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Sometimes I have difficulty editing posts, but here's a screen grab showing said desk. Was wrong about its shape - but still looks odd to me.

They likely will be on the chopping block come layoffs. http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/08/14/when-should-you-take-a-job-buyout/#511ca8306492

Yeah - I only think WBAL airs them for a half hour at 4:30 AM Saturday and Sunday morning before the news and maybe one slot on Sunday before sports.

I finally saw the desk where the anchor has the back to the newsroom and it looks awkward and done on the cheap. Theres room for two anchors and on each side where the anchors there's this bulge for guests. If I had to characterize it I would describe it like the side of the wrench where the flat part closest to the handle holds the anchor and connected to that is where the guest will go. MSNBC did have a new show today at 4PM - not sure if it was a special but it was branded Road Warriors with their embeds Kristin Welker, Katy Tur, Hallie Jackson and Kasie Hunt were joined by Steve Kornacki at a park with a dramatic view of the Brooklyn Bridge. It was an interesting discussion and could see this becoming s regular thing.

I'm amazed that this set isn't virtual.

To me it's more of just using what KNTV has. They have the same layout with the different webcam views and ticker bar at the bottom complete with WeatherUnderground branding. Since WeatherUnderground is a division to The Weather Company I guess they're including this as one of the additional services akin to when WeatherBug provided hyper local forecasts. Their zones are cover a Significant area in their own right. They have Philadelphia, PA Sububurbs, South Jersey, Jersey Shore, Delaware, Lehigh Valley

Yeah, I'm watching right now - most of the regions days aren't populated at the bottom of the screen. Didn't WPVI have a side bar for a while last year?

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Looks real. Check out this video for Dr. Oz from KTVU's Vimeo account: [MEDIA=vimeo]162008791[/MEDIA]

It wasn't reuploaded by YouTube - they probably got it from FTVLive who uploaded it to his own site and MediaITe took that as well. Not worth the hassle. Still somehow got 15K views. It was something of a chyron screw up during way too early where the stock ticker only displayed some very weird dummy text.

I imagine they see a future for this type of thing. Last year NBCU invested $200 million into Buzzfeed which is almost all listicles and a majority of their content comes from other sources (gifts and YouTube* videos). I think they see there's future in well produced sponsored content like what BuzzFeed frequently does. *Still kind of pissed they lifted a video from my YouTube and posted it as their own.

Also I should add I saw Wendy Bells name once or twice for some awards.

Well Hearst seemed to sweep the Headliner Awards. WCVB won best website, WTAE won two awards for their Chronicle show, and WBAL won best breaking news coverage for the Baltimore Riots and Best Newscast at 11pm.

I think WBAL is going to be next as their looking for another anchor and that they pulled Kate Amara from 10PM. I think she'd be paired with whoever is the new one. What time is Inside Edition fed to stations? I've heard headlines for stories that were broken around 5PM the same day.

Chuck and Savannah hosted the 9AM on Tuesday and Wednesday from NY. They came from a desk that I didn't recognize and the main desk was already in place.

Worth a read from the Hollywood Reporter about Lester Holt: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/lester-holt-his-rise-top-880720

The graphic makes me think that it's being held up together by two wrenches.

So Matt Lauer inadvertently gave out Savannah's email address. He thought that type of thing was public knowledge because he got emails from viewers and jokingly gave out here. I was a bit surprised that her (and other higher profile journalists) work related email didn't vary from the standard template of [email protected].

I think Chris Jansing was just set up to anchor because of what was going on in Belgium last week. On Tuesday the dayside anchors were Steve Kornacki @ 9 AM, Jose Diaz-Balart @ 10 AM, Tamron Hall @ 11 AM, Andrea Mitchell @ 12 PM, Craig Melvin @ 1 PM, Thomas Roberts @ 2 PM, Kate Snow @ 3PM and finally Erica Hill at 4 PM. Before last week when coverage was preempted due to broadcasts from Brussels the line up was similar - I believe they had Steve Kornacki do an afternoon shift along with Ari Melber at 3 or 4 PM.

Was he shaved?

I will add that I'm surprised they did not have a 10pm newscast long before this. Most Hearst stations have had them for ages either on their sister station or subchannel.

I think they were a bit overly ambitious with launching new 4 & 7PM newscasts this year. Let the audience find their way (and where MeTV Boston is) and give it a while.

Also does 1 million watts really matter? I seem to recall reading that anything over 250,000 watts is over kill. Also KNOE had an EEC S Band Dual Pol radar last year. http://www.knoe.com/weather/headlines/ULM-Radar-370930981.html?device=tablet&c=y Edit: nevermind

My question is who is the manufacturer of the radar? Baron or EEC? Will it tie into their WSI graphics (if it's EEC) or will it require its own system that just shows the one radar site?