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That's a start. Now they need to get on OTT platforms.

I know nobody has noticed this but more and more Nexstar stations are streaming live online and dropping the company's horrendous two-hour delay policy... KELO, WCMH, WKRN, WFLA, WXIN, and WDAF are a few examples.

MSNBC is crazy if they don't do everything they can to get him on their network. I don't see how anyone can trust or defend CNN after this decision. One of the highest rated anchors, who has higher ratings than some of the primetime shows, gets his show cancelled just because he was critical of Trump. It sends a message that nobody at CNN is safe saying anything critical about the Trump admin. It's funny how this thread was started by someone on the far right criticizing CNN for doing actual journalism because it was critical of Trump and now years later the same network is removing journalists who have been critical of Trump and normalizing the Republican party's unprecedented shift to authoritarianism

TBN still runs non-commercial stations, and very, very few (we're talking about mainly small town stations where it's justified appropriately to support their ministries) religious stations and networks run any kind of advertising, even K-LOVE (who always converts their stations for the most part to non-coms upon acquisition); TBN is a craven outlier who has made it clear their priorities are not those of the founding Crouches (spreading the gospel in whatever ways they could), but just about becoming a race to the bottom regarding whose ministry gets the most money. And their ties to Merit Street, which is antithetical to every single part of the most basic of religions, show who they really are.

And now it's happened in another city with wall to wall local coverage, smh.

CNN recently debuted it's AR extensions of Studio H at Techwood, which has allowed them to use more wide shots of the studio as a whole.

Just recently there was the first solo CBS Special Report, with Maurice DuBois.

As expected.

Bumping... Over a year after leaving MTP, Chuck Todd will be leaving NBC News after almost 18 years. https://deadline.com/2025/01/chuck-todd-nbc-news-exit-1236274198/

Unless we totally destroy our democracy, the worst that can be done is to cut the federal funding to NPR and PBS. When it comes to the content that NPR and PBS put out, it is not under the FCC's jurisdiction, period. The only way if it's a violation of sponsorship (overtly commercial content) or something profane or indecent during regular hours. If this comes to pass, it will be fought in court and NPR/PBS SHOULD prevail, unless our system of government totally goes off the rails.

CBS Mornings/CBS Mornings + and CBS News 24/7 follow a traditional news format where viewers can get their fill of the news of the day. I don’t think viewers are necessarily missing out when CBS has alternatives readily available for viewers throughout the day. I would argue that the Evening News now has a very structured format that they are not likely going to change unless a 9/11-like event happens. I would be surprised if we ever see DuBois or Dickerson live in the field. That said, I don’t think cost is a factor in this situation.

Like literally, how can the FCC be considered fair if they do stuff like that to NPR and PBS?? Like couldn't anyone in Congress (Democrats, 'casue... GOP can't be trusted to help PBS) tell the FCC to knock it off and follow their guidelines that they have to be impartial? Yea, I do agree, given that... Lord, help them.

Christine anchored on TV as well as streaming, and it appears it was from the regular CBS studio. But when she anchored it was about 9:00 p.m. Eastern so she probably had time to go to the WCBS studio.

With how the kid's market has now declined to the lowest effort slurry like Poppy Playtime to 'educational programming' meant more for seniors, PBS is the firewall for good kid's programming. Like this and the BBC and CBC defunding drives, they want kids to suffer and be marketed to, and public broadcasters are seen as obstructing commercial interests and as liberal havens, even as the average PBS schedules and pledge drives actively market to a conservative nostalgic audience.

I noticed that was the first thing Maurice said. They seemed to want to make it a point and emphasize that the broadcast would be dedicated to covering the crash .

Apparently, it looks like the CBS Special Reports will be done by CBS News 24/7 correspondents and not Maurice and John. Maybe Kristine will do these late ones since there probably won't be any anchors there after the Daily Report ends. Of course, it's just my guess, let's see what the next ones will be like.

It's a conscious effort to air mostly features at the expense of the day's headlines. The strategy is seemingly multifactorial: 1. Try to tap into the same audience attracted to the style of 60M and Sunday Morning 2. Cut costs. Flying correspondents and their production crews all over the country every day on a whim to cover breaking stories is expensive. As to the question about whether the show will be anchored tonight from the site of the plane crash, the reporting on CBS's strategy suggests they'll opt for correspondent-led field coverage over anchoring the show remotely, again, because the latter is expensive. I could alternatively see them sending one anchor to lead coverage from the field while the other anchor stays in studio to anchor the rest of the show, which wouldn't be as costly, but otherwise predictions are that the anchors will remain at the desk. We'll find out tonight.

WTTG coverage on DC crash is solid

WUSA and WJLA are staying local after 7am. WRC is not. Update: after carrying the latest news conference WRC is staying local.

Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin anchored a Special Report at 6-6:15am ET.

Turned on KAKE right when Jay Prater started talking about Reagan National and did a good job explaining the airport layout since he is a pilot himself. KSN is streaming DC News Now on their website, but not anything local cause Nexstar rules.

Obviously, being this is taking place in their city, DC stations are all over it, although WJLA (ABC) lagged behind the others not going into breaking news mode until around 10:15.

CBS News 24/7 has been carrying coverage of WUSA, ABC News Live has been doing their own coverage, and NBC News Now has been carrying WRC's coverage when they're not showing Special Report coverage. CBC News is following this as well with The National in breaking news mode, due in part to the passenger plane being a Canadian-made Bombardier CRJ-701 manufactured in 2004.

Been streaming the Wichita stations since the flight originated from there. KAKE and KWCH are providing solid coverage.

Lester Holt is on NBC now with a special report. WCBS’ Kristine Johnson was anchoring CBS coverage (on streaming at least).

I was channel surfing in the Pacific time zone and saw Collins/CNN and Hannity/Fox on the story. Meanwhile, Maddow/MSNBC kept rolling with an Alex Wagner piece re: Trump. It was awhile before they went to the crash. CBS was on and off the air with a special report before NBC brought in Hallie Jackson. edit: Chris Welch from 24/7 anchored initial CBS network coverage

99.99% of what he posts is negative about something. Lord knows who actually said what. Most of the feedback seems to be positive. It's a different approach and it stands out. Will there be changes and adjustments? Im sure there will be. But it stands out from the rest and that is what they're going for

Finally! CBS is being CBS. Instead of trying to copy and beat NBC and ABC, they are compiling a broadcast that fits CBS's ethos. It has the feel, pacing, and in-depth storytelling that is the hallmark of CBS News. I don't know how it will do long term in the ratings, but I applaud them for going their own way. Even the minimalistic graphics is refreshing. (Yes, I hate how the other two label everything as BREAKING NEWS.) But this also feels very CBS. 60 Minutes doesn't use lower thirds at all. They make it a point to incorporate the person's ID into the script. Every version of their morning show used to be a poor imitation of TODAY and Good Morning America. Remember their 5th Ave. streetside studio? It always felt like they were going against the grain, trying to be something that was unnatural for their organization. Until they stopped the cooking segments, concerts, Halloween parties, etc., that the others do well and focused on good storytelling and smart conversation. It hasn't set the ratings on fire, but they are doing something different, which works for them. Now, they appear to have embraced their DNA in the evenings by assembling one heck of a smart newscast.

Would be great to see Jim jump to MSNBC and replace Andrea Mitchell at 12pm.

He's not a meteorologist.

Chuck Todd is apparently leaving NBC News at the end of his contract.

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5281162/fcc-npr-pbs-investigation Is this the beginning of the end for federal funding for PBS? Efforts to defund it, including past attempts by Trump and others, have failed before. But in today’s digital age, is PBS still as much of a public necessity? They often argue that they provide crucial access to children’s programming and the arts, particularly in rural areas—but with the internet, is that still a compelling case? Currently, CPB funding is secured through FY2026. Without federal support, many local public media stations would likely cease to exist or have a dramatic reduction in original local programming, and larger stations would struggle significantly. Stations are already facing fundraising shortfalls in a tricky economy, with many stations as well as PBS making layoffs last year. If this becomes a reality, might we start to see a consolidation of local PBS stations? Some markets overlap with up to 3 feeds of PBS from various public, state, or college-run stations.

The difference between 2020, when everything reality with a cop was pulled from television, allegedly never to return, is now very obvious...now Free TV is coming out with an entire subchannel network called Busted...it's another A&E library rerun mill with COPS, Jail, Wildest Police Videos and all of A&E's various Cam and Wars shows.

I think they should return the CBS Eye logo to the bottom screen graphics. The solid one next to the correspondents name and the transparent one during the rest of the broadcast. They still use the logo on the other CBS News broadcasts as well as entertainment programming. And I think they should still use the Washington studio when major vents of the day originate from DC. Such as State of the Union, election and other political coverage. The DC studio is still a very nice studio and can easily be modified for various broadcasts. Although most of the time the new Evening News can still remain a New York broadcast.

North Dakota has a bill in the legislature to cut funding for Prairie Public (Statewide PBS and NPR). Screenshots from the Fargo newspaper's report on it (since the site shared with the local ABC affiliate is paywalled) https://legiscan.com/ND/bill/HB1255/2025?utm_campaign=rss&guid=6AZCrjXqTN07L59cm1XQUj

With Lester Holt and David Muir anchoring their broadcasts from D.C. tonight, Maurice and John remained in the studio, saying they'll devote much of tonight's broadcast to the crash. On another note, it's surprising to me that CBS let an apostrophe in Charlie D'Agata's last name confuse them when typing it out. Twice.

Someone had just brought up the Baltimore bridge collapsed to me, now this. This has not been a good year for aviation! WCBS' Kristine Johnson anchored CBS' coverage. NBC had a huge Chicago crossover going on tonight but even they interrupted limitedly, with the MSNBC bug on screen. Hallie Jackson earning her stripes again. Compared to the key bridge crash where DC stations were in Baltimore, I'm not really seeing Baltimore stations in DC for this event.