NYNewsCoverage

For those wondering, Ken's bio has officially been scrapped off the website as of today. So I guess he gets no goodbye? Very sad if true,   I suppose we'll see soon enough

Hmmm. I don't have access to this, but wonder who this could be and if its accurate?

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2023/5/10/anchor-is-out-at-the-no-1-station-in-the-no-1-market 

I feel like WPIX and WNYW are in a much better place these days with Shirley and Natasha, compared to Tamsen and Dari. We still don't know the full story with Dari ,but I guess they just didn't renew her contract. 

I feel like its also not too often you see a street reporter get promoted to top anchor (or maybe it is), but in Shirley's case it was very well deserved.

I'm glad they didn't entirely get rid of Tamsen, she was just miscast as 10pm anchor, and she'll do fine for the early evening shows. Tamsen moving to nights was one of the last moves of the Bill Carey era, come to think of it. 

3 hours ago, Jman7885 said:

Is Shirley still anchoring the 10pm. Have not seen anything on social media or otherwise on this…

Yes, Shirley at 10pm is permanent now. I did tune in to see the early evening, and Tamsen is still with Kori for the other dayparts. But aside from promos there is no press release or social media posting on the change. Either way i'd argue there is no responsibility of a news anchor to have a strong social media presence (despite that Tamsen does). Neither Shirley or Kori seem to and that is perfectly okay, as long as they can read the news effectively.

I don't think it is bad for an anchor , after reading a story to go "just horrible" or show empathy for something (for instance) that we all agree is morally wrong; as long as it doesn't go too far beyond that and step into political bounds. Haven't watched in a while but it seems Bill steps into that political sphere he shouldn't be in.

And I think we all too well remember the WPIX era where Lionel and Larry Mentde dominated the news. We all knew Larry's past, and after searching Lionel is now a leading q-anon promoter. Point of the story- if you don't want your news reputation to be hurt, don't delve into commentary. 

I think others have mentioned, but Joe and Sandra are (and have always been) a great team, almost too good to be regulated to weekends. I'm also not a huge fan of Bill Ritter's delivery, I much prefer a calmer Maurice DuBois type.

David Ushery anchoring live tonight from the parking garage collapse scene.

Maurice DuBois anchoring live tonight from the parking garage collapse scene. I think they also pre-empted the 9pm 'Now' broadcast in favor of local coverage.

5 hours ago, fearlessvoicee said:

Was Shirley on at 10 last night?

Yes

Agreed that John and Kala are probably currently the most underutilized talent at PIX. I find Kala a better anchor than Arrianee; and agreed that John has been moved around to every single slot and he's managed to comply. He must have a lot of patience; that is not quite how you should treat your groundbreaking veteran AM news anchor. And the same with Kaity on weekends. If anything put Kala as weekend anchor and have Kaity where she belongs-at 6pm weeknights! 

Either way back to real life, the current lineup seems to be

4-5pm :Tamsen and Arrianee (currently Kori since Vanessas on leave)

5/6/6:30: Tamsen and Kori

10pm: Kori and Shirley

There's no confirmation, so please note pure speculation at this point. But there's reason to believe Tamsen is out as 10pm anchor (replaced by Shirley Chan). Thats mainly since Shirley has been anchoring last couple of nights and no longer says 'in for Tamsen' at 10pm but still does at 4/5/6 from what I saw last few days. Either way hopefully this is true- Shirley and Kori are great and bring the program the closest to the Jim and Kaity days, at least in my opinion. Also Shirley oozes professionalism in a way Tamsen never did. Either way if this is true- major step forward for PIX.

Didn't get to watch, but viewers on social media were noting of a pretty big tech failure during last nights 10pm newscast, where apparently they couldn't air any video or still pictures. Most were noting (as expected) Kaity did a great job handling everything. 

According to this video, they still used the Enforcer cut as a close: 

Appears the new graphics launched at noon today. Lots of changes in NY news as WPIX debuted their look only 3 days ago!

4 hours ago, DMA said:

Is Chris Cimino permanently off New York Living with his move to the PM weather?
 

I will say I think Alex and Marysol seem to have great chemistry on air. 

Yes, Chris is permanently on nights for now. Also new is that Justin Walters has joined the AM team as morning sports anchor (similar to Duke Castiglione); making room for the nexstar CEOs son Perry Sook to be main field sports reporter 

On another note, I believe Ojinika Obiekwe is out as entertainment reporter (her bio is no longer on the website). I believe Dan and Hazel have been handling entertainment reports. Marysol or Ben would probably be the best replacement?

1 hour ago, MorningNews said:

Easily the best set in the NYC market. I’m impressed how they were able to take KTLA’s design and New Yorkify it. The graphics look great as well.

 

How long has John Muller been anchoring weekend mornings? He’s held nearly every single timeslot at the station by now but great to see him around nonetheless.

Had to look back- but it looks like John started weekend AMs in September 2022. And thats true- during his entire PIX run John has anchored the main AM (with Suki, Lynne), 5pm, 6pm, 10pm, early AM , and now weekend AM slot. I must say him and Kirstin work really well together. 

Looks great to me! Personally I like the graphics and music much better than the old; and the set (in what we've seen so far) is beautiful on air. I'd still give it an edge to WNYW, WNBC and WABC; but don't think it beats WCBS as I expected. The skyline shot they are using is also very WCBS-like. The subway tile is a great addition.

Kirstin said it was the last morning on the temp. set; so I'd guess that the new set/graphics debut today at 5pm as a soft launch.

The background in that video looks pretty nice! Excited to see it on air and the new graphics/music.

Here's a full link to the story: https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/doug-geed-danielle-campbell-news-12-nt71t5wb 

With that, Doug and Danielle might be the last surviving true veterans of News12.

I also found this part interesting. I'm guessing this clause wasn't in place for the people who were let go earlier (Eileen Lehpamer wound up a PIX pretty quickly after): 

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According to sources, some staffers who accepted the buyout — including Campbell — are also bound by a non-compete clause prohibiting them from working for any other broadcast news outlet within a 100-mile radius of Bethpage for at least a year. The non-compete clause also prohibits work on podcasts, or writing and reporting for internet-based news sites over that period, the sources said. 

I believe this has been airing for a few months now; but I haven't been able to catch the broadcast. I wonder if they still use the WLNY bug on the TV airing or just the CBS News New York bug. It seems like they started this in response to the 9pm being taken away from local control ( and I think they were streaming 7-8am anyways).

Also, Star Harvey announced that news today: she's replacing Stacy Ann on weekend evenings, while still doing weekend mornings. I'm guessing this means Stacy Ann takes Chris's old slot from 4-6am weekdays?

PS : also that new breaking news graphic looks pretty nice!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=656877486440523&set=a.459614339500173 

This seems to indicate they won't be broadcasting Yankees games anymore and haven't since 2021:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Yankees_broadcasters

So much for the whole "two teams, one station" branding.

Also explained on WPIX wiki page: "In 2015, the Yankees returned to WPIX after a 17-year absence, having picked up YES Network's package of over-the-air Yankees broadcasts, replacing WWOR-TV. These games co-existed with WPIX's existing Mets broadcasts (produced by SportsNet New York).[88] In 2022, these games left WPIX for Amazon Prime Video.[89]"

Hmm this is interesting news.. makes me wonder if Mr. G requested less hours or just a simple management decision... I could see a situation in which Star Harvey or Alex Lee replaces him on NY Living.

They could also just have Byron do the entire 4-10am hour; so I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.

I could definitely see Chris as an eventual successor to Mr. G (probably more so than Byron). He's definitely well known and respected in the NY market from his long time at TINY.

On another note, I'll now guess with 60% confidence the studio debuts next Monday lol.