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If you want more further proof that WPLG is still operated by Graham, here you go. Because it has fully spread over to WKMG. EDIT: However, WTF with that music? That's a questionable choice.

Looks like it's spreading fast. WJXT has them too. https://youtu.be/GmCA88r9jE4?si=cGXStUnGnDQD-hna

Dramatically so.

CW and NBC are partnering on a new track & field league.

Another Nexstar station has switched to an aging package.... KOLR has also rebranded to "Ozark's First"

Well, I thought Fox would hang on to the NFL graphics package they debuted at Super Bowl LVII, but nope. We're getting a new NFL graphics package after all.

He anchors from the regular CBSEN studio. It’s worth noting the a majority of the new studio is simply video walls. All that surrounds John in the attached image (from Monday night) is a single U shaped video wall. The “monitor” Weijia is in - totally fake. I attached a pic of the building timelapse showing all the video walls and floor. The only actual set pieces are the wooden header, the desk, and the floor in front of it. In fact, the floor behind it is also a video wall. You’ll notice they pretape a lot of segments (including the penny one attached) on their set - it’s actually really creative.

I don't think that's a green screen set. It looks like the actual set. The back floor of the set is a screen.

I admittedly hadn’t seen the report so the post was the only context I was going off of. Again, I think the approach of not regurgitating every element of the last 12-24 hours is admirable.

I’m not sure the Fox logo translates well into a full typeface.

He was born and raised in Louisiana. February 5th was declared Bradshaw Day, but not for any farewell reasons. Jimmy Johnson, however, got a tribute segment during pregame, but that was more because he's not likely still going to be on the show when they have the big game again in 2029. His last massive viewership appearance.

It's almost like it's 1993 and Fox debuted these as a test before landing the NFL rights a year later. Because back then, it was basically text on the screen with the score coming in and out of break.

Per her Instagram (@CarolynNBCLA) Carolyn Johnson has succesfully completed multiple rounds of chemo and returning to the anchor desk this week. The post says that she will start with the 11pm. Not sure how long the arrangement will be or if it is a slow ramp up for her to get her work stamina back as she used to anchor the 4pm and 6pm. Colleen Williams has anchored the 11pm at KNBC for nearly 30yrs. Could also be an effort to cut back Colleen's work load and start the push towards retirement.

Bradshaw has two years left on his contract with Fox. He indicated in a recent interview with Radio Row that he’d likely retire after the network’s telecast of Super Bowl LXIII in 2029, meaning he’d likely seek a two-year contract extension to close out his broadcast career.

Another note, but from the local TV sports world... KWTV's Sports Director Dean Blevins is getting into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame and the same will go for the late KWTV Sports Director Bill Teegins. https://www.newson6.com/story/67a9917409dac9cb5f9a4822/dean-blevins-bill-teegins-honored-in-oklahoma-journalism-hall-of-fame

One of America's best small major market news/talkers has turned 90. Happy birthday WHIO Radio!

Yeah. Same thing with WCJB. Some bumpers, IDs, and promos with GrayONE but nothing more. It has been more than a month too that WCJB has had them but as always, implementation takes time, whether its weeks or even months.

The animations are what's saving the bug.

The new Fox logo font from the scorebug has made a few appearances so far during the pregame show.

CBS Evening News ( Dec 1989) recaps the 1980s. The Challenger disaster segment was very poignant.

This looks horrible.

I don't think it's particularly egregious. When Janet Shamlian introduced her piece with "as we made our way around the middle of the country reporting this week..." doesn't sound like a lack of news coverage or that it isn't on the daily record because the doctor said it was only wednesday. It's a look back on the week and it is part of the daily record. This is being overblown.

More memos to bring you as this is Out and About after all... Brad Edwards has seen the worst of WOI (the 90s and 2000s looks) and the best of WOI (recently). Late last month, after 28 years, the native Des Moiner and ex-TWC Meteorologist said goodbye to the duop that is WOI and KCWI. https://www.weareiowa.com/article/weather/brad-edwards-farewell-woi-tv-chief-meteorologist-career/524-ac6ea0b9-867a-4d54-935e-0f3aabd80535#:~:text="It has been quite a,for watching and supporting me!"&text=WEST DES MOINES%2C Iowa — WOI,keeping Iowans safe and informed. Staying in Iowa, KCRG-TV 9's sports director Scott Saville is also hanging it up. After 46 years in broadcasting and almost three decades at KCRG, March 21st will be his last day. https://www.kcrg.com/2025/02/01/kcrg-tv9-sports-director-scott-saville-retire/

Kinda looks like an ultra minimalistic take on the ESPN CBB/SEC on ABC graphics with how it handles the "slide-outs". The team names being in a typeface that appears to actually be derived from the Fox logo is a neat touch, though this looks like something you'd see on a preseason game rather than the Super Bowl. Somehow this makes the college football graphics look good.

Amara Walker was totally underutilized. She was probably one of the best when it came to International News. And unshakeable during breaking news. She should have been the lead anchor at that network. She was never going to get used to her full potential at CNN Domestic. This is sad day.

The video really highlights things. It was a massive endeavor. However, I still think the lighting is off and everything looks washed out.

Not a fan of this scorebug...

This is almost exactly like Tegna's WTLV-WJXX FIrst Coast News in Jacksonville.

The NBC and ABC live streams are now available on the same page on their website. From comparing both stations side by side, their lead stories were different, there were times when the same story was airing on both stations simultaneously like a Dollar General shooting. For the most part, the same stories were airing minutes apart on both channels. Wouldn't want any anchors to lose their jobs, but simulcasting makes sense if they want to cut costs.

Yeah, probably because of shorter channel number and high cable penetration in the market

Glad the branding ended up here instead of Mobile & Pensacola. I figured this could be an eventual game plan with Sinclair if they ever totally merged their Pensacola and Mobile operations into one.

If this turns out to be a correct prediction, and history suggests it likely will be, you gotta give it to Hearst for taking things in steps instead of blowing the whole thing up at once. Methodical and calculated.

Effective today: NBC2 NEWS (WBBH-DT) & ABC7 (WZVN-DT) are now operating under one brand & one website. NBC-2.COM & ABC-7.COM now redirect to: www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com, the 2 stations will still have separate newscasts & anchor teams but one brand. Below is the new logo for the 2 stations. Here is the article talking about the switch: https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/gulf-coast-news-nbc2-abc7-fort-myers/63677491 IMAGE: WBBH / WZVN.

Color me shocked. 2015 has finally rolled around for Nexstar. I just downloaded the Fox 8 CLE+ app. Hell has finally froze over. Looks like it's the major markets that are receiving Roku apps. And yes, they do have live streaming. (And why 2015? Because it seems that Nexstar is a decade behind the times with everything. I bought my first Roku 10 years ago!)

I'll try to find it, unless someone can clarify quicker, but I thought I read after Allen pulled the plug on replacing the local weather teams that one of the chief mets noted on their Facebook page that for weekends and fill-in that TWC could/would still be used.

I think we're being duped by this because I saw an intro for one of Indiana News Now (the new combined WFFT/WTHI/WLFI effort)'s weekend newscasts... and they were using a TWC meteorologist from Atlanta, complete with the StormTeam logo but also with TWC graphics. I'm starting to suspect that Allen will *lowkey* move forward with these plans but doing so without any fanfare.

They almost assuredly will not in a form we would consider comparable to how they exist today. If the past 100 or so hours haven’t made it clear, whether Congress authorizes funds or not is no longer material. One person and his band of accomplices are rapidly taking over every disbursement, not to mention previously private personal data. Entire agencies are being dismantled; with control of payment systems, no checks (figuratively) will go to those organizations. Congress is not stepping in to any of this, as we’ve seen. Perhaps someone will mount a court challenge; great. By the time it meanders to the SCOTUS, of which we know the makeup, it’s a moot point. This is not the world of checks and balances. There are no guardrails. There is nothing that is going to stop it.

The fall of WFRV's web efforts from their CBS days, including a livestream page that doesn't even load and is under the 'Digital Center' category like it's 1999 and CueCat is the future is a case study on how badly they've done (the page points to another page called Video Center in the same vertical, itself literally a clone of their YouTube page, just with the janky Nexstar player instead). I completely forget they exist because Nexstar's apps and websites are just so bad as glorified web wrappers, and even their Twitter presence is terrible and was always underdeveloped (they had one of their news anchors running the feed under Four Points management!). The station brands as Local 5, yet their app is named WFRVNews and the website is WeAreGreenBay.com; it's no wonder it would be a last place operation if not for WGBA (which at least is NBC26 everywhere, and WBAY and WLUK have the same branding consistency). And they acquired Frankly in the MG deal, a known good news site developer; how did they manage to screw it all up so badly?

Several Nexstar stations do a lot of digital efforts (i.e. WKRGNow) which amount to a totally separate set of newscasts at different times of the day when their main ones are not broadcasting. It's a lot of effort that's stuck in an archaic method of delivery (web streaming) and can be leveraged through OTT platforms. And many of the stations Nexstar took over (especially Media General and Tribune) had robust efforts that were squandered in favor of broadcast-only methods and trying to squeeze every penny out of the pay-tv companies. Media General had a large presence on NewsOn before Nexstar took them over. Many Tribune stations even had their own streaming Roku and FireTV apps.

I have always said that PBS & NPR can make it on their own with the donations they get and I'm sure they have rich donors as well. Plus, my tax dollars shouldn't have to fund PBS & NPR, and they need to be defunded plus I want my money back since it is a waste of taxpayer money to fund them defund PBS & NPR now.

Interesting watch. Adam Conover argues that Netflix swindled consumers with its cheap $8 offering, helped kill the traditional TV model, and now that it has the lion's share of streaming viewers, it's jacking up prices and adding advertisements---its plan all along. Conover also claims their method of dropping the entire seasons at once to encourage binge-watching is causing Netflix's constant show cancellation problem. Why?: full season releases causes a season to stay relevant for a few days then fizzle. Conversely weekly releases keeps momentum and attention around a show. I think Power on Starz is a good example of that. Conover also concludes that streaming services are collapsing because audiences like free content, which made the ad subsidized network television popular. A future where all of television is multiple paid streaming services is not sustainable.

Why I like the music award shows like The Grammy's where it's all about the music and hardly anything about politics like The Globs & Oscars plus I don't watch any of the movies or TV shows that are up for noms why I don't watch them that much.

Here lies the problem/challenge however- One "good" show does not stop the trend that has driven viewers away en masse. The Swifties are still probably sour about the Golden Globes joke last week (I'm sick of it showing up in my newsfeed), half of America can't stand Hollywood's political opinions in their speeches (see Ricky Gervais' call out of that), oh, and ABC was showing a blowout football game at the same time. It's going to take a lot of time, effort, and consistency to make Americans care about awards shows again.

He'll sell off eventually, but instead of the big payday he expected like he did when he gutted 910 to become the market's conservative failure station, he's going to soon find Innovate, TCT or WRNN are the only ones wanting to buy. And it'll be interesting to see where Nexstar's equivalent deal with KAZT actually goes. He had a golden goose in 1994, but those days are long gone.

Someone who has been with KNXV since the visual overhauled relaunch in 2002 is hanging up her career. Friday, May 13th, is Katie Raml's last day. https://www.abc15.com/about-us/news-releases/main-evening-anchor-katie-raml-announces-retirement-from-abc15-arizona

The new studio will not be street-side in the way it currently is. As wabceyewitness said, the move is planned for this month. Not sure what the latest plan is, but in the absence of unforeseen problems, I would expect the new studio to debut beginning with the weekend broadcasts.