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Virtual weather studio for CNN. Looks like an Apple Store.

You just illustrated the absolute mess the naming structure is of CBS's 3...4? different AM programs is.

There would be massive resistance from the affiliates unless EN+ is optional like Mornings+ is.

There's a lot of little hints of the Ballys/FanDuel gfx package. I'm curious to know if these will be the new FDSN package. Makes no sense in creating a new package for Gray... plus they won't even be producing the telecasts .

Gray's Braves Spring Training games have their own graphics that aren't too bad. It's serviceable with that "NFL preseason"/late-2000s Raycom Sports vibe. Even though they are going to be produced by FDSN instead, you begin to wonder if the regular season games may keep these, since they went as far as even making a "Braves on Gray" branding for them.

I thought the same about the optics. Bezos is a controversial figure, now King appears embedded with him. Secondly, Gayle is brave. My childhood dreams of seeing space as a civilian ended after learning about the Challenger Disaster... let alone all the plane mishaps in the news. As for copying, The Morning Show did the morning news anchor in space via a tech Billionaire's rocket already with Reese Witherspoon

More the national desk or taped news like they did to NTV.

KTLA’s evening “Sky 5” pilot reporter, Tim Lynn is calling it a career tomorrow, saying: In June 1972 I graduated from high school and 18 days later entered the United States Coast Guard, that’s where my journey began. After 4 enlistments and a very long 14 months at the University of California Police Department LA, I joined the Culver City Police Department, transferred to Huntington Beach Police Department, where I retired with a total 30 years in law enforcement to begin a new career in media.

I know the Los Angeles thread is being deprecated soon once this forum's changes roll out, so I thought the conglomeration of info would be more useful. This first post is very list-oriented, so I apologize for that, as it's not the most conducive to conversation. The changes noted on the site are also inconclusive, so there's a lot more that could be discussed and expanded here. Newest developments - [ongoing]: Layoffs at NBCUniversal due to pandemic-induced economic repercussions early-August 2020: 5-year night reporter Rick Montanez is let go Hints as to his next moves: https://twitter.com/RickMontanez_/status/1291509541956329472 My thoughts: move to KABC to continue the KFSN --> KABC train lol As of recent, the following developments have been noted on here - June 2020: 38-year veteran meteorologist Fritz Coleman retires Tribute: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/weather-news/fritz-coleman-weather-nbc4-retirement/2386566/ His next move: https://www.mediapathpodcast.com/ June 2020: 3-year traffic anchor Alysha del Valle is let go https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2020/6/30/run-over-in-la Definitely a trend in the "do away with the morning traffic person" thing going on here nationwide July 2019: "4 News Live" social media-focused, accelerated pseudo-newscast anchored by Fred Roggin (sports anchor) is found on station's Vimeo Vimeo links have since been nuked and it's been 1 year since the test -- I'd wager they're not aiming to use the format any time soon. June 2019: Renee Washington becomes station VP (joined NBC 4 in 2018 as Asst. ND from KABC) and replaces Todd Mokhtari https://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/nbc4-renee-washington-vice-president-of-news/135166/ January 2019: Daytime lifestyle program "California Live" launches exclusively on NBC's California O&Os, hubbed out of KNBC's studio https://marketshare.tvnewscheck.com/2019/01/07/california-nbc-owned-affils-launch-new-lifestyle-show/ Hosted by former CBS correspondent Danielle Nottingham and NBC's Jessica Vilchis 2018 KNBC Thread that fell out of use after December 2018. Other talk - July 2020: midday anchor Michelle Valles was blasted by Yashar Ali for basically affiliating herself with "qxaxnxoxn" (trying to prevent search results/hordes of people pinging back here) on her social media December 2019: Website GUI changed, along with all other NBC O&Os As of August 2020, they still have not placed station bios in one place on the new website (or I'm just clueless about finding them)

Thought it'd be best to create a thread for KTTV for developments to be centralized. Recent developments at KTTV: - In March 2019, KTTV shifted anchors in their lineup, with Elex Michaelson moving to nights with Christine Devine, swapping with Dan Cohen, who moved to Good Day LA. GDLA was also expanded to 4AM. - In late-June 2019, Bill Lamb was named VP/GM of the station, succeeding Bob Cook, who left to head distribution for FTS - In August 2019, ND Kris Knutsen was fired. - In December 2019, Erica Hill-Rodriguez was named the new ND. - In early-2020, the station added weekday 6-6:30PM newscasts and an additional 7-7:30PM special newscast dedicated to the pandemic. (temporary? permanent? seemingly up for debate) Since August 2019, those who've left/no longer affiliated or possibly become freelance, include Matt Johnson (reporter), Megan Colarossi (anchor), Leah Uko (reporter), and Seth Lemon (reporter). In the same time frame, Koco McAboy (reporter) has joined. [all sourced from station website] May 26, 2020: FTVLive reports Julie Chang (entertainment anchor) is out and, though her social media still mentions Fox 11, her bio is officially gone from the website. She was with the station since 2012. He also mentions that his sources have informed him that the station is looking to cut more talent as their contracts end. Wouldn't surprise me given the expectation of layoffs in local TV with the pandemic wreaking havoc, and we've also seen many high-profile cuts in the past like Lucey, Barberie, Sansone, Breckenridge, etc., so what surprises will come next?

Better name than TBD never liked that name for a diginet in my opinion. Anything was going to be a better name than TBD thou.

On April 28th, TBD will be rebranded as Roar: https://sbgi.net/tbd-tv-network-to-rebrand-as-roar/ As in the comedy that makes up that network these days and not Katy Perry.

This looks like NewsNet with an actual budget...very, very tired of virtual studios and minimalist graphics which aren't explained well. They thrive with experts discussing stories on their own with just a basic screen or touch panel. Nobody needs this.

CNN's new lineup premieres today.

I hate this. This and the virtual extensions of the Atlanta set just give cheap vibes. This is not the CNN of yester-year. The money and the personnel are gone and they are trying to do what they used to do. They are trying to make Atlanta "HQ" feel "big" like CNN Center used to. And it just doesnt. Its done. Why not do realistic VR instead of this ridiculous OTT VR? It just looks stupid. Sadly FNC is the popular "Kool-Aid" channel. They have given viewers the ammo to fuel their views and that outrage brings in viewers. Not much you can do to compete with that. I cant see CNN ever coming back to popularity. They will be forever chasing viewers. FNC is a outrage commentary channel. CNN feels sadly like a directionless lost cause.

Per Derick Waller's LinkedIn He will be working part of the week on CBS News mornings

France Thanks to last summer's decisions made by ARCOM (one third of France's FCC), C8 and NRJ12 have shutdown and are out of service on DTT. The French government channel Le Chaine Parlementaire (the C-SPAN France equivalent), replaced C8 on Channel 8, and the kids channel Gulli replaced NRJ12 on, you guessed it, Channel 12. The new channel list for FREE OTA TV in France starting in March is posted here: https://www.arcom.fr/presse/nouvelle-numerotation-des-chaines-de-la-tnt-compter-du-6-juin-2025 It includes moving France 4 to Channel 4 and the news channels (BFM TV, CNews, LCI, and Franceinfo) to Channels 13-16.

WMDT has replaced its weekday morning news at 5am (still starting at 6am) and instead, replaced it with Wake Up Weather, a simulcast of WGDV-LD 32.1 which is WeatherNation with local inserts from WMDT added inside it. Those inserts are at 5:07 and 5:47 a.m. with GMA's Tech Bytes at 5:27 a.m. (as per the on-demand clips at WMDT.com).

Reminiscent of what happened at CBS regarding the Jaguars/Chiefs Week 1 NFL game back in 2019, ESPN suffered a malfunction of their own during the Auburn/Kentucky College Basketball game earlier today. https://awfulannouncing.com/college-basketball/abc-auburn-kentucky-technical-difficulties.html

Two other features from KTVK's anniversary week... The personalities of Good Morning Arizona's early years: And KTVK's first female videographer:

Another departure from Tulsa tv… KOTV meteorologist Megan Gold is leaving 6 and heading down the turnpike she’s staying with Griffin Media going to join News 9’s weather team on weekday mornings not sure if Jed or Lacey is swapping shifts to have Cassie’s old shift or what’s happening there. Kotv has hired a replacement for weekend mornings it will be Chloe Arroyo who will be joining the team straight from graduating from the Meteorological school of OU. UPDATE: Jed Castles is now going to be on weekend mornings and the field meteorologist (just like what KOCO does with Michael Armstrong), Justin Rudical will move to the Noon show Monday through Friday, and Andrew Adams moves from weekend morning to the weekend evenings. David stays 4,5,6,10pm and Lacey will handle 5-7am,9am weather while Megan does Jed's old shift of 4:30am weather, 5-7am traffic and be back up weather.

Last update I heard from a former coworker from my time there was hopefully early Summer 2025. No explanation why. I'd guess the 1-2 punch of Ian in 2022 and Milton in 2024 means construction crews in Southwest Florida are in high demand. (Which gives me flashbacks to the economic meltdown of 2008/2009 when Southwest Florida's heavily home construction based economy driven by 2004/2005 hurricane season rebuilds and massive growth collapsed hard and Lee County turned into Foreclosure Land USA for several years.)

Mark Lazarus shared today some interesting tidbits. Evidently they will soon unveil the new company names. CNBC will continue to be HQ'd in Englewood Cliffs NJ and will include some of MSNBC technical operations (I believe most of the cable technical operations are already at the same facility). Both the new company HQ and MSNBC will continue to be HQ'd in Manhattan, at a site not identified. (This should put to rest any rumors of moving into the CNBC facility Telemundo 47 space (if they ever do move to 30 Rock) or taking the Secaucus building back now that MLBN is moving to Elmwood Park NJ. The Washington Bureau will be in the same building that NBC News is today (among others). https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/msnbc-remains-new-york-spinco/

On the people side: There's a lot of coordination between government meteorologists and broadcast meteoroglists during severe weather events. They share information with each other like damage reports, condition observations, etc - so there will be fewer people to help spread that information. Information wise: NWS/NOAA also distributes a large amount of data, forecast models, and other information meteorologists use in making forecasts. If a NWS radar site goes down it will take longer to repair and that means alarger areas with weak or no radar coverage. (Many stations that once had their own radar units in the 90s/2000s "everyone gets their own radar" days have scaled back usage or didn't upgrade them as NWS radar technology improved.) None of this should have been a surprise. It was literally in the book. The failed nomination of Barry Myers, the (now former) CEO of Accuweather, to be the head of NOAA in 2017 made intentions clear.

It’s likely just a matter of hitting the right preset button (clouds, rain, snow, etc..). Doubtful it’s any more complex than that.

Clickspring Design is responsible for the new studio. For what it’s worth, they also designed WABC’s street side studio. Here’s a rendering of both

Aha. Thanks.

White Sox scorebug now that they're on the Chicago Sports Network.

Per the Lexington Herald-Leader, they firing all six of their news directors and replacing them with "local news content managers" who will receive guidance from a new "news operations manager" based at WTVQ, Russ Geller. It sounds like a more top-down, corporate-driven structure than what they're doing now.

https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/sinclair-fox-rsns-up-to-10-billion.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

CNBC is reporting this evening that ESPN, FOX & Warner Brothers/Discovery are going to launch a yet to be named streaming service for sports, don't know much more than that yet. (Notably absent from this are Comcast's NBC Universal & Capital Amusements CBS). https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/06/espn-fox-and-warner-bros-discovery-to-launch-joint-sports-streaming-platform-this-year.html

The View is now a part of the ABC News division. Rosie Perez was just fired from The View, Rosie O has apparently been a nightmare to work with for everyone at The View and there is little to no doubt that at the end of Whoopi's contract, she will not renew it. Basically everyone at The View is in panic mode trying to fix the show from its lowest ratings ever. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2901076/The-beginning-end-Rosie-Whoopi-ABC-considers-abandoning-View-extending-Good-Morning-America-infighting-grows-ratings-plunge.html, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2913695/PICTURE-EXCLUSIVE-Somber-Rosie-Perez-leaves-Brooklyn-home-time-FIRED-View-rumblings-reveal-not-let-go.html, http://s2smagazine.com/2015/01/16/rosie-perez-exits-the-view-after-4-months-on-the-job/ From the first article, I find this interesting, This has come up before but I feel like it is most viable now than it ever has been before. I am interested in all of your opinions on the possibility that ABC does in fact cancel The View and extends GMA to either a 3rd hour or does some sort of GAA as is mentioned in the above articles as well as nearly every other one you can find on the web. To supplement this, what would a third hour look like? Who would anchor it? Would it be successful? Based on the first article, this would be a GAA like show airing in The View's time slot, so it wouldn't be 3 consecutive hours. The weird part about the 10/11am time slot is, what do you call the show? If you call it GMA, your naming it the same as the 7am show while its not directly connected. But if you name it GAA, it isn't the afternoon yet. The program would be great lead into the midday news though. If The View is canceled, I think its safe to say GMA/GAA will replace it, the real question is, will The View be canceled. For those who haven't seen GAA, ABC conveniently posted an entire episode just two months ago. Check it out! http://vimeo.com/111441058

For whatever reason, KVEO downgraded their graphics to the quickly aging "ABC-1" graphics and changed over to Overture for music..

WIS is adding a 7:30pm newscast in September, replacing Entertainment Tonight. Gray’s Investigate TV+ and a new lifestyle program, Soda City Living, replaces an hour of Hot Bench at 11am. Gray’s Local News Live replaces Kelly Clarkson at 2pm.

Let's try that again... (h/t @sctvhound on the Discord) Non-paywalled story at THR.

Couldn't find a CBS News Streaming topic so I thought I'd start one so we can keep track of any changes. Today 9/6, CBS News announced John Dickerson would be anchoring a new show, CBS News Prime Time, at 7PM ET, which was previously branded as "Newshour" and featured a rotating group of anchors. John will anchor from Studio 57, the show will be live Monday - Thursday. Prime Time will go up against ABC News Live's Lindsey Davis and NBC News NOW's Tom Llamas. The graphics are what you'd expect and inline with CBS News' new graphics. Johns style is certainly different compared to his competition. Tonight was Prime Time's debut, below is the first couple minuets. TVNewser has more: https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/john-dickerson-tapped-to-anchor-cbs-prime-time-streaming-newscast/513632/

Announced yesterday. 200+ jobs are to go. The streaming service will remain but be greatly scaled back: https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/scripps-news-cut-200-jobs-1236157948/ https://www.axios.com/2024/09/27/scripps-news-layoffs-broadcast-news-channel https://deadline.com/2024/09/scripps-news-layoffs-1236101676/

Is studio 1A getting a refresh during the Olympics? I have not been able to watch and see if Sheinelle, Dylan, Carson and Jenna have appeared from 1A in NYC while the rest of the gang is in Paris.

Personally, I doubt it but let's see where this goes.

When they pandemic started, they, like many shows, started broadcasting from home. But they never went back to a "live" broadcast. Appears they may be in a studio, but it's all green screen and I the quality looks terrible. Would be nice if this show would go back to live, provide the headlines, weather forecast, and other features like the Sunday morning almanac, and weekly calendar. And an update of who will be on Face the Nation, Was hoping to see this in the fall, but appears the green screen format may be forever.

It was always trending this way. Although no NBC or CBS is going to be a lot of football missed.

Not just KCPQ, KZJO was offloaded, too. The CW’s best option in Seattle is to cut an affiliation deal with Tegna for KONG. Sacramento is an awkward situation as Nexstar only has KTXL, meaning that The CW’s only options in that market are being relegated to a subchannel of KTXL, cutting a deal with Hearst to put the network on KQCA, or buying a low-power station. Detroit has two options, WADL or WMYD, though I’m not sure about the latter as Scripps may be angling to acquire rights to the Pistons, Red Wings and/or Tigers from Bally Sports Detroit should either or all or them bail from that network. That creates awkwardness for MyNetworkTV as well as WJBK is the only station Fox owns in Detroit, meaning there’s a possibility that, unless WMYD were to somehow take MNTV back (uncertain for the same reasons for why it might hold off on trying for the CW affiliation), The CW and MyNetworkTV may end up sharing airtime on WADL. (Pittsburgh may be in the same boat, if WPNT were to affiliate with The CW,.) KRON taking over the CW affiliation in San Francisco would give Fox credence to finally move MNTV to KICU. Philly, in the case of MyNetworkTV, is a major question mark; Fox only has WTXF there, and there aren’t many good options for the service to move (other than maybe Fox buying WMCN), once The CW moves to WPHL, meaning the same issue with Detroit applies here.

Clearly positioning for potential local sports opportunities as RSNs fail, and also I wonder if we could see some simulcasts of CBS Sports HQ or CBS News Streaming? Even better question - are there options for the CW in those markets?

Not a fan of the opening graphic or music. They’re both kind of a departure from the CBS streaming look debuted earlier in the year. As for the show itself. Not sure why CBS executives thought this was a good move. The show is as dry as his personality. Bring back News Hour and give me Jericka Duncan.

Wow (if confirmed). I didn't think Sinclair would have it in them to buy all these regionals, but then again they have the money to be gobble up all those stations, and did have the balls to start a short-lived kids cartoon block, so that's that I guess. Maybe they can rebrand them as "Marquee" or "Stadium (insert city here)" to expand either brand throughout regionals (again if confirmed). We'll see.

ABC has denied that Perez will be leaving/fired from the show. Rosie addressed it last week on the show saying that Perez will be back next month, once she is done with rehearsals for her play- We shall see, although her hiatus has been planned since she joined the show in September. Both Rosie's and Nicolle's contract are up after this year, Whoopi still has one year left on her contract (at a reported $5 million dollars). Despite all the turmoil and falling ratings, I think that ABC will stick with the show...for now at least. The show still makes money for the company and the presidential elections are coming up next year which is very lucrative in terms of ratings/ads. The View is one of a few shows where news events can be discussed alongside funny/quirky/pop culture/serious topics and then turn around and discuss politics without having to conform to the journalistic standard of a news program. While Good Afternoon America can be a good replacement, IMO it will severely limit what ABC/ABC News can do with that hour. I doubt that politics or serious topics will be on docket of a GAA show. The View needs a fresh approach (a couple of younger panelists) and go back to their bread and butter of discussing politics with differing views.

Looks like Katie Couric (co-anchor from 1991-2006), Meredith Vieira (co-anchor from 2006-2011), and Ann Curry (co-anchor from 2011-2012) is not invited for the year-end show, isn't it?

"BLAST FROM THE PAST" The Today Show will end 2013 by going back to the past. On Monday, Dec. 30, former TODAY anchors Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley will join Matt Lauer to co-anchor the show. It'll be like old times for Gumbel and Pauley. Gumbel left the TODAY in 1997 after 15 years in an anchor slot, and Pauley left in 1989 after 13 years, the last seven of them as Gumbel's co-anchor. (FROM FTVLIVE)