MidwestTV

Strong storms knocked KLKN in Lincoln off the air for several hours last night. The transmitter was eventually able to broadcast late last night before being knocked off air again sometime around 7 this morning. They're back up now.

If they're not careful KCTV will turn into the WGCL of the Midwest.

That's a clever little promo. Why are they switching?

Probably because they have the stigma of "former CNN anchor" attached to their name.

Lisa Benson, who has an ongoing racial lawsuit against KSHB, has left after 14 years (and 3 months). http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2018/6/14/reporter-that-sued-kc-station-is-now-gone-from-the-station Dee Jackson, a sports anchor/reporter, also has a racial discrimination lawsuit pending. It'll be interesting to see if he leaves next.

Can't wait to see how big the hashmark ratings will be.

That may be intentional since we heard the rumor CBS is mulling the idea of showing Glor as little as possible since ratings haven't done well under him. Speaking of ratings, FTVLive reports that The Wrap reports CBSEN's ratings are consistently down since he took over. Makes you wonder if CBS thinks they made a mistake.

It's just a horizontal version of the vertical logo.

He seems personally offended for some reason. I maintain that he's so upset because he doesn't want the image of one of his reporters nearly getting killed on live TV out there on the internet. That, or he's upset that FTVLive kind of implied that Lewis knowingly sent his reporter in close to a very dangerous situation without thinking much of her safety.

So is the quality of these better or worse? Is it literally one HUGE LED screen, or is it similar to a rear projection? I would think you'd get higher quality out of multiple large monitors than one large one that could have a washed out appearance.

Sounds like the ND is trying to avoid bad publicity about the safety of his reporters, but is instead getting bad publicity for how he's reacting to it. The hostility is totally unwarranted.

I think it's simple; they just won't do one.

And how hard is it to fly a drone or something to shoot footage at night? That seems like a lazy excuse.

Adweek, for whatever reason, has decided to restrict site access to TVNewser, TVSpy, and AdAgency unless you sign up. That means unless you decide to make an account, all you can do is read the headlines and comments. It's easily one of the most bizarre and pompous decisions I've seen of a website.

It's 11p.m. Why does their open have daytime shots from the middle of the day?

Cassie Wilson has been promoted to chief meteorologist at KRNV from mornings.

those lower thirds are WAY too high. what were they thinking?

List add to the list of retirements why don't we? KWCH's Roger Cornish is going to call it quits. http://www.kansas.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/carrie-rengers/article209483434.html 41 years, six months, and 13 days he said. His dad, wife, and son all worked there at some point. Wow.

On NO. That logo has been blue since the dawn of time. WHY would they mess with it now? Not only that, but put it in a box? Seriously?

Can I put this year? There are so many Sinclair threads I don't know anymore. http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2018/4/22/ouch

KLKN is losing its entire sports department. All three of them will be gone by the end of the summer. Their contracts all came up within a couple month span of each other. To be clear, they're not shutting down the sports dept, just completely rehiring it.

Are they still using some now bastardized version of Look A?

I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

An important thing to note here is that all of these stations are owned by the same company. They're not pulling a meteorologist from a Scripps station to fill in from a Hearst station, they're pulling people from within the company but who are at different stations.

KLKN got temporarily knocked off the air after a semi turned into a power pole. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1832423270123445