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Quite a lot, actually. The History Channel barely covers history, and NewsNation barely covers the news.

They've pretty much owned the market since the beginning. Florida State University nabbed the VHF allocation for Tallahassee (as a non-commercial station), while WCTV nabbed the next closest one in Thomasville, Georgia. It wasn't until 1976 when WECA (now WTXL) signed on, and not until 1983 when WTWC did. WALB in Albany still had city-grade coverage in the northern fringes and served Tallahassee as their default NBC affiliate until WTWC. The ratings pretty much have reflected this for years...WCTV owns the market by a large margin with WTXL as a distant second, and WTWC as a perennial non-factor. Even Sinclair opted to still have WCTV produce WTWC's .2 (FOX 49) newscasts and have absolutely nothing for WTWC/NBC.

Keep John and Craig where they are on WCBS. I could have seen Regan on mornings at Fox 5 given that she dialed it back just a bit.

The CW air two seasons of WWE Smackdown in the late 2000s so there is a precedent (i.e.. airing pro wrestling). If NWA/CW can produce a good product, they shouldn't have too much a problem attracting an audience. How big of an audience is unknown.

Had to Google their outgoing logo... This is an impressive change for a market their size!

Looks like KMVT is switching to GrayOne, ‘cause their apparent new logo is now live on their website:

Let me clarify this, but this is on the MTN .2 subchannels, all of which are independent, it's not the new logo for the CBS main channel or KTVH/KTGF.

Had a blast putting this together. There’s a hidden message or two in here…

Barbara Ciara retiring from WTKR on December 1st after 43 years in Norfolk television

WCBS reports tonight that NY news fixture Arnold Diaz has passed at 74 . Given that he also spent considerable time at WNYW and WPIX (although longest at WCBS) I put this in a separate thread. He retired from PIX ~1.5 years ago in 2022.

From the New York thread: WCBS reports tonight that NY news fixture of the consumer segment 'shame on you', Arnold Diaz, has passed at 74 .

More from what I call the "struggle era" of WCBS (1997-2006). Constant talent changes, rebrands and new sets following the "Massacre of 1996" when many talent were fired. News 2 era begins (1997). Never saw this set before. The "2News" logo, set, and graphics looked way better. Just months later the set would look like this: Shon Gables first day (2003). That blue set was a downgrade compared to the "information center" era and 5th Ave studios. Jim Rosenfield's first day (2005). Roz says she's "happy to have him back from that other station" and that "she hopes they can anchor together for a loooong time". Ironic in that she didn't last too much longer at the station. I love Roz but that wig was not it compared to her WABC style. What did you all think of WCBS during this time?

Two weeks ago, ESPN hockey analyst Barry Melrose announced he was stepping down from his role due to being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Melrose had been a popular part of ESPN’s NHL and collegiate hockey coverage since 1994.

That "M" almost looks exactly like the Motown logo.