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Well done KABC - has a grand feel to it but enough dimension that it doesn't feel cavernous. I like the warm elements, sure would be nice if there were more of them but it's in the right direction after so much all cold white and blue on sets. There was a nice shot going into the break of the anchors walking from the stand up shot to the desk.

I actually don’t think it’s a replica of WABC other than the strong blue theme. KABC’s is significantly more dynamic than WABC’s, both great in their own rights but KABC’s is truly remarkable. Very similar to KTLA’s set which is also top notch. Their ability to consistently exceed expectations on this stuff is insane. *please let KTRK get something this grand*

Here is the photo version of ABC 7’s new state of the art set, one of the LARGEST local news sets in the country to date. The last couple of photos was just taken at around 5:15pm this evening showcasing Marc Brown, Michelle Fisher, chief meteorologist Dallas Raines, and meteorologist Danny Romero behind him updating the traffic maps for the evening traffic reports. As already stated by myself and others, the studio is basically a near-replica of WABC but just suited for KABC’s needs and it feels like something that you expect from Southern California’s News Leader. The debate between KABC and KTLA on who has the higher quality studio in the LA market goes either way or both ways depending on what metrics you use.

KABC doesn't disappoint and they always get the best of the best. Sorry, but KABC set looks better WABC (cough * cough) Job well done!

Not seen in my or the other posted video, they did use the stairs as a presentation spot for a reporter. Could see the co-anchors starting up there, as well.

I'm also glad that KY3 hasn't made the switch. With all the corporate conformity across the majority of stations regardless of ownership, it's good to see them maintaining some autonomy.

The hub has been pushing out the GrayOne promos for quite a while now. They're basically templates the stations customize for themselves regardless of whether they've switched or not. Personally, I'm glad KY3 is holding out on switching. It's one of the better packages out there despite it's age, and they're likely the only Gray station to have never switched to one of their packages.

I think it goes without saying that those at WTVQ would be wise to update their resumes now.

CBS/Turner’s announcer roster has been released.

19 News took a tour with Cleveland mayor Justin Bibb of Reserve Square, the complex where WOIO and WUAB have been located since 1995 inside the basement of this residential complex. To put it nicely, this place has really gone to hell... Gray should have moved them out when they could have especially when they could have built their own station. https://www.cleveland19.com/2026/03/04/cleveland-mayor-wants-faster-court-action-reserve-square-building-complaints/

It’s frustrating that ratings data is no longer shared as often as it used to be but I feel like if any other station had knocked WABC from its perch, that station would be vocal about it. That we haven’t probably indicates it’s business as usual.

This set is pretty good. I concur that there's a bit too much blue for a Southern California set. But honestly this beats my expectations for what replaces the 2015 set (which I still would rank is my all time favorite for KABC). I would definitely say it's now easily the best in the local ABC portfolio, as was the 2015 KABC set. The camera tracking needs some work as it's a bit too wobbly at times. On a different note, I still miss the KABC music cuts.

KTLA dupe for sure, but set looks great. Much better than WABC.

This new set is wonderful and reminds me of KTLA's set. Matter of fact, it's on par with their set. There are some things that feel grander than what KTLA has like the AccuWeather center and the big Circle 7 on the floor, but KABC always takes it a notch higher when it comes to certain aesthetics. The set here is the best in the ABC O&O group and I can't wait to see how the vibe of the set will be during the afternoon/evening shows and the early AM news.

The Drew Barrymore Show has been renewed for season seven...and eight. https://deadline.com/2026/03/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-season-7-8-1236747335/

That promo is likely from Gray's hub- KVLY has similar promos for Weather and Apps, and there has been no other sign of them getting GrayOne (Ex Hoak station). Until you see things start appearing in newscasts (namely weather graphics) I wouldn't get too excited.

WJLA ended their weekend morning newscasts. I should note they were only an hour long on both days, so it's not as big of a loss as you would think. It's still embarassing for an ABC station in a top 10 market, though: https://dcrtv.com/wjla-ending-weekend-news/

Hindsight is 20-20 indeed. If not a new facility from the ground up, WOIO/WUAB could've just gone the KMOV route and relocate to an office building that already exists.

Its about time WFLX replaced their horrible fake FOX font logo after 18 years. A much better improvement for WFLX, IMO. Plus, finally using the actual FOX logo for the first time since 2008.

Yeah, that would've been smart.

Ahhh that would explain why most news branding just goes with Southwest Florida. As @MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie pointed out, WXTF only covers a small fraction Florida. IMO, a statewide branding feels off when the newscast doesn't cover a majority of the state. Same with CBS Texas, they're just covering the Dallas Metroplex in a state with 20 DMAs. Arizona's Family, for example works as the state only has 4 DMA's, and Phoenix's market takes up most of the land area/population. My question is, do they begin laying off some of the Fox 4 staff? Second, is it that adding FOX 4 to WINK and WXCW doesn't station ownership rules.

It's been a problem for years. WOIO employees have had to deal with many of the same issues including rat infestations, being harassed by vagrants, and even the heat going out earlier this year. Gray really messed up by not pursuing the new studios in Independence. And in hindsight, they should have moved in with WUAB on Day Drive in their purpose-built studios way back when they merged. Parmatown may have been booming back then, but it emptied out soon enough as all of the action shifted to Strongsville and South Park mall... 30 years ago, Reserve Square was high-class living, and even had fancy commercials on the radio on how swank it was to live "in the heart of the city". Sounds like little has been done to keep it viable as more people are moving downtown. It may as well be a section 8 development in it's current state.

How are the stations handling the issues with regards to their portion of the building? I would assume they do a lot of their own maintenance. Also, I have to wonder if any of the stations' employees live there? I mean, the short commute has to be a big draw....

When Nexstar acquired KRBK in 2018 and upon moving the station to KOLR/KOZL's studios, they changed its branding to Ozarks Fox. It was a great decision, as the brand was used years ago in the KSFX era and seemed like a natural fit. In this case, they dropped a longtime brand (Fox 4) in favor of this one. The name itself doesn't really bother me much. It's hard to simply negate a brand that's been in place for decades. It's obvious that WINK management* doesn't have the most astute common sense as of lately (their handling of the Matt Devitt fiasco), so them dropping a well-established brand doesn't surprise me that much. (*Disclaimer: I know that Sun Broadcasting holds the license for WFTX, but we all know that is in name only to get around potential legal issues with Fort Myers Broadcasting owning outright.)

Any Fort Myers only branding would alienate a large portion of the potential audience. Fort Myers isn’t the largest city in the DMA. Cape Coral is the largest city in the market by far. Lehigh Acres, which isn’t an incorporated city, also has more people than the city of Fort Myers. That said, there are large portions of unincorporated Lee County that have a Fort Myers mailing address. As for Fox Florida… if the domain name is available and no one else is branding that way, why not? Less is more. 10 letter domain name. Two words. Alliteration. Says what the product is, still a clear change and a clean slate from the Fox4 News brand the WINK/Sun McSchwartzel leadership team wants people to forget was a thing.

It took 85 complaints to have Mayor Bibb to take notice

Why not Fox Ft Myers. It keeps the alliteration intact.

Again... why?!?! They barely cover a fraction of the state?!?! I would see this more for WOFL or heck even WSVN

Two retransmission revenue streams (minus the cut network gets), two stations worth of advertising revenue with the opportunity to bundle both stations to advertisers, operating cost/scale advantages over the other single station operators in the market. Realistic added costs: Power bill for second transmitter, programming costs, maybe a handful of WTVQ staffers added to WLEX employee headcount post closing.

Scripps' talk about "paying down debt" in selling WFTX and WRTV is clearly just propaganda. Anyone can see that at this point. And while we're at it, maybe someone should convince Scripps to change its slogan to be "Our light went out and can't find our own way". Would be pretty accurate for a company that was once the gold standard for local TV.

It puts the rest of Morris on the clock too. Nexstar would be a good fit - except for their obsession with national coverage.

I don't know if Scripps knows but since courts nuked the ban on owning 2 stations that are in the top 4 why not. $15.8 mil and they'll provide WTVQ with services, so $$$ for Scripps. Stripping out the news department is further savings so there's upside for not a lot of money

And perhaps the buried lede, Sir Charles & Dickie V in the First Four.

A view from ground level.

NBC has selected Jason Benetti as their top Sunday Night Baseball/MLB voice. NBC will utilize rotating color analysts from participating teams weekly.

With the move to WINK studios, WFTX has adopted a new brand. They're now going by the name Fox Florida.

For FOX4, yesterday was the final day in the Cape studios. Today, WINK on FOX4 debuted from WINK studios in Gateway. It seems, according to social media posts from FOX4 talent, that they’ll move across town (for now), too.

the FCC isn't looking at regulating streaming, you are not reading. It's literally in https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-188A1.pdf It's asking if the antitrust exemptions the leagues get is a threat to local public interest and how it's affecting broadcast TV financially. The FCC points to the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, when the government allowed the NFL and other leages a defacto monopoly to negotiate rights collectively without triggering the Sherman Antitrust Act. That same year the NFL made an attempt to negotiate broadcast rights with CBS for all teams, it got sued and the court invoked the Sherman Antitrust Act saying the league is restricting competition. The NFL commissioner at the time went on a lobbying blitz arguing large teams like the NY Giants selling their rights individually would make them rich while someone like the Green Bay Packers would barely get anything potentially causing smaller teams to cease existing. Congress passed the act in mere weeks. SBA permits the leagues (actually the carveout is written as football, baseball, basketball, and hockey) to sell rights as a package without being considered an antitrust violation, which it would normally be that. As a condition of that, the money from the rights is split evenly among teams regardless of size, popularity, etc. It prohibits airing of games on Fridays and Saturdays to protect college and high school attendance/viewership. College sports (NCAA) and NASCAR, are not afforded this privelege. Soccer funny enough being football to us Europeans is also not exempt so the MLS had to own all the teams. NCAA are lobbying for the Safe Act for that reason so they too can negotiate rights as a pool. The FCC is asking if the NFL/NBA/NHL/MLB are abusing their exclusive privlege to paywall games and make more money. Whether the antitrust exemption should apply today when games are moving to exlcusive distribution while at the same time eating up so much of the revenue local stations need for news and other content. Particularly in light of two things happening: courts have already ruled that the SBA does not apply to pay TV. And the NFL currently facing a class action lawsuit by almost 50,000 businesses and 2,400,000 subscribers over the 'Sunday Ticket' bundle arguing it's overcharging people by bundling, it costs ~$400 per season. This trial exposed internal emails showing the NFL denied ESPN's offer to sell Sunday Ticket for $70 to protect TV ratings of CBS and FOX. The jury found the NFL guitly, ordered $4.7B fine which trebled to $14.1B because it's an antitrust case, but the judge struck the amount down on grounds the jury was irrationally calculating damages based on flawed expertise. It's now pending at the 9th circuit wtih argument set March 9, the judge agreed plaintiffs might still win an injuction, so the monetary damages might stay and teams will have to negotiate on their own. Retrans (which has been rising because of sports) is another thing the FCC are looking at. You can leave a public comment on MB Docket No. 26-45. Just make a cogent, reasoned argument or the leagues could end up using it as evidence

WTVF Eyewitness News at 10:00 (February 24, 1979; rebroadcast; starts at 1:25) WNGE (now WKRN) NewsWatch 2 at 10:00 (February 12, 1982; rebroadcast; starts at 1:05 mark)

Extra renewed for season 33(!)

CBS's KOVR in Sacramento is next in line to get the CBS virtual reality set. Anchor/reporter Marlee Ginter posted to her Facebook that they are now on a temporary set. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DdhccWymj/