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12 minutes ago, MorningNews said:

It wasn’t necessarily meant as a critique of the show by any means, just that these “looser” newscast experiments tend to revert back to more traditional formats after some time. 

I think KTLA Morning News and WGN Morning News may take umbrage witht his comment.

4 hours ago, 24994J said:

Jeff and Juan be like

 

I would assume that Jeff is the odd man out. He anchors the 5, 8 and 10. Those are the shows Chauncy is taking over. Juan has been there since the mid/late 1990s...he anchors the 4pm and 9pm. 

Is KSWBs ND still Rich Goldner? Former KTLA Morning News EP....

2 hours ago, SFTV said:

Now all we wait is for a new studio/set which has been in place since 1995!!!

...and we wait for the "A McKinnon Broadcasting Company" header to be taken off of the website. It's still up as of 9/1/23 at 2:20pm PST.

I think Sam might be featured as a third chair anchor type. Think Sal Castaneda at KTVU. He does traffic in the earlier shows, but is a featured contributor to their 9am hour. Sounds like Dani will handle the 10am weather duties. 

Looks like we will be seeing the Nexstar animation at the end of KUSI newscasts starting tonight.

Kevin Sanders on KTLA back in the 1970s. He was from Australia.

Definitely doesn't make sense to start at 4/4:30 in most markets as is the trend now. I can accept a 4am start time in top 5 or even top 10 markets. Anything else is just a $$ grab for advertising dollars. I get it, you have to make money somehow, but I feel resources could be better allocated elsewhere.

Potentially leading up to an eventual retirement for the legendary Jim Hill??

On 6/14/2023 at 10:33 AM, 13 Eyewitness News said:

I've been wondering: Do any of your ABC O&O stations not have morning traffic anchors, consumer reporters, and/or investigative reporters? Might sound like an odd question, but KTRK-TV doesn't have any of them.

 

Also, do any of your stations routinely skip the sports segment on evening broadcasts that are supposed to have them? KTRK does that all time now, and in its place the station just reairs a random piece that air on earlier Eyewitness News broadcast. The Eyewitness Sports team is the smallest it has ever been with a just a sports director, sports producer, and a part-time sports and news anchor/reporter. You'd think that a station would fill all these 'open' positions (though they don't want to hire anyone but an investigative reporter), before hiring a 6th meteorologist. 

KABC Los Angeles

-Morning Traffic Anchor Brianna Ruffalo also does 11am weather. Also Scott Reiff reports from Air 7.

-Dedicated automotive reporter and health reporter. No consumer unit, these stories are usually fronted by a GA reporter.

-I have seen a sports full screen with scores on the 11pm if no talent is available. Rob Fukuzaki is the long time sports director. Curt Sandoval handles weekends.

-Weather is stacked: Legendary Dallas Raines, Leslie Lopez, Tony Cabrera, Shayla Girardin, and Alex Cheney

-Fun Fact: Celebrity chef Bobby Flay's daughter is a community journalist for ABC7, Sophie Flay.

As far as the sucessor for Welker on Saturday today- my best guess would be someone from NBC News Now or NBC News Daily. Those individuals seem to serve as minor league players cutting their teeth until a big network opportunity comes up.

6 hours ago, TVNewsLover said:

 

John Muller. Jodi Applegate. Antonio Mora. Tamela Edwards. Jane Robelot. Whit Johnson (Was with CBS network and then went to KCBS). 

Whit Johnson worked at KNBC; co-anchored Today in LA. His wife, Andrea Fujii, was weekend co-anchor at KCBS/KCAL.

Damn! Time to blow up CNN This Morning.

39 minutes ago, tvtime07 said:

 

A few thoughts came into my mind... would Nexstar go with the KCAL route and just rebrand everything KUSI News? Nexstar paid $35 million for it and I just don't see it going away, it's a brand that is well known in San Diego; getting KCAL'd would seem to be the most cost-efficient, there wouldn't be a need for separate branding packages and it would reduce redundancies. Both brands already use red, white and blue in their branding. Just use KSWB's good looking studio and graphics and KUSI's iconic theme music together.

 

Merging of the two talents/staff from both stations: let's face it, this is going to happen, but if they mirror this to KTLA's situation in terms of cumulative hours on air: 15+ hours on weekdays, 8+ hours one weekends, then maybe there might be room for everybody?

 

I also wonder if Nexstar will move any of KUSI's syndication offerings over to KSWB so it will mirror Fox O&O stations? KUSI always got many of the programs that would usually air on Fox O&Os: TMZ, Extra, Jennifer Hudson, and Sherry.

 

Also, it's probably a good thing for Nexstar to have an additional hub for Newsnation in San Diego being that it's so close to the border. Nexstar is also getting into local sports, I can see them airing KTLA's Clippers games locally and possibly steal some of that local Padres tv rights from Bally.

San Diego is supposed to have a MLS team in the coming years as well. Sounds like a good time for the marketing people to arrange a partnership. 

PIX, KTLA and WGN to a lesser extent have had free reign on their sets. Will KUSI get the traditional Nexstar set in a corner like big market brother KRON or will they get to do something original. I really like the chill vibe that Fox5SDs set has.

RIP Tony Valdez. Legacy KTTV nightside reporter. 
 

$$$$$$

KTLAs ND is out effective immediately. 
 

https://deadline.com/2023/03/ktla-news-director-pete-saiers-exits-out-1235314772/

12 hours ago, JTT said:

I am assuming that Alissa will take some time off since she fainted.  Who will fill in for her?  Why did Mary leave kttv?  I think she's better suited for Ktla or Knbc.

Most likely Mary Yoon or Markina Brown. They seem to be their per-diem mets.

Paul left due to a battle with alcohol. Can't recall why Tuck left, I believe it was $$. He ended up having a pretty legit career finale down at KFMB San Diego.

PIX got the KTLA treatment. As the team gets comfortable in the studio, the viewer will see more cool jib shots and interview areas that weren't immediately seen during the initial launch. We are getting the same here in LA with KTLAs set.

https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/18/cbs-los-angeles-kcal-meteorologist-alissa-carlson-faints-tv/

I assume Colleen will continue solo at 11pm. She definitely has the chops to lead the 11pm on her own, she already does it at 7pm. KCBS/KCAL has Pat Harvey anchor solo at 11pm (6pm as well). Marc Brown anchors KABCs 11pm solo. KNBC could complete the big three network trifecta with this arrangement.

**10pm news update. Kaj Goldberg was live off the top of the 10pm news.

Seems like they may have been short staffed. Vera Jimenez, who is the defacto "chief" did the late morning/afternoon shows (11-2, 3 and 4pm). Kaj Goldberg must have had a last minute emergency/sick as he is scheduled Wed-Sun. He does middays Wed-Fri and nightside on the weekends. Kirk Hawkins, who fills in for all weather shifts, may have been off or had a conflict. He has a highly publicized real estate side hustle.

I doubt Mark Kriski would stay beyond his 7-11am shift. Might be in his contract. He's been at KTLA since 1991 and he is rough to watch in recent years. I have seen him fill in for Henry on the 6am hour, but he is usually in the building at that time so it's not a huge inconvenience.