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2 hours ago, MediaZone4K said:

Agreed. In hearing from reporters, constant turnover usually equals unimpressive pay, a toxic work environment, or burnout from being overworked. WABC appears to have the most reporters with a 20+ year tenure. They must have great pay and a decent working culture.

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! 

On 1/11/2024 at 11:18 AM, Georgie56 said:

Changes coming.

 

- MiA expands to weekends with Hena Doba, airing from 7-10am ET starting January 27.

Starting Jan. 27:

- Elizabeth Vargas Reports and The Hill are switching timeslots. Vargas airs at 5pm ET and Hill at 6pm ET.

 

Weekday MiA is losing an hour, now airing from 6-9am ET, with Markie Martin solo-anchoring. Adrienne Bankert is moving to a special projects role. NN Live with Marni Hughes will air from 9am-noon ET, and NN Now with Nichole Berlie gains an hour, airing from noon-3pm ET.

Has Adrienne Bankert left NN? Or is she in the process? She hasnt posted on social since December. Not a good look. Usually means they are in separation talks, which is to be expected since she lost her show. 

He was pretty bad as a news anchor. Not to mention, he just looked and sounded completely out of place, disengaged and unfriendly. 
 

As for the operation as a whole, what a failure

so far. There a few bright spots, but they havent made a mark at all. No one in the market is paying attention to them. 

So anyone know how the rebrand is doing? Any ratings bump? Viewer feedback? 

How is this nut job conspiracy theorist still employed by sinclair and airing on WJLA? Does she not embarrass the folks at WJLA etc that are forced to air her? She seems looney’er than usual lately. And ever crazier than sinclair has allowed recently. 

Eh. Lets see the ratings in a year. I dont doubt the new investment and money being spent is nice. But how many times has a station (including this one) gotten excited and said “its a new day!” “This time its gonna work”! Stations have time and time again rebranded, promising to focus on news that “matters” etc and it flops. 

They all suck at this point. Crappy reporting from subpar reporters and anchor rejects. It was always basic and lower tier, but had well known long time faces, that provided some comfort.  

Thats what contracts are for. You cant just quit. He violated it, and a judge will side with the station for damages. Or likely, they will reach a settlement for him to pay back moving expenses etc. If they didnt enforce the contract, no one would take them seriously.

CBS is investing tens of MILLIONS in this news op launch. This isnt going to be one of those fake CW things. This is a legit news operation. Big anchors will be hired, a full staff of reporters etc. Its going to be digital first, and a news op of the future, with a focus on streaming. But they are making a big play.

6 hours ago, jase said:

Surprised they didn’t go with giving Albert 5P & 10P. 

Im sure this is temporary until her contract is up. 
 

The station is too cheap for two mets. 

2 hours ago, SFTV said:

After 30+ years, I think Ken is done and tired. I finally watched his announcement on DVR and he would rather be on his tractor farming. And yes, he said he does farming “LEGALLY”

These “retirements” are because they are making too much money. So no, they arent gonna go elsewhere, cause no one is paying old school money. Ken was probably making around 500K. They will bring in a replacement at 200-250. 

What an embarrassment. 
 

not to mention, that opening segment mocked the city, and made it seem like a shitty podunk town. 

How long until BE is taken off the desk and replaced with Rob Nelson maybe? We know a change is coming under Jen L. 

Lansing!!!??? Jesus Christ. Fox32’s budget must be pennies. 

Surprised no one has brought up the michael corn scandal now. How long until he is fired. 
 

I swear NN is cursed. 

So is the Brad Edwards anchor experiment not working? 

I like Brad.. but his delivery is so dour and depressing. I like different. But in this case.. I think they need a strong handsome male lead.. who can just.. anchor. 
 

3 hours ago, Spring Rubber said:

Scott shouldn't talk. I can barely understand the point he's trying to make with as many errors as there are in that post.

Oh my god. His grammar is horrible. He never proofs his articles before posting. Drives me nuts. 
 

Is Albert Ramon also out? His face was removed from the Prime banner 

Regardless if they are leaving the business.. half a dozen reporters have left on their own in the last six months. Walking away from a Top 5 reporter job, means something there sucks. WPVI hasnt had a single reporter leave in like 5 years. 
 

Omg does it matter? NO ONE is watching. Literally no one. This network is DOA. 

5 minutes ago, mrschimpf said:

This is no Charlo Greene/KTVA "(Bleep) it, I quit" situation...at least there she was in control of her story (and was successful). This dimbulb was quickly forgotten by most of the audience who cared more about ERCOT than whatever comes out from some fringe site tomorrow.

 

Also, on the one week in seven years FTVLive takes time off.

I was just thinking the same! Scott Jones would be all over this mess. Why is she still on the fox26 site? Surely she should have been fired by days end? 

2 hours ago, johnnya2k6 said:

Right; Morning Rush and Up Late are simply "Morning News" and "News at 11" respectively.

 

Now if WSB can drop that stupid "WSB Tonight" and call their late news the "Nightbeat" once again...

Yes! They had a high energy fast paced winning 11pm newscast, and turned it into some boring “wsb tonight” magazine garbage. 

On 1/20/2021 at 12:27 AM, TheWatcherAtl said:

 

I'm close to Bobeth's situation with WGCL, I wish I could speak more on the issue but knowing the fact of I KNOW Scott Jones lurks this form he'll just take what I posted and repost it for his website as if it's his own personal report.

 

Long story short we'll hear (See) Bobeth Yates very soon.

Hey.. so whats new at WGCL? Any more talent changes on the horizon? Morale? How are the ratings? Has the new ND moved the needle?

So are they ditching the stupid names for newscasts and going back to “news at 11”? 
 

And yes.. WBNS and WTHR have been cratered by tegna. Both stations are awful now. 

Can any station insider there explain why so many reporters are leaving? Is it that bad a shop? Pay? No one leaves the other stations. 

And… the lack of strong reporters is noticeable. A lot of B team folks.. no stars other than Ukee.