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It's weird because the previous FTN studio was perfectly serviceable for the Evening News and was only a year or so old - and IIRC Norah anchored EN from there a couple times and it looked really good. An 11PM or otherwise late national news won't work - too many are in bed by that hour and it would probably need to be "edgy" to have a snowball's chance. What I do think would work is someone expanding their evening newscast to an hour each night, so there's more opportunity to produce and air stories with depth and not try to jam everything most of the public already knows into 90 second packages--basically put on a watered down 60 Minutes, but every night. That's basically what Scott Pelley's Evening News was, and even in a 30 minute slot it was excellent. As the syndication market falters and more programming's coming in-house, I wonder what network would have the guts to try it. CBS, honestly, is a prime candidate. Their syndie arm just dropped the Insider and while Inside Edition filled the hole in a lot of markets, that time could absolutely be spent putting better content on the air. I bet plenty of station groups would love to not have to pay for another half-hour of programming for their stations.

16 … WNEP … The NEEEEWWWWWWWSSSSSSSSSSS Station!!! -- Matt

Based on the reactions to this-- I cannot wait for the shitstorm to ensue when WNEP picks up the Tegna theme.

Well, looks like I've done it again, started another discussion in a thread since a certain sale went through that put this station in the hands of someone with a track record of mucking up things.... And since it's the Music thread, it's a pretty good idea why this thread should exist..... Because if a piece of news music can literally get into one's head, inspire protests that demand it's reinstatement, and a loyal bunch of viewers that are as fun to listen to for their insights.... Go for it moderators....you know you want to....

You have. WFMJ used that theme as well.

A sign that the network will soon fold? That would mean bad news to the thousands of NewsNets streaming viewers........ in the Philippines!

Rick Mitchell was the chief at KOCO when I was in OKC and breaking into programming when needed was without question...so the smell here's coming from up on high, I have a feeling.

OTL started as a weekend program before becoming a daily program IN 2003 while still being aired on Sunday mornings (in which the latter would end in 2017 in favor of an expanded E:60). This time, it will be on Saturday mornings while SportsCenter Coast-to-Coast expands to 90 minutes, ending at 1:30 p.m.

Outside The Lines has now been reduced to a weekend show and a SportsCenter segment.

Which I'm fine with that because FOX's soccer coverage sucks.

ESPN/ESPN+ got the rights to the Bundesliga starting in the 2020-2021 season. It's another list of soccer rights they got after getting Serie A of Italy, EFL and FA Cup in England, MLS Live, etc. https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2019/09/espn-to-be-the-u-s-home-for-bundesliga-beginning-august-2020/