sanewsguy

You would be incorrect as WFAA broke their ties with KFWD nearly three years ago... http://unclebarky.com/dfw_files/ab790f08e973743a111e39b6fba1707e-2436.html

KABB announces Monica Taylor, their morning coanchor, is leaving to be the spokesperson at CPS (our utility company). http://blog.mysanantonio.com/jakle06/2015/03/longtime-s-a-anchor-exits-tv-news/#21892101=0 Jessica Headley, their traffic reporter, is going to fill in while they conduct a "national search" for her replacement. Good choice because she is really good the times she has filled in, and I have also met her a couple times and she is very nice and genuine. She had problems when she first started but has dramatically improved since then and deserves a promotion. Hopefully they will just elevate Headley to the permanent spot and then bring Jennifer Barbaro (who is usually Headley's traffic fill in when she is away) on full time rather than hire externally. Keep GOOD talent that we San Antonio viewers are familiar with rather than bring in some out of towner who will struggle to fit in at Fox 29. Going out of town for your traffic reporter hire isn't a good move sometimes too, just look at KENS5...

Ugh... It's 2015 and they've been in HD for years. No need to continue to remind viewers of this. But it's Gannett, what do you expect? Oh wait, after they took over their slogan is now "Start Here, Expect More"..: Only the best for Gannett!

*sighs* I give up...

No I'm not confused. Remember Adam Kuperstein does an afternoon show on 560 WQAM, which is owned by CBS. CBS owns channel 4. NBC owns channel 6. CBS competes against NBC. Do you really think CBS wants an employee of WQAM to also work at their competitor? Read between the lines. I believe Joe Rose also got pushed out for the same reason. CBS doesn't want him as the main morning guy on WQAM and then doing sports on WTVJ, when they can use him on their own property (WFOR), which I read here is exactly what they're doing.

I think you're right but like I said CBS owns both WQAM (where he has a midday show) and WFOR and I wouldn't want to think they want him on their competition. So maybe he was already going to leave anyways and they felt that Jawan is the best person to move in that slot. I also wonder if they would move Keith Jones back to mornings.

Maybe CBS is pushing him out at channel 6 just like they did with Joe Rose? I don't think it's a surprise, it was bound to happen sooner or later.

I thought their legacy stations used Chyron though, do they not? And you'd think Gannett would've upgraded KIDY's production controls away from the TriCaster but I guess that's not happening...

Why don't they have a rundown? It looks off. Also the fade from the open to the anchors instead of the "wipe" effect that the other stations have is interesting as well.. Something tells me Gannett just took the cheap way out and didn't bother upgrading their graphics systems...

I think KSHB has found their new lead anchor. Calling it now.

I agree, this company is destroying itself slowly. There's a reason I said Sinclair is a far better broadcaster than Scripps. Yes they have their stupid must-runs but for the most part they are hands off, and they give their people the resources to do their job adequately. I wouldn't be surprised if another media group like COX Media Group buys Scripps within two years and rights the ship at these stations. Yes they would suck the personality out of most of their talent but in this instance they need it. Cox will cut the crap like "trending internet topics" and get back to real news. We can only hope, right?

So I've been watching WOAI at 5pm all week and last week and I think they made an anchor change. Evy Ramos now coanchors at 5 with Delaine Mathieu. Previously it had been Mathieu and Randy Beamer. Beamer still appears at 6 and 10 with Ramos. Don't know why they made the change.

Good, about time.

thanks, that's my old avatar lol

No I was talking about the Assistant News Director. I remember their old GM and ND left around the same time and then once they hired their current GM and ND the old AND left. I don't want to look up specifics but that's how I remember it. When was the current management hired anyways? I want to say early 2013 but can't remember. Yeah I've seen clips of KSHB and saw Justin Wilfon on the 5 and 6 a month or two ago. I've noticed about The NOW is they like to keep news talent separate from the talent who appears on it. When I have a day off next month I will check out KSHB again on their stream to see if they have changed from the last time I saw them about a year ago. Also I will check out WXYZ to see how their approach is. Scripps has been very cookie cutter and standardized about the talent they hire, the way the newscasts are stacked, the feel of them. If you've seen one station you've seen them all... It's just sad they didn't retain Journal's management and leave the existing Scripps people to tend to the newspapers. They actually do a decent job with newspapers still. This comes from a frequent reader of the Caller-Times.

I'll say this about KSHB. I think they struggle because they produce an inferior news product. I don't think any of their recent hires are older than 35, and even then I think that's a stretch to say that. I think most of their recent hires have to be younger than 30. I mean I read on TVSpy the other day they just hired someone from Bakersfield, that's basically a 100 market jump. The talent this ND has hired are young and inexperienced for a mid-major market. And when you hire inexperienced, you generally get shoddier reporting. Like this. When they were doing OK it was mostly under a better management team both of who are no longer at the station. And they're not hiring young because of looks. It's a side benefit but this station is doing it solely because of cost savings. Also I looked at their jobs page the other day. They STILL haven't found their replacement for Mark Clegg, no AND either, which I think has been vacant for over a year now. And they have some other major vacancies to fill. They are understaffed but sure seem to be taking their time. It also doesn't help when your corporate office is dropping winning programming like Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy for crap like "The NOW". I know we all knock Sinclair but at least they show they have a lick of sense when it comes to running and programming TV stations. Sad to see the downfall of what was once one of the "gold standard" companies in journalism and winning TV stations. I am glad we don't have Scripps TV stations here (I already have to deal with a similarly subpar group, Gannett).

Question: how come KSHB doesn't produce the nightly 9 o'clock news on KMCI? You'd think that'd be a no-brainer but they air syndicated shows at that time...

KSHB's traffic and features reporter (and sometimes news anchor) Kacie McDonnell will join Sporting KC, a soccer franchise, to do hosting and sideline reporting. It should be noted that KMCI, which is owned by KSHB, broadcasts their games. So it's basically cross promotion for their newscasts. The article below says McDonnell will stay on the morning newscasts too so I guess she will be pulling six day work weeks during soccer season. I guess she got this job because she is locked in a contract with Scripps for a couple years and realizes she can't go anywhere anytime soon. http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2015/02/sporting-kc-hires-kshb-tv-41-action-news-reporter-kacie-mcdonnell-skctvs-new-network-host Also I've seen many press releases in my day but this is one of the worst. I mean they literally found an old interview of her and just copied a quote of her from it and made up another sentence. How pathetic. I've read the interview on TVSpy before, I'm not going to dig up the link, you can Google it if you care.

I doubt it. Sinclair used to not be a fan of news choppers but surprisingly they have kept WOAI's chopper lease (and have extended it to KABB as well). The only thing is that the chopper is now sponsored by World Car. So I guess Sinclair's logic there is, "we'll keep the chopper if we can find a company willing to shoulder most or all of the cost of it".

Called it, told ya Nexstar hates choppers. Now let's see how they'll work "Local" into the station...

please just stop with the blue helio thing already...

I don't think that's a knockoff. That's the real deal...

Methinks none of the above. I think Nexstar will give them something unique so they can stand out. Nexstar has its favorites like WSYR, WATN, KTVX and a couple others that have domain names not typical of their other stations. Doubt it. I remember that domain name, I also remember when WMBB was panhandleparade.com and they didn't go back to that when Nexstar took over...

The consolidation at WOAI and KABB continues as they merge their weekend news team. http://blog.mysanantonio.com/jakle06/2015/02/major-anchor-weather-changes-at-woaikabb/ (I'm guessing they will still have separate sports casters, David Chancellor on 4 and Kevin Cuenca on 29)

Not sure about the others but at KENS yes. They have always added in newscast bugs etc. in their PCR