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Did he at least pay Dale Hansen royalties for ripping off his sign-off from WFAA? Dale Hansen: "Television has to be more than sitcoms and cop shows. We need to take people out of their bubbles and their safe places, and make them think about the world we live in. It is the only thing I've ever really wanted to do." (2:28) Dustin Nolan: "We as a local news station have to be more than trends or sanitized news, because it makes people feel uncomfortable, that's what the facts matter and that's why we do what we do here. We have to take people out of their bubbles and comfort zones and make them thing about the world we all live in." (1:07) Dale Hansen: "If you don't have a Denny Livingston in your life, I strongly encourage you to find one. He makes dreams come true." (2:37) Dustin Nolan: "If you don't have a Jenna in your life, I suggest you find one. Because she makes dreams come true in every way another human can't." (1:50) Dale Hansen: "There will be no more TV tomorrows for me, so for everyone who has been a part of this one, and all of these 41 years, I'm Dale Hansen, and I really do thank you for watching. Goodnight, and good bye." (3:45) Dustin Nolan: "There will be no more TV tomorrows for me, so for everyone who has allowed me to be a part of their morning, I really do thank you. Good day, and good bye." (2:22) Hansen did it all without crying. Just saying.

If only they hadn’t fired all of their designers...

You know what, that set aged WELL!

Did he really lift Dale’s goodbye? Are you serious? What a weirdo. His goodbye was bizarre too.

Wow! I didn't think about that! He must have looked around Youtube for TV anchor goodbye speeches and landed on that one!

Did he phrase/execute what he said perfectly? No. Absolutely not. Holding back tears and reading off the teleprompter rarely goes well. But I interpreted it as a "this is a job where we have balanced the mix of reporting the uncomfortable stuff AND the fluff." But there's a web story, and video on literally every station social media platform. If this was a quit in protest, it would not be memorialized like this. Dude is probably just fed up with the alarm clock from morning hours. Also, in 2026 it is smart for a married couple to diversify employers and not rely on the same broadcast/media company for paychecks and health insurance.

Channel 55 re-airing the knicks parade with an "ENCORE PRESENTATION" on the ticker itself

Could you imagine if Fox owned a bunch of classic movies? Wouldn't that be something? I feel like a Comcast-Roku deal would be a non-starter from a regulatory standpoint, even if our current president didn't have it out for Comcast.

I wonder where that show would air, if it does happen. The CBS O&Os don't seem to have room on their schedules (KYW would have to either move Drew Barrymore or get rid of a newscast). It could go on the sidecar stations, but that wouldn't be good for a show like this. I also wonder if it would be a standard hour or if they would use the half-hour Drew format.

We now have a date as to when The Spot - Nashville 28 on WNPX will begin... June 29th. That'll also be the date NewsChannel 5+ moves from WTVF 5.2 to WNPX itself which will become a mix of NC5+ programs, syndie programs, and Nashville Predators broadcasts. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZvKV-Gj4LV/?igsh=b25hZncxMXo5MXFo

With one poster calling out WABC and saying that Bill should've retired into the sunset, and I bet haven't considered: the cost of health insurance. Yes, Bill could be on Medicare, but what you pay on Medicare is dependent on what you earn. I wouldn't be surprised that Disney/ABC accommodated Bill with this special correspondent position so he can continue with Disney's health insurance and Medicare/Medicare Advantage if he has one. Let's not forget that we aren't a country with universal health insurance for everyone and as Bill pointed out, treatment for Alzheimer/Dementia is very, very expensive.

My 9 is relevant today! It's being used for Knicks coverage. I like that they actually used WWOR's logo, as many duopolies these days just use the main stations logo when it's on the junior station.

Loving the basketball CBS logo for Knicks Parade coverage! If the logo were bigger it would've been cool to have the actual CBS logo with the iris as the basketball.

I'm looking at it this way: This is still "unchartered territory", regardless if it's Nexstar or Gray or whoever... Is this the wave of the future? Maybe. With everything going to a subscription based services platform, this may be a winner. We need to let them find their footing, adjust to viewer feedback, and go accordingly. I do agree, this will not be a win in every market. For the duopolies, this would make more sense. Why have 2 huge sets, 2 sets of anchors/reporters, etc... I'm still very leery of this kind of product, but I'm taking notes and keeping an open mind on the whole thing.

The diverging paths of replacing traditional anchor led newscasts with either this podcast style and playlist (Scrippscast, etc...) style newscast is an interesting situation to see develop, and also shows a divide in how people are consuming media right now. People are either getting information through quick self-contained contained storytelling where TikTok and similar platforms are succeeding or long conversations that can wind and go in all sorts of directions, which works well in podcasts. TV has been slow to respond, and these changes might be too little too late. The problem is podcast and playlist style newscasts are the "we have McDonald's at home" versions of the products they try to emulate. They're constrained by being on linear platforms, still having to deal with specific schedules and time lengths, advertising and sponsor obligations, risk averse corporate policies, expected to color within the lines of being perceived as neutral and objective, and the other limitations that come with being legacy media outlets. And the podcast style definitely is personality dependent. A legacy anchor may not necessarily have the right personality to match the podcast style. But, ultimately both of these models aren't going away because revenues are dropping and the cost of getting a product to air needs to match budget realities.

I'll say what I said on Discord about this: it's important to look at this as a digital product being simulcast on TV, instead of "they changed the news to look like this." The traditional newscast was, in essence, canceled, and the time filled with a streaming show. "But this looks bad! It won't get good ratings!" you may say... That's kind of the point? If people want "traditional" news, they can switch over to KSNF and watch most of the same content presented differently. This does not exist to get #1 ratings on TV. It exists to sell OTT targeted advertising to people who, at this point, are used to seeing this format, however "cheap" it looks. I would not be surprised to see this roll out to more Nexstar duopoly markets.

WEVU (now WZVN) NewsCenter Weekend Report open (August 30, 1987) KCOP News 13 at 10:00 (April 6, 1990) WFRV Channel 5 Eyewitness News Weekend (December 25, 1994)

It looks like the transition for WCOV has begun as they now air WSFA's 9pm news as of tonight, it looks like.

The title should say 22 billion. I knew it couldn't be for that little.

KOIN Channel 6 (CBS Portland, OR): Newsroom 6 late edition, Wednesday, October 19, 1983

KSTU (FOX 13 Utah) just welcomed a new anchor to its news team and that person is Jiani Navarro. She comes from Gray Media’s KCTV 5 in Kansas City, where she was a weekend morning anchor and weekday field reporter. Navarro’s duties at FOX 13 are co-anchoring the flagship 5 & 9pm newscasts with Bob Evans. She will co-anchor from the field at 5 and then join Evans in studio at 9. Here is a video from the FOX 13 Instagram page on her welcome. https://share.google/GuKImKZd2xQ986Pa6

It has aged well for a set, over 11 years. It will be interesting seeing one of the AR/VR sets for KDKA, if that holds true. In the report at 4pm, Barry Pintar did show off that one of the video walls was removed as they prepare to renovate Studio A.