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While one big M&A was terminated last night, another deal is about to reach the finish line...... Nearly seven weeks after filing the paperwork, the FCC has greenlighted this WBBH deal.

Glad that CBS is reading us as they continue to fix their mistakes we point out.

I just tuned in and checked out WBBM's 5:00pm newscast and noticed that they switched from the WCBS/KCBS version of the CBS 2 logo to WBBM's version in the logo bug.

Probably because no one at all would want to watch it (or even want it) to begin with.

Is it that, or is it that the networks people watch didn't want LIV Golf?

Well..... I blame LIV on this. Why you want to put your league on a channel that no one watches???.......

No, the cheap international imports were always part of the plan, I think.

Heck, PBS imports British shows all the time. Masterpiece is one giant umbrella for dramas from over there.

It Appears LIV Golf Is Ashamed of Its TV Ratings on The CW [ After holding six events this year, the breakaway league has stopped publicly reporting its viewership numbers ]

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced they should just rip the bandage off and rename the network to differentiate it from the "old" CW.

I read this as “They’re not expecting the writers strike to be ending quickly, so let’s import stuff to air - even if it’s available streaming” [because we’re Nexstar and we don’t believe in streaming]…

Tonight's edition of Banfield is coming from the new NYC set that's used for Elizabeth Vargas Reports. Based on the way Ashleigh introduced tonight's show, calling it their "new set," makes me think that this might be the new permanent home for Banfield. To date, wasn't she doing the show either from home or from a flashcam studio somewhere near her home in CT? As the only show on the network not hosted from one of their three studios in Chicago, NYC, and DC, I have to wonder if this was a network decision to bring their last remaining show in-house. I gotta say, the show looks way better in studio.

The bottom line is I know they'll be in English I'm pointing out that something like this has been tries before.

It appears Adell was under investigation for missing taxes.

Both parties are happy with its performance, so it'll probably continue.

Agreed. Looking at WTVJ around 1992, you really see the 'SVN effect. In my own bias..As someone who got up really early mornings for work, and hearing many journalists talk about the negative sleep effects of 2 AM wake ups, I'm not so set on early morning live broadcasts.

I think it may be due to the successful culture WSVN has built through the decades in Miami/Fort Lauderdale. Many of their English-language rivals in the market have taken key elements from them or in the case of WPLG, flat out copied them completely.

You know what, that’s a good point actually; I’m sorry it skipped my mind. To be fair though, WSVN does air a repeat of the late news during that time, so those viewers do still get relatively (depending on the story) up to-date news, even if it isn’t live.

I know Dimensional (or at least, the one cut most of the stations use) has a bit of a relaxed vibe that doesn’t mesh with the other NYC stations, but it arguably works ok for WCBS. Channel 2 isn’t nearly as tabloid (for lack of a better word) as channel 7. Eh, Idk about that; it’s not like they’ve gone full-on WSVN-style tabloid with their story selection just because of a music change during the open. Although, there is a problem in that the music sounds really awkward when the headline is about how nice the weather’s going to be like.

People who work nights? I know if I was working nights, I'd prefer early morning news over infomercials any day.

They could've noted that before they made the music final, and get a custom cut then. When you go with random themes based on 'vibes' you lose the trust of those who build the newscast out and the average viewer who is just over every time period having to lead off with doom and gloom because of one guy's decision to be out of compliance.

I don’t know that it’s fair to through WCBS in the same category as KCBS and WBBM. I think they’ve worked hard at recovering from the 1996 massacre and having become a competitor again. The new music may work for some stations, but it’s too light for New York. It’s why WABC has stuck with the 1999 version of the Eyewitness News theme. The version KABC uses is way too light for NYC.

Because WCBS is lost and doesn't know what to do and doesn't know what there doing.

IMO it's better they don't start the newscast at 4 AM, at least from the talent's point of view. I like that they rerun the 11pm broadcast at that hour. If this pushes Sherri Shepherd down one hour hopefully it knocks Byron Allen's fake Justice with Judge Mablean off the schedule---(even though I love her). It's strange that a market with such leisure and culture as Miami/Ft Lauderdale doesn't have a lightweight morning newscast. Even the 9am hour on WPLG and WFOR are straight news. (Not counting Deco Drive or 6 in the Mix). Looking at the quieter overlapping market West Palm, Fox 29 is straight news from 7-9. WPEC and WPBF are also strictly news at nine. Thats five hard newscasts at 9am in South Florida.

The other news orgs have merch around their shows too. https://www.nbcstore.com/pages/nbc-news https://www.cbsstore.com/collections/cbs-news https://shopabctv.com/collections/good-morning-america

Tony Perkins, Derek Mcginty, Bob Ryan, Jeremy Hubbard, Rob Nelson, Mike Barz, Spencer Christian, Bill Beutel, Bill Ritter

And the other channels have long operated merch stores. Non-story, even if Scott Jones says so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://msnbcstore.com/ https://store.cnn.com/ https://shop.foxnews.com/

Funny you mentioned that; my first thought was “thank God it’s 10am and not 4am.” I know it’s become conventional for stations to start at 4 or 4:30am, but is there really that much of an audience there? Granted, most people are at work by 10am, but you can at least get stay at home moms/workers and people in waiting rooms to watch you.

That's what I figured. Heck, Sunbeam probably doesn't have much of a corporate office beyond an office for Andrew Ansin.

That has to be a typo or something. Magnes is WSVN’s GM. 12 hours a day is certainly overkill, but if any stations are going to follow the KVVU model of filling up more than half the day’s schedule with news, it’s these two.

Enough time has passed since the Curry ouster. That's still a hard moment to re-watch and they never regained that number one slot like they hoped.

If I had to guess, CBS wanted WADL to be run like an O&O, which Adell balked at. NBC tried a similar thing with KRON when Young Broadcasting bought it a few years later, and all that accomplished was costing NBC its longtime Bay Area affiliate, forcing them to buy KNTV, a longtime alternative ABC affiliate that was at this point sharing The WB with what was then KBWB (now KOFY). The only reason CBS bought WGPR in the first place was because, after Adell said no, they had literally no other options. WKBD, the lame duck Fox affiliate, was owned by Paramount, who wanted to reserve that station for UPN. They tried to get WXON to affiliate, but they demanded $200 million for a buyout, which CBS said no to; they ended up with The WB. WBSX, the eventual Pax/Ion station, was an HSN affiliate. And the remaining Big 3 affiliates, WXYZ and WDIV, were happy just as they were, the former in particular led to a deal with owner Scripps that led to another set of dominoes too numerous to list here.

That's a bad thing?

As old as Waterman his, he probably has some connections everywhere. My first thought is he feels Hearst would be most likely to maintain whatever standard/level he thinks WBBH is and that Hearst would touch it the least out of the others. As for Hearst, it's definitely a stunning move. There could be endless motivations behind it. They're like that quiet dude at the party that says some off the wall thing you didn't think they were capable of.

I'd say it depends on the station. "PIX 11" and "KTLA 5" work better than "The CW 11" and "The CW 5" because those stations were much more established independent of the network. The same would be true of WGN should it regain the affiliation. But it mid-tier or low-tier markets where the affiliate never had an identity outside of their affiliation? Probably not. Of course, it's entirely possible that Nexstar could up and change the network's name...

Conceivably then, WTTA’s existing 8:00 p.m. news would be moved to 10:00 p.m. upon joining The CW, putting it in direct competition with WTVT for the second time (after the in-house/NewsCentral hybrid effort under Sinclair ownership). It would just mean WSNN would have exclusivity in the slot, since it already has a newscast that technically competes with the WFLA-produced 8:00 news on WTTA.

So I'm watching WJZ this afternoon and it looks like they made some new music selections during the 4pm newscast when new stories come around.

According to the FCC signal contour maps, WSNN’s signal significantly overlaps with WFLA/WTTA in Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte counties, so turning WSNN into a repeater of either station seems to be out of the question. There’s also significant overlap with WFLA/WTTA in terms of news programming, as WSNN competes with both stations in the same timeslots on weekdays and weekends (including the 7:00-9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. slots, where WTTA carries newscasts); the only timeslots that either has to themselves are 4:00 p.m. (WFLA) and 10:00 p.m. (WSNN) as well as certain mid-afternoon and weekend slots that WSNN exclusively programs (1:00-3:00 and 3:30-4:00 p.m. weekdays, and a few morning, midday and prime time slots on weekends). Another open question is what happens to WSNN’s existing studios, and if Nexstar will turn them into a Sarasota bureau for WFLA, regardless of whether their news departments merge.

Looks like we'll be hearing "Strive" in SW Florida now...