightly forgivable if it's second or even third (if the preceding stories are maybe short VOs), but if a story is teased as "next" but is multiple stories later or even several blocks later, it's super annoying. At least some viewers notice if not a lot, and I'd argue it adds to distrust of "the media".

Keep your eyes on WCCO Sept. 5. (h/t @tw-804) IMG_0605.MOV

Here he is dropping a tease about potentially pursuing sports rights (0:49):

Monumental Sports & Entertainment is fully acquiring NBC Sports Washington. (h/t @TriangleTriadMediaNews)

It’s just a matter of time before Brittany is named a Permanent Weekday Meteorologist.

I wonder if they're having a chair problem now? The anchors are back at the main desk, but they're standing. Ukee's a foot taller than Jessica.