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Adriana Diaz lead CBS News coverage and was later joined by Robert Costa and Brennan (who both took over for her). It's possible both Norah and David lead their respective newscasts tomorrow once more information becomes available.

https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/local-tv-news-recruitment-problem-has-a-solution/ On the topic of recruitment author Sean McLaughlin blames universities for the lack of prepared applicants into tv news. He says gone are the days of rooms full of applicant tapes, nowadays a position can go unapplied for months. He says the applicants they do get are unable to pitch stories or write well. He has a point. From my experience, many journalism schools are only focused on writing for print or digital platforms rather than preparedness for an on-air role. My j-school teacher didn't even know the big station ownership groups (outside of Sinclar due to the controversy at the time). McLaughlin is right. News writing today is very "and this happened then this happened then this happened".- No wit, creativity etc.. The author suggests that a new model might be to find eager and creative talent from someone local to the market who is passionate about the community, rather than hiring randoms who have to start off through small markets and risk burnout along the way. Im not opposed to this method. What McLaughlin ignores is low wages also cause low recruitment . If I'm born and raised in NYC, I can get a decent paying nursing job right out of college in the same neighborhood as my family. If I want to go into journalism I'd have to work my way up through smaller markets, accepting low wages for many of those years, and hopefully get a job back home in 10 years. College students aren't settling for that in this economy. They especially don't want to obtain student debt in exchange for a low paying career. Moreover, the social relevance of working in the news has diminished, so many young people may opt to be an online journalist, blogger, or influencer rather than a 'dinosaur' TV news reporter. Many things to consider.

What do you mean, "6 new sets"?

Living in Tulsa as a kid in the 90s, KOTV had a pretty sizable following on 87.7 FM as people drove around town during news timeslots. I'm not sure many other Channel 6 stations promoted it as heavily as they did, especially during severe weather outbreaks. So I'm not entirely surprised by this... I guess since Griffin has owned a Tulsa radio cluster for a while I'm surprised it didn't happen earlier. Using the 50,000-watt Class A 1170 AM signal for a straight all-news TV simulcast is a bit curious though, so I do kinda wonder if this is more of a frequency parking move until they figure out what to do with 1170 long term.

KCNC and KUSA coverage of the Stapleton Airport Tank fire in 1990 WIVB News 4 Update 1980

Fully agree. Now, I did see that they have a total of 6 new sets with this new building. I think this news studio has WAY TOO MUCH open space and just seems void of character. -- Matt