Dave Lampstein

Two more meteorologists leaving WISN. Just saw Molly Bernard is leaving at the end of July. Gino Recchia also made a sudden departure on June 28th.

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

With the exception of like Tom Skilling or Judy Woodruff, I don't know that I can name many anchors who stepped away from the desk and said they'd be back for special projects and reports who actually followed through. Having gone through this myself with family, if this was me, I'd never want to set foot back in the office. That said, he might like his co-workers and what he does enough to be motivated to stay busy and sharp as he navigates this. Just sad all around though. This is one of the worst ways to go.

Charlie van Dyke is sounding rough… yikes.

Playing off the 1976 Bicentennial heritage branding, WETA is rolling out new IDs and on-air graphics packaging for a summer of American storytelling content around the 250th celebration. Custom music from composer Chris Majka that brings the '76 sound back to life. WETA America 250.mp4

Animation is cool but really dig the sound.

Thought you guys might appreciate these. They actually don't include the studio portion of the building along the back of the building though.

Speaking of old Gannett properties, if you have $3m laying around you can buy KSDK's old building in downtown St Louis https://www.cbre.com/resources/fileassets/US-SMPL-191835/0b9f369e/3eca36dc-0eef-4313-adae-df7facea907e.pdf Almost worked there... but was turned off by what St Louis calls pizza.

That's a beautiful sign - I hope they rebuild!

We’re now going to see this situation become very common throughout public media—though it makes a lot of sense. One of the few times consolidation is likely to help more than hurt. GBH and NEPM to merge: https://www.wgbh.org/foundation/press/press-releases/2026-05-01/gbh-and-nepm-announce-anticipated-merger-to-strengthen-access-to-trusted-news-information-and-quality-entertainment-across-massachusetts DC for example is served over-the-air and on cable by at least three different PBS member stations. This is common in several markets. At least 70-80% maybe more of these program schedules overlap with the same programming.

You’re not wrong. https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadcasting/s/6b0RuBRYZJ

It's not the 90s... on-demand news is everywhere. Giving that time back to affiliates would actually be a burden. Stations don't have the budget for syndie programming, and producing live news at that hour has terrible ROI for advertisers. News foamers also overlook the staffing reality: asking anchors, producers, reporters, directors to add on more shows for no extra pay is ridiculous (but the norm). The Byron Allen shows are trash, but forcing cash-strapped affiliates to bleed money on an unprofitable late night local newscast isn't the answer. It’s wild to me that people here claim to love local news, yet have zero regard for the actual crews being asked to do more with less while linear viewership keeps dropping.

Nobody needs an 11:30p newscast.

Sue them for what exactly?

Did anyone read this tool's take on the situation? https://tvnewscheck.com/regulation/article/jessell-courts-shouldnt-meddle-in-the-nexstar-tegna-deal/ Jessell is as much of a con artist as Scott Jones at FTVLive.