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Unlike what was expected, dedicated newscasts for TV Asa Branca Alagoas, the new TV Globo affiliate in that Brazilian state, are yet to be launched, with no date set, but, in the meantime, the station, since it signed on, has been producing news reports in the state for Bom Dia Pernambuco and NETV (with its editions also called NE1 and NE2), produced by TV Globo Nordeste (the O&O station in Recife/Olinda, Pernambuco), and currently simulcast by Asa Branca (whose original station, in Caruaru, already simulcasts Bom Dia Pernambuco, since it's a statewide broadcast, followed by an Asa Branca-produced local block). Meanwhile, former affiliate TV Gazeta, now an independent station, has relaunched its local newscasts, removing most traces of Globo branding (including its graphics template and theme for its local newscasts), bar the custom Globotipo font on the station's 50th anniversary logo and similar lower-thirds. The names "Bom Dia Alagoas", "AL1" and "AL2" were kept, as they're owned by TV Gazeta (similar scenarios happened back in the 1980s and '90s, when TV Aratu - now an SBT affiliate - lost TV Globo affiliation to Rede Bahia de Televisão, but kept the name "Bom Dia Bahia" - Rede Bahia's statewide morning news is called "Jornal da Manhã" - and TV Difusora - also an SBT affiliate now - also lost TV Globo affiliation, to TV Mirante, but similarly kept the name "Bom Dia Maranhão" - TV Mirante calls its morning news "Bom Dia Mirante").

Ok, this helps A LOT. Helps not make it feel so cluttered. With the weekday backgrounds, it makes me a little claustrophobic, too much going on.

Changing some of the background graphics makes a difference. The Saturday edition of CBS Mornings looks much cleaner and without the excessive "yellow/gold" like on weekdays.

Elizabeth Worthington has joined 6ABC as a reporter.

Largely as a Peacock simulcast channel but still a big deal

And the big takeaway is that NBCSN is gonna be back.

I had a feeling this was happening; Spectrum just launched a 4K feed of NBC Sports events for their Xumo platform on their app (though no NFL right now), so it was just a matter of when they'd do so everywhere else before the Versant split. And this will make putting on games in bars a whole lot easier than having to deal with an access broker like you have to for ESPN streaming-only events and Sunday Ticket.

NBCSN is coming back after a nearly 4-year hiatus. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/10/nbcsn-officially-relaunching-this-fall/

The sooner Altice USA sells, the better. Service is crap. Channels keep getting dropped or moved to an add on tier mostly with stations nobody wants. Stream box sucks.

WJFB operates as a television station in name only. They don't have an actual facility in the Nashville market outside of a transmission tower as everything is beamed in from Chicago, and I doubt Weigel would want to go through the trouble of starting a new news operation from scratch, let alone a new network affiliate.

KNLC's sole local presence is literally its transmitter site in House Springs. Historically, they were located on Locust Street in downtown St Louis but Weigel lists its Chicago address for FCC studio address purposes. I doubt Weigel would be much interested in acquiring a studio and investing in a build out of such a facility.

United Kingdom Today's the day. Even if they don't celebrate it on the air, its still worth mentioning. September 22nd, 1955. Happy 70th birthday to the BBC's biggest competitor...

Toni absolutely deserves it. She’s been doing it so long and is great. But as we’ve seen in the past they seem to pass over some of their in house people

Update: KCTV's tower is relit once more. It was just after 9 pm when it was relit. It even brought back its 1999-2002 logo on its time/temp bug with the current logo to mark the occasion. https://www.kctv5.com/2025/09/18/history-rekindled-iconic-kctv5-tower-once-again-shine-over-kansas-city/

I think you hit a key consideration. What do the families want? It may be what it is in its present form, or some other approach. I would assume any major change would wait until after next year's 25th anniversary (still seems like yesterday). I look forward to it every year, the memories flood in and in the end, the families will drive the future. The networks don't mind giving up their morning program on the NY O&Os once a year.

There’s also just no valid or reasonable excuse not to cover the ceremony. At the very most you’re missing 20 minutes of shitty low-effort morning television.

It’s sad to say but 9/11 is a day… the only day.. for a few short hours Americans are one united nation. I was in 3rd grade and will never forget that morning or the days and years that followed. I hope the coverage from our stations do not change anytime soon.

9/11 Ceremonies in the NYC area aren't going away. It's part of the fabric. It was real to us, whether we were in the City or not that day. I'm in NJ, but also on LI and throughout the 5 boroughs, there isn't a community that didn't lose someone. I remember it like it happened yesterday, as do most. I remember the caravan of ambulances racing into NY thinking there would be people to save. I remember the empty NJ turnpike, the black smoke off in the distance where the towers once stood, with no cell service until I got south of the airport. I remember being lucky I had cable, over the air broadcasting was lost when the towers came down. I remember the cars in the commuter lot up the street, left for months because their owners never came home. All that rushes through us each year. It is appropriate that each station honor the fallen (and the first responders and lower Manhattan residents still falling due to what they breathed in). And each station carrying it allows each of us to feel comfort in watching it on our preferred station, even though it is mostly a pool feed. Stations also go beyond the ground zero ceremonies, showing local ones held in most towns. Will at some point it move to a rotating schedule among stations, maybe, but not anytime soon. And we are fine with that. Today is a solemn day, and as I describe it the most surreal day of my life.

Spot on, unfortunately, Rusty is going to probably ignore your post and instead target mreKCTV5's post above mine because he would rather continue with the things that should never be a part of the forum and unfortunately the mods aren't going to do a thing about it either.

I ain't tryin' to change your mind but okay... Southwest Florida isn't a small market, it's more medium sized. Plus, if both parties (In Question, the Waterman family, especially Edith who wanted to sell WBBH and the LMA for WZVN before her 100th birthday; and Hearst) are okay and approve it, it's a deal. Come on, it's a sale that had already been completed, why be so troublesome about it? Plus, Hearst rarely even buys (or sells) stations. Just calm down and appreciate that it wasn't SINCLAIR acquiring them.

That part. Could not have said it better.

EDIT: Can we all take a collective pause and assess the culture of this website. This is one of the only online discussion boards I've been on where several members regularly feel the need to be sarcastic, condescending and nasty in expressing disagreement and offering corrections. There has to be a way to articulate disagreement or correct others respectfully. Our super interest in news is esoteric enough, so this should be a forum to connect with people of similar interests. This shouldn't be a place the one-up each other with industry knowledge or belittle others.

Especially when you're a grown man handling this in a very inappropriate manner. We are all gonna have different opinions and that's nothing we can't handle but to talk to us in a condescending way makes you look bad. Not to mention going overboard. This isn't even the first time he's done this.

You don't have to change your mind, but we don't have to listen to you either.

Also, can we talk about the tantrums and the slurs that a certain person is throwing. Is this how grown people handle things? No amount of talking to people like they're beneath you is gonna make you look good.

If you really wanted to see a show, imagine if theyd have been sold to Sinclair, Apollo or Allen.

So, basically, you think Hearst, wasted MONEY on the "unnecessary" purchase of WBBH and the LMA of WZVN? Imagine saying that to the face of the Waterman family in 2023 when they sold them off. Hearst is more reliable. Also... At least Hearst isn't dumb and wanted to trash the stations.

Did anyone notice that the format of the 11pm show has changed a little bit? The full MCTYW open has been restored naming all of the talent, not just Rick Williams. At the top of the newscast, they quickly tick through some of the top headlines before they go into the Big Story.

Who knows... Maybe our FCC will actually show a backbone like Ajit Pai did by forcing the Sinclair-Tribune merger into an administrative law judge review. Whoever saw that coming? If there's any hope, maybe Chris Ruddy will convince Brendan Carr that all this consolidation is bad and sentence all of this forthcoming consolidation to the same fate... We can only hope...

So much for Nexstar/Perry Sook wanting to be in every market. It hasn't bitten them yet. I mean, we've only had the announcement that Sun Broadcasting is buying WFTX. Whereas reasonable people such as yourself are upset that Hearst hasn't put up the white flag of surrender, sold all their stations to Nexstar/Sinclair/Gray/Tegna or private equity, rolled over, and joined the choir invisible. There's a simple reason so many of us love Hearst: As broadcasting companies throw in the towel and sell their stations to competitors or private equity, all indications are that Hearst is one of the very few really companies left. Could they someday disappoint us or even break our hearts by selling out to another company? Of course. But until it does, we'll keep cheering them on.

It's really important to remember that Hearst paid $220M for WBBH and only WBBH. WZVN remains owned by Montclair, and while that LMA likely added to the value of the station, they still do not own it.

There is no scale disadvantage for Hearst, they are fine where they're at, they don't buy stations unless it's for the right station and for the right price. It's not ludicrious that Hearst spent $200M plus to get WBBH/WZVN

With the very reasonable speculation that Fox 4's news department will be shut down, surprisingly they're still positing reporter openings...

There's probably enough separation in the licensing and ownership to satisfy the FCC. Anything beyond that is fair game for the Mcbride's to take over the non-license assets and run it like one of their own. But then again, the DOJ could chime in if it becomes an issue of market share.

It's like a reverse Youngstown, except this time it's the family-owned group that's owns the market. At least in Youngstown, WFMJ holds its own and does quite well against WKBN, WYTV and WYFX. And the two markets are quite opposite. Youngstown has been withering away for decades while SWFL is booming with anyone willing to move there.

Fox4 has always been a horrible news operation, with horrible talent. Scripps has improved it however in recent years. But no one will miss it. End of story. WBBH is one of the strongest local news stations in the country. Great investment by hearst and they dont need to do a thing. WINK absorbing an also-ran Fox station, is a non story frankly.

That's only like 0.0098% of Hearst family wealth. It ain't shit to them.

I think it's a crazy take, there's no way the McBride's is going to bully Hearst out of the Fort Myers market despite the internal issues that typically comes up in the Fort Myers market. If they have to settle for playing 2nd fiddle to the McBride's so be it, they're used to being in that role in other markets they're in anyway.

If I am Hearst, there is no reason to change anything right now. Let the chaos with the competition happen and capitalize on opportunities that come from it and creatively come up for solutions to challenges it creates. And I say this as someone who drank the Kool-Aid at WINK for several years. Hearst's piece of the revenue pie isn't shrinking. Just two other slices are getting combined. I haven't seen numbers in a long time, in fact, I blocked Darrel Adams on Twitter within days of signing up in 2009 because I didn't want his rating brags to mess with me. But as far as I know, the NBC side has consistently received better ratings than WINK for the last few years. My SWOT analysis for Hearst in Fort Myers Strengths Pre 1996 grandfathered LMA/Time Brokerage deal that makes WBBH/WZVN a unified, efficient operation and 30+ years of operating that way Hearst resources that reduce operating costs and benefit the product: centralized traffic, billing, accounting, graphics hub, DC bureau, national investigative team, etc ABC and NBC are (for now) far more stable and in less turmoil than CBS Fort Myers has a reputation as a market with higher than average HUT levels. And WBBH tends to over perform on NBC flagship events like the Olympics Speculation: Better leverage in negotiating retransmission as a multi-market company for WBBH so a revenue advantage there Subjective: Stronger digital presence and adapted to the 21st century far earlier and faster than WINK Subjective: By far a superior creative services team and long-term marketing strategy Subjective: They always operated more confidently. WINK's newsroom culture during my time there can best be summed up as "competition monitor bedwetters" Subjective: They didn't get go off the air for days during Hurricane Ian Weaknesses In-market scale disadvantage English language only operation, losing out on a respectable percent of the market and Spanish language TV viewership has lost much less of its audience than English TV. TV and digital only sales packages Limited in-market partnership opportunities with other media outlets (radio, print, new digital) WZVN's history of underperforming in the market Opportunities Sampling from Fox 4 News viewers when that brand disappears (somewhat limited by having .1s unavailable for 7-9am and 10pm) Even though they just rebranded, they now have the perception of being the stable, consistent operation in the market Businesses who do not like WINK/WXCW and have sworn off advertising with them who bought ads on WFTX may move money they spent there to WBBH/WZVN Big changes elsewhere presents the opportunity to pursue subtle changes to be more efficient under their unified brand (test the waters of simulcasting) Partners across the state on big news event (WESH, WPBF) Threats TV's great decline, especially as baby boomers age and die , while Southwest Florida grows and sees more younger people move there in demographics who don't watch much linear TV Corporate budget life problems: If Hearst makes cuts, those cuts will likely be consistent across the company Keeping a news intensive operation fully staffed as fewer people pursue TV as as career or burn out faster Diluted product with dueling AM, 6pm, 11pm newscasts Hurricanes, alligators, elderly drivers, and "a Florida Man" - the most dangerous parts of Florida

Who's yall? Don't put me in with them. Be that as it may, if the logic of Hearst selling all non number one stations is allowed to be entertained then stations like KOCO would be on the block. Also, aren't they second in Pittsburgh and Baltimore as well, or did KDKA and WJZ fall from grace? Last I heard, those were the top dogs.

I actually think they're #1 in most cities now. From the three you mention, WLWT has done better over the years thanks to WCPO and WKRC's misfortunes, WAPT has become solid even if its not #1, and I think KHBS is the market leader there, if not close to it. WBBH is the market leader, which probably made it attractive for Hearst to get. Here in Florida, WESH is a VERY STRONG second in Orlando, and WPBF is now the market leader in WPB. I know y'all want them to sell to the McBrides, but then... that's how competition fades. I'll give Hearst a chance. They're one of the better national media companies out there IMHO.

The FCC is "modernizing" its rules due to changes in the economy and viewer trends. The old saying still rings true "adapt or die." The industry is recognizing this. I would hardly call the incumbent FCC leadership political hacks because of this. Change was going to come regardless of who happens to sit at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. You can call it political but the same could be said for any administration. Back to Scripps, although they did give WFTX a new set fairly recently, the station is severely neglected. To see them divested is not a surprise to me. We will see what happens regarding its news department. Perhaps Sun Broadcasting has other plans that is best discussed on a speculation forum. Although it could go that way, I don't think it's 100% certainty that this is the end of its own news dept. I'll say that much.

In all fairness, Fox 4 News is a nonstarter in the market. Scripps decimated the station. While only two tv owners in the market is concerning from an oligopoly POV, from the viewers perspective, take this for what it's worth... IMO despite Gulf Coast News being market leader, WINK is the better news product.

I'm gonna say this with all due respect. The idea of suggesting that Hearst would shut down an ABC and NBC station is, for lack of a better term, insanity. Yes, what WINK, Sun, whatever you wanna call them, is doing is insane and there is no reason for someone to have that much blatant control over a market. However, Hearst knew or should have known going in how powerful WINK was and how weak WFTX might be. Also, suggesting they sell WBBH to the McBrides is just as insane. Hearst is 2nd and 3rd place in several cities. Should we expect a sale of WLWT, WAPT and KHBS next?

I was seriously joking when I was talking about a WFTX sale with the Beasley cluster purchase... This is probably much worse than I could ever imagine. I do think if Hearst tosses money at the market and good advertising emphasizing community service and weather (and absolutely going hard-in on holding local government officials accountable because FMB/Sun certainly won't), they should do fine, but having a broadcaster so ridiculously controlling a single market will backfire years down the line if there's a natural disaster or a mini Sumner Redstone situation among the Schwartzels and McBrides.

If Gray wanted anything, it would be WINK.

Not anytime soon. They just acquired them. Plus, Hearst RARELY sells. The last time was selling Island Television (KITV/KHVO/KMAU) in 2015 to SJL/Lilly. If anyone will stick it out in the longrun, its Hearst. I'm surprised Gray didn't take a swipe into WFTX considering their recent swap with Scripps.

Paperwork is up on the acquisition of the Allen stations: https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076f9198d1eb470198e7e7b5b10b27 WTHI, WLFI and WTVA are clean. As long as the 8th Circuit ruling holds, they would be okay in Huntsville with WAFF and WAAY (1st and 4th place), KFVS and WSIL(+KPOB) (1st and 3rd place), WFIE and WEVV (1st and 4th place), and KATC and KADN (2nd and 3rd place). WIFR is low-power so WREX is not an issue. The red lights, in my opinion, are Fort Wayne and Montgomery. I would put a condition that one station must be divested in those markets as the failing station waiver shouldn't create a triopoly when alternatives exist. In Fort Wayne, there's an easy out - trade WISE or WFFT to Nexstar (along with WBKI in Louisville) for something that creates major issues for them in the Tegna acquisition (such as KTHV). In Montgomery, most likely they would have to either turn off WIYC, or sell it to a religious broadcaster, as the other incumbent there (Bahakel) also has issues. One thing I could also see is KFVS put a satellite up on 3.2 to improve coverage for CBS in the northern part of the market.

As if the market wasn't decimated enough with Hearst having WBBH and WZVN under one roof... If there was a market Nexstar could trade into, this could be a possibility "IF" there's any regulatory issues that beleaguer these deals....

I mean, at least they found one of the few local broadcast owners left? I'm curious what resources Sun Broadcasting has, though.