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KUSA is temporarily in the former Daily Blast Live studio. Kyle Clark said there was some work being done on the main set. Aside from the atrocious white balancing on one camera and awful lighting in one shot, I actually don't think this looks that bad....

I like that they are wearing 9 pins. Reminds me of the Circle 7 pins the ABC affiliates used to wear. I think only KABC still does this

After 30 years at WBAY, reporter/anchor Jeff Alexander is retiring from the business. He will be returning to Washington state to take care of his mother. He had stepped down from his normal roles at the station earlier this summer, but continued to appear on the station's popular "Small Towns" series. Morning anchor Emerson Lehmann will take over "Small Towns". https://www.wbay.com/2024/12/17/small-towns-host-jeff-alexander-announces-full-retirement/

Station Logo lapel pins. A sweet fashion accessory for every on-air talent. You gotta love em!!!

There's a LOT more depth in the DBL studio compared to the main studio. Talent over there just sit in front of a giant LED wall with close up shots of downtown which eliminate any depth.

WWLP (NBC) also switched to this package either earlier this year or late last year

Long term who knows how successful any cable network will be, but right now the NBCU cable networks part of the spin-off are profitable with billions in revenue, so shutting them down doesn't really make a lot of sense. Not to mention, shutting everything down and moving all the shows to the currently unprofitable peacock just increases expenses for peacock. If a show is successful on E! or Oxygen, it makes sense to keep the show on that network and have that network cover the majority of the costs instead of shifting the cost of the show exclusively to peacock where the show might not even perform as well. Same goes for moving Bravo shows exclusively to peacock. It makes more sense for NBC to keep Bravo and have the profitable network finance shows which can then perform well on peacock, and peacock doesn't have to cover the majority of the costs. I don't see how it makes sense for MSNBC & CNBC to merge into one channel. Both networks are highly profitable on their own and target different audiences. Besides weekend marathons of Lockup, left wing opinion programming is the only thing MSNBC has had success with. While I as a news junkie like them to cover news, I accept that there are so many news channels out there covering news, and MSNBC is the 2nd most watched news channel because it focuses on left wing opinion. Whenever they do focus on non-political news their ratings fall behind CNN, I still think they need to cover non-political news as a news channel and I'm disappointed with their lack of coverage for major international news stories over the past few years, but it's hard to deny how successful they have become focusing on politics with the left leaning view.

WWL TV then- Channel 4 Eyewitness News from 30 years ago. This newscast still holds up.

Good reason for that…. She did a program on public TV that was current affairs focused.

Looks like Air7 is getting a new, updated look soon. https://x.com/marcel_cameraop/status/1868063888173830404

That's a quick fix. I am sure Cyle Dickens can go in there and fix it really quick.

Oddly, they used Arial Regular instead of Barlow for the days on the seven-day graphic, too.

Talk about a MASSIVE upgrade for them!

WLUC in Marquette, MI is the latest to GrayOne as of 4pm yesterday.

This is actually a really nice rendition.

WYMT has switched to GrayONE fully for weather. The First Alert Weather logo is the same as that of WKYT. The banners are a little different as there's a yellow streak for the morning show which turns into a red streak for the evening shows. When an Alert Day is issued, the logo changes to say First Alert Weather Day and the banner part that is blue turns red. The background is mostly white with blue elements that also change red during an alert day. Here are some attachnments of both the blue and red look.

My how Clancy Burke's former station has fallen. If they're gonna have that title card after EVERY story at least remove the darn sound effect. We don't need to hear it every 45 seconds lol. Looks like they still have anchors in the morning, I wonder if or when that goes away totally.

WVEC hasn’t switched over to “Weather Impact” yet, but I have a feeling that they might be soon. P.S., yes, I’m aware that it seems a little too early to call.

WATN in Memphis is getting close to making the change but hasn’t made them yet as of 6am central time this morning.

KREM 2 in Spokane is now airing pre-recorded weekend forecasts from Denver. With this change, Meteorologist Michelle Boss, a 25-year station veteran, showed herself to the exit. The lingering question here is why Denver when their Seattle sister station has/had a large stable of weather talent.