tyrannical bastard

In that case, WEAR pre-empting that for their own annual trainwreck of the Pelican drop may have been a blessing in disguise. The usual miscues and technical gremlins were exasperated by the rain. One of their poor reporters looked like they were teetering over the edge about to be blown off a balcony in Destin covering their own celebration..of sorts. It's never been the same since Dick Clark passed away. These shows and the celebrities that perform on them just get worse and worse, and I just tune in the last 3 minutes or so to see the ball or whatever thing drops or counts down to Midnight.

They could always move up Deborah Linz from Dayton over to Columbus.....She anchored at WCHS/WVAH for a while back in the 2000s until moving to WKEF/WRGT to rescue their failing news product. Even her former co-anchor Rick Lord had a brief stint at WSYX/WTTE. Tom McGee's "final" DUI incident resulted in his return to WCHS/WVAH where he's been a primary anchor ever since.

And now the Dispatch is even making such claims.... http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2016/12/29/yolanda-harris-leaves-station.html [url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2016/12/29/yolanda-harris-leaves-station.html][/url] If they and 10TV were still under common ownership, the story wouldn't have surfaced UNTIL 10TV made it official. Could some of the recently departed from the Columbus airwaves be looking to make a comeback? Andrea Cambern? Mindy Drayer? Heck, even Cabot Rea and Dave Kaylor could resurface on WSYX / WTTE some day....

Apparently, she may be working out a deal with WBNS, according to FTVLive.... http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2016/12/29/crossing-the-street-in-columbus

Bill Phillips is returning to WTOV after a stint at WPXI for the past 15 years... http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2016/12/28/Bill-Phillips-is-leaving-WPXI/stories/201612280054 The writer forgot the fact that WTOV was cast off to Sinclair 3 years ago..

Political bias aside, they have an agenda. They clearly put their ”partners” front and center and make their stations run their content without question. At least now after the FCC scandal with the Huntsman Cancer institute, they are trying to CTA with an endless barrage of disclosures, disclaimers, and ”sponsored by"s... It's pretty laughable to even see the painfully obvious money grabs like ticker and snipe logos accompanied by said disclosures. It just goes to show how much of a "front office special” this company goes through. All the times they have forgot to do so makes the RKO General scandal look like an overdrafted check...The FCC needs to throw the book at them and make them bleed.

1990s WEAR too. They used the same italicized "3" for their news based off their now-former logo.

These two stations may be a good fixer upper for Meredith, but they have the same problem in Atlanta with WGCL as it has never had the chance to compete there.

Something like this had to happen sooner or later. WOIO has had too many anchors in the "Cleveland 19" era. But I smell another Robin Swoboda comeback.....she needs a position at WOIO to have worked at EVERY TV STATION in Cleveland!

FTVLive is reporting that Nexstar will be taking over "any day now"... http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2016/12/14/nexstar-to-close-on-media-general-stations-any-day-now [url=http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2016/12/14/nexstar-to-close-on-media-general-stations-any-day-now][/url] We'll see. If anything, it could be a time-brokerage deal where the "non-license assets" are closed on. As for the FCC licenses....approval would be nice. But I wouldn't put anything past the idiots from Irving....but this move is as CYA as you can get.

It's like Raycom and WOIO. Running a station in this sized market is clearly too much for them. Why CBS puts up with their failure year after year while sitting on WUPA... WUPA was CBS's insurance policy if Tribune refused to put CBS on WGNX (too bad they sold out because seeing as how Tribune has exploded in size since then...)

And CBS hasn't bought this train wreck of a station yet because.....

I'd like to know the last time Sinclair launched their OWN news department at a single station (or market) they own.... Even the brand-new newscast on WTGS FOX 28 in Savannah is piped in from WPDE in Myrtle Beach with a few "local reporters" to cover the news. If anything, independent, secondary operations in Sinclair's fold could be on their way out over the next few years.

WSM(V)'s 6:30 news started in 1973. WTVF followed suit in 1989. Did WSMV even try to land Wheel of Fortune because of Pat Sajak's connection to them? And due to the glut of news, even WZTV airs syndication staples including Judge Judy and Jeopardy! Wheel airs on WKRN.

Actually, the 9pm show on WFNA is focused on Pensacola. They have two reporters based there even though the newscast itself originates from WKRG's studio in Mobile.

Having a 6:30 newscast in the Central Time Zone kills the buffer between news and primetime. Imagine if this was on the East Coast and a station did a newscast at 7:30. I could see their 9am show going away once again. It's always been a half-hour in this incarnation. Nexstar could feel the lifestyle show bug and start one too, competing with Studio ten on WALA and Gulf Coast Today on WPMI and WJTC. WPMI is maxed out news-wise unless Sinclair finds a way to own them directly....which wouldn't surprise me after the auction dust settles...

Moving the production to South Bend seems to be more trouble than its worth. The opportunities for error are many having to beam content and signals back and forth.

And MORE expansion at WKRG beginning on December 5th....they are adding a newscast at 6:30 PM! https://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/wkrg-finally-expanding-430-am-also-add-local-news-630-pm This comes after WPMI cancelled their 6:30 show on sister station WJTC earlier this year. More shocking is that this newscast will displace Andy Griffith, which has aired in that time slot for well over a decade...maybe longer...usually ranking 2nd to WALA's airing of Wheel of Fortune. Andy will be moving to 9:30 on sister station WFNA after their 9pm show. Something has to give sooner or later in Mobile/Pensacola. I don't think there is any other market in the country where you have FOUR LIVE newscasts competing against each other at 9PM. I wish someone would counter-program WALA in the mornings and bring back a 7-8am or 7-9am newscast or replay the 5-7 on their sister station during that time.

WKRG in Mobile is FINALLY expanding their morning newscast to 4:30AM beginning on December 5th. Aside from WPMI, (which is maxed out news-wise and had to drop theirs last year), they become the last station in the market to move up their AM news. Speaking of WPMI... DirecTV and Uverse subscribers could lose them and sister station WJTC on December 1st. http://local15tv.com/news/local/wpmiwjtc-may-be-dropped-by-directv-u-verse This must only be an isolated occurrence....WEAR/WFGX and other Sinclair-owned stations are unaffected. Not even Deerfield stations in other markets are affected either.

And I'm sure just like HLN when these efforts fail, you'll end up with a schedule full of Forensic Files reruns...

RIP Robert Vaughn. If you've worked in the TV or advertising industry, this is probably how you've seen him in many markets across the country. And may he MEAN BUSINESS!!! in heaven.

WWL has been losing ground over the last few years, and this move could be what puts either WDSU or WVUE ahead of them in the ratings. If their CBS affiliation was ever in jeopardy, WWL would do just fine as an independent.

Sad, sad day in New Orleans for this finally happening..... But it is the LAST CBS affiliate to clear the show on its main station...meaning that CBS has finally found a morning show that works? I prefer local newscasts from 7-9, but CBS's morning show is a great alternative to Today and GMA without all of the hype and lack of substance.

TVSpy still has it up for their story of Jackie Fernandez and Somara Theodore (on their main feed). Sooner or later, they're going to realize that virtually NO ONE is accepting this abomination of a logo! I'm sure the folks at WEWS are working REALLY HARD to make sure the RIGHT LOGO is being used! ;)