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Did they stop the full intro at 6 previously? Huh. Didn’t realize that. I knew the 11 was long a super short version, but could have sworn that they did everyone’s name with the full intro at 6. 6:30 is a short one on the streaming side.

The other change that seemed to go with this are "full" intros at the 6 and 11. In the grand scheme of things, certainly not the biggest of deals. Really, was more of a "oh weird" when hearing it in the background. At least the classic intro style is still in place.

Yes, but temporarily. Mornings, I believe, but it's because it's yet another Scripps station that can't/refuses to fill vacancies.

Last Friday's 6 had the full open, before the script change. I really think only the 11 had been shortened, of those two shows.

Because they wanted to? Maybe they feel Philadelphia has a stronger name ID. It’s entirely reasonable to reevaluate longtime practices and make changes in some cases, and stay stays quo in others. The visual in the open includes Philadelphia, so there’s some consistency there, along with other stations going with the city as a reference point.

Why did they change it?

My apologies then. I do agree with you as far as the current formatting of that show...the old format with Fred Roggin and Petros Papadakis (an acquire taste for some) was better.

and WICZ in Vestal/Binghamton as well. It was an early Gannett station when they were headquartered in Rochester. Doubt Tegna would ever go for it...especially now!

That leaves the stations in Greenville and Pocatello.

No. It was a dig at "The Challenge." They'd need to come up with a better format if they want to make something work on a weekly basis.

Deborah Norville will be leaving Inside Edition after 30 years as its host. https://deadline.com/2025/04/deborah-norville-leaving-inside-edition-1236357493/

For April Fools I would have expected the "Mix of 96" to make an appearance

Actually the suburb of Arlington, VA.

I think people forget that Graham isn't exactly some mom-and-pop shop. Graham Holdings is a diversified conglomerate and their TV stations are just one of their many businesses. And Graham Holdings is still headquartered in Washington.

Griffin also has their food business keeping them afloat.

That was quick! As far as Medford, they might want to consider a news partnership with KOBI?

well that was quick. Guess they’re ok selling piecemeal instead of “all or nothing “

Not sure if I missed it in this thread but Marquee is picking up two of their markets already - Eureka and Medford https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/marquee-broadcasting-buys-4-imagicomm-stations/

The industry has seen better days, so the willing buyers are few and far between. Even the current state of buyers (Allen, Gray, etc..) are crying poverty and cutting their stations to the bone, especially in smaller markets.

Kinda figured that Imagicomm would ultimately decide to cash out after a few years. Outside of INSP and a production company that makes direct-to-video films, them owning TV stations didn't really make much sense other than just holding assets for a company in Cox/Apollo that was looking to dump stuff in order to make its own portfolio more attractive to potential would-be suitors. With ownership rules expected to be loosened (if not outright repealed), nothing should be considered off the table as to who buys who. There may be a trade or two along the way (I'll discuss the rest over in the Speculatron).

I always believed it was like the 'minority owner' racket in the 2010s where a distant woman or other racial group were suddenly 'running' stations stripped to do-nothing subchannel farms in the middle of the Great Plains until Gray and Nexstar could buy them back under a GOP FCC. INSP was so hands-off I was shocked and pretty much ran the stations status quo, so it feels like Imagicomm was actually Legacy 2.0.

The only problem I see with that is that KYMA is operated by News-Press and Gazette Company, which also owns KECY and KESE.

Wonder if Gray would be interested in the Yuma duopoly with KYMA & treat Arizona like Georgia having a station in each market. They already have that somewhat by having KAZS 27 there just over a year ago as part of Arizona's Family Sports ahead of airing Suns games, but unlike the other 2 markets, they don't have a direct local presence there as the only newscasts that air are the ones from KPHO/KTVK that are simulcasted there to the whole state.

It's interesting that they bought them together from CMG and are now selling them to whoever will buy them.

Yeah, I was gonna say. The rest, ehh... but WHBQ and KOKI? Those are the grand daddy of them all. Nexstar, Gray, and TEGNA can't get involved in Memphis, neither can Scripps, Griffin, or Sinclair in Tulsa. So there's really no company that can get those two stations together without some kind of conflict of interest.

Will be interesting to see what happens to the smaller stations.

I wrote my thoughts in the Speculatron. Basically, look to the surrounding markets for clues - the smaller ones with news would likely need to be helped by them. Those without news could just go to non-commercial outlets with the networks added to incumbent stations. WHBQ and KOKI are the only real prizes.

Good Day Orlando is fun and creative, happy to see it doing well. I'll have to watch more of the the 5 & 10 pm newscasts!

Mark returned this morning and explained his complications and recovery. Glad he is back. Frank was off and it was only fitting that one of the other KTLA Morning News OGs, Eric Spillman, was present for his return. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH_N03jiGHM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Found another ratings note... WOFL is getting those attractive demos (A25-54). #1 at 7am, 5 and 10pm. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ugcPost-7313668147201335297-M3KU?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABqGw-0BrOQ_9csrv95OAtvM37gqLkE_dSc

WXMI is joining the Scripps-ification movement -- less anchor desk time, more "neighborhood reporters"

We'll see if this is a real company or just another disguise by Sinclair to own more stations. Rincon is the company headed by Todd Parkin that just agreed to "buy" several Sinclair stations including WICS/WICD, KTVO, KHQA and WVTV. It may be a legit sale since there are strong operational ties between all of the Sinclair divestitures except WVTV. I know KHQA's news was coming out of WICD's building and that's since shifted to KTVO. But we'll see...

Not a moment too soon, because I think they ran out of breaking news in the 8am hour this morning.

It's interesting how so many station groups have come out that they are selling or are for sale but I don't recall any having come out saying they want to buy.

I honestly believe this may spell the end of local news in Eureka, CA. Station KIEM - with partner KVIQ (LP) air the only local news after Sinclair closed up shop (on a much better product) and rolled everything to Redding in an adjacent market. I don’t think KIEM will roll into Redding as the other owner is Allen. I don’t think anyone wants KIEM and, if they do, will have trouble keeping news in that stagnant economy. This probably should go in the speculation thread.

Back when Imagicomm first bought these stations, there was debate here over what their play was: ATSC 3.0 or an OTA feed of INSP. Whatever it was (if there even was one), it won't get to come to fruition.

I’m hoping Hearst, Nexstar (who should have originally bought KOKI instead of Cox), Tegna, or Gray decides to buy KOKI.