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45min well spent. Former KNBC Orange County Bureau Chief Vikki Vargas speaks about her time at the station and how the industry has changed.

It's a shame they gutted that studio. It was still serviceable and could still run circles around other sets in the market. I wish it could have remained somewhere else on the Radford Lot.

Cheap and safe promotion. They will continue to be an also ran in the mornings.

Top Story is really good. Was hoping he would hand it off to Ellison Barber so he could focus full time on Nightly.

4pm- Samantha Cortese and John Fenoglio

5pm/6pm- Cher Calvin and Micah Ohlman

6:30pm- Micah Ohlman

7pm- Cher Calvin and Micah Ohlman....same team for 10pm/11pm.

Stan Atkinson passed yesterday at 92. He dominiated the Sacramento market and spent time at KCRA and KOVR.

From Houston...José Griñán from FOX26 has passed at 72.

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/former-fox-26-houston-anchor-jose-grinan-dead

Here's another link via YT. Ellen and David were a great team. She will be missed. They remind me of the Kathy Brock/Allen Krashesky of Los Angeles.

9 hours ago, GodfreyGR said:

 

It's outside of Scripps, but having "Specialists" worked out well for KSTP in the 1980's when they we're #1...

 

How much longer is station groups having their "alerts" going to be a thing? Noticed this on Monday with the storms in Southern Minnesota- Most Twin Cities station issued their "(insert branding here) Alert Day" ahead of the weather and hyped it up all weekend long... Then the day before and day of, the same stations are talking about the importance of staying calm. Eliminate the sensationalism and confusion. Let the NWS do their watches and warnings, relay those.

Not Scripps, but KSL uses the "Specialist" branding to this day and has used it for decades. Has been a successful brand for them

6 hours ago, MorningNews said:

I think the EP of the third hour was cut in ABC’s most recent workforce exercise. The reports noted that they’d be combining all GMA production under one person.

 

As someone else pointed out, an hour of GMA 4 hours after the initial show is futile. Might be better using the hour as an ABC News Live program.

Agree. Take a page out of the NBC News Daily playbook.

Mark returned this morning and explained his complications and recovery. Glad he is back. Frank was off and it was only fitting that one of the other KTLA Morning News OGs, Eric Spillman, was present for his return. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH_N03jiGHM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

On 3/8/2025 at 10:00 AM, JTT said:

What are the current anchor lineup at the station for all of their newscasts?  Its a bit confusing.  

Today in LA- Lynette and Adrian

11am- Annabelle Sedano

3pm- Annabelle Sedano

4p/5p/6p- Colleen Williams and Michael Brownlee

7pm- Colleen Williams

11pm- Carolyn Johnson

Weekend Today in LA- Michelle Valles

Weekend Evenings- Kathy Vara and Jonathan Gonzales

I believe they have also made some weather changes as well. I don't see Melissa Magee on at 11pm, it is now David Biggar.

Carolyn will fill in on earlier shows as needed. I assume as Carolyn's health improves, she will pick up an additional show. Before her medical leave, she co-anchored at 4p and 6p. 

Sorry if this was already discussed. Do we know what happens with the old building? Will it be razed or repurposed for something else?

The 11am hour of GDLA is called GDLA+. I would just called it Fox11News+ Primetime to keep consistency. The + distinction lets viewers know its on KCOP since the News13/my13 News branding died years ago.

They never learn. I remember when the now 5pm news launched. It was originally called Studio 11 LA.

5 hours ago, JTT said:

Annabelle was hired to be on  the 3 & 5pm newscast last year.  Michael was supposed to anchor the 11am & 4pm newscast.   Then Carolyn got sick & the station changed their anchor lineup.   Robert is still with the station as a fill in anchor.

 

I think the new lineup will be 

 

11a & 3p - Annabelle 

4 & 6pm - Robert & Carolyn - when she's able to come back full time

5 & 11pm - Colleen & Michael

7pm - Colleen or rotating anchors

The anchor lineup is incorrect. I know its been a mess lately, but there are 6pm promos featuring Michael and Colleen. Robert Kovacik is one of their top street reporters.

11a and 3p- Annabelle

4, 5, 6- Colleen/Michael

7- Colleen

11- Carolyn. She may take on another show as her health improves. She has been filling in on earlier shows this week and last as Colleen is off.

Colleen is almost 70. She has anchored the 11pm since Kelly Lange stepped down from that show in the mid-late 90s. I think her getting off the 11pm is one step towards her eventual retirement.

Per FTV, KTLA has hired KTTVs Melvin Robert (GDLA 6a-9a co-anchor) to replace the legendary Sam Rubin. 

https://abc7.com/post/abc7-anchor-ellen-leyva-retire-29-incredible-years/15890532/

Per her Instagram (@CarolynNBCLA) Carolyn Johnson has succesfully completed multiple rounds of chemo and returning to the anchor desk this week. The post says that she will start with the 11pm. Not sure how long the arrangement will be or if it is a slow ramp up for her to get her work stamina back as she used to anchor the 4pm and 6pm. Colleen Williams has anchored the 11pm at KNBC for nearly 30yrs. Could also be an effort to cut back Colleen's work load and start the push towards retirement.

Been streaming the Wichita stations since the flight originated from there. KAKE and KWCH are providing solid coverage.

She just finished a stint at KTLA as the weekend sports anchor. Glad to see her get closer to her husband. She was a solid hire at KTLA.

Do we know how large scale breaking news events will be handled? Will Maurice and John both show up and lead the coverage in tandem? Will they solo anchor for a few hours then pass the torch? 

Once again, all LA stations are wall to wall with coverage of the Hughes Fire. The fire is burning in Castaic on the northern end of LA County, north of Valencia/Magic Mountain. So far, 5k acres burned, 19k under evac orders. Winds are a factor as well.

Looks like a re-purposed weather nook.

On 1/9/2025 at 7:35 AM, MediaZone4K said:

Has anyone else had trouble accessing KTLA's coverage online? I'm getting a whole bunch of commercials and a logo screen on their webstream, and I'm not seeing a live stream on their YouTube like the other stations. I wonder if this is Nexsar being Nexstar. 

 

Around 7:43 AM PT, I noticed GDLA anchors Melvin Robert and Jen Lahmers getting openly opinionated and frustrated with LA Mayor Karen Bass about the lack of support for firefights and the predictability of this catastrophe. 

Also noticed this as I was listening on the iHeart app. I live in SoCal and wanted to stay on top of developments. The stream on iHeart would go down for several hours before coming back.