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WGN has shown control room shots during their morning news before, and it looked like they had a fully manned control room at the time.
I believe Nexstar was getting rid of Tribune's homebrew newsroom system (OPUS) and video playback system, so this might be the result of that (I'm seeing similar issues on KTLA as of late). Plus, I assume that new broadcast equipment is being installed for NewsNation, so the company probably upgraded/changed WGN's control room while they were at it.
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On 6/5/2020 at 12:46 PM, CircleSeven said:
I don't think WGN used their own Skycam9 for the coverage. I say ths because WMAQ uploaded their raw footage of the chase, which was the same feed WGN used.
That could be. Probably explains why there was no commentary/reporting from anyone on Skycam 9 during the chase, it was left to the producers passing info to Joe and Micah in their earpiece.
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Last night, WGN covered a car chase live during the 9 and 10 PM news. Joe, Micah , et al did their best to try and follow along, but it was obvious they haven't done a live car chase before (probably not that common on Chicago TV compared to LA). Skycam 9 also struggled to keep up with the car in question, and the helicopter signal kept glitching out in key moments (not their fault).
Also, it seemed the camera on Skycam 9 isn't as good as the camera on KTLA's helicopter, or the operator wasn't able to adjust the camera properly for night operations.
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CFRN-TV (CTV) in Edmonton, Alberta had a really nice opener only a few months ago (first video), then butchered it and went with this crappy opening sequence (second video)...
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1 hour ago, TVNewsLover said:
From CBS studios or is WUSA getting a shot?
If it lands at the DC bureau, is that the end of the road show?
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9 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:
I guess it won't be just the O&Os anymore. The first non-O&O right here.
That's actually pretty cool to see. Wonder is KIRO Seattle or KLAS Las Vegas is on the list.
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22 minutes ago, KRAP-TV said:
Your opinion does not suck. Reread your post that I quoted and you'll note that you posted the same thing two times. Not a big deal at all...
Ohhh, sorry. I didn't realize that. Fixed.
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2 minutes ago, KRAP-TV said:
Echo (echo)... lol
You know, you could have just said why my opinion sucks as opposed to something vague like that...
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Doug Dunbar had a pretty chill delivery when CBS Weekend News was out of Dallas, which was kind of nice to watch. I also liked Demarco Morgan's delivery, I don't know if he was that genuinely excited to do a national newscast, or if he's gunning for a network job.
Also, how come the CBS Weekend News didn't get an opener that matched the weekday ones? CBS Overnight News did.
QuoteThe more time passes... the more I don't hate the CBS Weekend News being anchored out of the different CBS O&O's around the country. It's kind of a neat idea if you remove the situation.
It would be a neat idea if they continue it going forward, but it would be unsustainable unless it's limited to a few of the CBS O&Os and maybe some bigger market affiliates.
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So maybe it would be a good idea for WCBS to move out of the CBS Broadcast Center permanently so there is some level of redundancy that CBS News and WCBS can take advantage of?
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4 minutes ago, Spintech33 said:
Also, take into account that both WJZ and WBZ broadcast news the same time as WCBS TV.. KCBS is a logical choice only b/c of the time difference.
Time difference, common branding, studio and control room capacity... definitely see why KCBS was chosen to do the evening newscasts.
Would like to know why they decided to do the morning shows out of KPIX instead of keeping it all in Los Angeles.
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I was hoping to catch WCBS News ar 11 on CBSN NY, but it looks like CBS made that stream unavailable or geoblocked.
CBSN National has now switched to CBSN San Francisco.
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13 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:
So I was right! I guess. Lol. I didn't know TVA had one for its flagship. Doesn't Citytv Toronto have a chopper with their sister CFTR?
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17 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:
Who's left with Choppers in Canada? I think Global still has Choppers in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver with CTV's in Toronto and CBC has none. I think Citytv used to have one for Toronto but even I'm not sure about that.
CTV: Toronto
Global: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton
Citytv: Toronto
TVA: Montreal
Global previously had some sort of exclusivity agreement with CTN across the country, including Toronto. (Backstory: Global got 2 choppers for Toronto- one for Global TV, one for CHCH. When CHCH was sold to Channel Zero, they had to give up the helicopter.) Within the last year, Citytv Toronto signed on with CTN, and now they have helicopter traffic during Breakfast Television. I am not sure if Citytv uses the CTN helicopter for news gathering like what Global does.
Also Global/CTN had a helicopter for Global Winnipeg/CJOB-AM for a time. That was grounded a few years ago, not exactly when.
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CIVT-DT (CTV Vancouver) is reportedly retiring Chopper 9 tomorrow (Jan 31), as per this tweet:
Chopper 9 was the first TV news helicopter of its kind in Western Canada (a Bell 206 jetranger, similar to CFTO's helicopter), and CTV Vancouver always promoted the heck out of it. But as of late, the chopper's on-board camera is still in SD. Meanwhile, Global BC/CTN has been flying a Robinson R44 news helicopter since the 2010s, with the chopper getting an HD camera upgrade in the last few years.
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2 hours ago, Spring Rubber said:
I would think their biggest challenges are the fact that WGN America has gone 6 years without any content that draws an audience, so they need a lot of advertising to get eyeballs back on their network, and also it feels like a hindrance to only do nighttime news with no daytime component to draw the daytime audience and cover breaking news.
Here's hoping they can overcome these hurdles with time.
I suppose if they promote News Nation and WGN America on all of Nexstar's local stations properly, they might have a shot at surviving.
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Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere, my apologies if it has...
Nexstar is launching a new 3-hour national news program on WGN America, based out of WGN-TV.
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Thanks for the correction @TheRolyPoly
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Another senior local news anchor is signing off at CTV.
Ken Shaw, the long time anchor of CFTO/CTV Toronto's noon ant 6 PM newscasts, is leaving his post on the anchor desk in January 2020. He will still be part of the CTV News team doing special projects for at least the next year. A Frank magazine article in November had suggested that CTV may have pushed Shaw out as part of a round of layoffs in October.
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ctv-news-toronto-s-veteran-anchor-ken-shaw-announces-retirement-1.4719052
Shaw is the latest long-serving local news anchors at the CTV network to leave. On November 14, Gord Leclerc, one of CKY/CTV Winnipeg's main anchors for 24 years, was unceremoniously let go after presenting the station's noon newscast.
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/instagram/anchor-leclerc-laid-off-by-ctv-564943692.html
In September, CFRN/CTV Edmonton's Daryl McIntyre ended his 33-year run as that station's top news presenter; he had stated publicly that he was forced to take a buyout.
In April 2018, CTV also let go Tamara Taggart and Mike Killeen, the two principal anchors at CIVT/CTV Vancouver. Tamara had been at CIVT since the launch of that station in 1999.
Some of the legacy news anchors that remain across the CTV network are Steve Murphy and Bruce Frisko (ATV/CTV Atlantic), Mutsumi Takahashi (CFCF/CTV Montreal), Ian White (CFCN/CTV Calgary), and Jim Chricton (CHWI/CTV Windsor).
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I wonder if the new CBSEN is using a control room in Washington, DC, or if they are sending everything back to one of the control rooms in New York.
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One of the final WGN station IDs you'll see during a Cubs broadcast
Seen at the end of the retrospective during the "10th Inning" broadcast after the game on WGN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cge3A5nsYN8
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23 hours ago, Journalist said:
2 hours and 30 minutes of national news in addition to their 3 hours and 30 minutes of local news?
A "flagship" in a "flagship market" could only dream of those numbers.
I think CTV Toronto should simulcast CP24 at 5 AM right before Your Morning. They're already doing that at 5 PM. Why waste that time on paid programming or last night’s news
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CTV’s Your Morning is now airing on CTV stations in Western Canada on weekdays.
The show now broadcasts live at 3 AM PT/5 AM CT, right before the local CTV Morning Live broadcasts.
This means, for example:
Viewers watching CTV Winnipeg will see only the first hour of Your Morning at 5 AM CT, followed by CTVML Winnipeg from 6-9 AM CT
Viewers watching CTV Edmonton will see the first 1.5 hours of Your Morning at 4 AM MT, followed by CTVML Edmonton from 5:30-9 AM MT.
Viewers watching CTV Vancouver will see a majority of Your Morning (2.5 hours) starting at 3 AM PT, with the last half hour being pre-empted for CTVML Vancouver at 5:30 AM PT.
The eastern CTV stations (Toronto, Kitchener, Ottawa, Montreal, Atlantic) continues to air Your Morning in its entirety from 6-9 AM ET/7-10 AM AT, with local cut-ins at :25 and :55.
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On 9/14/2019 at 1:10 AM, TheRolyPoly said:
This IS a shock but we're now seeing this weeks later after the sudden and unexpected announcement... CFRN Edmonton's Daryl McIntrye has retired.
Apparently, nobody inside the newsroom knew that at 10 a.m. on Aug. 27th, McIntrye would announce then that he'll be retiring after 33 years after CFRN and a 36 year career overall.
I didn't see this coming. I thought he would stay there until he reached at least 35 at CFRN.
He didn't retire. He was forced to take a buyout. He mentioned on air that he wasn't retiring, but that he was leaving CFRN/CTV Edmonton. This Edmonton Journal article also mentions it. I am getting the sense from his interviews that he really didn't want to leave yet. It really sucks he didn't leave on his own terms, but he had a lovely send off on air. Cool to see clips from the Eyewitness News era.
I am also wondering if CTV will also target other long-serving anchors like Ken Shaw (CFTO Toronto), Mutsumi Takahashi (CFCF Montreal), Steve Murphy (ATV Maritimes), or Gord Leclerc (CKY Winnipeg) in order to cut their budgets.
BTW, over at Global Edmonton, Gord Steinke has been anchoring the evening news for about 27 years. He's the last of the old-school news anchors still left in Edmonton.
Random WGN thread
in Chicago News
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Job posting is for a "live nightly national newscast". If WGN News and NewsNation production staff are both under the same union, then the staff could probably work on any show out of Bradley Place...