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I don't understand the lack of coverage in Tampa. Not even on screen weather warnings. WWSB is the only station that has them constantly and WTSP is the only one to have a crawl. Everyone else is basically status quo with the occasional cut-in. Even from a business sense, local storm coverage would be an ample opportunity to run the plethora of local political ads. The Orlando and SWFL stations are enjoying that opportunity greatly. It doesn't make any sense. Edit: Basically every Waffle House location in the Tampa / St. Petersburg area down to SWFL is closed. If that's the case, this storm is going to be BAD.

As of Tuesday evening, non stop coverage in Ft Myers and Orlando, Tampa apparently not. Perhaps this is to allow station employees a chance to tend to their families and belongings?

Wall-to-wall coverage already popping up ahead of Hurricane Milton. Hearst's WBBH/WZVN are once again combining their teams. In this pic, you see WZVN's Jesslyn Ferentz using WZVN graphics in WBBH's studio.

West Palm Beach is now going wall to wall in the aftermath of the tornadoes. WFTS appears to have the most on the ground coverage during landfall.

It was not mentioned, but due to last Saturday night's college football game, the News at 10 aired in full on MY9 instead. They have been utilizing MY9 a lot more than they have in the past.

It's been a taxing couple of weeks, so I can understand them working in some down time, if you will, for their respective teams (both on the ground and in studio). There's only so much that can be said/done until the storm makes landfall.

Chris Welch left WNYW? Bianca Peters is anchoring The Noon alone.

Agreed. The Internet's 24/7 news cycle makes non-stop storm broadcasting somewhat unnecessary. Conversely, storm coverage is the draw factor for local stations especially in natural disaster prone areas like Florida. Unless Tampa outlets are using relaxed coverage as an opportunity to evacuate and let the staff tend to their lives, this is puzzling. Even more peculiar: the markets getting the outer effects of the storm, not the market getting landfall are going wall to wall? This might be a domino effect. Once one Tampa station decides to go nonstop, the others might follow to be competitive.

Both The Weather Channel and Fox Weather dropped live coverage overnight. To see this on the night before landfall is just bizarre. We're in a different era now of non-24/7 coverage I guess.

Tuned in to KRON4 at 6 today and was shocked by the new graphics. Much better than their last refresh, that's for sure. But what I'm most excited for is their new music which features the familiar and iconic Instant Classics by Michael Boyd. Such a signature sound for KRON and it's great that they were able to keep it front and center even with the new theme. In this video about the music, they talk about the "four-note brand" that is definitely KRON. And it reminded me of NBC's chimes or something that, for us Bay Area folk of course, is so recognizable.

CBS News says heated Ta-Nehisi Coates interview did not meet editorial standards after criticism "CBS News executives said Monday that a heated morning show interview with acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates, during which his new book was compared to “extremist” writings, did not meet the network’s editorial standards."

Wall-to-Wall coverage started last night here in the Orlando DMA as well with most stations going thru the night last night.

Looking at their website, they appear to be relaying WESH. That said, as a weather nerd watching way up north, WESH has been doing a tremendous job so far (and what I am currently streaming in my office)- WFTV and WKMG have also been solid.

If Southwest Florida is affected (again), it will be another test of the WINK facility, as they even took on water from Helene. At least the other stations have out of town resources to fall back on if they have to abandon their facilities. Given the vulnerability of Tampa and St. Petersburg, how much at risk are their stations there? WFLA may be in a bad spot, so I'd bet they get WKRG or WMBB on standby to help out with coverage.

No moves are made at WABC without long, hard, thought-out consideration. Talent and rapport are very important at chance 7. Sade will get top billing on the 11pm. Mike might get it at 5pm. When I say “lead anchors” this is still something that exists at channel 7. Bill, who lives on the UWS during the week is always on call- no matter the time of day, should a big story break. On the day of the attempted Trump assassination, both Ritter and Marza came in on a day off to anchor. Sade and Mike were sent to Philly to cover the debate on ABC. This is all being done to get viewers used to seeing Mike, and there isn’t the belief that Bill is being forced out, which has been the case with other senior anchors in NYC. This has been in the making for many years. Mike was hired for weekend mornings knowing he would eventually get the 11pm show. He just happened to take on a larger role earlier on when the Ken Rosato firing happened. Bill turns 75 next year. Mike is much younger, which is why he was chosen - he can stay in the role and maintain stability for years to come. Much like Bill Ritter did when replacing Bill Beutel. Lee Goldberg is only 52, and will maintain his presence in evenings for years to come as well. Don’t expect Shirleen to move from mornings. She is where she belongs. Much like Joe Torres and Michelle Charlesworth being weekend fixtures, she excels at morning and moving her to another time slot could be disastrous.

David Navarro, 65 is older than Sandra, 64. Both could leave in a few years. Going well past 65 is not uncommon for handsomely paid news anchors, but agreed that retirements are probably on the horizon. WABC has the strongest anchor lineup in the market, not one weak pairing! The sad part is, many of those anchors are approaching retirement age (Ritter, Bookman, Novarro, Torres, Champion) not to mention a host of veteran reporters aswell.

I could not disagree more. Fox certainly tries to disguise itself as a news channel. But there is a huge difference between talking about the news and making up the news. And making up the news is called lying, and these texts prove once again that Fox knows they're lying. And it's bad for the country. (See: January 6th and other attacks since then.)

False equivalence. This isn't simply about bias. It's about knowingly spreading baseless and dangerous lies. Fox doesn't believe the disinformation they are peddling. That means they are lying.

Quotation marks around news? Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but do we really need to debate spin and biases here? And for the record, I hate the slant of Fox just as much as I hate the slants of every other cable news outlet.

I guess reruns are more cost-efficient than covering a hurricane with life changing repercussions.

Now Sue Serio has cancer. Stage 1 breast cancer, she will be off air for about a month.