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WATN in Memphis has quietly replaced its COVID-19 coverage at 9AM with a new show called "Memphis This Morning" as of today. Could be a sign of more changes to come for the station.
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5 minutes ago, memnews said:
Camille Connor has joined WMC as a reporter.
Over at WREG, longtime weekend meteorologist Austen Onek departed the station earlier this year.
Wendy Nations has since replaced Austin Onek on weekends, though I'm not sure if her role is temporary or permanent.
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5 hours ago, Breaking News said:
WBNS is getting the TEGNA mandate tomorrow
The assimilation has gone full speed ahead despite an uncertain future for TEGNA at this moment. My guess is that all of their remaining stations will have the uniform look before the end of April.
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4 hours ago, T.L. Hughes said:
Sky 5 was severely damaged when the tornado (then at EF2 intensity) hit Tune Airport. When I first heard that the helicopter was parked there while watching a live stream of their 7:00 a.m. newscast Wednesday morning, thought it seemed odd, considering that many news helicopters are housed on their station’s studio grounds, not at general aviation airports like John C. Tune Airport. Considering the airport suffered $93 million in damage and WTVF’s studios escaped damage, putting the helicopter at the WTVF building would have prevented this.
That may not have been an option for WTVF to consider, especially with their studios being in close proximity to the Tennessee State Capitol and adjacent government buildings. Plus, the station itself is landlocked, and acquiring land to accommodate a helipad would've likely come at a premium for them as opposed to using John C Tune.
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13 hours ago, CBS11 Weatherboy said:
WATN started using the vote now graphics I just noticed tonight.
It's been like that for the past couple of months. They have even begun doing those Verify segments TEGNA has been rolling out at their stations.
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7 hours ago, Working4You said:
Seems basic. Not bad but not amazing.
Maybe the wrong forum for this but million dollar question. Does Tegna drop the "Local" branding from WATN and WOI I know that was a Nexstar thing. Guess we will find out in the coming days and weeks.
That's a most definite as using Local 'Channel Number' as branding isn't so much of a thing anymore except for maybe a handful of TV stations these days. They'll most likely be re-branded as WATN 24 and WOI 5 on the non-news side of things. As for newscasts, a return to the generic "Channel 5 News" or "News 5" branding would probably be the most logical direction WOI to go at this point. WATN may require some "creativity" to say the least as a means of moving ratings in the right direction.
17 minutes ago, ABC 7 Denver said:They definitely will. It doesn't comport with their branding policies. ABC24.com redirects to LocalMemphis.com currently. So ABC24.com will become the root domain. WeAreIowa.com may remain the same, but it could redirect to ABC5Iowa.com as well, to align closer to Tegna's branding standards.
On a side note, WOITV.com re-directs to WeAreIowa.com, so that should give you an idea on what direction they might be going.
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17 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:
Why is WATN there? What station represents the First News at 9:00 mic flag? I don't remember that one.
Not sure why, considering they're a TEGNA station now, but Jeez Louise does KTXL need some new mic flags.
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5 minutes ago, 24994J said:
Like a major news story, I thought this deserved a SPECIAL GRAPHIC, but in light of recent debuts, this is all we're gonna get...
Needs a beveled outline of the Lighthouse.
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8 hours ago, TheRyan said:
I'm just guessing, but I suppose WATE would be the one. Geographically speaking, it would make more sense if you're comparing Chattanooga to the nearest Nexstar station. But WKRN could certainly pick up the story as well.
Kind of surprised Nexstar hasn't bought any station in Chattanooga, though. It would make sense from their point of view.
Realistically speaking, Nexstar would have to purchase the assets of Morris Multimedia (owners of WDEF, a former Park/MG station pre-LIN merger) just to get into that market since Sinclair owns one station (WTVC) and manages two others (WDSI; WFLI), while Sarkes Tarzian (which Gray owns a partial stake in) owns the other (WRCB).
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1 hour ago, TheRyan said:
Most of the current gfx packages by Gray are pretty solid, but it amazes me how messed up the implementation can sometimes get.
To each their own. I mean, the white-and-blue look is a very good package when used correctly as intended, but there will always be those who will manage to botch it.
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On 10/16/2019 at 12:41 PM, scrabbleship said:
The ex-Tribune stations, debatable. WNEP, sure. KFSM and WQAD, debatable. WPMT and WTIC were already down that path.
The ex-Nexstar stations have nothing to lose and in a way got upgraded. A #3 station in a 2 station market, a #4 station in a 3 station market, and a #4 station in a market that barely supports 4 news departments, nothing setting the world on fire.
On 10/16/2019 at 12:58 PM, oknewsguy said:Translation, if anyone on here that lives in the markets of Hartford, Fort Smith and the Quad Cities most likely you're welcoming Tegna with open arms (same thing with Des Moines, Memphis and Huntsville) it's Pennsylvania (WPMT/WNEP) that are a bit up in arms about Tegna.
In the case of WATN/WLMT, they were already at rock bottom to begin with ratings-wise, so it's not like TEGNA could've done any worse for them. As much as Nexstar was willing to invest in making the duopoly competitive, it wasn't enough to move the needle in the right direction.
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On 10/2/2019 at 7:23 PM, TheOneManHerd said:
The initial plan from Landmark was to sell WTVF to Bonten. Needless to say, it's good thing they went with Journal instead.
They definitely dodged a bullet when the Bonten deal fell through. That company was Sinclair-lite in every aspect.
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3 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:
Here's TEGNA:
Have any of the newly-rechristened TEGNA stations received their new corporate ID files yet? Or are at least running this at the end of their newscasts?
I'm asking because WATN's copyright stuff post-sale is just (C) 2019 WATN in very small font and nothing else.
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WJHL has started using the KOIN package as of Tuesday.
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I kinda feel like this discussion over the National Anthem should be moved over into its own thread. With that being said, I don't see why restarting that tradition should be treated as such a big deal. I mean TV stations had been doing that stuff for years before daily sign-offs became a thing of the past. At least with what Gray has done is make their version tasteful enough to recognize all of the things that make America a special and diverse place.
I still remember when stations were playing this version by the Air Force back in the day:
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How long has WLBT been using 360 as their news music?
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5 hours ago, kfc513 said:
Knowing how cheap most of Gray's graphics packages look, this was the only thing that I feared would happen to the ex-Raycom stations when the merger was announced; and it's already happening in a couple of markets (Memphis & East Texas)
In all fairness, typeface aside, WMC executed this particular package much better than its East Texas counterparts.
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Is TEGNA's endgame to name every single morning newscast at their stations either "Wake Up!" or "Get Up!"?
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7 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:
It's been reported that Gannett could be sold to GateHouse.....
https://nypost.com/2019/07/18/gatehouse-media-poised-to-buy-gannett/
If this happens (and TEGNA's antics really drive them into the ground), could the Gannett name return to this company?
If the Gannett name goes away, it'll probably stay gone unless GateHouse assumes it post-merger.
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5 hours ago, DirtyHarry said:
https://abc6onyourside.com/station/people
Somehow I ended up on the WSYX talent page. I count 35 people. I know at least one of them is a Sinclair reporter, but is their news department really this large?
It makes sense when you're operating a virtual duopoly with WTTE via LMA.
Apart from Kristine Frazao and Scott Thurman (who are both from corporate out of the DC bureau and shouldn't be considered as local talent), they have roughly 12 anchors (at least 3 with dual roles as anchors and reporters, and 3 who are also I-Team investigators), 7 general assignment reporters, 5 meteorologists, 1 sports director (Clay Hall), 1 traffic reporter/anchor (Katie McKee), 1 "Mobile Trak" guy (Mike Kilburn), 1 consumer investigator (Jesse Pagan), 3 MMJs, and two feature and entertainment people. And that's between BOTH stations.
I really wish Sinclair's stations had their talent pages better organized.
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Decent package, but the lower thirds and typefaces need some fine tuning.
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WMC-TV in Memphis switched over to new blue-and-white graphics this evening. Appears to be another variant of the Gray look many of its stations have been receiving.
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5 hours ago, DirtyHarry said:
https://www.10tv.com/article/wolfe-family-sells-wbns-wthr-tegna-2019-jun
$535 million? (Per Business First.) For just those two stations? That's an indicator of how dominant those two stations were in their markets.
Think of it this way. Cox had how many stations and they sold for 3 billion? In other words, not too many buyers out there with the Deep Pockets to buy these stations.
Cox had a baker's dozen of stations (13 total), so that's about $230.77 million per station compared to $267.5 million for each of the two stations the Wolfes sold to TEGNA. A difference of roughly $37 million.
I'm not surprised Dispatch cashed out when they did. The signs were there. Just didn't expect Deathstar 2.0(?) to pick them up.
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On 5/11/2019 at 1:42 AM, TVLurker said:
Damn... When MSNBC has higher ratings than CNN you know CNN has failed.
On 5/11/2019 at 12:01 PM, MidwestTV said:It's been that way for a while buddy.
And yet Zucker hasn't exactly made things better over at that network.
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TEGNA Broadcasting and Digital General Discussion
in Corporate Chat
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I think it's only a matter of time before WATN switches over to the full-blown TEGNA look, but there are already signs the transition could be happening soon. Their 9AM newscast was recently re-branded as Memphis This Morning (which may or may not be temporary).