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They're one of the very few, if not the only Sinclair station not to use the Sinclair music package. Been using Aerial since 2012, all the way back to the LIN days.

I wouldn’t put it past them, but it could also support their group wide initiatives like Local News Live or InvestigateTV.

KLEW newscasts are now produced and anchored from Boise. The quality has always been high school/college/cable access quality. The station veterans were great but everything else was so blah. It’s worse now.

The GM at KPRC/Houston just left recently. Will be curious to see if they’re going this route too.

KWTV May 3, 1999 Extended coverage KKCO 11 News 1997

Are there any Sinclair stations actually worth watching/working at? I deleted the weather apps from several stations months ago, but I’m willing to give them another chance.

Tom Green announces that he will be leaving KUSA in a couple of weeks. Veteran anchor Tom Green announces he's leaving 9NEWS | 9news.com

For the Papal Conclave, CBS has sent Maurice Dubois across the Atlantic to Rome alongside Norah. Seeing the coverage right now amongst the networks, seems like NBC is soaking it in more in regards to not blabbering so much taking more opportunites to listen to the sights & sounds leading into the announcement than the other networks. ABC is utilizing Liz Nagy from their O&O in Chicago (WLS) for reporting from the Vatican. When the announcement was made, ABC & NBC had graphics up translating what was being said & also ABC for their coverage is utilizing for the text in the lower 3rds the font used by the O&Os as well as ABC News Live. ABC & FOX are first networks to sign off from coverage right at 2PM Eastern, interestingly KNXV (Phoenix) cut away & joined an ad in progress leading to the 11AM newscast. CBS & NBC are continuing, the latter makes some sense considering affiliates might be scheduled for NBC News Now. EWTN also signed off at the top of the hour.

As of this week, Lonnie is back for the 5pm and Evening news, but it seems Vanessa is covering the 6pm/11pm. It could be to ease back into work, and we'll see if Lonnie returns to the 11pm at any point, but I could see this change being permanent. Craig Allen it seems will fill in Vanessa's weekend slots (also glad he has a somewhat regular television gig now!)

There was a piece of me who really appreciates seeing Craig Allen on CBS 2, and I was surprisingly getting used to Rob Marciano.

Geez Lonnie has been there for 18 years? Time has flown. Very glad to see him back and healthy!

WLUK has pretty much escaped most of the Sinclairization and been able to shove it off to WCWF outside must-runs, which they burn off at the worst times possible. They're switching from their LIN era studio now, but being neck-and-neck with WBAY while WFRV and WGBA crash out towards irrelevancy from their own companies helps keep Hunt Valley from getting their way with 11 fully.

Then they might have to sell stations on Long Island since it's a virtual monopoly of all the Nassau/Western Suffolk County-based FM stations.

Everything they have been doing lately has an early 2010’s Scripps vibe to it. I mean… who would hire the guy that brought “The Now” into existence and burdened the local stations with it?

With Connoisseur buying AlphaMedia, there's a rumor they may be interested in the Cox radio stations: https://connoisseurmedia.com/connoisseur-media-to-acquire-alpha-media-creating-leading-nationwide-local-media-company/ Cumulus may even be one of their targets. Is Cumulus that poorly off that a small fish like Connoisseur can gobble them up? In fact, it was Connoisseur that sold off stations (all of them?) to Cumulus in the 90's consolidation binge. But back to CoxPollo, a sale like this could make the TV sale a little easier if there are willing parties in the faster circling drain that is the radio industry. As long as it's not EMF or some god-caster.

Can't speak to the quality because I don't watch regularly/don't live there, but KLEW is the only news-producing station in the Moscow/Pullman/Lewiston/Clarkson region of eastern WA and northern ID (a region otherwise in the Spokane market). If you want local TV news about specifically about that region of the country, it's your only choice.

This is not a local TV passing, I get that. But this shows how poignant and amazing and genuine this program is. Unfortunately, Inside the NBA had to mourn the loss of one of its stagehands, Kevin Thomas, who was with the program for 30 years and was featured on the show in a number of skits. He was 70. This was genuine to watch and it was saddening and emotional to see this.

Central New York has lost a broadcast legend. Mike Price has passed at age 87. https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/known-for-baron-daemon-and-good-news-local-tv-icon-mike-price-dies-at-age-87/