rkolsen

So Jose Diaz-Balart substituted on Nightly News last night and he tweeted that he will be anchoring every other weekend. He's taking some time off and will be back in January. [MEDIA=twitter]678344263621545988[/MEDIA]

I don't think I've read it anywhere that he was banned but rather others will fill in.

I only saw a post on TVNewser the other day but apparently on the final segment of December 8's broadcast of Nightly News had essentially what was two and a half minute editorial by Tom Brokaw on the comments that Trump made about banning Muslims. I agree with what Tom Brokaw said but I can't remember any time in recent memory where Nightly News did any thing like this. You can watch what Nightly called a "reflection" here: http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/tom-brokaw-reflects-on-trump-s--dangerous-proposal--to-ban-muslims-582434371851

I don't feel like starting a new thread but I have a gripe about certain news apps such as NBC and ABC O&O and previously Hearst when they send out push alerts. You click the alert to view the message and and sometimes the app opens to what is essentially the stations website but first you get a splash page asking you to download the app before you can get to the news article while your already in the app. Is there any specific reason for this such as the web and app CMS being completely different? Where pushing a web link is quicker than updating the app properly for breaking news?

Vanessa Herring was recently hired as a reporter for WBAL after freelancing for them for past year. During this time frame she also freelanced at Hearst's Washington Bureaux and at WUSA.

Jose Diaz Balart is filling in on Nightly News again this weekend. I wonder if they are trying to introduce/groom him for future roles outside of Telemundo. It's a bit slow but they've been working him in a little bit at a time first appearing in interviews, then Meet The Press, some cross talk during election nights, his MSNBC show, one or two weekends co-hosting Today (his Noticiero Telemundo cohost Maria Celest Arraras filled in on Today's Take twice) and now being added into the rotation of Saturday Nightly. I'm a big fan of him and glad to see that he's getting credit where credit is due.

Looks like KNBC is the latest in line to get a storm chaser from NBC. Not quite as big as Texas Thunder Truck. But it's a Jeep Wrangler similar to the one NBC Connecticut got. [MEDIA=instagram]-fc30VQXTv[/MEDIA]

I've noticed during sweeps on certain days when there's a heavily promoted report WBAL forgoes commercials until the break between weather and sports. It was about 23 minutes into the show until they went to a normal commercial break. WBAL seems to be the only station to deviate from their normal break periods during sweeps. Do any other stations do this? I assume it's a tactic to keep viewers tuned into your channel instead of flipping over to competitors.

Because it costs money to staff a studio - camera operators and stage managers. It's a lot cheaper to do a broadcast from a studio where there's one camera that's robotically operated.

It's one of NBC's insert studios that is used for weekend Nightly News and other purposes. They have four of them available for use. Then they have the bigger studio that was used for Wake Up With Al, Noticiero Telemundo when they're in NY and MSNBC sometimes. Another studio is used to provide live continuity for Sprout - their children's channel. http://nbcny.filmmakersdestination.com/stages/global-media-insert-studios/ But your right - that's the desk that came from the old Nightly News studio. The image comes from the great Dennis Degan on Flickr. [MEDIA=flickr]557853219[/MEDIA]

NY.

Apparently he's being added into the rotation. I thought he did great. Telemundo is obviously proud: [MEDIA=twitter]668202729765019649[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=twitter]668203345044205568[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=twitter]668211303522115584[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=twitter]668213529430925313[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=twitter]668218000085024769[/MEDIA]

Not good. I don't care for Mark Halperin he always comes across as smug on Morning Joe.

I'm not sure if this was the thread where we were discussing inaccuracies in their traffic tickers. It looks like it has improved and in the few instances mentioned during the traffic report the traffic appeared correct on the ticker.

I wonder if Harry Smith is going to be an official anchor for weekend Today. On Sunday's broadcast they announced with Erica Hill and Harry Smith. Maybe it was just because it was a special edition of Today but it seemed off given that since Lester Holt left the names have been dropped.

I honestly don't know. In the years past all the stations used their talent (or retired) to promote BGE's energy saver program, which is a program that allows BGE to control your condenser to save energy on hot summer days - where it runs half the time. Stations for years (save for WBAL who previously used a generic spokesperson who now uses retired meteorologist John Collins) used their news talent to promote the program. Although it is advertising I think stations turned the other way ethically realizing its for a good cause - energy conservation.

Maybe it's just me but this seems like an advertisement for BGE on WMAR's Instagram account: [MEDIA=instagram]9zuCjcpy4x[/MEDIA] You may not see the caption in the embed but here it is: abc2newsSaving energy is saving money! Homeowners everywhere are becoming more knowledgeable of their energy consumption habits. Here in the Baltimore area, Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) makes it easy to follow with the My Account feature. Visit BGE.com

I don't see her coming back from this especially with some of the allegations. In my opinion being named or even alluded in a criminal indictment in a negative light is worst than making yourself look good (like Brian Williams). I also got my little Periscope trivia prize today in the mail. It's a pair of ear buds and a carrying case key chain. Sure it's not a coffee cup or a NBC 10 / T62 throw blanket but it's something I'll use. The ear buds probably never will be used but I'll throw my better pair in. [MEDIA=instagram]9wgxTEyMsv[/MEDIA]

Chris is going to a location closer to his home, in a decent sized market (DMA #11) to anchor the "flagship" 11 PM newscast and to be a "face" of the station. So it's not a complete downgrade. FYI his last day is November 20. [MEDIA=twitter]662428077348265984[/MEDIA] Like NateinFLA said:

Is it really an exclusive interview when your step mother, who is on leave after being mentioned in a federal indictment of her husband, works at the TV station? WCAU billed an interview with Chaka Fattah Jr an exclusive hours after he was found guilty of 22 out of 23 federal counts of tax and bank fraud.

He seems nice on Periscope but maybe he just wasn't working as well as they expected. Keep in mind he's going from hosting 4-6AM in DMA 4 to hosting the evening news in DMA 11. I've seen jumps like this in the past.

Overdrive may have failed yesterday at WRC [MEDIA=instagram]9lC4ZfJaAl[/MEDIA]

According to rabbit ears NBC will be 1080i, while CBS will be 720x480, it appears CW and MeTV are 4:3. From the video announcement I kind of got the message that they will be HD on cable/satellite as they talked about HD upgrades. Now I wonder if they will share newscasts? http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=60654 Edit It appears CW will be launched in HD on TWC. http://www.wktv.com/news/WKTV_bringing_CBS_affiliation_to_Utica.html

From what I recall (and consulting Wikipedia) it's the beginning of the New Year for Summer Olympics and the beginning of the television season for the Winter Olympics. At first I thought it was a mistake when they uploaded their Ravens logo in the name dropper where everything turns purple (save for the Olympics rings) on Purple Friday's. When the logo first appears on screen it starts out with a Ravens helmet, then rotates to the broadcast team badge and finally their purple Ravens logo. As a side note Ava Marie returns tomorrow from maternity leave.

I don't know about WBAL because this season they completely cancelled the standard over night rerun (on NBC stations at least) during the fourth hour rerun of Today in favor of Access Hollywood Live. I still wonder how Doctor Oz may be doing in the ratings over all given the recent scandals. But it's also worth noting WBAL is looking for an Anchor/Reporter on their website. So maybe there will be some expansion come the New Years (when mid season changes occur). Also WBAL has been using there Olympic logo for their newscasts, bugs during programming, station ID's and even a give away. Everything except Baltimore appears on air. During Ravens season we have purple Friday's and everything except the Olympic Rings turn to a translucent purple.