Bsean

Angelica Campos, most recently of KGTV, has joined KNSD/KUAN as a fill in meteorologist. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C17-X95P4VP/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

14 hours ago, MorningNews said:

Yeah the new ABC O&O mandate has an element like this for bugs. I actually like it, it’s pretty utilitarian.

Not to make this a list thread, but NBC O&O's also use their live bug similarly with the location. They've done this with the last couple of packages.

So it is out there, and I do like their application of it minus the live tab on the L3.

KNSD's weather team is now official:

-Sheena Parveen is still weekday mornings

-Greg Bledsoe is weekday evenings

-Brooke Martell is weekend mornings

-Francella Perez is weekend evenings

All bios are up on the website.

On 10/10/2023 at 4:24 PM, Bsean said:

I'm still curious as to who is filling that spot. I thought they were going with Sheena since she was working that shift for weeks, but now this week she is back to mornings. I'm thinking it'll be Francella, though Brooke is on today. 

Continuing with the weather musical chairs, I saw Greg  Bledsoe doing the weather this morning.

Well, I didn't see this coming. Christina Pascucci is running for US Senate:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyjHmcxJ0jk/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

On 10/9/2023 at 9:54 AM, MD TV said:

Here’s an interview with Dagmar. Sounds like she really needed to leave tv:

 

https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2023/10/08/marketink-tv-weathercaster-dagmar-midcap-survives-cult-boyfriends-suicide-now-unemployment/

I'm still curious as to who is filling that spot. I thought they were going with Sheena since she was working that shift for weeks, but now this week she is back to mornings. I'm thinking it'll be Francella, though Brooke is on today. 

On 9/11/2023 at 11:23 AM, Bsean said:

I wonder where Dagmar Midcap over at KNSD has been. She hasn't been on air in over a month and they've literally had every weather personality at the station filling in. This week and last week it's been Sheena Parveen from mornings. 

Update:

Dagmar is no longer with KNSD. They aired her goodbye message during the 4p news:

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/nbc-7s-dagmar-midcap-says-goodbye/3319537/

All this week, KNSD will be airing the latest Down to Earth with Dagmar trip to Madagascar.

1 minute ago, Media_1904 said:

Dagmar Midcap out at KNSD says goodbye during the 4pm newscast with a farewell video each day this week while she was in Madagascar 

Jinx

I hope KGTV is close to the front of the line for a new set. If they could at least do something about that black curtain that's to the left of the 3x3 array

10 hours ago, SFTV said:

So many faces have come and gone from KGTV that I remember when growing up (Listed below) that they didn’t interview and some of those videos seen in the reports were pulled from YouTube .

 

Hal Clement

Leonard Villarreal

Steve Wolford

Kyung Lah

Lee Ann Kim

Bill Gaines

Leon Smitherman

Fred Blankenship

Lisa Lake

Lauren Reynolds

Laura Castaneda 

Bianca De La Garza

 

 

 

 

I didn't realize, if you go to the quick links on their website and select 7Oth anniversary, there's actually a lot of interviews with former personalities. Most seem to be short blurbs. Hopefully the full interviews are available somewhere.

1 hour ago, A3N said:

Totally agree. Sadly, there really aren't that many on-air talent left that even remotely have the connection/association with the KGTV of the late 80s-early 00s when they were on top of their game.

 

This whole celebration seems like it was done in haste and on the cheap. Let's get a couple of sound bites, some b-roll and a few cheap decorations/logos and call it a day.

What a time to be alive!

KGTV celebrating 70 years with a half hour special that includes interviews with former anchors Bree Walker and Carol Lebeau.

https://www.10news.com/70th-anniversary/celebrating-70-years-san-diegos-kgtv-celebrates-milestone-anniversary

I wonder where Dagmar Midcap over at KNSD has been. She hasn't been on air in over a month and they've literally had every weather personality at the station filling in. This week and last week it's been Sheena Parveen from mornings. 

This article says Cohen has already been relieved of his duties.

https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2023/09/04/marketink-nexstar-now-controls-san-diegos-kusi-news-director-steve-cohen-is-out/

Apparently it is Virginia Cha's week at KGTV. They are airing stories about all she's covered all week.

8 minutes ago, ttvn2000 said:

One would think so, right?!

 

I feel like that’s how things “used to be” - make a big splash with a whole new look - set, graphics, music, logo, etc.  Now, those kind of launches are rare and it’s all done piecemeal without a strategy behind it.

 

*off my soapbox*

I probably would venture away from "without a strategy" being that a set refresh is something that is planned will in advance as we always point out in these threads. We need to remember that delays always happen, and there are still supplies that have long lead lead times and sometimes permitting takes long as well. I work at theme park, and no matter how much you plan something, things still can put well off your plan. They very well may have had a plan to do it all at once, but something threw that off.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/pga-liv-golf-merger-rcna87914

Just thought I would start a new thread. It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out for broadcasters given the strain LIV was having on the Tegna/Nexstar relationship.

Just spotted former KUSI evening weather anchor Francella Perez on KNSD filling in. She may be a permanent hire vs. freelance because the her lower third had an NBC 7 Twitter handle (though it isn't live on Twitter yet). Maybe she's the permanent weekend weather anchor.

21 hours ago, Breaking News said:

FOX5/KUSI soon-to-be combo will be like Denver & St.Louis' Nexstar operation. Your right because both stations air newscast at the same time. Both airing morning news, 4,5,6 & 10/11pm news. FOX5 does 1pm and 7pm. Some of those newscast are going to have to change. It's very interesting on how this will play out.

I think they could eliminate the 7p on KSWB, and basically shift Good Evening San Diego on KUSI from 4p-6p to 7p-9p. Not sure if they keep 10p/11p on KUSI. Maybe simulcast? And also maybe add midday/early afternoon (12p, 2p, or 3p) to KUSI.

What I'll be excited to see is new graphics for KSWB/KUSI. Get rid of those clunky KUSI graphics and finally get ONE cohesive graphics package for KSWB instead of that hodgepodge they went with.

After watching the tour, I like the set except 2 things:

1. The monitor behind the desk should have taken up the whole wall instead of being surrounded by the lighting.

2. The desk... Why is there just a small TV on the front instead of a larger display? Hopefully it's just temporary like when KNSD got their new desk.

On 2/4/2023 at 9:29 PM, nycnewsjunkie said:

The set looks great, but if they end up using these graphics (see below) in market #1, I might just vomit.

 

Ohhhhhhhhh no!

It'll probably be a gaggle of personalities covering sports. At least that's been then trend down here in SD. KNSD, KFMB and KSWB each have 3-4 people covering sports thought the week since longtime personalities left.

7 minutes ago, CircleSeven said:

 

I'm thinking it goes by the OTA numbers (not cable allotments) 8, 10, 39, 69. But even then, its still not in numerical order because PBS is 15.

Right. Telemundo and CW are even further down and they are subchannels.

16 hours ago, Myron Falwell said:

I’m trying to understand the logic of debating the importance of channel numbers when they’ve been falling into irrelevance since the DTV switchover… and will further become irrelevant as ASTC 3.0 is rolled out.

 

This isn’t 1994.

I agree. I use YouTube TV and regardless of the channel number, the first channels that appear are CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox. I'm in San Diego, so the order isn't even in number order... 8, 10, 7, 5... 

I'll also add, that's the default, but you can customize the order of the channel listings by putting your most watched at the top. So in the end, that channel number really doesn't matter 

2 hours ago, TheSpeedKing said:

The product is still OK for this market, but dang do these graphics suck. It just gives a weird response to “what decade are we in?”

Yeah, I agree. Being a San Diego native, it's giving me KFMB circa 1998, between the italicized 8 in a red box and the yellow accents.

I feel like the anchors need to sit a bit higher at this desk. They look like little in kids sitting at the grown ups table.