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Anyone know what happened to Merit Street Network? The Altoona, PA WATM Subchannel has been black all week with no on-screen message.

From the Pittsburgh Trib-Live December 11th, 2025 on Pittsburgh's WTAE Michelle Wright retirement: https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-michelle-wright-to-retire-from-wtae/ With long-time WTAE anchor Michelle Wrights' retirement next week, an update from Hearst's WTAE Pittsburgh's Action News 4: https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-wtae-promotes-from-within-names-laquatra-morning-co-anchor/

Since 1994, after 32 years, Michelle Wright, the longest-tenured morning news anchor in the Pittsburgh TV market, will retire from Hearst's WTAE Channel 4 following the Feb. 27, 2026 broadcast. https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-michelle-wright-to-retire-from-wtae/

Why is Jimmy Kimmel airing a repeat tonight, Thursday, November 6th, 2025? He was scheduled to have David Duchovny, Joe Keery, and Madison Beer. I've not been able to find out anything online.

Noticed this week that Sinclair's WJAC Johnstown has been on their stand-up monitor set. After 16 years (August 2008 Olympics), is WJAC finally getting a new news set or is the current set getting updated? Any information?

The only station that I can watch Wheel of Fortune is on ABC affiliate WATM 23, Johnstown, PA. Due to NFL Monday Night Countdown on Monday, September 9th, the season premiere of Wheel of Fortune and the first episode with host Ryan Seacrest is pre-empted and is not scheduled either in the early morning overnight hours. I live just outside the Pittsburgh TV market DMA and do not receive any Pittsburgh TV stations. Messaged the station asking to schedule the premiere. Johnstown, PA is not the only ABC affiliate that airs Wheel of Fortune at 730 pm daily.

Which broadcast is the 2024 NBC Paris Olympics closing credits montage planned for? Past NBC Olympics have had the closing credit montage in the last broadcast block before the closing ceremony block.

CNN needs to adjust the size of their American map so the lower graphics do not block the southern states. Noticed during the heat wave, Florida was partly covered over when Florida was included in the heat warnings with projected high temps. Thought the lower graphics would be dropped temporarily but wasn't.

Over this weekend - both on Saturday and Sunday mornings, noticed Reynolds Wolf moving his finger up to his one ear every couple of minutes. Was he having constant earpiece technical difficulties, earpiece falling out, etc? Just wondering.

KDKA's iPromos YouTube page posted last week a snippet of the brand evolution of "Expect More" with the black and gold graphics.

In the Johnstown / Altoona / State College, PA market: According to WTAJ TV passport: Starting on Monday, September 12th: WTAJ News at 4 pm premieres. Line-up changes: The 700 Club is moving to 9 am from 10 am and Studio 814 is moving to 10 am from 4 pm.

The second half of this article has couple KDKA personnel pieces, KDKA-TV Pittsburgh has hired Shawn Hoder as their new news director. Wonder what changes will be made over the next several months? Also, the article talks about the recent sharing of on-air meteorologists across various CBS O&O's. https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-former-kdka-tv-reporter-julie-grant-announces-the-national-spelling-bee-pistol-premieres/

From last Friday (03/25/2022), another KDKA TV Pittsburgh departure: reporter Pam Surano is leaving to work at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh where former long-time KDKA TV anchor Jennifer Antkowiak is the executive director of communications and community relations. https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-pam-surano-exits-kdka-tv-for-job-with-catholic-diocese-of-pittsburgh/

Per Rob Owen at the Pittsburgh Trib-Live: KDKA-TV Pittsburgh News Director Kathy Hostetter is leaving to become General Manager at WJZ-TV Baltimore. https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-former-pittsburgher-directs-better-nate-than-ever-based-on-his-novel-for-disney/

Nexstar's WTAJ Altoona said farewell to longtime anchor and reporter Charlotte Ames this week.