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  1. MidwestTV
    It's still a fairly dark set, but talent does pop better. That desk feels crammed into that corner, but maybe that's because the metal logo is so huge. I still feel that stair case corner is wasted potential - thrown in because they didn't know what to do there. It's mysteriously dark.
  2. MidwestTV
    I love cake, but all these recent departures has made me tired of them. Last goodbye cake we had was barely touched.
  3. MidwestTV
    Seems like The Tank or stations has been given some creative runway lately, but I don't understand why there need to be special supers just for talent.
  4. MidwestTV
    Who starts a timelapse when the thing is 90% built and they're only making final adjustments? Anyway, it looks good given what a small space they have. Crazy to me that the green screen is hidden behind a sliding wall.
  5. MidwestTV
    Way too much dead space in that 7-day. Too much emphasis on the accessory text and not enough on the actual temperatures. Either all of those boxes should be filled all the time or made much smaller. The eye is drawn to the emptiness.
  6. MidwestTV
    Goodness, there are college operations that have a better presentation.
  7. MidwestTV
    As others have said, many stations have really let up on the idea of sweeps, but the more old-fashioned, traditional NDs/GMs (some who really aren't that old!) hold fast to it. I know of a shop whose GM bans vacation in the one or two weeks before, during, and after sweeps.
  8. MidwestTV
    Easy. Budget. Stations only get so much money every year, and there's a queue for big projects like that.
  9. MidwestTV
    His post says Lexington his home and he's coming back again for a second stint. He's probably buying.
  10. MidwestTV
    That logo is definitely an upgrade.
  11. MidwestTV
    It's still far better than that worn out look KLKN is stuck with...
  12. MidwestTV
    Some changes at WHAS. They've killed their morning brand of "Wake Up" and reverted to "Good Morning Kentuckiana" which is what they were for like 30 years before changing in 2019. They've also returned to two anchor newscasts at 4 and 5:30 pm, something else that was abandoned several years ago. The updated open has also been rolled out.
  13. MidwestTV
    I don't know if it's so much Allen was rejected as it was he stopped trying when the option of owning the Broncos came up.
  14. MidwestTV
    Where have you been? Standard had been the front runner for months.
  15. MidwestTV
    I grew up on the (I believe?) Giant Octopus early 00s NBC look. They had one or two variations of this look. the WDTN variant
  16. MidwestTV
    Interesting. Now that you mention it I can see it in the broad, long support elements.
  17. MidwestTV
    Here are some screenshots from a KSHB newscast in 1998. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdQvSV8H01s I can't be certain, but it looks as if this set was the framework for their new set that debuted sometime in the early 00s, possibly 2003 when they adopted the Action News branding. The frames are very similar.
  18. MidwestTV
    Of course the employees are the victims. They get no say in the matter and will likely end up having to work harder assuming S/A comes in and slashes as many people as possible. Unless Standard/Apollo gives raises across the board and pours money into each station for resources and development, the only people that really come away from this are the execs.
  19. MidwestTV
    Tegna is back on Dish, conveniently after reports of their sale becoming more imminent. https://deadline.com/2022/02/tegna-stock-jumps-on-report-of-new-sale-talks-as-station-group-seals-carriage-deal-with-dish-ending-4-month-blackout-1234926787/
  20. MidwestTV
    Apollo is unlikely to be much better. I've heard the Cox stations are miserable and ran quite literally as cheap as possible. If Apollo can get rid of you, they will. Tegna employees are the real victims here.
  21. MidwestTV
    If there's one thing I hate and really wish would die its the over-saturated generic use of "First Alert Weather." Come up with something more original.
  22. MidwestTV
    I asked someone who's familiar with the situation. It came as a total shock to the WJMN employees. They had about a day and a half's notice. Nexstar apparently didn't want to pay whatever fees CBS was wanting, but Lilly/WZMQ was, so away CBS went. There hasn't really been discussion about what the long-term future is since this is all so fresh. Seems like a really small market to have such a dispute, but here we are.
  23. MidwestTV
    The green is unnecessary. Drop it (from everything) and everything is better.
  24. MidwestTV
    What? You mean this board is having a major overreaction to something before it launches? Impossible. I agree with you. Personally, I like the name. Will it work? That remains to be seen, but such a big rebrand isn't cheap. They'll either stick with it for as long as possible or it'll fail and they silently dump it.
  25. MidwestTV
    That open is radically different - I haven't seen that before. Looks good and adds a bit of excitement.
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