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3 hours ago, iron_lion said:

We're about a year into Norah as chief/evening anchor. Has she grown on you all or you think CBS News got it wrong? How would you say she compares to Katie Couric?

So regardless of my opinion, the ratings aren't exactly soaring. That's quite enough for me to see that she doesn't make a compelling anchor or ME. That, informing my opinion, doesn't make me look too kindly on the move to DC. Also, since the formatting is pretty much identical across networks, I would have blown that up instead of weakly leaning into it. Honestly, the network national program concept is sinking pretty quickly and a reinvention to inspire whatever viewers are remaining would be good.

1 hour ago, MarkBRollins88_v2 said:

I can tell you at least two of these will launch in September.

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...Also technically KOAA has already launched if you consider they’ve had the weather graphics since I think March.

Yeah, no. Weather graphics does not a full package make.

3 hours ago, WxNerd said:

Not to mention the guys who run that are straight up jerks! Before I got let go due to "Newsroom Restructuring", this email was sent to us from a former reporter in Alaska. 

Well, if we were under any delusion that local news meant little more than a network contractual obligation...

31 minutes ago, Weeters said:

 

KTVA itself no longer has a news department. Everything but the license and transmitter now belongs to Gray. More than likely, the KTVA signal will go dark once it's fully integrated into KYES. KYES is essentially airing a news product named "KTVA 11 News" right now and simulcasting on Channel 11, from the way it's described in the announcement.

So is the KTVA news department technically the DCI news department?

42 minutes ago, GoldenShine9 said:

 

They may be realizing that the WPIX move is a desperation move that likely won't work.

I hope to god it doesn't, but I have an inherent distrust of Ajit Pai.

4 hours ago, GoldenShine9 said:

Admittedly based on the sound of that, they were literally stuck. Of the companies in buying moods, the only ones really interested in small markets are Gray and Nexstar. The latter probably was too concerned about the cap, while the former has lots of cap space but was already in the market. As a result, they had no real options.

Why would Nexstar be concerned about the cap? They could sidecar every station in the country and still be considered 'under market cap'.

2 hours ago, TheRyan said:

 

Just the CBS affiliation.  But that entry on NMSA makes me think the (formerly) CBS 11 news dept has moved to KYES.

 

Per Wikipedia, KYES will simulcast on KTVA...for now. 

So is KTVA's news department going to be shut down?

43 minutes ago, TheRyan said:

News Music Search Archive now shows Icon News in use on KYES.  So it would appear that maybe KTVA's newscasts have, in fact, moved over to KYES. 

 

The big question is now whether Gray allows KTUU and KYES (formerly CBS 11) to retain unique news departments.

 

This entire deal makes me really wish Nexstar got KTVA instead.  Even if they had bought both KTVA and KTUU, Nexstar would've at least kept both news brands.  

Did Gray acquire the KTVA news department too? Or just the affiliation?

31 minutes ago, DENDude said:

It sounds as if KYES is going to simulcast KTVA for a while until they get things up and going, then GCI will determine who to sell the KTVA non license assets to. 

It's a bit weird that they're selling it the license and non-license assets separately. Also, how does Gray now own two of the four affiliates in the market? Or is this a loophole around that?

KTVA was the news leader, right? So why is GCI content to lose that status?

Just now, Samantha said:

...I sincerely hope that's a transitional product and not the final logo.

Nope. That's final. They've even put decals on doors with it.

11 minutes ago, Action Newsroom said:

Yikes. This makes the logos of WEWS, KGTV, KMGH, KTVH, WCPO WFTS and KNXV look like multi-award-winning masterpieces.

And I hate KMGH's.

1 hour ago, hankthetank23 said:

Definitely WRTV News. There's no reference to the 6 anywhere.

This is why not having a Creative Service Director is no good.

3 hours ago, Yankees4life said:

Well...that makes a bit sense as the affiliate (WLFT) is owned by a church 

I don't think it's all that ethical though.

2 hours ago, Yankees4life said:

Didn't know Newsnet already did this

 TBF, it is a low-powered indy-ran station

Just a descent LinkedIn search shows that this guy is a minister and attorney. He's NOT a journalist. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-r-fabre-2b26bba0/

This is his YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CallingToKnowGod/videos

7 minutes ago, Journalist said:

Huh? Wasn't TM folded under what we know today as Westwood One though?

You are right. I am wrong. Seems like TMStudios needs a Wikipedia page with that in it.

2 minutes ago, TSSZNews said:

The same reasons the NBC O&Os shop around while having Universal Music as a subsidiary, or Disney shops around having several music publishing labels under its fold - because they can, and because there likely are antitrust issues to consider.

What anti-trust issues? A company can have one of their subsidiaries do work for the parent and not get accused of anything illegal because they own them. 

Being the broadcast junkie that I am, one ends up not only finding love with TV stations, but also radio stations (and for me, the latter came first). Well, I discovered an interesting little footnote: TMStudios is an E.W. Scripps company. TM was owned by Jones Media Group (then known as JonesTM). Jones was purchased by Triton (and renamed TM Studios), Triton Radio Networks (now Triton Digital) in 2008. Triton was purchased by Scripps in 2018. Ergo, why are the Scripps stations using Stephen Arnold Music when they have their own composers in-house?

53 minutes ago, Yankees4life said:

Which is correct BTW...

What makes your opinion more right than mine?

14 hours ago, Devon said:

I may have spotted the first sign of WRTV's new logo on their website.  Now please, everyone, contain your excitement at this design marvel and do not bombard me with requests of black-market copies of this logo.

 

 

I already have black market copies, but I ain't dealin. It's such a snorefest.

4 hours ago, n925tv said:

You're entitled to your opinion.

Just remember why ordinary folks are bashing and second guessing the media... because they're injecting careless and opinions to fit their narrative. Just like what you're doing. 

That seems like your opinion.

2 hours ago, n925tv said:

And how does this worthless comment have anything to do with television news? Hope you feel vindicated. 

Profit more than hard work seems reasonably inline with those values.

48 minutes ago, ctmajka said:

Profiteering with as little work as possible...credible.

The Conservative way, of course.

1 hour ago, Yankees4life said:

Well...that intro was brief

And they still use their old logo for the news open. How do you spell lazy?

 

I'd say it's even lazier than you think. That graphics package is stock.

So apparently Univision in San Diego has a new package... I hate to say it, but it looks nicer than the Scripps package and uses a lot of the same colors.

1 hour ago, oknewsguy said:

Somehow we missed this one. WGBA now has the graphics and I actually like the fact they incorporated the NBC chimes into the music pkg. 

 

WGBA isn't the first to use the NBC version though.