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On another note, I find this interesting and frankly agree with Diane. http://www.showbizspy.com/article/263712/diane-sawyer-stops-george-stephanopoulos-from-taking-over-world-news.html ABC is in a very interesting time, Robin just signed (I guess Ginger did too), Josh and Lara are negotiating and George is up next year.

WPVI and WUVP are going to be sharing news content. Probably to get ahead of now NBC owned Philly Telemundo. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/philadelphia-stations-to-share-news-content_b111541

Thats my guess, I think he did some freelancing at EWN last year for 2 or 3 weeks.

If it was an anchor new to NY, I might agree but Diana is one of NY's most known and loved anchors and Diana and Sade are 100% NY. I think the days are gone (or at least few and far between) that two women can not anchor the late news. And if there is one thing we know about WABC, its that they are not afraid to be different. Going back to what I was saying though, if Diana wants to do the 11, she would replace Bill (whenever he leaves) on the 11. The question is does she want to and if the past says anything, no, she doesn't want to.

My guess is, with the opportunity (when Bill leaves) they will try to minimize the amount of teams they have (ala KABC). Even going from 4 teams to 3 helps lower the marketing budget. There is no reason that they would't except that she doesn't want to do the 11. The only way Ken goes is if they are no longer #1 or if he wants to leave. For now, I don't think so. Anything they could do with Rob, they would have been very happen to do with Phil.

Agreed. There is no indication that we will soon but when Bill Ritter retires, I'd like David to replace Bill at 6 and Rob to replace Bill at 11. Then you have... Liz and David at 4&6 Diana and Sade at 5 Sade and Rob at 11 That's assuming Diana still doesn't want to do the 11. - On another note, I don't like whomever is doing these voice overs.

I personally like Tracy. I would like to see (in my ideal world) Tracy stays AM and 11am updates, Phil takes all evening newscasts, Mike does weekend evenings and Troy does weekend mornings. Will this happen, absolutely not. I wouldn't be surprised to see Mike take over 5, 6 and 10, Phil takes the 4 and Tracy stays AM, Troy does weekend mornings or evenings and they get someone for opposite weekend newscasts. Also wouldn't be surprised if WLS got some kind of time warning that Jerry plans on retiring and they are figuring out how to replace him before he does.

At 11 they want to get right to the news, not take the extra time to run a talent open.

Its nice that they finally covered it, but they were not on the air when it really mattered the most. If they are wondering why they are doing horrible in the ratings, maybe its because when people need them the most, they are late or aren't even there.

The Holiday Promos have begun to air today.

Phil has posted on Twitter his last day is the 8th.

Rob Powers anchoring this morning. Heather is not doing green screen traffic today, instead sitting in the newsroom. Hope she is alright.

The 6pm team had a little fun with Rob Powers tonight... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8DW2cz6rRE

I have to say, I don't fly JetBlue but Dave Barger is a good man. As is David Neelman for that matter. (Aviation = My life, lol)

I didn't say one mean thing in my post. I didn't say I know what is best for the station and you don't, but I did say, your opinion is not set in stone fact and your opinion is not the only opinion. Your only making yourself look bad by using flamboyant terms and such words get you nowhere in life. Not one mean thing was said. You may not have to, but you do.

And who are you to judge? Are you the only viewer? Because your opinion alone does not mean anything and for you to think because that is your opinion that it is everyones opinion is just wrong. That is great that that is what you think (or should I say want) but the people with all the information from studies etc... have the facts and the fact is, that it was best for the station to update the music. In your opinion, but maybe that isn't what would have been best for WLS. I can not agree more. Spot on.

If you want to look at commercial like this, thats fine. Think of rather catchy and familiar commercials of the past. Even if they last 15 years or more they eventually fade away. Everything needs an update. They can't make everyone happy. Its music and I know I'm gonna get a response that talks about how you grew with this music and how its more then that but at the end of the day, it is familiar music, a familiar logo, a familiar spokesperson that just eventually ends. You can say it never gets old but that is your opinion and they wouldn't have made this decision if they didn't need to. So yes, you can call everyone at WLS dumbos or whatever adjective you want to use but it doesn't change anything. It doesn't make the cues come back. Sorry you feel like part of your life is over or whatever dramatic situation you call it but there is a point where you just need to move on. But that won't happen and you will probably restart this conversation every month for the next 5 years, I just need to get my opinion out there since you very clearly want to make yours known. I respectfully agree to disagree with your opinions on this, I'll see you in another thread, hopefully on the same side!

No offense but what is up with these huge replies? All it is, is you rewording the same thing in 30 different ways.

I also noticed Heather is now doing traffic in front of webcams now instead of just showing it and then returning to her after. I know WLS and WPVI do. And your right, he says Heather's name higher pitched than the others.

Here is the new Morning Open in HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMO6yqgl_QE (includes Heather O'Rourke!)

What you made is nice but I have no problem with the current logo.

Here is the Weekend Morning Open in HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwlI1Cobyes&feature=youtu.be Sad its gonna be cut short on December 8...

We have know now for over a week now, no new graphics were coming.

WABC 6pm Talent Open: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC4nGEqD4c0&feature=youtu.be

5pm Open: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35AAM-cnXzc&feature=youtu.be