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I think there will be some shuffling. My bet would be on Chris Lawrence getting the 11pm. Once Jim Vance retires for good, I could see Jim Handly switching the 5pm for the 6pm, and Chris Lawrence picking up the 5pm. At that point, I think it would also make sense to shorten the 6pm to a half hour. Just my thoughts!

WRC debuted a "new" "News 4 Midday" today (at least that's what they're referring to it as on social media). It seemed like Aaron Gilchrist and Barbara Harrison rotated standing at the video wall doing the news from commercial break to commercial break, with Angie Goff rotating reading news from the LiveDesk in the newsroom along with them. I wonder if Aaron and Angie are permanent, or it they will rotate along with Richard Jordan and Eun Yang. It was kind of a bit dizzying to watch. I guess it's their attempt to make it more fluffy and less newsy. I wonder if this is part of bigger change-ups to come. If I recall correctly, I believe Jim Vance has said he'll semi-retire this year by stepping off the 11pm.

Actually that looks less likely. No way they go from 3 current weeknight anchors to 5. I wonder if they're toying with adding any newscasts (weekend mornings or 11pm)?

Up until last year KSDK was king. The most recent sweeps show different.

I think both posters above are questioning your assertion that KSDK is last in the ratings, not whether they were streaming.

I went back and read the article. It doesn't say anything about her reporting of his death before the family was notified. The family is not even mentioned. It does say, that at 5:34 she reported he had died. He was, in fact, still alive at that moment. They referred to him as injured in a report some 10 minutes later. He was not pronounced dead until almost an hour later, 6:25. So, it seems she was let go for getting a story wrong, not because she didn't follow protocol on announcing a death (in fact there is no evidence she didn't follow protocol.... I'm not even sure she referred to the officer by name).

Maybe I misunderstood the story, but I don't think the problem was reporting something (that he's dead) before the family knew, but rather reporting that he was dead when he was actually alive but in critical condition.

This was already mentioned on thread. See below:

I think this seems like the more likely scenario. Perhaps Maureen will join him at 4pm? I believe I read that he would be joining Maureen, Leon, and Alison, so it doesn't seem like Leon's going anywhere. I thought they might have been testing out Scott Thuman for the job as he had anchored at 4pm recently a few times.

Her twitter feed references WNBC as late as Sunday. So if she was let go it must have been after that.

For some reason I don't foresee the 7pm lasting too long. All the other O&Os that had 7PMs seem to have dropped them. The "Breaking News Anchor" seems to be like WRC's "LiveDesk" or WCAU's "Sat Center".

It was official on this thread earlier this morning, just a few posts up:

Yeah, you're right. It's a rumor now and should have no bearing on her employment status unless it becomes fact. I agree people need to worry about their own lives, but it's part of the territory when you become a public figure, whether it's fair or not.

While you're both mostly right in that it's nobody's business, I feel it is her employer's business. I say that because how you act in your personal life affects your image, which many times affects your station's image. I believe a lot of news people have clauses in their contracts stating such and as grounds for termination.

Peter Alexander anchoring for the second Saturday in a row.

First break in the normal routine. Tom is anchoring tonight (Saturday).

Reread jerseyfla's post again. They're referring to replacing LAA with RTM happening a month ago on WCPO.

I think the point Morning News was trying to make was along the lines of "the pot calling the kettle black." The shows are so similar in their style, that it just seems a little weird that you claim to be a HUGE Today fan but are trashing GMA for their same style.

The 5 OR 6 would be difficult as they are anchored by the same duo so they would both need to be there or neither. However the 4pm would be perfect as it uses different anchors and it's got the "social" touch. I still don't understand why they don't use Jim or Melanie as subs for the 5,6, or 10 when Rob or Wendy are off. Haven't noticed if the 4pm uses any subs.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/WNBC-4-Livestream-News-4-Watch-Live-Coverage-200911691.html# I believe it doesn't work on weekends.

Speaking of WJLA, specifically the 4pm open that's linked, seems like Scott Thuman has been co-anchoring at 4pm with Alison, but Leon is not off as he appears at 5pm, 6pm, and 11pm. Could it be that Scott is the new 4pm co-anchor (kind of replacing Gordon, but on a different newscast).

While I thought the 11am was Renee's newscast, it seems that the 11am newscast has a rotating set of anchors. While Renee seems to be there the most, the following also anchor it fairly often (in order from most frequent to least frequent): Vai Sikahema, Keith Jones, Tracy Davidson, Chris Cato, and once in a while Christine Maddela. I'd personally like to see it co-anchored with Keith and Renee or Tracy. While it's not as frequent as with the anchor chair, Bill Henley (and Brittney Shipp) fill in fairly often for Glen on the 11am.

This was the case this past weekend again. I wonder if those assignments will become permanent?

WNBC, WCBS, and WABC all make do with 4 meteorologists. That's DMA #1 we're talking about. And never have I seen anyone work 16 straight days. That's foolish scheduling on WGN's part and not making good use of their full staff.

I get what you are saying. In no way am I suggesting they should trim the cast just to meet a quota. If WPVI cut Jim, Monica, and Rick just to meet a quota, there would be a firestorm of complaints. What I am suggesting is, when Jerry decides to retire, they don't need to hire someone separate, Cheryl Scott can handle all evening newscasts. If Mark and/or Jim retire, one person can handle the weeknight sports duties. When Ron retires, Alan and Hosea can split the male anchor evening duties between them. When Linda retires, Kathy and Cheryl can split the female anchor evening duties among them (although I imagine the plan is to bring Judy to evenings, and bring in Tanja for mornings). That's all I'm saying.