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Someone mentioned it on another board, and checking TitanTV it looks like they’re dropping Judge Judy later this month to launch a 4pm newscast

The TOH station ID (relegated to a small graphic at the bottom of the screen) is also identifying incorrectly as 9.2 instead of the actual 9.6. Zap2it also has KCAL+ listings on 9.2.

If anything I imagine any new newscasts would be on 2 or 9 proper, with 9.6 becoming available for syndicated fare

From the promo loop airing on 9.6 (that originally was airing/promoting a launch on 9.2 before moving to 9.6), it looks like a general entertainment lineup with extra runs of syndie fare like Dr. Phil, Judge Judy, Flip Side, Hot Bench, Family Feud and programming from MeTV Toons

It appears Jessica Kartalija is out, according to her Facebook page- (1) Facebook

The Roku FOX5 streaming channel guide for GNNY reads "Christal Young and Ryan Kristafer's edgy perspective on entertainment and lifestyle news in NYC and beyond." From that, I glean it's not going to involve any hard news at all, and if they're still going to be working the morning shift, this is probably being recorded sometime after GDNY wraps. I'm genuinely surprised- GNLA is a live newscast with headlines at the top.

YTTV is also showing WPHL's logo with the CW logo tacked on alongside the now former WPSG "CW Philly" logo

I had read that the weekend editions of the "News NOW" centralized newscasts had been discontinued but was surprised to see that KYW didn't revert to a local half-hour and instead dropped news altogether. The belief is that once the CBS stations drop The CW, they'll be adding more newscasts, so I'm optimistic that come Fall weekend news will be back. I always preferred their half-hour option at 10.

I wouldn’t exactly say they “lost control” of their sister stations, but they did certainly lose valuable local news real estate. I’m also surprised those weekend editions haven’t been replaced with local newscasts, at least not yet. If we’re to believe what we read, local newscasts will likely be back (perhaps even doubled) on those sister stations, but we don’t know for sure to what level. Perhaps they’re waiting to re-add weekend newscasts if/when the full news expansions take place after the CW is dropped. Most people are under the impression that these sister operations will follow something of a KCAL route (who are heavy in news all morning and evening) but I’d imagine how many new newscasts are added will really vary by market.

It's tacky and gross. Incredible to think how both Nexstar and Scripps both basically executed the same plan launching news networks, but with such starkly different products.

As was expected. Overall, no big adjustments in shuffling syndicated fare out of 8-10pm and plugging in CW content, but I do wonder if Nexstar will make any attempts at expanding the in-house news department into non-traditional slots for the area (11am hour, 1-3pm, the 7pm hour). Going up against Good Day and the national morning shows is a tall task, this could provide additional news exposure with no (or just one other newscast) competition.

It's the new silent 3 of CBS Philadelphia and CBS News Philadelphia. Screenshots and video are in the O&O graphics thread

It's a wrap on the Eyewitness News era today as the full "CBS News Philadelphia" brand and (green!) graphics have launched today

WPSG did have graphics that leaned neon green for their "Wake Up News" show after the switch from UPN to the CW

I was thinking the green (IF the gfx actually end up being green) could have at least two meanings- one being the obvious Eagles connotation, harboring the city's affinity for the team, the other being the positive connotation of the term "green" in modern parlance. Also given the sheer size of the 3 in some of the new promos (even though I much prefer it's smaller usage in place of the "box" in the new logo), as has been said- it's definitely a testament to the "channel 3, channel 6, channel 10" mentality of the market. Aside from potential usage in the graphics and maybe on screens in the studio, I doubt the word "three" will be mentioned much, if at all, but for hardcore old-school Philadelphia viewers, just SEEING a three will perhaps help bridge that gap between the outgoing and the incoming.