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Still is: There's actually an interesting history behind it too (from KOBI Wikipedia page):

Are you sure? From what I've read, KDRV is #1 in Medford, then KTVL, then KOBI. Just because KOBI was first on the air and KDRV was last doesn't decide the ratings. Now if KTVL and KDRV were on UHF and KOBI was the only VHF station in Medford (analog era), then this would make sense...

I'm a little skeptical... Yes, I'm quoting Wikipedia: What if they don't launch it again. It'd be nice for KRON to launch a diginet, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Just sayin' Also from Wikipedia (KUTV's page): It's a known fact that Nexstar hates weekend morning news. WBRE, the only pre-Newport station that has weekend morning news, airs them for one hour on both Saturday and Sunday mornings, while rival WNEP airs them for about two-three hours both days. Now WSYR, a station at which Nexstar has largely maintained the status quo (they're a huge moneymaker for Nexstar and were likewise with Newport), also has weekend morning news for one hour (7AM) both days. None of the remaining Nexstar stations have them even though it would ideally make sense on stations like KARK, KTVX, and WATN. It costs money to staff a weekend morning newscast (and nobody is probably going to watch it anyways) so I truly don't see that happening, even at a station they spent $5 million on. Also of note, when they finish their acquisition of the Comcorp stations, KETK also has one-hour weekend morning newscasts at 8AM both days. I don't see those getting cut, at a station that is pretty much already run like a typical Nexstar station. Case in point, at the end of the year, I see three Nexstar stations with weekend morning news; WATN won't be in that three. Sorry...

Replying to a ton of these: NO!!! Why!?!? :mad: Brady will have a virtual monopoly on the Yuma market (I don't count KECY and you'll see why in a sec). KSWT could've easily gone to Sinclair who would've done a far better job with this station. Nexstar would not have been bad either and probably would've invested in upgrading KSWT's infrastructure. Brady is not a good station owner based on how he runs his Stainless stations or KVTV in Laredo. Once he sold KZTV's non license assets to Cordillera, they consolidated it with KRIS (well, KRIS actually moved into KZTV's larger building just down the road, but still...) and the quality of the product shot up considerably. They even upgraded it to HD. KSWT and KYMA may co-locate with each other but I can't see them getting new equipment. I think they will just take the old equipment with them and install it in the place. I base this off the only Brady station with news, WICZ, and they are still in SD. KECY isn't much better, even though they are backed by NPG. They do the news in front of a green screen on a Tricaster system. They're in HD which is a plus. They don't even have a true News Director (the main anchor, Anna Chaulk, kinda oversees the whole thing I think). They also don't have a really good online presence. I'm shocked they never got the IB website (while KEYT and KMIZ did) and are still using that "yourtvfamily.com" blog setup. They do have a Facebook/Twitter but they seem to use that more to announce contest winners (they do quite a bit of contests) than to actually post news content. They use their news personalities to act as faces of the station rather than to do their job and report the news. This says that NPG really doesn't consider them to have a large news presence. They have a separate anchor (Anna Hayes) on the 6PM ABC news which makes no sense when they can just have Anna Chaulk do that one as well. BTW, Hayes only anchors and doesn't do reporting. Give me a break. They only have three reporters who all shoot their own video. They do have one ENG truck though which is good. NPG could throw some more money at this station but I don't see that happening unless they have an incentive to do so. Maybe this will be their incentive? I honestly hate the E/I regulations, it's so dated, mainly because kids don't watch Saturday morning cartoons anymore. If kids are even watching TV anymore, they're watching cable networks like Disney and Nickelodeon( :puke: yeah, sorry I hate both channels...) not CBS or ABC. Or they're probably online, on their phone, doing school activities, playing with friends, or playing video games. If the FCC wants to regulate what kids watch on TV then they can take a nanny position like the CRTC and extend the E/I regulations to cable but it's ineffective on broadcast TV. Literally, I've seen the ratings for the Sat. Morning cartoons here, they get HASHMARKS, meaning no one's watching them. The Sinclair group here (excluding recent purchase WOAI) buries their E/I stuff on early mornings in between infomercials or other "graveyard" slots where people are unlikely to watch and air the bare minimum. Networks like CBS and ABC are smart enough to know nobody's going to be watching these anymore so they just outsource to companies like Litton who'll cut them a cheaper deal to program the slots for them. I've seen the Litton garbage (not by choice) and that's exactly what it is, garbage. It's boring, stuff that belongs on PBS and not ABC. WATN won't add weekend morning newscasts. Nexstar hates them for whatever reason and only WBRE and WSYR air them currently. KDFW only had them on Saturdays for years until very recently when they expanded them. Maybe this is a sign KTBC will add weekend editions of Good Day Austin. God, I hope so :drool: .

MidwestTV, can you describe what KCTV is like under Blaise Labbe since he will be coming to WOAI/KABB on Aug 12?

This station is a joke. They can't seem to keep anybody longer than two years at the maximum. The sad thing is that they seem to know that: They need to work on trying to keep their primary team longer than a year or two. I can understand the frequent turnover with reporters, but not anchors. WECT is doing something right when they can manage to keep folks twenty years or more and WWAY cannot.... I also predict Makenzi's replacement will come from INN, because they seem to like to hire their female anchors from there (Henderson and Catlett are both former INN anchors).

Regarding that article you linked to, the way KCTV used to be is how KABB is now, especially during sweeps. WOAI is FAR softer than that. Seems like he'll do a good job here and he really needs to tone KABB down. They are the market's blood and guts station by far (KSAT is fairly similar content-wise but they have definitely toned it down a bit in favor of more substantial news). I could see Keith McMahan resigning. Keith is not even a news guy. He used to work at channel 4 as their sports EP before leaving to do PR. Blaise's and Keith's styles seem to be completely different. This will be interesting... CBS Atlanta continues to have their problems... Time to let their idiot GM go. I can't see why the CBS affiliate in the 9th largest DMA does not have a sports department. Meredith isn't a bad company but they really should just give up on WGCL already and cash it out to CBS...

The SBG-owned duopoly here announces a new ND, according to Rick Gevers. There's a couple things wrong there. He does NOT replace Tom Bell. He is filling a newly created position. From what I understand, the assistant ND position at WOAI is being eliminated and the current asst. ND will become WOAI's new ND. This new guy will oversee both KABB and WOAI's news. Keith McMahan remains KABB's ND and James Keith remains the assistant ND but I think he will be pink-slipped when the consolidation takes place (I hope McMahan gets the axe instead of J. Keith; James is ND material and it would be their loss if he left). This is one of the first steps towards consolidation. From what I've heard, they still haven't started on the building but I would think that would start up on it in the next month or so... Stay tuned! If anyone from the KC market sees this, is he a good ND? What kind of product does KCTV put out under him and what should I expect to see in S.A? I'm not familiar with Labbe's work. WOAI has a large emphasis on investigative reports with some crime sprinkled in. KABB, OTOH, is pure blood and guts plus fires and wrecks. They also have some local human interest stories toward the end.

According to the Express-News, KENS 5's morning traffic reporter Natalie Tejeda is moving on to WIAT in Birmingham. Danielle Saar, most recently of KOMO and also with KABC, KSWB, WTSP, and KKTV in the recent past, will be her replacement. Yes, while Saar is easy on the eyes, she won't be here for long. I've seen her work. She is too good for San Antonio and has moved around way too much. Her career isn't stable. I like how she says she visited four years ago for a wedding and fell in love. Puh-leeze, S.A.'s a great city, but don't judge it off of a visit you "had" to make and not just visiting to visit. She's trying to sugarcoat the whole thing and won't be here long. The only stable traffic reporters here are Shelly Miles of WOAI and the police officers on KSAT. KABB and KENS always hire pretty out-of-towners who stay no more than three years. That means turnover. Turnover is bad...

Their schedule reminds me of KCWX's while they were still under Belo or ion when it was still called Pax... Especially with the gobs of infomercials in daytime.

WVEC got a new CSD (Ed Tudor) last October. So they have been tweaking around with stuff ever since he took over. Also noticed the change in V/O to John Pleisse. They probably won't get a major change until Gannett takes over and standardizes them on their CG system and graphics.

Thank god. I hope Abbey Niezgoda is next, very unprofessional reporter (and probably a Rockstroh hire) who embarrassed herself and ABC 6 when she brought bad publicity to the station by getting dogs sicced on her. Citadel should just sell this station (and their other ones) to Sinclair already. If you thought there was a worse company than Sinclair, there is, and it's Citadel Broadcasting. They treat longtime employees like crap and show them the door (like they did when they first bought WLNE). They also favor recent Emerson College graduates at their stations for some reason...

They can just fire the KGPE production staffers then.