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Great job on the video, looks really good and welcome to the tuner recording club. Which equipment did you opt for?

7 Still has the old news brand all over the walls on that set though... that in itself is kind of baffling, they changed out the backdrop but left up the old wallpaper (I realize it's not wallpaper). I kind of like 9's set... It's a bit dated but it has aged rather well.

You're right ignored would be the better word... actually for being ignored they do pretty good too.

We always say they are neglected by Disney... but they still get plenty of support to make a better product in some cases.

WXYZ changed it's Sunday morning lineup this past Sunday to reflect the end of the NFL season and added moved another half-hour of news. Their old lineup was: 6am 7 Action News This Morning 7am GMA Weekend 8am-930am 7 Action News Weekend Morning 930-10am This Week 10-1030am Spotlight On The News (Public Affairs) 1030-11am 7 Sports Cave 11am-noon Lions Game Day Live New lineup is: 6am 7 Action News This Morning 7am GMA Weekend 8am-9am 7 Action News Weekend Morning 9-10am This Week 10-1030am Spotlight On The News 1030-11am 7 Action News Weekend Morning 11-1130am 7 Sports Cave Kind of an interesting place to put a 30 minute newscast.

Ehhh... I misread your down the dial comment. I doubt they are copying that closely. Station groups are rolling these out in general across their stations in some cases so It's not like 2 had a lock on the concept. The name might be a jab at 2 but nothing more.

I was going to say the ones we were looking at on WABC look a lot like KABC's graphics.

i've never even seen the app, I just knew what station above 7 he meant.

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"Hey Who's cheaper this week"? "Rose, use him, we don't care if it doesn't match". He's not a bad VO but consistency anybody?

It's a digital marketing job in the Detroit area for an online magazine. She's done with news for now.

Julie Banovic is leaving WXYZ where she was a reporter. She had been there since 2011. She's got a new gig that is supposedly TBA.

After the second one this last July.

Apparently she was on the air... just not on camera. I got the impression from the article that the audio-only nature of her recent reports was in preparation for the cutting of her job and switchover to this Total Traffic service, which has the exact same format.

Cheryl Scott is going to be on WGN 720AM on Sunday Morning (1/11) at 220am for an interview on Dave Plier's overnight show about her new role on the 7pm newscast among other things.

WFLD Released Traffic Reporter Sandra Solarte, who had been there since 2005. Budget cutbacks were cited as the reason. The morning traffic reports will be audio only from I-Heart Media's Total Traffic service over a map or live picture of the roads. They had apparently been using her as audio-only since July when she returned from maternity leave. So viewers won't notice much change. FOX 32 also gets a Total Traffic producer to help out with the traffic segments logistics. http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/news/7099-fox-32-releases-morning-traffic-reporter-sondra-solarte

Well.... oops. Somebody at ABC7 has a one-track mind.

This of course can always be much much worse then anything we've discussed... Witness WDIV: Lots of dead space, taking up 1/3rd of the screen. They had to shut it off for weather and sports because the picture doesn't adjust to fit the ticker and picture together reasonably. I saw this last night and was surprised it's that out of whack. These graphics aren't even that old.

What am I looking for? Is it the annunciation part rather than ascencion?

Just for the sake of showing you the new version of the ticker that I referenced above: They moved the bug, added their web address and shored up the sidebars so they are even now. This debuted today, it's an improvement though I don't think it's gonna sway you towards a design like that...

WJBK FOX 2 Detroit Reporter Andrea Isom is resigning her position effective immediately to pursue things outside of broadcasting. She had been the main reporter on "The Edge At 11" weeknights. She joined WJBK in 2003.

7's ticker isn't that great either... The bottom of the bug with the website etc. Is covered up so the ticker is just a lousy overlay. If they did it right the bug would be over the ticker and shoved to the right side of the closings or the whole picture would scrunch and the full bug would move with it. Oh and all the lettering on the L3's and the bottom of the logo all run right into the gold band and are almost slightly cut off. I don't know what 5's looks like but I hope it's better than either 7 or 9. Really strange for an otherwise good graphics package at 7. Try this ticker: Nothing colliding, no lousy overlay, nothing screwed up. Picture moved up, bug on the ticker, it's pretty nice. On TV the picture winds up centered better so the two graphical sidebars are an even width without that little clear sliver of a gap at the right edge.

Whoda thunk we'd see the day when positive words were spoken about WFLD?

Tell somebody at their news hotline... It should be the assignment desk.

I've wondered if it's all live too... The transitions from interview at the desk to next story are atrocious on that show.