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It wasn't a big deal and did not take away from coverage. By seeing some of the local station's graphics, it was a cue that they leveraged their local station in New Orleans. I'm sure very few were bothered by it. This was an emergency broadcast due to a terrorist attack. There were more important things that morning.

Have a station get rid of their on-air branding while providing coverage to a national network? Yeah no.

Back when Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters were on 20/20, they said hello to the viewers at the top of each broadcast by stating their names-- "Good evening-- I'm Hugh Downs." "And I'm Barbara Walters, and this is 20/20." One thing you've probably noticed about that (I've noticed it a lot) is that when Barbara finished (as she finished) her part of the hello, just before the opening graphics/titles started, Hugh gave a short (split-second, possibly a blip) nod to camera, and then the graphics started. What I'd like to know is why Hugh gave that split-second nod-- was that to say to the control room, "We've said hello, and now we're ready for the show to start"? Here's a 1990 broadcast of 20/20, to illustrate what I'm wanting to know about here:

I just don't understand launching an entire new station like this when KUNP would be better served providing eastern Oregon a KATU satellite and just pushing the Blazers to an upgraded 2.2 TBD subchannel (they do have translators on the same stick but it's baffling they just never did anything with it outside Univision in the digital age). Without the NBA, there's literally no purpose to this station without (and it's sad to type this) a MyNet affiliation at the very least outside continuing Sinclair's bizarre mission to denigrate Portland's very existence through their local and national newscasts, and three hours of advertorial programming in a row during the day? You might as well just offer three hours to Les Schwab, because those folks will be the only ones watching it captivly in the waiting room (and thanking Steve Jobs for the iPhone to avoid being stuck watching it).

Hallie has been solid with NBC's Special Report coverage lately (She was in 1A for Jimmy Carter's passing as well)- For this, she did reporting on information she had available, but also openly stated that they were joining WDSU's coverage in progress for a few minutes at a time. Honestly, for the big three to do this with their affiliates is a smart move over the cable networks. The local reporters and anchors know their communities far more intimately than than a national reporter does.

YEP! Both news sets from both WXIA and KARE (KUSA's sister stations) DID give off that vibe of the news set from KOA-TV/KCNC (KUSA's competitor) from their NewsCenter 4 days. All of them NBC affiliates, except one affiliate in Denver was owned by GE and then the NBC network itself (became a CBS O&O in 1995). KCNC's color scheme was different from the patriotic red/white/blue American flag color scheme that KUSA, KARE, WXIA and other Gannett stations have used

They'd be more likely to go to KSBI since that would not hit any subchannel rules. And in most markets where Inyo or Scripps aren't sistered up, the Ion station is a possibility for an emergency affiliation, but Nexstar playing chicken wtih NBC is going to hurt them more than it does the network, which can simply shift viewers to Peacock or at worse, junk one of their SpinCo networks like SyFy, Universal Kids or Oxygen market by market to carry their shows on a one-day delay if somehow Innovate/HC2 refuse to carry them (I would hope it wouldn't get that desperate).

At some point, the game of chicken between networks and station ownership groups will end in a non-amicable way, leading to a major shift in how a network distributes programming in some areas. Do I believe it is imminent? I have no idea. The incoming FCC chair's comments about station group and network affiliation negotiations might make a network hesitant to rip off that band-aid right now. That said, NBC has shown in the past that it will cut off an affiliate it is frustrated with (WHDH) and terminate relationships with stations that threaten even a tiny bit of exclusivity for its O&Os (WHAG, WMGM). They have the infrastructure in Peacock for streaming and Comcast ownership to potentially fill some coverage gaps for linear distribution. NBC's broadcast operations are just one piece of Comcast's revenue pie chart. ABC has a streaming infrastructure and ownership with diverse assets. CBS is in a world of uncertainty. FOX is small but also has a history of trying new things. Stay tuned... or... I guess streaming now?

Thanks! TV was muted at work, so didn't hear that part. This has been pretty interesting year for breaking news happening on an off day. The Trump assassination attempts and Biden dropping out all happening on the weekend now this on the national holiday.

It's always interesting to see how networks function on national holidays/presumably low staffing days. GMA, Today, and CBS Mornings are typically pre-recorded on Christmas and New Year's. As such, none of the primary anchors were live in the building this morning. Hallie Jackson anchored coverage as a special report for the New Orleans terror attack. It was pretty cool to see them take WDSU's coverage. IDK if this was holiday staffing related. Looks like CBS did something similar. *Adding better pic

Imagine 9/11 being your first day at your new newsroom as a journalist!!!! What a story to tell. RIP Mr. Brown

If Aaron stayed at ABC, I believe he would have inherited the World News Tonight anchor chair when Jennings passed. From his former World News Now co-anchor Lisa McRee, via IG:

Losing Aaron is a major loss to TV news. His first day at CNN was 9/11. The rest was history. Aaron was also part of a great team at KIRO in the late '80s - all reunited in the skies now (Harry Wappler and Wayne Cody). Very unique charisma and PROFESSIONAL on the air. He will be missed!!

Just got word from Michael Pannoni that WQED Pittsburgh content is being pulled down. Even just random promos from that PBS station got a copyright strike for him. Anyone with Pittsburgh recordings yet to digitize - please don't bother uploading anything from the PBS station.

And it looks like it debuted in 2010..... Can't wait to see when the next one in 2056, sources that's when the new graphics will debut!

I know this would be a thing for the Speculatron, but the wrinkle with NBC having yet to renew deals with the two largest station groups is that, given the current limits on subchannel-based major network affiliations (which should have included exceptions for situations where a network would otherwise be left without a local affiliate), there’s no plausible replacement affiliates that NBC can move to in markets where Sinclair and Nexstar both have stations. Case in point, here in Oklahoma City, Nexstar owns KFOR/KAUT (KFOR has been with NBC since it signed on in 1949) and Sinclair owns KOKH/KOCB (KOCB has been an independent since The CW moved to KAUT in 2023, which theoretically would make it the feasible replacement if KFOR lost NBC). If NBC were to somehow fail to ink new contracts with both Nexstar and Sinclair, the network would have to pull a lot of lateral moves to keep it available in the affected markets (in this scenario, NBC’s only option in OKC would be to cut a deal with Tyler Media to move its programming to KTUZ/KUOK, punting either Telemundo (on KTUZ) or Univision (on KUOK) to subchannel status or, like Sinclair did with Univision in Seattle and Portland, causing one of them to be dropped entirely).

Aaron Brown, formerly of KING-TV and KIRO-TV in Seattle, ABC (one of the original anchors on World News Now), and CNN (Newsnight with Aaron Brown), passed on Dec. 29 at age 76.