caliwxdude

 

This is just a wild guess, but are they able to do this now because of those LiveU packs and the fact that they don't have to outfit a chopper with special gear?? Can those packs even be used from a helicopter?

 

LiveU will work from a chopper, as

.

 

(Another station trying to knockoff the Belo graphics and they stole the KVUE logo!)

 

Yeah the logo is a ripoff of KVUE, but I actually think the graphics package WTVA uses is syndicated. The same look has been used on

, and is currently used on and . Not sure who's responsible for it, though. It's definitely not a Belo ripoff.

 

More info on some upcoming changes in Fresno for KSEE and KGPE from the Fresno Bee, including glimpses of KGPE's new set. The set reminds me a little of WCCO and WBNS.

http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/10/02/3531871/fresnos-ksee-kgpe-under-one-roof.html

 

Here's a preview video from KGPE that shows some of the new graphics and more of the set. I really like the new cut of Enforcer they're using.

 

I think the KION-KCBA/KCOY-KKFX operations are tightly integrated with each other, too. KCBA is owned by Seal Rock Broadcasters and SSA'd out. Seal Rock, which appears to mostly be the vehicle of a George V. Kriste, apparently also entered into a JSA with Entravision back in June for marketing and sales services of KCBA. Entravision owns Univision outlet KSMS.

 

Cowles shut down KCOY's news department a few years ago (turning the Santa Maria studio/newsroom into a bureau) and the station now simulcasts "Central Coast News" from KION in Salinas (a different market). So yes, KION-KCBA and KCOY-KKFX are joined at the hip—they also both used the same graphics package and "Central Coast News" brand before KCOY's news operation folded. Merging KCOY with KEYT might actually be a net positive for the market, since at least they'll be seeing a newscast from the actual market and not piped in from a neighboring one.

 

Up in the Monterey/Salinas market, Cowles also pared down the news offering on KION considerably since the Ackerley/Clear Channel/Newport days to just 30 minutes at 5:00pm, 6:00pm and 11:00pm. I'd be interested to see if NPG decides to bump that up in order to better compete with KSBW.

Current open from WGRZ in Buffalo--keep in mind that they have had the same GFX and music package (Image News) since '98...

 

What's with that PTI-esque rundown sidebar? At least Pardon the Interruption does it the right way by reducing the screen into an L-bar...