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Usually he would. In this case, for time it was likely fed in from the site and to turn it around, producers probably took it and spliced it up for him to front.

WNCN is a dump of a station. Nobody stays very long save a few longtime settled folks.

No.. thats just the temp in the newsroom

Yeah.. just “growing pains”. The ENTIRE management team quit in the first six months. Career suicide

After watching the first broadcast, which was clean and attractive, but void of any reason to watch, I knew it was destined to fail. And for those saying “give it time”. Time for what??? There is nothing about any of their programs that make it appointment viewing. Faced with a flop, Compton is now desperately trying to chase after the angry trump viewers? their mistake was hiring some bad talent to begin with, but also not finding reporters who could break news, but without bias.

ABC O and O’s are going one man band. Phasing out vets or they are likely refusing on renewal.

Really? He was just demoted from the C WH job, and given a weekend anchor shift as a consolation to save face. Jake is being groomed to replace wolf.

FYI.. be clear between anchor and reporter. I was expecting a big anchor departure! Looks like BY’s bio is missing, so I assume thats it?

Gcl: this is what happens there. A new ND blows everyone out, and by the time he or she is done; he gets blown out himself, and starts all over again.

Why on earth did Brittany Miller leave? Is she really going to anchor in market 200 with Doerr? also, how are the ratings at gcl? Has the new ND made any inroads? i havent noticed any changes aside from people leaving.

Re: WGCL... I am curious from insiders, has the new news director made anything better? Have folks warmed to him? Any other big talent or mgt changes in the works? Whos the new assistant ND? Seems to me all he has done since he has been there, is pushed out a ton of people (including a few really good ones).. and renamed the morning show, which looks the same and still sucks. Is his plan to simply make the station WCNC south? Cause that station sucks too.

They are slowly hiring back. The layoffs are an excuse to get rid of expensive talent. They are then replaced with cheaper folks. for example.. pam zekman who was let go, was likely making 400-500K. this new chick from dallas is probably coming in at 120k. they still save money all the O and O’s are slowly hiring back.

The three main anchors are second tier. The male is a lightweight, and the main female cant speak without marbles in her mouth. They need two top notch major market elegant leads, and some veteran investigative reporters. The look is solid now. Now they need to people.

The morning show looks exactly the same. And is that the new news director’s strategy? Repeat everything he did in Charlotte?

As for WOIO.. the new look is solid. Fresh, clean, bold, no longer “cheap”. The anchors however are horrible, and yeah the technical issues. Not just technical, but execution. The anchors screwing up reads etc, awkward camera shots. Trying too much without the ability. Ten years ago, it was a kick ass newscast with David Whitman, Sharon Reed etc. Looked like a Top 15. What happened? Finally, as for the facility.. they just remodeled the newsroom, in addition to the studio. Why would they move?

Wow. Tom Randles. This follows Dennis House. They appear to be dropping all their highly paid main anchors within the company.

WBNS went the cheap tegna route. If they wanted experience, they would have promoted Scott Light, or brought it someone of similar caliber. Instead they bring in a kid from Toledo, who is good, but hardly the most qualified. And, he is probably going to make 125k, instead of what the job should pay. But its not just WBNS. Look at CMH. They passed over the older white guy there (Johansen) who is clearly more experienced, for a younger kid, who looks misplaced next to Colleen.

had to be money related. Meredith has been forcing pay cuts, and either they didnt renew him, or he balked at a cut. nexstar is throwing money at their stations right now. WTNH should pick him up.

The bios are under the “contact us” tab. But yeah, really hard to find and poorly organized. The NBC O and Os were doing so great the last few years. Valerie Stabb and co investing heavily in facilities and investigative units etc. Its what led to their growing dominance and rebirth in many markets.. passing CBS O and Os and giving ABC O and Os a run for their money. Now they seem to be destroying that??? In Boston for example, they are down 2 investigative reporters and a main anchor. Any NBC insiders understand this think process?

Insiders.. what is life like inside WBBM right now? How are they getting news on the air with all the cuts? Any plans to replace anyone? They were making progress.. then bam