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9 hours ago, EVVTV12 said:

Well, well, well. This gonna be great for WOOD-TV. I’m pretty sure they are happy about this and celebrating in the newsroom. 
https://www.woodtv.com/about-us/wood-tv8-launches-two-hour-delayed-news-stream/

 

If you listen carefully, you can hear Fox17 and WZZM putting new promos together. 

And also WWMT as well...

Just when you thought the folks of ViacomCBS (*um, excuse me*) Paramount Global has finally moved on from the Peter Dunn/David Friend fiasco....this happens.

Now that the new format on KCAL is official, there are two questions I've yet to ask: Will KCAL still be able to have its long-running primetime news block (8-11pm)? And if so, will KCAL produce the 5, 6 and 11pm news on KCBS?

On 12/2/2022 at 11:16 PM, Georgie56 said:

 

And, in a major move, local newscasts will no longer originate from KCBS-2. Instead, that station will simulcast KCAL-9 newscasts as part of a bigger plan to make KCAL, once the home of the legendary Jerry Dunphy and Pat Harvey, a player in the L.A. news race for the first time in more than two decades.

 

Isn't KCAL already a major player in local news since they started a 3-hour primetime news block in 1990?

Does station management at any TV station in any market (especially Los Angeles) get really upset when a news anchor announces that he or she will move to the competition?

I wonder what's the reaction will be not only for the Fox affiliates, but also the independent stations as they also program local news at 10PM (ET/PT) or 9PM (CT/MT).

5 hours ago, DJonNews said:

I think this speaks for itself when even NewsNation's own staffers basically tell the higher-ups at the failing network they flubbed big time in hiring Cuomo.

If that isn't the biggest blunder in NewsNation's nearly two-year history,  I don't know what is.

On 8/18/2022 at 7:36 PM, CLETVFan said:

Chris Licht is obviously cleaning house.  It is not a surprise that Brian wasn't going to last under new management.

Let us hope that Don Lemon and Oliver Darcy would be next to get the sack.....but, then again, I'm not going to hold my breath for that one.

1 hour ago, DENDude said:

So basically News Nation is the reject news channel?  Interesting approach.  And so much for "NO OPINION, JUST NEWS" programing.  

Just when you think things can't get any more worse at News Nation than what it is already been....

37 minutes ago, channel2 said:

Gilmer is originally from California anyway, isn't he?

Not quite, Jerome is a native Alabaman, born in Mobile in 1950, moved to Denver in 1976.

I got two small questions relating to this merger: What is the main impetus of this deal and will there be cross-promotions between the networks despite the majority of programming on all Discovery networks is more reality/scripted driven?

I wonder who would contact the webmaster of NewsMusicNow about Austin ripping off cuts from the site?

13 minutes ago, jrogo said:

Don't let the door hit you on the way out Jeff. Let's hope he remains unemployed.

I highly agree, he may never work at another broadcast network or cable channel ever again.

2 hours ago, Kenneth Kissel said:

I don't think KDKA-TV will use the First Alert Branding due to WPXI (owned by Cox) somewhat having First Alert as a secondary branding. 

 

WTAE (Hearst) has WeatherRate and WPXI currently has Severe Weather Team 11 as their primary branding. 

Same way here in Detroit, WXYZ (Scripps-owned ABC affiliate) has used the "First Alert" brand for its weather (and later) traffic segments since 2011. WWJ continues to use the "First Forecast" branding for its weather segments since 2008 when the station was branded as simply "WWJ-TV".

25 minutes ago, CLETVFan said:

Isn't "Queen City" also a nickname for Cincinnati?  That could confuse people.

Yes, and other cities that had that nickname as well, such as Buffalo, Bangor, Springfield, Manchester (New Hampshire) and others.

5 hours ago, Daybreak said:

CBS Local and The Enforcer sounds similar that many will not notice the change. Why is that when Stephen composed CBS Local and the Enforcer was composed by GARI?

Both packages are based on the same folk song "This is My City, Chicago's My Town" which gave rise to the 1975 theme by Dick Marx, and other news packages by different composers, especially Frank Gari and Stephen Arnold. "Enforcer" debuted in 1994 on WBBM-TV, "CBS Local" debuted in 2013 on Nexstar-owned CBS affiliate KGPE in Fresno.

On 12/5/2021 at 1:33 AM, tyrannical bastard said:

Jeff Zucker?  Although I hope there's no more higher place he can fall upwards into.

 

Or Jeffrey Toobin. I'm surprised he's still there after that horrible display of what he did.

Is Red River Broadcasting the same company that formerly owned NBC affiliate KDLT in Sioux Falls (currently owned by Gray)?

10 hours ago, ScottJ said:

According to this Variety article, at a staff meeting yesterday Sook said the plan is "to build out NewsNation as an all-news, talk and opinion outlet by 2023." Will it really take that long to complete the transition?

So much for the "Facts, not Opinions" slogan we were once promised...

On 11/21/2020 at 12:14 AM, Yankees4life said:

Bye-bye

Jeff Zucker will go down in infamy as one of the ultimate worst programming executives in history (broadcast or cable).

1 hour ago, Newsjunkie24 said:

 

 

I hope he leaves, but even better, he retires and never runs another media corporation ever again. I'm sure anyone can run CNN better. I hope the new CNN president fixes everything that Zucker messed up. 

I highly agree on that.

3 hours ago, MarkBRollins88_v2 said:

This is just terrible news. KTVA is one of the most solid news operations out there and I really feel bad for their people. Their product is so far ahead of what is expected of a market that size. And their brand is respected and well renowned. 

I’m a little confused as to everything right now...

these are my questions.

 

1. Does Gray have control of KTVA’s news department as of now? Or is it still GCI?

 

2. Is it still business as usual for the KTVA news department right now? Will they still be on at all their regular times?

 

3. Why so sudden? 
 

4. Are KTVA’s newscasts going to air on the new CBS 5 now instead? 
 

5. Is there more to come? Are we still waiting for some dominos to fall?

 

 

 

Those questions are more likely to be answered given this whole nature of this deal by Gray...

This is one of those rare and unusual moments no viewer should ever experience watching local TV news....

23 hours ago, channel2 said:

He sold off 20th Century Fox, FX, and all that other stuff because he decided the streaming wars were one hurdle too many for him to clear. He's old and didn't seem to trust his kids to take the reins of 21CF as it was constituted.

Despite the fact that 21st Century Fox once owned a stake in Hulu before the Disney deal.

On 2/4/2020 at 11:26 PM, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

Sure! Once WFAA stops with it too.

The same goes for WISC, KXLY and WKBT also.