TennTV1983

Imagicomm and Comcast/Xfinity are currently in retransmission dispute. They're threatening to pull at least one of their stations next Friday if a new deal isn't reached.

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/attention-comcast-xfinity-customers/article_0071b388-4842-11ee-ad81-673fd08930f0.html

WMC-TV is moving Dateline reruns to 2:00pm beginning September 11th (replacing The Kelly Clarkson Show) to make room for InvestigateTV+ at 3:00pm while also adding a new 3:30pm newscast.

Meanwhile, WHBQ is airing reruns of Dr. Phil (previously on WATN) at 12:00pm - replacing an hour of Family Feud, which will continue to run from 4:00 to 5:00pm. They are also picking up 48 Hours, which will air weeknights at 11:05pm.

On 8/14/2023 at 4:26 PM, TennTV1983 said:

WATN is bringing back Live with Kelly and Mark to their weekday morning schedule beginning next month.

 

I'm not sure what their afternoon schedule will look like now that Dr. Phil has ended, but I would suspect Jennifer Hudson and Karamo are sticking around.

A follow-up on what I posted earlier: WATN is doing a 2-hour block of game shows from 2-4 starting September 11. In addition to 25 Words or Less and Pictionary, they will also be airing People Puzzler along with Person, Place, or Thing.

4 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

KMOV has changed their branding from News 4 to First Alert 4. 

Worst. Rebrand. Ever.

WATN is bringing back Live with Kelly and Mark to their weekday morning schedule beginning next month.

I'm not sure what their afternoon schedule will look like now that Dr. Phil has ended, but I would suspect Jennifer Hudson and Karamo are sticking around.

WJLA's set from the now-defunct Park Place Studio was very basic in design, and with Sinclair having chosen to do all of their new builds in-house as of late, I'm not holding my breath on this new look being on par with the other stations in the DC metro market.

14 minutes ago, NBC 5 Chicago said:

Molly McCollum is back from maternity leave. She was doing the weather updates on Pattrn today. Not sure if she was on prior to today. 

Her first day back was this past Monday.

Current WTVT meteorologist Tyler Eliasen has been tapped to be the new Chief Meteorologist at WREG in Memphis, according to a new promo released yesterday by the station in tandem with Tim Simpson's announced retirement this past Friday.

https://www.facebook.com/timsimpsonwreg/videos/999355947768392

WREG Chief Meteorologist Tim Simpson announced tonight during the 6:00pm news that he will be retiring after nearly three decades at the station.

His final day has not been determined yet, but he said on-air that he'll be there for a few more weeks before moving to South Carolina to be closer to his family.

https://wreg.com/news/weather-expert-tim-simpson-retiring-after-29-years/

12 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Zucker wants to buy CNN back.

https://nypost.com/2023/06/22/cnn-may-be-put-up-for-sale-jeff-zucker-wants-to-buy-sources/

 

And my reaction....

Keep that guy away, especially with how Zuck ruins everything he touches. NBC, CNN, etc. 

2 hours ago, ATLNewsHawk said:

WMAZ in Macon is using new weather banners that incorporate more colors. Wonder if these are coming to other tegna stations

 

They were one of the only things left untouched since the last update, so I wouldn't be surprised.

6 hours ago, MidwestTV said:

He also said that Tegna is not for sale and has no plans to put itself up for sale, but if someone came along asking to buy they would listen.

4 hours ago, RaleighTVBOI1 said:

Now I’m wondering why they put themselves in this mess anyways.

All roads lead back to Soo Kim and his failed attempt to get on TEGNA's board via proxy a few years ago. He never went away.

2 hours ago, GoldenShine9 said:

 

It still does NOTHING to either solve the conflicts in ownership in 5 markets, nor does it settle the issue of foreign money being involved. They could promise 10 years and that wouldn't work.

That's all Soo Kim had to do was unload the conflicts, but no. He wants to be stubborn like a mule with how he's handling this.

28 minutes ago, Georgie56 said:

WGEM is next for GrayOne.

 

 

That looks like a blue-and-gold variant, which I wouldn't mind seeing WMC-TV use down the road.

The set is okay. I have no real issue with it.

The graphics on the other hand just screams CHEAP. You can also tell that the opens tried to mimic the CBS O&O look in a way animation-wise, but overall, it just looks awful compared to the other stations in the market.

12 hours ago, Yankees4life said:

Nexstar Ripoff really

It's not a ripoff if Rey Rodriguez is the one making looks for and outside Nexstar.

8 hours ago, MidwestTV said:

Patrick Ellis is leaving WLBT after 6.5 years for WMC.

 

 

Ellis' arrival comes as Brittney Bryant is leaving the station and news altogether. Her last on-air appearance was this morning.

2 hours ago, caliwxdude said:

The press release also mentions Hearst will be taking over the existing SSA for WZVN as well. It'll be interesting to see if Hearst continues to operate WZVN as its own distinct news operation, or if we'll start to see more cross pollination between the two newsrooms. 

They'll probably give WZVN the WMUR treatment despite not owning that station outright.

On 3/14/2023 at 9:57 PM, Axiom81 said:

Taking this with a very very fine grain of salt..but on one of the broadcast Facebook sites, I just saw a post for a new WBTV logo. Anyone have any info on it ? 

That logo is taking a page (somewhat) from its sister station WCTV in Tallahassee.

1 hour ago, GoldenShine9 said:

 

Would that logo fit well with modern graphics? I agree it should be brought back. I know the change from the Raycom-era logo was a positive, but that would be another step upward.

Their current logo is a nod to the last one they had under Jefferson-Pilot's ownership prior to Raycom's purchase (albeit is not quite the same):

1 hour ago, ColtFromGulfcoast said:

You know, I get those vibes myself. And the thing is, this is setting a dangerous precedent if that is indeed the case. 

 

All the man had to do was sell or even TRADE stations and this would have all been settled. 

Exactly. Conflicts are conflicts. Sinclair tried doing this with Tribune and got dragged tremendously, so why should Soo Kim be treated any differently in this bad faith of a deal he's trying to pull off?

4 hours ago, Geoffrey said:

 

I'm sure we're all thinking about the KCBS/KCAL failure with that name but I'm interested to see what they've got.

News Central was also something Sinclair attempted to do at all of their stations during the mid-2000s.

32 minutes ago, atlnews2 said:

interesting. What use do they have for a metv station in Macon? 

Gray needed somewhere to park a future Telemundo feed in that market.

2 hours ago, alaskanews said:

Looks like CBS just got consultant-bombed. This new opening sequence is an absolute disaster. If this is supposed to hook viewers it did the opposite to me. I wanted to turn away 

 

This is how you give viewers whiplash, ladies and gentlemen.

13 minutes ago, AaronQ said:

According to a report from CNBC, NBC Sports is preparing for an aggressive bid to bring back the NBA. NBC wants to have have a package to include playoff games on the network and some regular season games on Peacock.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/13/nbc-sports-prepared-to-make-nba-bid.html

I think Comcast/NBC is doing this in large part because of the potential fallout we're likely to see with Bally Sports' looming bankruptcy. They smell blood in the water and want in.