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Looks like Gray's Laredo station KGNS 8 is about to add a 6:30pm broadcast on its LP sister station KYLX. It will go in effect on 9/12.

I am so so happy to see Phil filling in at 10 o'clock tonight. Thank You Jesus!!! But I'm wondering why they didn't allow Jerry to fill-in (he was on at 6 & 7). He can't fill-in at 10 anymore? That blows, if that's the case.

That's my biggest pet peeve. I've never liked it when a station's overall brand includes the word "News". They're not airing news 24/7 and it's certainly weird hearing the word "news" when you're not airing news on non-news timeslots. "News 5" is too generic. It's like most folks used it. WLWT uses the News 5 branding. I'm with you. Eyewitness News wouldn't hurt In this day & age, even though 5's product have drastically changed since the last time they'd used that brand.

They've been trying to get these buildings sold for years, since Zell owned Tribune.

Let me try to clarify. I meant the other Scripps stations that have yet to standardized. I knew WTVF have the Scripps graphics, but hope it didn't affect them. I've since reworded my message above.

I just hope it's not WTVF. And I hope it's one of the stations that's hasn't standardized yet.

Weigel has the rights to most of those games. Many of them air on its "UToo" subchannel. But don't 9 carry some preseason Bulls/Hawks games? Or is it all CSN?

So no "KX4" on channel 4? From NorthPine earlier this week:

There's folks that remember distinctive brands that resonates with a station. Some have dropped the brand just to bring it back. Look at KYW & WLS. I would think folks would be outraged if KGO uses the Eyewitness News name, and KPIX has used it off and on for several years. Yeah, KPIX is not using it now, but you never know they might bring it back. WOIO might as well go back to either Action News or just 19 News. And whether they change the branding or not (doubt they will) their ratings will still be a status quo, unless they change their content formula. Good luck trying to beat 3 & 8.

Why would they use a brand WEWS previously use?

I agree. And it's not just Boston. It's all over the country. These crazy news expansions have been extremely ridiculous. And what's worst, some stations will gloat about having more hours of news then any other station in promos. It doesn't make the content of your newscast (or your station as a whole) any better, if you just keep on getting rid of other programming and replacing it with news. If news is all you show, then that would give viewers (and even non-news viewers) a reason to change the channel.

So after almost five years after moving its primetime news from 9pm to 10pm, WSBK 38 is moving its primetime news again to 8pm. This move will go in effect August 29th.

Here we go. Some news expansions. Following what KTVI did earlier this year, KDVR's sister-station KWGN is launching an 11pm newscast beginning September 12. EDIT: Also KSHB will be launching a 6:30pm newscast, also beginning September 12. Scripps-produced syndie show "The List" will be moved to KMCI 38 at 9pm. _____________________________________________ The McLaughlin Group's host & EP John McLaughlin was unable to host the program this weekend because he was "under the weather". This was the 89-year-old's first time missing his namesake panel program since the show debuted in 1982.

This was planned for months. After it announced in December that it'll get the CW on "KXJB-D2", Gray bought some LPs around the Fargo/Grand Forks area. K30LT-D Horace (which is now KXJB-LD) K28MA-D Argusville K30LR-D Grand Forks Now even though they haven't officially announced what they'll put on main channel, I wouldn't be surprised if they put CBS in HD on it's main channel.

From NorthPine.com, WDAY-TV is launching a 9pm broadcast on two of its subchannels. Simultaneously.

The Nexstar/West Virginia Media sale, has now been greenlighted.

If Herndon leaves, good for him. His talents will be appreciated elsewhere.

That would've made total sense.

What difference does it make if its 720p or 1080i. No station is in 1080p, so if you're saying 720p isn't full HD, then 1080i isn't full HD either. WLS had one of the best signals out there with their 720p. .....before they added that Live Well HD subchannel.

.......that would a disaster.

No, Letterman's was even larger, and it made him unrecognizable. I didn't even know it was him, at first glance.

I could be wrong, but I don't think I'd remember seeing Avalos working on a Saturday night, since he left WLS!!!

This is just sad as hell. Just plain pitiful. A Damn Shame. SMMFH.

Don't they normally bring a reporter from KTRK to cover something in this region? I remember some time ago that a reporter from there was in Louisiana covering a weather-related event (like a Tropical Storm) and that clip was aired WLS and the other sister stations. Like this morning, KTRK's anchor/reporter Chauncy Glover is in Baton Rouge and was featured on the national ABC shows.

Damn. Nagy has been all over the place this weekend. Last night, Liz was covering a local breaker at during the 10:30pm half hour. Then a few hours later, she anchored the morning broadcast with Tanja Babich. And tonight, she's covering the deadly police shooting in Baton Rouge. Hope she finally get some rest.