ABC 7 Denver

3 hours ago, Myron Falwell said:

lmfao WFXT, the "anchor of a new station group."

 

I think it's be called the S.S. Titanic.

If WFXT is what they consider a great investment of local news, then all stations under Standard are going to collapse.

4 hours ago, ScottSchell said:

 

CMG is taking all assets from and dissolving the entire StandardMedia brand.

Who knows what this means for WFXT, but WFXT is definitely not news leader. Maybe Standard can turn that around.

WFAA hasn't been sold away from the Belo group before. I guess this is the final death knell. 

47 minutes ago, MidwestTV said:

 

I don't know if it's so much Allen was rejected as it was he stopped trying when the option of owning the Broncos came up.

Some indication that he loves Denver for whatever reason.

2 hours ago, dman748 said:

Bloomberg is now reporting that Standard/Apollo are nearly a deal to buy Tegna for $24-a-share

 

What's interesting is that what's included is that the shares will increase if the regulatory approval takes a long (and I mean a long) time to approve (which is a possibility).

 

A deal could be announced as soon as later this morning.

And then let the gutting begin.

I realize it's a globally recognized brand, but it's the tail wagging the dog. 

And CBS is rebranded to Paramount Television Network.

39 minutes ago, HoosierNewsie said:

The award for the most awkward talent open goes too… WJET.

 

Seriously, was is the morning anchor/meteorologist doing with their hands in the talent open…? 

Being directed by someone who has never created a talent ID before.

6 minutes ago, TheSpeedKing said:

There’s no KOIN anywhere. It’s actually:

 

In-house for talent bumps

Hothaus WKRC or Giant Octupus WABC (I’m not sure) for the L3s 

Nexstar ABC for the bug and ticker.

 

WFXP is using Nexstar Fox with in-house opens.

** In-house talent bumps and opens (except for the '24' asset)

** Hothaus WKRC L3s (stripped down, no precomps, and lens flare sprites removed)

** Hothaus WKRC Full Screens, U3s, Weather and Franchises (not even rerendered with the new ABC logo)

Nexstar ABC for the bug and ticker

Result = NOT the presentation of an organized local station.

3 hours ago, TheRob said:

Nexstar is doing something like 1,300 live shots this week. The reporter doing our shots had five boxes of mic flags.

Who has Denver's Duop?

On 11/13/2021 at 4:49 PM, RGSJenkins said:

WABI’s new set is very interesting.

 

This looks like a set exhibit at NAB.

On 1/31/2022 at 7:26 AM, mountainave said:

Not a new development, but Sam’s obviously been given quite a bit of latitude in the on-air dress code. 

I mean, Sam is the former Chief Met for the top-rated station in the country and he's working early AM. I'd be thankful for him if I were ABC. Who get's someone of this caliber to do mornings? Hell, who get's someone of Lee Goldberg's and Sam Champion's caliber on the same airwaves. Nuts.

Longtime Colorado Sports Anchor Les Shapiro has entered hospice after an unsuccessful battle with cancer.

Les had been Sports Director at at WEEK-TV, CBS 4 Denver, et. al. Having spent most of his career in beautiful Colorado, Les was a kind, humble man who loved his job, spending many more years on the radio than anything.

Please keep his family in your thoughts during this challenging time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Shapiro

19 hours ago, Kenneth Kissel said:

Hopefully, we will see this graphics package transfer to the O&Os. I can't wait to see what the CBS eye could look like in the black and yellow KDKA-TV package. The New Streaming Station logos look good though. Here is CBS News Pittsburgh.

Not gonna happen.

23 hours ago, TheSpeedKing said:

That's a nice graphics package! Finally brings America on par with the rest of the world in terms of motion graphics.

They gummed up that set. That anchor desk has seen so many sets over the years:

CBS News Colorado is live (nice rebrand, btw, but the graphics don't match network).

22 minutes ago, Ryan said:

Are all the CBS O&Os getting this "First Alert Action Day" look?

It's not a full package.

4 minutes ago, bgiesing said:

It's not the actual logo, they were making a joke.

 

The actual logos:

Ok, so it's straight out of 2003 and graphics used on Power Point.

26 minutes ago, Myron Falwell said:

"Snow Shoers" on Monday, these must be outsourced from KABC

So graphics made in Power Point?

If Nexstar gets ahold of the CW, could WJMN become the CW affiliate? Seems like a good bet.

6 minutes ago, Tyler said:

 That weather grab is from this promo 

 

They're still piecemealing from 3 packages: The CBS brand look, the 2016 O&O look and the CBSN look.

8 hours ago, Adam MadMan said:

It didn't work for Sinclair, why would it work for Appollo?

Because technically different management teams. 

10 minutes ago, CarolinaWxGuy said:

KXAN got the WISH graphics.

15 hours ago, Spintech33 said:

Which consultant thought it was great to rip off some of the NBC O&O's First Alert Weather SMH.

Actually, that's a SmithGeiger decision as well.

5 hours ago, CubsFan79 said:

Cox owns ABC in Atlanta and Tenga owns NBC also in Atlanta.Conflict maybe there too.

Nah. Nexstar-style and Sinclair-style sidecars pretty much baked in means that they're untouchable.

1 hour ago, GodfreyGR said:

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery? Whats next? KCNC gets a clone of Lisa Hidalgo?

Don't forget KDVR/KWGN:

Oh, and KMGH "stole" it from a station in Texas.

3 hours ago, GodfreyGR said:

I have a hard time seeing WCCO adopting this. They've been "WCCO Weather" since 2005-ish. and overall, the Minneapolis-St. Paul market has avoided these kind of brandings. KSTP is "Minnesota's Weather Authority" but everyone else is *station name* weather. No one even takes the WeatherRate bait.

Let's be honest, it's WeatheBait. Let's call it what it is.