Leaderboard

It just occurred to me... This package is essentially an updated version of the 2015-ish KOIN package...

WSAZ adopted the look at 4:00p as planned. New logo, kept "WSAZ 3" but dropped the "NewsChannel" part. Corners are very subtly rounded too.

That's gonna be weird to only have 1 all-news station (WINS 1010/92.3) in NYC. Very sad for WCBS, after all the decades they've been around. I guess they'll have a big on-air sendoff, like WNBC did in the 80s when they flipped to WFAN.

The First Alert banner needs to be much larger

Audacy has entered into a LMA with Good Karma Brands, who will move ESPN New York to WCBS 880, ending the news format. The change happens on August 26, and there will also be a callsign change to WHSQ-AM.

Yellow and blue on a morning show... how original. The old wooden look was definitely unique. Was it the prettiest for the morning? Probably not, but it was unique.

I loved Katie on Today, but she is totally out of touch on this one. Not to be political, but Katie habitually inserts sexism and feminism into many issues. Of the 3 evening programs CBSEN has most frequently had women as an anchor of the weekday broadcast (herself, Chung, and O'Donnell). Even in her book, Katie blamed her failure at the evening news on sexism rather than her softening the tone of the broadcast and adding editorials. Comparatively I dont recall that much criticism of Diane Sawyer's tenure on WNT. This isn't an issue of representation. Women may not be the anchors in the evening but they are elsewhere. Face the Nation, CBS Mornings and CBS Sunday Morning are all lead by female anchors. The Today Show has dual female anchors, Robin Roberts is basically the face of GMA, Savannah dual anchors a lot of NBC's breaking coverage. Not to mention female majority anchor teams on local stations across the country.

CNN's 5-7 a.m. CNN This Morning got a new look (and studio -- the one used for The Lead and State of the Union) today: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-kppW6pY44/?img_index=1 Gone are the wood tones and in are bright blue and yellow colors.

Honestly, I don't know why the noon isn't anchored from Studio 32. A nice change of pace for what is (probably?) one of their better-rated newscasts, and it the bustling intersection at the peak of the workday as a backdrop adds a nice energy.

They just fired almost a third of their staff. The hirings were so recent they didn't get any severance.

TVPassport and WNYW's schedule both have it listed as "Good Night New York". It will air for 30 minutes at 11 followed by Battleground at 11:30. Would seem odd to sandwich Good Day New York lighter pieces between The 10 O'Clock News and Battleground.

Beginning next Monday, August 12, I notice two new programs on the schedule: Good Night New York - weeknights at 11pm on FOX5 The News on MY9 - weeknights at 8pm on MY9 Also, "The Noon," and the 6 O'Clock News expand to an hour each.

Speaking in generalities, high newsroom turnover is usually indicative of inadequate pay or a toxic work environment.

Will Lonnie Quinn handle the CBS Deals portion of the Evening News or will Gayle handle that?

Kristine Johnson anchoring CBS Mornings today

Just saw that Katie Couric is calling out CBS for the forthcoming changes to the CBS Evening News. First off, she was the one who walked away from CBS. She's something else. Norah stepping away is the best decision for the Evening News. I see this as a great opportunity to get the place back on track. That broadcast has been in third place forever, something had to change. Moving to Washington was also not the answer. That was done for Norah to be close to her family. Not a good reason to move an entire broadcast to another city. John and Maurice will do fine. This is a business first and foremost. Not sexism, just plain business. Too much money was spent on the wrong things in the past. Those days are over. Using their own people at their O&Os is the best way to start covering the news of the day.

Ryan Kristafer and Christal Young are hosting Good Night New York

As reported on 880 this morning:

On this day, 19 years ago.