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WHDH has always been a powerhouse with popular talent and a winning formula. Same with WPLG. WANF has none of that. So cant compare success. As for CBS, they just did this in Detroit. Launched a whole operation. Its not the central cast thing.

Side note.. for those in the atlanta market who know.. I am curious.. has the rebrand to WANF and all the investment there made a dent in the ratings? Where do they stand? That news operation still seems to have a lot of turnover for all the money pumped in. The CBS Atlanta of the mid 2000s rocked. The tough questions era.

The current music pkg isnt even music. Its weak boring.. nothing. A few lame sounds to put you to sleep. This is at least a music pkg with some style. God.. why have the Scripps stations become so boring and vanilla. They are unwatchable. No energy. WXYZ is the worst offender. Is that on purpose?

I was gonna say… No station really has the money these days to pay anchors. WUSA and Tegna is probably looking to unload.. not add.

Im sure NBC didn't match his request either. No one is paying that kind of money anymore. This seems like a vanity project, just to stick it to his former station.

There is no station in town that can afford or would pay anything near his salary. Stations are slashing expensive anchors, not adding them. And no way he goes to some last place station for 180-200K.

Allen was hired as the main anchor. He is the replacement.

Speaking of Jeff Skversky.. has he popped up anywhere? Boy did he bomb in Detroit.

Yes. He was hired as the main anchor to replace Maurice. And yes.. this is what happens when people are hired young and out of town because they check a box. Just sayin’.

This set is ugly! The previous one was gorgeous. In style, colors, lighting.

300K??? A new set runs about $1 million. that said, their set was really small and dated, and they needed a fresh look.

They are hiring (3) of those positions per station. Its like adding 3 additional EP’s to oversee each daypart. They are replacing the longtime vets with more managers. “There will be 3 MCC positions available, working different shifts inside the newsroom. One of the shifts will involve early-morning hours to lead our morning news efforts. One will work later in the evening to lead our late news efforts, with the final a day shift leading evening products.”

I LOVE it. Love the music cut, the standups, much harder and “old school” than the weird Tegna elevator music.

Its a few things. The ABC's have always been better run operations. WCBS has been a shuffle of management in addition to talent. And yes, pay. WCBS starts GA reporters at around 150-170K. WABC 180K-200K.

Cool set. But the talent changes are god awful. These new anchors are unattractive dweebs!