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WXYZ has 4,298 for its version... I'm surprised they haven't rebuilt it in KC yet...

For the sake of balance NBC 5 wants in on push alerts gone wrong: "Severe thunderstorm warning issued Lasalle County". No time and the grammatical error too.. Not a good day to be in a web department at 5 or 7..

I'm on iPhone.. I think you mentioned before you were using android? Maybe there are some requirements that make sending 2 push alerts neccesary?

In fairness Phlager did write it that way but they could have done their alert better than that anyways... "Has strong words for rapper" would have sufficed.

Today's app alert for the webcast: Fr. Phlager tells Chief Keef to SHUT UP!!!!!!!! Watch ABC7 TO GO LIVE at Noon for the latest. What's with all the freakin exclamation points? It's a little less than I would expect from them... It looks... Small market.

The TV equivalent of a pardon our dust sign?

I love WFLD and hope they never change :D

Just watched the clip and he seems extremely ordinary and bland... It works I guess but he really doesn't have a strong presence...

Hosea is basically a glorified fill-in now in the evenings... It's actually a pretty good idea. I think the number of stations able to hold high viewership after a wave of major retirements is small... It's kind of a given that they will lose something...

Even and especially in the big markets no matter the owner they self-promote... What are you talking about?

Do you think there could be any peril to skipping the veteran talent and heading straight for the new folks? I agree it's up in the air especially when you consider how Mike Caplan was dismissed... The logical veteran successor to Jerry Taft replaced by a 30 year old rookie. So the job may not simply be Alan's. What if he is actually happy where he is on the 4 and 6 and as a fill in and wants the early hours?

She's good and she gets the majority of the main fill in duties for Carmen Harlan and street reports the 11 so she's probably least likely but I thought I'd toss her in there too. There aren't a ton of women at WDIV that could take over. The only other option I didn't mention is Sandra Ali... But that's extremely doubtful. Too bad we have to wait several months to find out.

Either her, Rhonda Walker or Kimberly Gill.

Ruth Spencer is retiring in December after 25 years at WDIV in Detroit. She is anchor of their "First At 4" newscast and the 530pm newscast and does a consumer segment called "Ruth To The Rescue". http://www.clickondetroit.com/wdiv-anchor-ruth-spencer-to-retire-at-end-of-2015/34056520?utm_source=twitter

Not lying... just saving face for being late to the border...

Speaking of cheap.... The hub in Indy isn't always the best... Lots of errors since they opened it...

Ironically they were slow and stubborn at rolling websites out to their stations 15 years ago... They say "innovation is in our blood" but i think it's the slow and stubborn part.

I just wished when they refreshed the shoebox studio they would've replaced the "ABC7 News" branded stuff... He fits right into it though...

Basically nobody... That's more in SNI's wheelhouse anyways...

I would agree that Krashesky is next in line, I think Elgas getting the 4 and 6 when that happens makes a lot of sense from his perspective. Add an entire hour of airtime when the time comes.

There must be a ton of lunatics at both stations then...

That seems like overkill...

It'll be interesting to see how he does... If he slides right into Rons spot though when the time comes that'll be a mistake... 7 has to be really careful in these talent transitions...

Well... If they can't beat NBC 5 they can just rob NBC 5's talent... But you gotta wonder how worried 7 is about competition from 5 now... It looks like very worried at this point...

Also interesting in that article was Paul Meincke's 30th anniversary at ABC7 and that 5 and 10pm Director Jef Kos is retiring after 39 years at ABC7.