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KDVR lost power to its building. You can watch the improvised newscast live on Facebook.

KCTV has plucked weekend anchor Joe Chiodo from WOWT to be a 4:00 p.m. co-anchor/reporter.

Former KWCH/Wichita GM Joan Barrett will be the new GM at KDVR/KWGN in Denver.

WTOL dealt seven employees out of the deck. I wonder who was so offended as to make the effort to contact Raycom HR? http://www.toledoblade.com/TV-Radio/2016/01/14/7-WTOL-employees-fired-for-playing-Cards-Against-Humanity.html

An article about Tribune and CW... http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/91468/tribune-impasse-is-behind-cw-ott-option

I'm not sure. That's generally our worst-rated newscast. I imagine the meteorologist and the male anchor, who also do the morning shows on weekends, are happy to have the extra half-hour of sleep.

KTVI tried an 11:00 p.m. news back in the '70s (as an ABC affiliate). KTVI is just doing this to sell local ads and save syndication money. That's the only reason we go past 10:30 at WDAF-TV. We're typically in the 3.0-rating range by the time the newscast ends.

KCTV news crew robbed in their own van (this is a wealthy neighborhood too, 61st and Ward Parkway) http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article49662900.html

"He says he's not dead." --dead collector Pat McCormick still alive

KCTV has a new morning anchor. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/bakersfield-anchor-moving-to-kansas-city/156917

This is also awkward. Television station owners don't have much sense of timing this week. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wtkr-news-director-fired-as-staff-prepared-to-celebrate-her-birthday/156586

Hearst/Weather Channel partnership http://www.wcvb.com/tv/contact/wcvb-weather-channel-team-up-for-local-content-ad-partnership/35398320

Hearst is launching a new Sunday morning show. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/hearst-to-launch-sunday-morning-interview-show/155472

I doubt it. It's a good move for the local owners, taking their chips off the table close to the Iowa Caucuses, getting the maximum price for a station in a 90-level market.

Gray Television acquires KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids. http://gray.tv/index.php?page=press-releases&releaseid=2084226

Gray is acquiring KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids. http://gray.tv/index.php?page=press-releases&releaseid=2084226

Former KCTV anchor Karen Fuller has landed in Cedar Rapids to anchor evenings at KGAN.

WGN-TV is adding a 10:00 p.m. newscast this October. I don't think WGN has run news in that time slot since the 1980s.

WAGA-TV will expand its late news by 30 minutes, going all the way to midnight. http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2015/08/03/fox-5-expanding-news-to-midnight/

One of my co-workers, Katie Ferrell, is going to Columbus to be weekday morning anchor at WCMH.

Today marks one year of The Now in Kansas City.

I don't know if this still counts as the Gannett/Tegna thread, but the company had a morning show strategy meeting in Texas this month to try to "re-invent" the morning shows at Tegna stations, I've heard, focusing on KHOU, WFAA and KVUE first. I imagine we'll see whatever they came up with in a few months.

This is not unique to Scripps, but they want to do more with less. The problem is one can only do less with less. The List, Right This Minute, etc., is nothing more than America's Funniest Home Videos packaged as news. It looks cheap. It is cheap. It carries over to some of the real news product too. People are still buying the ad space, though.

The Salt Lake City Tribune wrote about recent demographic numbers. KSTU and KUTV rank well in the key demo. KTVX has the best lead-in ratings, but the worst newscast ratings. http://www.sltrib.com/home/2656192-155/utahs-kstu-kutv-battle-it-out

I wonder how quickly the station knew about it. They didn't cover the actual crash, and made no mention of it in the 6:00 news. The weekday team anchored at 10:00 and dedicated the whole a-block to Barry. They had an obituary pkg and a string of soundbites from various writers, sportscasters, coaches and the mayor. Friday night's aircheck is still in the KFOR queue. He didn't even technically say goodbye for the night. The last thing he did was toss to a golf package, and the show ended on that story. This is how he started his sportscast Friday.