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"It's pretty nippy!"

Has anyone mentioned Citadel Communication's knock off of Hearts' graphics?This look is weird because everything is italicized and there is little weight to any of the font.

It would also explain why their chief meteorologist and sports director look to be fresh college grads, but when you're market 195, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

I think the issue people are having here is the fact that it's a sponsorship specifically for breaking news, which depending on the event can mean they have a sponsor for mass destruction and death. It just doesn't look good.

Just imagine it. OPEN: "From WRIC, this is Breaking News, sponsored by Tronfeld West & Durrett." ANCHOR: "Good evening everyone, we have a major breaking news story sponsored by Tronfeld West and Durrett. A school bus carrying 45 elementary school children has just driven into an incinerator and exploded at Nasty Filth garbage dump in Richmond. All lives have been lost. If you are a parent or guardian of one of the children on the bus, our breaking news sponsors at Tronfeld West & Durrett highly encourage you to contact them to discuss what actions you can take next."

WTLV fined for using EAS tones in a station promotion for multiple days. Featuring FTVLive, here's the link Scott Jones provided. http://jacksonville.com/metro/business/2017-05-30/jacksonville-s-wtlv-tv-12-owner-fined-use-emergency-alert-tones-jaguars After watching the promo, wow. How stupid could you be to think this was a good idea?

Eh, seems more like KMBC going with what the market is doing. KSHB has been using cold opens for many months now. I don't know what WDAF and KCTV do, but I'm more inclined to believe it's them following KSHB's lead. Less open = more news.

Lisa Teachman is leaving Kansas City's KCTV for a chief meteorologist job in Wichita. While it hasn't been officially announced, it surely has to be KSNW given that Dave Freeman has just retired. http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/5/26/out-the-door-in-kc Before KCTV, Teachman was at KMBC for a number of years.

Is it possible "ripped off" looks are actually requested to be used by other networks/stations? Meaning isn't it at all possible TVA/LCN asked CNN for their package and all they did was recolor it and change a few other things?

Do they have "breaking news" in the L3 enough times?

6 News, a local cable news operation in Lawrence, KS, will be shutting down its operations after 45 years. Minnesota cable company Midco is expanding their Midco Sports Network into the market and ending 6 News. Lawrence is technically in the Topeka DMA but receives signals from both Topeka and Kansas City, so both markets cover them equally. A very sad day indeed. https://www.6lawrence.com/6lawrence/index.php/2017/05/16/midco-sn-expands-lawrence-6-news-operations-end/

Well there's part of the problem.

Some one had said that Mike Collier was probably going to go to KJRH and they were right. He's their new chief. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/mike-collier-named-kjrh-chief-meteorologist/189658 Did we ever learn what happened to Brett Anthony though?

This would surely be dismissed. The station should have looked into them more, something you'd expect for a news gathering organization.

Today's theme in TV news seems to be "say inappropriate things regarding race." First the reporter referring to herself as the n-word, now this.

Reporter Pro-tip: DO NOT call yourself the N-word or imply that you're calling a viewer/potential witness the N-word when trying to get information from said viewer for a story! http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/4/28/seriously-what-the-hell-are-you-thinking

Detroit is a sh!tty place to live?

Getting out while she can so she doesn't have to be associated with that disaster

Over/Under on how long this lasts before it fails and bets on how disastrous the ratings will be?

Is KJRH looking for a new chief met? I see that there's an opening for one. Brett Anthony hasn't been there for very long.

Scripps has hired WKRN GM Steve Watt to take over KSHB. That was a very quick search. KSHB's former GM Bracco only announced his retirement last month. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/4/3/scripps-names-new-gm

Scripps has hired WKRN GM Steve Watt to take over KSHB. That was a very quick search. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/4/3/scripps-names-new-gm

Man that's cruel. Like, I read the entire thing and saw what he was getting at towards the end, but evidently it never clicked in my head. April Fools jokes on March 31st should be illegal.

Megyn Kelly will anchor Weekend Today tomorrow morning, followed by the Sunday edition of Nightly News. Soft launch to get people used to her face on the rainbow peacock channel.

Let's be real, at this rate, the Queen really won't die until 2126.