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I bet Jenna Wolfe is getting the last laugh. There was no reason for Jenna to be kicked off as a co anchor and then news reader.

So I know ABC doesn't want to pay enough for GMA to be in Times Square on the weekends and the office space there would probably be expensive. I assume GMA's offices are at 77 West 66th Street and therefore most of the staffers are based there during the show. I curious how does that effect production of the show and logistics? - From what I've seen of Today BTS the producers are in the booth during there segments.

Exactly. They make a major CAPEX to safe OPEX for multiple years.

At least the guys will be warm. A lot of reporters the past few winters have discovered the Canda Goose jackets that are down comforters and are great for snow and high wind chill conditions. I imagie some stations with slot of snow / below 0° temperatures wish they could get those but the jackets that are any different start at $625 - probably well above the limit they'd pay for a jacket. They're bulky and make the talent look huge - but they would keep the crew warm, dry and safe. But hey frost bite is worth the risk to save a few hundred.

Wish I saw this before starting this thread.

It's not a big deal. WBAL, WMAR and WBFF (the latter two are sponsored by LL Bean and Under Armour, respectively) here all have multiple jackets and sometimes the men wear branded beanies/baseball hats. Some of the stations aren't as strict especially when it's really cold. To be honest I'm surprised WJZ doesn't have them considering they like to slap their branding on everything. I mean it's not like WFLD will turn into KING 5 with their yellow jackets and the promotions about them.

I don't think CBS hubs anymore - I've seen employment advertisements for local master control operators. Hearst doesn't hub - they had to build out and hire operators when they bought WVTM and WJCL. I think national ad sales/ processing are hubbed in Orlando and distributed to stations but everything else is local.

Worth noting that Al Sharpton was on the air this morning and my TiVo listings show a regular schedule this week. The past few weeks it was pretty much The Place For Politics after Morning Joe. Speaking of Morning Joe I was disgusted by that leaked audio during the Trump Town Hall discussing the types of questions upcoming during a commercial break. Mika sounded like she was going for harder questions but Joe over ruled her. I also grew tired of how over the past few years how Mika went from the objective host has started becoming too cozy with politicians and how she submits to Joe despite her books on empowering women.

Just look at Wikipedia all of the current ABC's Owned Stations have been with the company since the Cap Cities purchase of the network. There were two stations that they owned from 1995 (the year Disney bought the company) until 2011 when they were sold to SJL. ABC's Owned Stations

Based on their long term history and ABC's hierarchy on the Disney totempole. Also, ABC O&O stations tend to be the ratings leader in their market. Why would they want to own stations that have been starved ratings wise and are in debt?

I'm not even sure if the graphic/CSD department would be used in making generic chyrons / OTS is images are already in the database (like a McDonalds logo).

Why is it that people have this obsession with ABC investing in or buying Scripps? ABC is small change to Disney and ABC doesn't buy.

They run Ignite - some producer or director creates a graphic using the Viz plugin in the rundown and it's not checked until it's cued for air.

Emily Miller is gone from WTTG. She was the chief investigative reporter. FTVLive reported that earlier this month the was working on a story about a charter school that had a black / white segregated fountain that was spiked after the dean complained. Apparently she promoted the story even after it was canned and hadn't been seen since. Emily is also a pro gun advocate (I'm not against guns but think there should be controls) who has spoken at the Maryland state house and wrote a book entitled Emily Gets Her Gun: But Obama Wants to Take Yours . Surprisingly the station had no problem with their chief investigative reporter taking a stance on this controversial issue.

Yesterday FTVLive reported on the pettiness of TEGNA management about their union employees. Union employees will not be reimbursed for parking fees at the new KING 5 studio nor are they able to access an employee discount program for major purchases. Today the story got picked up by Gawker bringing the issue to a larger audience.

I wouldn't have noticed or said anything of the picture wasn't posted to Facebook. Posting something like that just makes it evident that work has been done.

And had some bad Botox / plastic surgery. I have no issues with some Botox but at least make it appear somewhat natural - you don't need to take out all the wrinkles. Maybe leave a little bit of crows feet. Necks without wrinkles are signs of plastic surgery. Does WLS provide make up artists for talent? I'd imagine WABC and Live with Kelly and Michael share make up artists.

If there's a lot of helicopters in the air I'll look up. Having a distinctive color scheme that's featured in promos would allow keen viewers to see that your on the scene. Logos on the side probably aren't that big of the deal because most people won't be able to see it for long. The main reason why stations likely have elaborate design is for promo's. WJZ has a rather bland looking helicopter that's dark red and black that just has NEWS in large text on the sides with a small CBS Eye and 13 logo. This helicopter is never used in promos and they use their old bird.

Was she suspended with pay? If so she must of been a drain of resources. With her seniority they probably could hire a few new reporters or two anchors.

WPTV is promoting their new "Chopper 5" on Facebook. Oddly enough it has the same call sign N83U as their previous bird. Looks like it just got a paint job and the FAA agrees. Edit: It looks like they just gutted it. Apparently they ditched the SD equipment and replaced the gimbal with an UHD camera and 1080p cameras inside. None of which you can see over the air except for better quality. Edit 2: Yeah, watching the video they are touting the Ultra HD a bit much. They're using the Flir UltraMedia HD which uses the Sony HDC 1500 head on a gimbal.

And Jim Gardner reported it.

I don't know if it's been mentioned that John Ralston who lost his show when Sinclair bought KSNV is now an NBC News Politcal Analyst. As a side note I'm actually watching broadcast TV syndication of Rizzoli & Isles for the first time on WBAL at 0230 Sunday and 0300 Monday. Normally I watch BBC World News at this time and the local ad breaks for this show were promos.

For some reason I can't access the video but I'm surprised they would be starting the move now with the spectrum repack and the FCC station freezes. I do remember seeing construction permits in their FCC file but with the possibility of moving RF channels and possible moving of bands it could be a waste of money.

It seems like recent CBS designs/launches were brought by "Your local Chevy Dealer".

Same for WJZ. It's completely understandable using the A team after a big broadcast. Coincidentally I played an old newscast first that I had no idea why I saved it until weather showed up. During the weather forecast a watermark from BrainStorm eStudio was animating with their logo and text that said "Your license does not allow for video output".