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Looks like KMBC and WCVB are ditiching opens for now cold opens ... wonder if it will go group wise ... -- Matt

[MEDIA=tumblr]did=ef45a272812b3de08c2a2bdd657a81ca00dc243f;id=160595853686;key=TjrONMrWX75ztNHlxRAsmQ;name=matthewkoonsreports[/MEDIA] New style of L3 and sweep gfx here for WGAL. Only appearing so far on promos. -- Matt

Thank you very much. Appreciate it. -- Matt

So I was watching WFMZ online the other day ... My question is, how many news helicopters does WFMZ have? I see them talking about QUADCOPTER ... I just can't imagine a station having 4 helicopters. During a traffic report, I did see them go live to 2 different helicopters. Amazing, especially for pseudo-suburban Philadelphia. -- Matt

Found this on YT. A nice but almost dizzying tour of the new newsroom for WGAL. And to think this is only phase 1. Phase 2 coming later this year. I'm hoping it's to add video walls to Studio B. I want that so damn bad. -- Matt

When does Nexstar close on Media General again??? Because with crap like this, it can't come soon enough. <iframe scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen src="http://up.anv.bz/latest/anvload.html?key=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" width ="640" height="360"></iframe> http://abc27.com/2016/12/24/rain-ends-by-lunch-staying-dry-this-evening-pleasant-christmas-day-ahead/ Fire. Brett. Now!!! -- Matt

Personally, I would like to see Unsolved Mystery reruns ... Robert Stack version ... or maybe this gem ... LOL. -- Matt

WGAL unveiled their 'WGAL Hall of Fame' yesterday. It's located near the lobby at their Columbia Ave., Lancaster building. Very nice report. And legendary anchor Dick Hoxworth got to be selected in the first class. I like what they did here. Very nice. Dick Hoxworth was an amazing anchor. I sure miss him on the morning team at WGAL. An honor well deserved. -- Matt

WGAL does not have the new website format yet. But we have some new things they started rolling out. [MEDIA=flickr]29546346753[/MEDIA] New WGAL Coming Up gfx ... The effects are just like the news gfx. I'm liking this. [MEDIA=flickr]29879660330[/MEDIA] Finally, WGAL has a station logo bug for syndicated programming. I wanted them to have this for YEARS. -- Matt

As an owner of a black lab and now a lab/shepherd mix ... I am so happy over this. He looks like my dog so much already. As a dog lover, I'm ecstatic. -- Matt

From their Twitter page. Almost a flat look. Signs of what's to come?? -- Matt

FWIW, KYW 1060 has changed their theme/open ... I can hear 1060 here in Harrisburg area on most days and I caught the bottom hour and it was very different. Still the KYW singlature tho. -- Matt

Love that mashup. The KYW 1060 is so iconic. -- Matt

Look who's back in the HLLY market. Al Gnoza. For those who forget, last year, while at cross-street rival ABC27, Al said during a report of Three Mile Island (Remember March 1979 anyone) and Al said, "If you hear sirens, we are all gonna die". That got him fired from the number 2 station in the HLLY. For some reason, people got upset. They revolted. They were upset. Now he's at cbs21. Yet another reason why Sinclair is the dump of the Earth. -- Matt

Sorry for being negative here ... but I still think ABC 2000 was better than this oversized GMA lovefest. Peter Jennings ... I can only imagine what he is thinking right now. That theme!! Still one of the best ... ever. -- Matt

It does look so much better than the Sincrap package. Well done WKTV. -- Matt

Apologies for bumping the thread ... but WGAL got the biggest update to the current news gfx package yet. New open, New talent open, new cuts from Strive package, modified logo ... and the biggest yet (and something I suggested for YEARS for them) ... the NBC logo on the L3's (you won't see that on the online video tho for some reason). Here is the video from News 8 Today. http://www.wgal.com/nowcast Well done WGAL. Have to get used to the new Strive cuts, but they did very good with this update. -- Matt

I'm a Cowboys fan, so you can probably imagine my reaction to the NBC10/CSN deal. Waste of money. Do they deserve to be on TV?? Sure. Public access overnight. -- Matt

A very bittersweet day here in the SusquValley as 42-year veteran of WHTM-TV, Chuck Rhodes, the dean of weather forecasting ... is retiring. It is effective April 30th. On a personal note, he was the one that helped my interest in weather. I would be remiss to not say that I'm sad to hear this news. But to everything there is a time, season for everything. I wish him the best. Class act. Class talent. Great guy. http://abc27.com/2015/04/02/chuck-rhodes-announces-plan-for-retirement/ -- Matt

Good point. I never heard of that site. Good work gumshoe. -- Matt

Haha ... yeah. Maybe it is a new logo. So, I checked Wiki and the old bland logo is there. Maybe I have an exclusive on something. Haha. -- Matt

Caught this on the 6ABC online feed this evening. Anyone know what this PHL logo is?? I Know it's for Philadelphia. Could this be a new logo for PHL17?? I thought that it might be the tourism logo for Philadelphia, but it's not. -- Matt

For me, as a dog lover, the only thing that saved that was Wrangler. I LOVE THAT PUP!!!! Excuse me please, I need a moment. I just saw Kathie Lee on the screen ... /grabs puke bucket -- Matt

So, Matt Lauer wants the TODAY tradition to continue to cocktail hour at 10AM?! Well Played Mayans. -- Matt

Still waiting on WHP/WLYH to get the new graphics package ... -- Matt