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Boy, are you gonna hate watching KTLA then. WPLG is the top-rated English-language station in Miami. WJXT has similar success in Jacksonville. They’ll be fine.

As long as Matt Laubhan is still there. He's literally the James Spann of the market, even down to the suspenders! I refer to him as "James Spann Jr."

so Shari Redstone is the second coming of Larry Tisch?

I understand some of your points. I don't think the streetside studio concept is a necessary trend across multiple stations especially on the local level with constrained budgets. I don't mind Today keeping the plaza however. The W 49th street view being blocked by police is understandable as you said. The Rockefeller Plaza portion however is a lot more controled. Onlookers have to go through metal detection to enter the plaza and security reviews your signs before you walk on. Today already does an occasional weather hit or concert series on the plaza so one or two interview segments out there weather permitting (to keep the plaza portion relevant) wouldn't hurt. Sidenote: GMA's in-studio audience experience was better. There are security guards in the audience monitoring everyone, there's a hype man in the crowd between commercial breaks, and you can actually hear the audio of the anchors and guests speaking. It's more controlled in that you have to book tickets (but people on standby in the audience who show up early can get in before you).

YES. This one (attached) is one of the arrangements (over a number of years) I did for my original 'WTNCF' theme that I composed for KCRA-TV Kelly Broadcasting in late 83 ... Thanks.

Probably very different situation and don't want to assume anything, but reminds me of what happened at GMA (with Rob Marciano/Ginger Zee). I've noticed Mike Masco has been appearing on weekends (particularly weekend mornings). He seems like a solid hire, if he were permanent. For now I could see them shifting Chris Cimino back to mornings and giving Mr. G all the evening slots. Or they could give Stacy Ann the whole morning (Mike Woods does it on FOX5).

Bring back Linda Church from retirement

According to FTVLive, Byron Miranda was “escorted” from the station recently. Apparently he and Stacy-Ann Gooden didn’t get along, and he wasn’t easy to get along with.

Current NFL broadcasters NBC, ABC, and Fox/MyNetworkTV might want to expand their packages.

Ugh, stupid region blocking.

who would be interested in the AFC package if CBS wasn't? CW, Youtube?

does that mean kwtx is also on the line?

Don't know what Warren Buffet is thinking with this decision. They're gonna rue the day they did this. Nobody my age is interested in watching a quasi all news channel.

Yep. Those guys got punished for their greed. Not a tear will be shed for them here bar the employees that get caught in the crossfire

He’s been on for a few moths now. According to a post on his social media Shannon had knee surgery and would be out for a few months. John D has also been on in the afternoons

Tom Kaminski, formerly of WCBS880 and Air11 on WPIX was reporting in NewsCopter 7 tonight. Wonder if John or Shannon are cutting back or departing, or if Tom is just filling in?

Mike Marza filled in last night at 5. Liz did the 6 solo.

Bill Jartz's successor at WBAY has been announced, and once again they've looked to the sports department. Chris Roth will make his debut tonight as Cami Rapson's co-anchor. Update: Dave Schroeder has been promoted to sports director following Chris' move to the anchor seat. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AcxtHvZxb/

No one’s gonna terminate their CBS affiliation because they chose to put an out-of-production Byron Allen show at 12:37 a.m. ET, BFFR. Considering the state of syndication these days, the current American network/affiliate programming model actually looks increasingly out of place, given that in most countries (as well as our Spanish-language networks and diginets), OTA broadcast networks handle most of their daily program output, fillling timeslots not occupied by first-run programs (e.g., dramas, sitcoms, reality series, lifestyle shows), news (local or national) and sports with acquired programming and repeats of current and past network shows. It kinda makes less sense now for networks here in the States to give lower-rated timeslots back to affiliates (the most recent occurrence being in 2021, when NBC gave up the 1:37 slot after A Little Late with Lilly Singh ended), given the downturn in the syndication market and stations’ tendency to just expand local news usually using an already stretched staff, rather than invest in other types of programming. Plus, CBS’s affiliates probably aren’t clamoring to take back the 12:37 a.m. slot. It’s too late for live news (outside of the occasional overrun during March Madness), and Big Three stations don’t run syndicated sitcoms and dramas in late night like they did through the 2000s (thanks largely to CBS and ABC making valiant challenges to NBC’s once-powerhouse late-night lineup with the Late Show, The Late Late Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live!). If CBS had turned over the timeslot, it’d probably be filled by lower-rated first-run syndies (as was often the case until the 1990s), newsmagazines (either second runs of shows like Inside Edition and ET or lower-rated shows like Extra that the station might already air in a later slot), second runs of daytime talk shows (KOCO, for example, has done this since the early 2000s starting with Oprah and now Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson), or late news rebroadcasts. You’re likely not going to see the types of suited-for-late-night first-run syndies like Arsenio, Love Connection or Blind Date that did well in the past.

Glad your family missed the tornados.

Just found this, and glad to chime in on the FACTS. True, I composed the original theme for KCRA-TV whose slogan was "Where The News Comes First". My signed contract with the Sacramento based NBC affiliate clearly protected me as the Copyright owner of the theme notation and prohibited any rearranging or adaption related to the theme without my permission. Unfortunately, after many years of successful use of my composition, the copyright was violated, which led to litigation. I can also set the record straight on my involvement with VTS Productions (86-90) and the related drama. Let me know ... thanks! Hi. Earl Grizzell, here. Just happened on this site ... Thanks for the compliments. Would be happy to update all here and relay the FACTS on some issues in the wake of my original composition and production of the 5 note theme I wrote to compliment the spoken ID "Where The News Comes First". Let me know, thanks! Earl Grizzell, composer/producer THANK YOU! That's me and I have much to clarify for anyone who is interested.. Let me know, Earl Grizzell, Composer/Producer

These are better screenshots of the New WNJU news studio that will be debuting very soon

Having been to that area, like you said, police shoe people away from that view of the window (W 49th Street) and everyone is told to stand behind the barricades on the side of studio (Rockefeller Plaza), so it's comparatively empty today. Having gone to the Plaza myself, the audience experience is pretty lackluster. The anchors barely come out onto the plaza except for the 8 AM introduction and an occasional weather hit from Al. I think an outdoor audience presence is still cool if utilized properly which Today doesn't really do anymore.

Segments from today's final edition of Around the Horn: The first segment: The ending:

The broadcasters only have themselves to blame. (and one in particular that uses it to THEIR advantage....looking at you Nexstar...) When they started shaking down the cable companies for retransmission dollars, the networks latched on for their own share. This now became the lifeline for broadcasters and the impetus for networks to take their business elsewhere when the stations balked at payment terms. If anything, this could have serious effects on the affiliate model as stations may be forced to go it alone with only the revenue they can cough up from forms of advertising. Get ready for news-intensive independents and some stations to possibly go dark once the networks pack their bags for good.

Well if this is true that's a shame. She was a great morning personality. I will say PIX 11 is a station with relatively high turnover. From experience that's usually indicative of either a low-paying or toxic work environment.

Cindy, Mike, Kelly Ann, AJ, and David all appear in the station's on-air weather promos. Michael does not, and Harvey retired in 2022.

I would say it's seven with an asterisk. AJ Burnett and Michael Page are producers who occasionally appear on-air. Harvey Leonard is their retired former-Chief who occasionally appears.

Any market that has to deal with a significant amount of severe weather/tornadoes/hurricanes, I can see at most 6. Have 2 in-studio, and instead of using reporters/mmjs, use the other 4 out in the field for reports, so they can give first-hand meteorological reports of damages, etc and fill-ins... I don't know why stations all of a sudden had a need to have a different meteorologist for each damn newscast of the day... No wonder they are starting mets at $15k a year.. there's no work

Sorry to revive an older thread, but was going through some old news clips on an old hard drive and ran across WJLA's weather team in 2012 - They had 13 weather people on staff: - Chief Meterologist: Doug Hill - Senior Meteorologist: Bob Ryan - Meteorologists: Adam Caskey, Alex Liggett, Brian van de Graaf, Devon Lucie, Eileen Whelan, Jacqui Jeras, Ryan Miller, Steve Rudin - Forecaster: Dave Zahren - Weathercasters: Chad Merrill, Mike Stinneford IIRC, Devon Lucie was pretty much NewsChannel 8, and I think the 2 weathercasters were tied to WTOP (longtime weather partner), as they didn't list "ABC7" in their titles... Regardless, that's a lot on staff... Jim

Birmingham is not too far from Huntsville, home of Baron Services, the other major supplier of broadcast weather systems next to IBM (WSI/WeatherCentral/The Weather Company). It was founded by meteorologist Bob Baron, who worked at WAAY and WAFF in the 80s and 90s. WBRC also uses Baron products including their VIPIR radar. WTVA has always punched above its weight for that market size. It's been a trailblazing station going all the way back to its founder, Frank Spain, who literally built the station by hand (the equipment) back in the early days of television. It's good to see Allen Media keeping the station above the pack.

Depending on the market and how much news the station does, even a team of 5 can get stretched thin. Having a sixth can greatly reduce workload and allow for special projects. Yes, they're adding students from Mississippi State as part of their team. Two of them are juniors and one in grad school (which is highly unusual to have a meteorology master working in broadcast). WCBI also does this to a far smaller degree. There's only 3, maybe 4, there.

Well, the one thing people watch local news for more than anything these days is for the weather. Even with that in mind, 7 or 8 mets on staff seems like overkill; but then again I'm not the one hunkered down in the weather center during a EF5.

I think five is sufficient. Four main on-air ones plus a fifth as a behind-the-scenes producer/fill-in.

It also allows for meteorologist “teams” during hours upon hours of severe weather coverage.

Is this The Weather Channel, or just a fancy T-Mobile store?

Ok, I guess it's live. They're doing a live tease with Mike and Alex for what's coming up next on Weather Underground. They also have a live weather update with Molly McCollum in The Lab right now. Sad to see another two hours of weather eroded from the midday schedule. I have noticed that several of the interviews are pre-recorded from other dates, many of them done in The Lab

It could also be pre-recorded. I have noticed over the past 4 weeks, there have been several days each week where either the later edition of AMHQ w/Jen & Alex or Weather Underground were moved into The Lab for an entire day. Last week, the Jen & Alex show spent Monday and Tuesday in The Lab, while Weather Underground has been in The Lab every single Thursday.

TWC is debuting a new show today called Pattrn at 12pm ET. Hosted by Stephanie Abrahms and Jordan Steele. Info below from the email I got today: "Meteorologists Stephanie Abrams and Jordan Steele are hosting a daily Pattrn show on The Weather Channel. Every weekday at 12pm ET, learn about the climate’s impact on everyday life, meet the people who are working to find solutions, and find out simple tips on how to live more sustainably. Come join us!" This new show seems to be 2 hours running from 12pm-2pm ET on my guide. It looks like Weather Underground and Storm Center are now only 3 hours long. So the New Schedule (in ET Time): AMHQ - 5AM-12PM Pattrn - 12PM-2PM Weather Underground - 2PM-5PM Storm Center - 5PM-8PM I didn't watch AMHQ early this morning so I don't know if Jordan and Stephanie are still on AMHQ and this new show is in edition to them being on AMHQ. Jen Carfagno and Alex Wallace still host the later edition of AMHQ. While a new show is cool and all, more LIVE weather hours in the day would be a lot better. I was hoping they would shift everything later into the primetime hours. The shows they run from 8PM-5AM debut new episodes on the weekend. You could keep the weekend heavy with shows in the afternoon and evening but keep LIVE weather coverage running through at least 10PM ET during the week but I digress... EDIT: So the show is only an hour long with the next hour showing the same exact preceding hour. They go over hot topics in the beginning and have in-depth interviews centering on the environment and climate. Not much weather or forecast outside of the environmental and climate talk. Not sure if this is actually live or pre-taped. I think its live because they're using the main studio and the only time they'd have time to tape would be before AMHQ at 5AM.

I think all remaining ties TWC had with NBCU will finally be severed due to this. I also wouldn’t be surprised if Paramount offered to take TWC off Allen’s hands in the future, as well.

Wonder if that will bring an end to any NBC O&O reporting or live cams that would still appear on TWC from time to time.

I wonder if WCBS has their old TWC set piece lying around somewhere... time to dust it off!

TWC and CBS News have formed a partnership.

TWC has so far had great coverage of the winter storm back east. Even if they are still using there stupid naming system.

Agree. I would think the target demo of TWC viewers would want to see this type of coverage, whether they live in the affected area or not. It's why they are tuning into a niche channel....

The entire point of buying low-stakes reality programming that has no continuous format is so you can break in when needed. Is there really a minority of people out there who will be angry that World's Deadliest Weather or Could You Survive? were pre-empted last night outside Creek Stewart's agent?

I hate localized coverage because satellite viewers can't receive it. Also, if they had enough staff to produce continuous live programming, why not air it to the entire country?

About last night's severe weather coverage. Apparently, TWC did continue with rolling coverage overnight only in areas affected.

I noticed in the first hour of weather underground they kept the couch area dark and covered it up but it was in some of the wide shots where Mike tossed to Mark and you could see it covered up. They uncovered it but kept the area darker then the rest of the set for the rest of the show. The couch isn't a bad idea. I just wish they could have made that area more universal where the couch could be removed and other elements added for other day parts so it can be utilized more. I'm not really keen on Storm Center. I guess I had high hopes but I prefer either Weather Underground or Weather Center Live style format. But I also wouldn't mind old school format of the original Weather Center either with your region by region forecasts, travelwise, weekly planner, and Storm Watch/Tropical Update. Weather Underground took awhile for me to like but I think for me its the hosts. I like Mike, Alex and Dr. Knabb. At least with Storm Center this is the first update format wise we've had in awhile.

The new couch setup replaced the corner desk area in the main studio (first picture in the slideshow). https://www.clickspringdesign.com/portfolio/twc-studio/ Before that, the second half of America's Morning Headquarters was done from a small table and two chair setup in front of the 4x4 video wall.