TheRob

The Denver Post wrote about KMGH.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2015/03/02/channel-7-station-adrift/21521/

This is a curious post from Scott.

http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2015/3/2/cuts-happening-at-scripps-stations

KSHB is also adding news on KMCI at 7:00 a.m. beginning in April. KSHB will rearrange its weekend news lineup as well, starting weekend news at 6:00 a.m., moving Weekend Today to 7:00, then continuing local news at 9:00 in the morning.

KDVR had a bad meltdown this morning. The audio board failed before the morning show. They ran Antenna TV from 5:00 to 6:00 a.m. instead of news. The weather and traffic talent used hard-wire mics when the news began. This didn't affect KWGN's news at all.

One of the early Los Angeles television journalists, Stan Chambers, has died at age 91

http://ktla.com/2015/02/13/stan-chambers-longtime-ktla-reporter-dead-at-91/

KFMB-TV sports director Kyle Kraska has been shot at his home. No article yet...

KSHB/Kansas City investigative reporter Ryan Kath is leaving for an investigative reporting job with WBZ-TV in Boston.

WVTM is self-contained, it seems. All the assets are on one site, and the streets are crumbling on the street view. WALA has a primary facility southwest of downtown Mobile, a tower site in another city, and a small studio space in Pensacola. I doubt that accounts for the difference in price, but maybe something to consider.

KCTV/KSMO promoted its Digital Sales Director to General Manager today. The former GM had been at KCTV for two years. I don't know what happened, but he had traveling frequently on the weekends back to Las Vegas, where he previously worked.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mike-cukyne-named-vpgeneral-manager-of-kctv-and-ksmo-in-kansas-city-300018600.html

 

NBC's newest affiliate is KAIT, who will offer the network on a digital subchannel beginning January 26. The new NBC subchannel will offer WMC's newscasts with local inserts (I assume WMC is already the common NBC affiliate for the area, so this makes sense).

 

Suddenlink carries both WMC-TV and KARK in Jonesboro.

I had this sample 2009 newscast leftover from a job interview at KOAT years ago. This is at least two, maybe three versions ago in Hearst world. It's not HD, but my software just ignores my attempt to save it 4:3 and stretches the picture anyway.

But speaking of Milwaukee problems....

http://ftvlive.com/todays-news/2014/11/12/reporter-wins-emmyis-then-booed-off-the-stage

 

And just as those numbers come out, it appears as if WDJT may have shot themselves in the foot with their story on pitbulls last night, which ignited a social media firestorm. I have never seen so many posts against a news station, calling them "biased", "idiots", and my personal favorite, "narrow minded inbreds".

 

It also sparked this image popping up all over Facebook.

 

Ouch.

 

https://www.facebook.com/CBS58/posts_to_page

 

And here is the story:

http://www.cbs58.com/story/27349435/are-pit-bulls-a-dangerous-breed

 

I don't think it will hurt them. Dog owners, and especially pit bull owners, are unusually loyal and defensive. I'll bet some of those posters aren't regular WDJT viewers anyway. Anytime we air a dog-mauling story, we get calls/emails from people who say "I don't normally watch your station, but...".

Longtime KAKE (Wichita) anchor Larry Hatteberg is retiring at the end of sweeps. He started at KAKE in 1963.

http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article3687962.html

Meanwhile, here's KSHB's new set.

KSHB anchor swap - weekend morning anchor Lindsay Shively moves to weekday mornings and weekday morning anchor JiaoJiao Shen moves to weekends.

FTV reports KCTV ND Larry Perret is heading to WGCL. He has been in KC for eleven months.

 

I've noticed that too and when they display the names on the lower thirds it typically only lasts five seconds which is just long enough to read it. I'm willing to guess their lack of use is mainly due to the fact that their newscasts are not personality driven as opposed to say WJZ's morning news with Don and Marty. However their PoP promos they do display the anchors names while they cut from footage of anchor speaking.

 

I am also thankful they don't put the anchors twitter accounts in the lower thirds because the blue twitter T logo does not look good against the background in addition the @ sign looks a bit messed up.

 

I don't know if other Hearst stations do this, but at KMBC, every time the talent is on camera -- every time -- they'll run the "name" lower third, even if the talent is on cam for a few seconds. I find it distracting.

 

Nobody is sold on this Scripps strategy so don't feel alone. The List is basically a list of "take a look at this video thats gone viral online and other meaningless stuff we could list".

 

 

But how are The List, Right This Minute and maybe The Now any different from each other? I still can't believe that there are so many viral video out there to drive two and a half hours a day of original programming. But Scripps clearly wants to go the cheap route by using videos posted to YouTube by claiming fair use.

 

I would expect Scripps, by adding more stations to the group, will be able to share feature stories from their stations more easily on these platforms. But I haven't seen evidence of it yet. List, RTM and to a lesser extent Now are just repackaged versions of Inside Edition and similar shows, without the syndication cost. Take videos from CNN and YouTube, some fluff stories from Gawker or HuffPost, call it a show.

An anchor from KJRH is moving to KSHB to join "The Now."

http://escrippsnews.scrippsnet.com/node/3115

KFOR in Oklahoma City will break ground next year on a new building.

http://kfor.com/2014/08/05/kfor-newschannel4-announces-major-plans-to-build-new-digital-multimedia-forecasting-information-center/

I found this at the end of a tape containing the 1991 NBA Finals. This is Inside Edition, back when Bill O'Reilly hosted. It aired on KMBC/Kansas City at the time.

I found this interesting: the ND for Madison's WKOW left to be the EP at Madison's WISC. I have no idea about the quality of either station.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/joe-radske-joins-wisc-as-executive-producer_b125264

 

WKYC is doing the same on weekends, come September. (The one hour of E/I programming will supposedly move down to the 11am hour on Sunday).

 

Of course, WKYC has had weekend morning newscasts continuously since 1991.

 

 

Even in a big market like Cleveland, THAT'S OVERKILL!!! I bet 2/3 of those weekend newscasts will have fluff just to fill the time.

 

 

Based on my memories, WKYC's weekend morning shows were filled with some news, weather, and a LOT of time on live shots with feature reporters at events (usually the weather person doing the forecast on location....)

 

You could pretty much do live shots at a 5K or a marathon every weekend morning if you wanted.

There's a huge gulf in weekend news among Tribune stations. Some like WXMI and WJW have three or four hours of weekend morning news, and some like KTXL or KSWB have no news until 10:00 at night on weekends. Personally I prefer less since most weekend morning news is what we call "copy-flow" -- repeats of last night's stories and often one hour looks just like the next.

 

 

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• Boston: Too many young people, too many New Hampshire residents. That's what Hearst says is responsible for an unusual ratings decline at WCVB—and at other stations in Boston.
  
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Speaking of New Hampshire, I noticed a flurry of job posts for something called NH1. This is a Binnie Media outlet apparently based in Concord. NECN competitor?