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KOTV’s set is about to debut this evening. Set is the same that sister station KWTV has but has some tweaks such as the wall by the big 6 logo has a backdrop of Downtown Tulsa, the Bob Mills Weather Center doesn’t have the led crawl above the wall like 9’s and they have a telestrator screen for weather to use during severe weather coverage while 9 doesn’t have that.

After some people have been pondering for almost a year this question: When will KOTV 6 in Tulsa finally get a new set after their sister station KWTV just down the Pike got theirs last September? We finally have our answer https://www.newson6.com/story/685db2b747edbfd2ad80ecd3/news-on-6-tulsa-new-set-debut

Okay, cool. However I noted that the ticker is covering about half of the L3. Nothing life or death, all of us here know that there at always some glitches when you do a live rollout.

WKBW is not known for much wins, if any at all. However, they do have this small win here... a team together for 10 years. For Katie Morse and Ed Drantch, its been that way on Good Morning Buffalo for the last decade. This is from the Buffalo Broadcasters Association on FB:

Perry Sook attached a letter to employees when the press release was sent internally too. He said they had "constructive" discussions with ABC/Disney. He also said Nexstar "regrets" the earful stations had to endure (especially ABC affiliates) over some stations receiving threats and had hostile conversations with the public. It is no coincidence that both companies decided, within a couple hours of each other, to bring Kimmel back. Sinclair even had the audacity to say ABC didn't accept their so-called "proposal" (read: demands) to "strengthen accountability, viewer feedback, and community dialogue, including a network-wide independent ombudsman.” I wouldn't be surprise if Iger told them to pound sand and how dare they make demands on how a totally different company operates. I can absolutely believe that either: A) ABC threatened to strip affiliations and clearly wasn't bluffing B) ABC threatened to not give them SEC football (Georgia-Alabama is tomorrow, and both have a huge southern presence), Monday Night Football, or ABC News programming removing any reason at all to watch them or C) both At the end of an AP story: That would have been a disastrous headache for everyone and even NexClair realized they couldn't handle it.

This all would have been unsustainable for both Sinclair and Nexstar to continue long term in preempting Kimmel. They recognize the public outcry and the soaring ratings his post-suspension shows had this week. Also, it's worth noting, that according to a media report today, Disney CEO Bob Iger may have been on the verge of playing hardball against Sinclair and Nexstar by threatening to pull top ABC broadcasts, like MNF, off their ABC affiliates if they did not reinstate Kimmel soon.

Finally! The temp set is similar to the one 9 has as well.