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And he saved a struggling Charlotte TV station to which it's now WCNC-TV https://www.wcnc.com/article/entertainment/ted-turner-charlotte-connection-to-cnn-empire-wcnc-charlotte-station-ownership/275-db32b78e-1837-42e5-a509-6418750d5165

MS rolled out subtle updates to its lower thirds today. The bottom bar, showcasing the show name and time, no longer touches the bottom of the screen and each side. The supers are also sized a bit differently with the ‘promo boxes’ on the right side animating in differently. See the attached photos. The KTR is the MS 1.0 look versus 1.1 from The Weekend.

The Rincon stations have been using the WHBQ Fox Memphis graphics. In another thread, some Sinclair —> Rincon station rebranded and used the same graphics. When Imagicomm had KIEM in Eureka (now owned by Marquee), they used WHBQ weathercasters for a time and these graphics would pop up in those segments.

29 pushed the sports show to 6:30 from post late news when they launched their comical attempt at a late night talk show. But they also had been running other local shows in a sort of checkerboard at 6:30 before the most recent realignment (Clash-room, some Bob Kelley show and others). As for 17’s news…while sure, one company goal may be to push NewsNation content, if it comes down to the income taking Action News at 10 generates vs a secondary philosophical desire, the cold hard cash is going to win out. Heck, Action News at 10 could be banished to the Localish channel or streaming and still get more eyeballs than anything PHL 17 could do in that hour (not to mention the not-little matter of Fox 29).

I'll say this... We learned what a SuperStation is all about (WTCG/WTBS/WPCH) because of Turner. I got access to 24-hour domestic (CNN), Spanish (CNN en Español), and international (CNN International) news because of Turner. I got access to great general programming plus Braves baseball games (TBS) through Turner. I got access to Inside the NBA (when it was around), and great sports telecasts (TNT) because of Turner. One of my favorite cable news networks to have ever existed (CNN Headline News) is because of Turner. Some of my favorite cartoons from my childhood (Cartoon Network) are because of Turner. The best classic cartoons of all time (Boomerang) exist because of Turner. IMO, the greatest classic movie network to have ever existed (Turner Classic Movies) because of Turner. I mean... nothing more to say. Without Turner, the television that we know today would not exist. Today is a very sad day for sure. This one hurts badly.

Tonight is KTUL’s last night on Lookout Mountain most staff has moved to KOKI’s studios with at least 3 more moving after tonight.