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I happened to notice that the top headline on WTVF's website right now is about who won Nashville's mayoral runoff...which happened on Thursday. The story itself was last updated shortly after noon on Friday.

I've been to Nashville. Weekends are definitely not that light on news to cover...

21 minutes ago, CircleSeven said:

 

Agreed. The Mike Davis discussion is moved to this thread.

Thanks. It was starting to give a whole new meaning to "Out & About"...

On 9/1/2019 at 11:31 PM, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

And neither are those formats anymore. Weird, huh?

If you mean "not on-air 24/7", that's not a format.

On 8/30/2019 at 11:08 PM, ABC 7 Denver said:

Also, having the national anthem play every night is trending toward state-controlled media and nationalism. I'm definitely against that.

You weren't around in the '80s when few broadcast stations were 24/7 and nearly every stations played the anthem at sign-on and sign-off, were you?

1 hour ago, Georgie56 said:

WFAA is preempting ABC primetime next Thursday to show the controversial high school football game between El Paso High vs. Plano Senior High School. Dale Hansen and Mike Leslie will be in the booth with Joe Trahan and Cynthia Izaguirre on the sidelines.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wfaa.com/amp/article/news/local/wfaa-set-to-broadcast-plano-senior-high-school-vs-el-paso-eastwood-high-school-football-live-in-primetime-on-sept-5/287-315dcc64-82fa-4721-bc59-78b687080daf

 

Oh, so the game was un-canceled?

50 minutes ago, Georgie56 said:

KTVK is adding another hour to Good Morning Arizona, now running to 11am.

One more hour and they'll be able to wish Arizona a Good Afternoon at the end.

Hypothetical question:  If Sinclair were to end up losing their station licenses, would it be a 22-year court battle like RKO General was?

I mean, we don't know if the industry will even be around in 2041..

CBSN is that old? Wow.

19 minutes ago, oknewsguy said:

That's true the customer is usually right but in a case of a life-threatening situation, sorry but the customer is wrong.

 

Stations HAVE to preempt regular programming for any Tornado Warning for ANY part of their DMA, it's the law. If you don't the FCC could punish you and punish you hard.

No one tell Criminal Minds Lady. 

6 minutes ago, oknewsguy said:

And WCMH has never gotten rid of the NBCi name YEARS after NBC sold them to Media General, is there some sort of a clause that has carried over to Nexstar that prevents WCMH from changing the name of the website even if they wanted to?

The "NBC4i.com" URL must have really taken off in the Columbus area -- wcmh.com and nbc4columbus.com both redirect to it.

Damn. I was hoping Hearst or Graham would get WBNS and WTHR. Silly me.

8 minutes ago, SFTV said:

 

Because it was during their 11am newscast when they broke the story followed by an ABC NEWS Special Report.

Okay, that makes sense.

But.

If the crash had been in SF and the story broke during WABC's noon newscast, would WABC have covered it? And would ABC News have aired a special report for it?

On 6/9/2019 at 12:50 AM, GoldenShine9 said:

This is interesting: KEYC and WWNY, acquired through the United purchase, have had their website changed - to the 2018 Raycom style (which was adapted while the Gray acquisition was underway, including to stations that were divested - which have mostly changed a second time). It means we can assume that website look is going to be the primary Gray design moving forward, although I haven't seen any legacy Gray stations receive it yet.

Ugh. I was just thinking the other day that Gray's "own" stations have the better website designs.

2 hours ago, SFTV said:

Interesting how KGO is simulcasting WPIX and then switched to WCBS of the Breaking News of the Helicopter Crash into the building.

Why would a station in San Francisco interrupt their regular programming to simulcast coverage of a helicopter crash in NYC?

I believe KTRK used to play it in the early morning as of earlier this decade, even going so far as to get sponsorship for it.

Naturally, I can't find the video now.

On 5/24/2019 at 3:38 PM, ihEARDtHAT said:

KUSI  (IND-9 San Diego) says goodbye to Carlos Amezcua
https://www.kusi.com/kusi-says-farewell-to-longtime-good-morning-san-diego-anchor-carlos-amezcua/

9? I thought they were channel 51...

I wonder if it'll be a different set of station logos tomorrow...

3 hours ago, newseider said:

First impressions are that I like the look more than I thought I would! Love the large eye with text just before the eye opener (looks a lot like GMA). Not sure on the supers though. My local affiliate doesn't use the ticker. But the new supers have a line and then room for a ticker with the background still there so it just looks like wasted space.

 

At the very least, the bug should be bumped up so it's even with the rest of the L3.

27 minutes ago, Eat News said:

I guess TNT is the only thing separating the left from the right.

Does that mean TNT is "center"?

Nah, it's just NBA playoffs and finals time.

17 hours ago, TVLurker said:

I'd be damned if this eventually turns out to the the "Trump News Network" that people have feared. I know we got Fox News and ANN but Fox News has doubters in it's staff and ANN is Fox News circa 2008.

I think you mean OAN (One America News).

1 hour ago, Eat News said:

HLN still has some dignity left...and often beats the mother ship in ratings in many dayparts. HLN is the "escape pod" of CNN.

So merge them and keep the strong shows from each.

On 5/6/2019 at 9:42 PM, FiveNews said:

I know its like assuming WBBM or KYW will shutdown their news departments, but is it plausible for CNN US to just go away?

How about if HLN goes away instead?

54 minutes ago, GoldenShine9 said:

Probably a diginet for Gray's many stations.

I wonder if it'll be available in HD, then, even if only via cable systems.

10 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

The deal was held up because it was challenged by a petitioner. And then after the FCC approved Weigel's sale in September, the petitioner filed an Application for Review a month later.

 

The end of this deal finally closes the books on spectrum speculator OTA Broadcasting, the firm that bought several bottom-dwelling stations earlier this decade, hoping to cash-in on the incentive auction.

4.3.

So, the challenge had absolutely nothing to do with Weigel or the stations themselves, but only OTA?

36 minutes ago, JCB4TV said:

The websites of the two newest members of Scripps, WTXL & KXXV, are now in the Scripps layout!

And they look pretty good.