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Wasn't there some kind of lawsuit over the web address when NBC sold to Media General? NBC4i.com rolls off much better than NBC4Columbus.com. WRC already had NBC4.com in the bag. All I know is I'm forever grateful that Nexstar stopped changing the names of their websites to what they had been doing (CrappyLocalProud.com)

Or... The developer/contractor/ designer of the project paid the freight for the trip. A paid press Junket if you will. Stations news departments used to have some pretty solid journalistic rules about such junkets and who paid for them. However with the erosion of journalistic rules (and skills) , it's easy for stations to accept all kinds of freebies or cross promotions that blurr the lines of objectivity. "Oh it's newsworthy because our local Congressman/ Mayor etc.. will be touring also." That's how they (Managing Editors, and ND's ) justify the trip to feel better in their own minds that it's gonna be a total ,"fluff piece". For Example... "The Disneyland/ Disney World WX Live Shots Back Home". Every station falls for this one... (but the viewers luv 'em) Your local station sends your weatherman to do a a wx live shot with Mickey, Goofy and friends....live from the Magic Kingdom. Disney provides the entire set-up....the camera ,sat-time, the photog, the field producer and even Mickey and a few princesses or animated fish. Disney puts you, and your kids and spouse into a free room and gives the kids free tickets while your local Weather-Schmoo fills 4 minutes in the C and F block of the newscast. !00% free promotion disguised as your local weathercast. It's even more fun during ratings when the park is filled with wx dudes and dudettes from all over the country doing shots back to home. Disney can handle a whole bunch of those shots...and have a million ways to feed all those shots. All you need to do is... (Insert Your Hometown WX man here)

Who says TEGNA’s cheap they sent Mike Valerio and a photog to Tokyo to cover a possible maglev train between Baltimore and Washington. Unless of course Valerio was planning a vacation to Tokyo and he got them to cover a few nights in a hotel + a photog.

They handled this absolutely horrendously. Making no effort to come clean on it, and just stealth moves, is just wrong. It has only made the community angrier. Even the anchors that made worse moves at other statements (like racial slurs or political statements) had stations come clear, apologize and then let them go publicly. I guarantee you he'll find a better job somewhere else at a station not owned by Sinclair.

Stefan Holt is likely going to be off for paternity leave (not sure what the Comcast(NBCU policy is) because his wife gave birth to their second child last week.

Never liked Kaylor ... all I remember him was those goofy glasses he always wore and that undercover story where he dressed up as a hobo to report on what it's like to be homeless. He was mocked mercilessly for that. I had a crush on Angela Pace when she first started at Channel 4, but I liked her less and less as she got older.

It was a short ownership because of their Enquirer ownership and was under a temporary waiver. It would have been OK under the old Gannett but definitely not under the current TEGNA. They're in a good place now. And WZZM was the other swapped station in the deal that sent KOCO as well to Hearst-Argyle.

Here is your official TEGNA Breaking News graphic for your collection. Use it only for good...and never evil.

A better fit for him, honestly.

Good for him. I'm glad he quickly got a new role after his stint on the EN ended.

It’s nice to see someone preserving the minuet.