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Set discussion moved to the existing set thread.

The fact that people run in here every couple months with "I THINK SCRIPPS IS CHANGING THEIR PACKAGE!!!!!" only to found out that other stations have been doing the same thing for months or years, is testament to how many options this package makes available to stations.

So one station got rid of "The Now" (WRTV), and another one is starting it up.

 

WKBW is launching "The Now" in September (could start airing on the 4th) at 7pm, after World News Tonight.

 

Hannah Buehler will anchor the broadcast.

I was told the 30-minute version of The Now that WTMJ has was actually an experimental format, and it seems to be working. Not surprised that Scripps is rolling it out to other stations. I know WGBA also picked it up while retaining Wisconsin Tonight which is a good sign for some other stations (WMAR) who have yet to launch The Now but also have existing successful non-traditional news shows.

I'd also not be surprised if some of the existing "Now"s get reformatted to late afternoon/evening 30-minute shows.

I've noticed lately that they haven't been opening the 7am hour with the plaza shot, but with the control room. It's cool to see that, but it is kind of boring. TODAY was the only morning show that would wake you up with the sound of crazed screaming tourists at 7am. It was special. Also, the anchors don't open the 8am hour on the plaza anymore, which is dumb. They were only together outside ONE time today. I think people will notice this and it will turn tourists in NYC away from coming to the plaza because they'll never be on TV. I wish they would dedicate a couple of minutes of talking with the fans on TV. Find some people who would make a good story and put 'em on. That would be neat. The hosts almost never interact with them on the show.

I'm going to make a wild guess and say that there are security concerns with doing stuff on the Plaza. There's a reason why they were primarily indoors during election night coverage.

The times, they are a'changin'.

Split the new set and graphics talk to a new thread: https://forums.tvnewstalk.net/index.php?threads/new-wpvi-set-and-graphics.16108/

PLEASE, folks. The General Threads are to keep the board from being cluttered with random "jim gardner sneezed tonight and a light was out" posts. A new set and graphics package are DEFINITELY, 100% deserving of at least one dedicated thread.

quick question on MSNBC programing- Does MSNBC air a east and west coast feed? Or is it just the one, where the prime time shows are shifted 3 hours? If that is the case, the 11th Hour which airs 11pm EDT would be airing at 8pm out west, correct?

The cable news networks do not have time shifted "west coast" feeds... No one wants to watch breaking news coverage time shifted three hours.

The west coast is why they re-air primetime shows. And yes, The 11th Hour airs live at 8pm in the Pacific time zone.

What the hell when is WBBM going to get a new set. Every other Chicago station has gotten a new set except them.

Patience.... Patience....

I'm not so sure about FTVLive. He should know better than to attribute NBC Montana's ownership (and editorial judgment) to Sinclair (ownership change is pending, but Bonten still owns and operates the station.) Even the Huffpost article that started the feeding frenzy eventually appended a clarification that Sinclair hasn't taken over.

Sinclair may not own it yet but it's entirely likely that the management was sucking up to the new bosses here. Just because they haven't officially taken over yet doesn't mean station management isn't in communication with their new overlords.

If the FCC changes the rules for Sinclair those same rule changes apply to other station groups too...

Just sayin' before we head down the "CONFLICTS!!!!!!!!!!!11!" path yet again.

Theres this one light on WBBMs set that keeps going out they keep fixing out but it kerps going out

Eagerly awaiting the next update on this.

LAMPWATCH 2017

Do they have "breaking news" in the L3 enough times?

Don't forget that, when the breaking news lower third animates on, it briefly says "BREAKING NEWS" in the main text area too.

The little corner box in Scripps' package is a cool concept, but I feel it just ends up being redundant half the time anyways. Leaving the generic loop there would be better than cramming in a franchise graphic that's ALREADY being mentioned in the yellow/red bar on the top of the lower third.

I've never heard that cut before. Wonder if it's part of a new set of music cuts?

The music is not new. Inergy came with three flavors of main theme, "Light" (usually used for mornings) "Medium" (what is used here) , and "Hard" (what the

Almost completely new... they added times and such along with a city scape and angled "Live" transition within the open... it shows the original logo angling at the viewer when the VO says "7 Action News"... at some point in the future I will post them but right now I'm not in a position to hook everything up and get a good video...

Those sound like the opens the former Journal stations use?

New set talk moved here:

https://forums.tvnewstalk.net/index.php?threads/new-wgn-set.16032/

Again, general threads are for small stories that don't deserve their own threads!!! A set and new logo definitely deserve a thread!

Please refrain from discussing the Tribune purchase here. There is already a dedicated thread for it.

I wouldn't be too sure. Rick Perry said it first.

I didn't realize it was in the tweet too.

Maybe.... Maybe even Rick Perry thinks they own too many stations...

(Ok spill the beans which one of you is Rick Perry)

185 Nexstar stations? I thought it was less than that? Or did we miss something?

I do believe Mr. Jones is being facetious.

But such a deal would be LADEN with conflicts. It would likely put WTSP on the block so a real owner could undo the damage...

 

Nexstar is sucking up to the administration just like Sinclair is. They will both get exactly what they want as long as they keep that up.

Nexstar isn't as bad as we hyped them up to be. Sure they laid off an assload of people and brought down helicopters (the latter of which is a smart move because of excess helicopter noise), but they're not that bad.

Yeah, mass layoffs aren't bad at all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Also I can almost guarantee you that "helicopter noise" had absolutely nothing to do with the reason they got rid of their helicopters.

so basically these moderators edit/censor posts by delaying certain comments to favor their political agenda that side with others - then allow the posts after the discussion is over and done. pretty sad TVnewstalk

You were reported some time ago for making unnecessarily rude posts directed at other site users and were put on moderated status as a result. Posts are held until I have time to skim through them (usually once a day). I'm pretty sure I've approved every post you've made up until today when you made unnecessarily rude posts about the baby cake.

I agree that it's not news, but that's no reason to attack other site users. These "general threads" are full of dumb stuff, mainly to keep it out of other threads.

22 years old, and already working at the #1 rated news outlet in the 3rd largest American city...

 

I'm not quite sure what to make of that. I thought Rob Elgas and Cheryl Scott were young blood, but at least they're seasoned in their respective positions. Am I the only one that finds this a bit unnerving?

If I had to bet I'd put money on him being the son of someone important at the station or a family friend of someone in management.

Scripps' current CEO and future CEO are dumping some of their stock:

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/3/20/scripps-suits-are-selling-stock

Tells you what their outlook on the future is like I suppose.

But, on another note. When looking through the Vimeo page, is it normal to have graphics such as the one below made up for the death of a monarch in another country? Seems odd. [MEDIA=vimeo]197236802[/MEDIA]

The UK's Royal Family is probably more popular in this country than the current (or previous) First Family, so it's not that much of a shock.

Remember how out of their way the networks went to cover the Royal Marriage and the Royal Baby?

It's probably pink because the blue and red versions are playing at the same time, and they're both transparent enough they blend together or they have a blending mode enabled that you can't see when it's just one or the other.

His last newscast was last night, a nice send off, any word on who his replacement as chief will be? In-House or will they look to poach from another market?

Seeing as it took a year to fill Mike Jacobs' seat, don't expect this to move too quickly.

If they were smart they would name Brian Gotter the chief and keep him on mornings like WITI.