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Where did you see that they are doing well in the ratings? The CBS press release only says the station is up 150%, well yeah, of course ratings are up switching from an independent station to a CBS station. That doesn't mean ratings are good. they are probably still dead last in the Atlanta market for local news ratings and CBS News programming probably has terrible ratings like it does in most of the country. I don't think any of the Atlanta stations have anything to worry about, the CBS News brand has become toxic. If CBS Atlanta was actually doing good in ratings, they would be saying so in the press release, if they were beating another station in a time slot it would be in the press release. There is zero mention of any local news ratings in the release, just that CBS programming rates 150% higher than extremely low rated programming the former UPN turned independent station used to air.

Updated social media icon for KGO. Hmm.....

And today, the new graphics for CBS Weekend News debuted.

While I wouldn't wear a suit with tennis shoes myself, I don't find an issue with Dale wearing them in the open. I think it is the station's attempt to make him more relatable. Even though he is a news anchor, he wants to be in with the trends, etc. If you pause the open, you will see in Margot's shots that she is wearing a strapless shirt while surrounded by her family. Again, not an issue. I like that the ABC stations group uses these opens to make their people apppear to be more human and not your average robotic news anchor.

Phil Lipof is anchoring at KUSA in Denver. Hard to pull double-duty.

As of today's 5pm news, KGO has rebranded as "Eyewitness News." The logo has been updated to the WABC version (minus the mic flags), though the music and everything else have stayed the same. Whenever anyone on here has suggested KGO should do this, I have long dismissed it, as it was KPIX's brand for a long time. Also, it feels a bit contrived and anachronistic to me to consciously choose to start calling your news brand "Eyewitness News" in 2026. I guess group-wide consistency is now more important for ABC, and it has been now more than a decade since KPIX was "Eyewitness News," so maybe people have forgotten about that by now.