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Years? More like decades. In fact, I don't remember them ever having a single primary host; the regulars simply take turns introducing stories.

John Dickerson hosting tonight At some point he and Maurice should co-host or at least appear on screen together so viewers can get used to them.

I declined to say decades because I don't recall exactly when they stopped having primary hosts like Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace were originally.

All the other situations don't have an entire state congressional delegation ready to declare 'an abandonment of New Jersey' if they even hinted at doing so. Fox isn't going to make any rebranding decision outside of dropping the "My" from My9 here or even mentioning 5 (notice how their TV listings don't mention Fox 5 at all with moved-over newscasts), especially when they have WTXF's headache still going on. At this point their NY cluster's best move has been to say nothing, and they'll continue to do so.

Just like yesterday, the newscast at 6pm is back on WWOR. Could WWOR soon be rebranded as FOX 5 Plus?! Recently, WPWR was rebranded as FOX Chicago Plus.

Abner Euresti has made it to 50 years at KCBD-TV Lubbock. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gray-media_grayfamily-grayproud-activity-7251215114429698048-9i2s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

It's good to see people who have actually been reporters elevated to positions of power in journalism. In general....Too often we have bosses, especially news directors and producers, who expect the wold. They have no idea about the timing and logistics needed to pull off field reporting and make slot because they were never reporters.

KLAF actually switched to NBC when it was owned by Nexstar before sale to DeJuan McCoy

KLAF wasn’t a startup; it had previously been affiliated with UPN and MyNetworkTV, before Nexstar (prior to selling KADN/KLAF to Bayou City, DeJuan McCoy’s original broadcasting venture that cashed out to Allen, amid the Media General purchase) switched it to NBC, and built the joint news department with KADN. The “de facto affiliate” model wasn’t viable long-term, anyhow. It primarily relied upon cable and satellite coverage to be sustainable; The WB 100+ started the shift toward creating local affiliates for networks to fill gaps in market coverage that the Big Three and Fox (the latter of which it kinda pioneered through the Foxnet cable network) expanded upon, using low-power stations and digital subchannels for that purpose. Even in the analog, pre-cable era, issues with rimshot signal coverage of the supplementary affiliates made it difficult for some viewers to watch network shows from adjacent-market affiliates.

I hate to say this, but there are certain markets that should have never filled themselves out with missing network affiliates. They were better off having the de-facto affiliates fill in the gaps with their full compliment of coverage, even if it was more distant. Some of these startup affiliates pushed off stations viewers had watched for decades, and were clearly inferior to what they replaced. Many of these stations were startups by companies like Allen. KLAF was one of those stations, pushing off KPLC. And given the recent storms and where they hit, those markets fit that bill perfectly.

If that's the endgame, I could see Fox merging Fox Weather into TWC. Byron Allen has proven himself to be a fraud and phony and if his company collapses, he needs to feel the wrath of justice.

That bad? Are we talking the possible cessation of all live programming on said network?

Launching a newscast at 4pm ET on a sports channel where it's ALWAYS going to be pre-empted by European soccer is just suicidal. I give it one month at minimum before it's quietly off the air once Rachel whines about soccer Twitter calling her various names and Fox Sports notices their ratings for their afternoon shows plunge (they have a live football show from Spain that's like PTI on steroids that's their baby at 6 ET).

KIRO Eyewitness News Update open, 9/15/1985, with Linda Coldiron Back on the trail after having no internet for 2+ weeks, moving from temporary housing to permanent housing. Had delays in getting my internet installed. Not easy to get an appointment up here in the mountains of Idaho.

This post is perfect. It explains why. Also, mention that you also have the Florida Keys which is part of the Miami DMA, and trying to cover everything from the Keys to WPB would be somewhat of an overkill for one TV market considering traffic and other challenges.

It’s very simple: The reason the Miami DMA doesn’t match the Miami metro area’s population rank is because the Miami metro area is essentially split into two different DMAs: the Miami DMA and the West Palm Beach DMA. The West Palm Beach area is included in the Miami Metro area’s 6 million+ population figure, but it is not included as part of the Miami DMA. It’s like if the DFW area were split into a Dallas DMA and a Fort Worth DMA. It’s one metro area, but in Miami’s case it’s served by two DMAs.

The problem is Scripps News was a droplet in a swimming pool. So many other outlets already provide 24/7 national news not to mention the nationalization of local newscasts. How much of the same can exist before the bubble bursts?

Unfortunately, the entire state of Florida, even Tampa, is becoming expensive to live in.

KMGH 7 Newsbreaks 1990 (skip to 18:19 & 25:35) Do my ears decive me or did KMGH used WAGA'S Eyewitness News Theme 1990 for their Newsbreaks?