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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.

That's more her level I think...

Yeah the bosses did research and went with it I think... I just wish she fit the powerhouse mold better... She really belongs on a station with a looser format. Mary Kay Kleist... There's a name I haven't heard in almost 20 years...

I still don't get the appeal of that woman...

What was with the green tint? It was just a normal live shot right?

WXYZ released it's first promo for The NOW Detroit since they revamped the show, changed anchors and made the show all solid news and interviews and nuked the fluff: The kinda-distancing from The NOW branding continues as well. The end of the promo shows the news logo with a "weekdays at 4pm" slapped underneath it. This is something new with this promo and seems to indicate they are trying to connect it with the news operation. It's also the first real promotion of the show since March.