NEOMatrix

4 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

So does this make "the" one of the forbidden words that employees are no longer allowed to say at a Nexstar station?

No different from when GM sent a memo to Chevrolet dealers to stop saying “Chevy”

7 hours ago, ScottSchell said:

KOLD has the GrayOne graphics and went with red.

Except for possibly the First Alert logo, this is a 1:1 preview of WOIO’s take on GrayONE.

Ball is in KDKA/WPKD’s court since they are neck-and-neck with WPGH at 10pm in spite of going independent.

I got money on WPKD (aka KDKA+) airing Talk Pittsburgh at 8, Nightly Sports Call at 9, and expanding the 10pm news to an hour.

20 minutes ago, elfuego35 said:

 

Plus, even though its' the second tier series, it still draws 750k-1 Million viewers. Getting this package may be what's needed to get affiliation groups on the fence on renewing to renews, since even if they only get 500k-750k, it's still better than what The CW typically draws, and better than the typical Weekend filler on CW/MyTV affilates. 

And local ACC markets like Atlanta and Pittsburgh can benefit from this package, as well.

That promo is impressive for a televangelist show. Usually, promos for televangelists are rudimentary with the most basic of promotions.

Whoever is working at Daystar’s promo department needs a raise ASAP if they were able to do the CBS look in-house.

1 hour ago, Myron Falwell said:

Plus WBZ-TV doesn’t even use “4” in the branding verbally, they only go by “WBZ” and have for over a decade.

Same with KDKA. Hell, I don’t think they’ve ever used the “2” verbally since maybe the 90s. I would say it’s a Group W thing, but KYW hasn’t used its call letters in a long time.

15 hours ago, Glimmer said:

Dr. Phil to end after this season; CBS to offer a package of reruns with new wraparounds/updates for next season

Will WFMJ pull the trigger and begin Youngstown’s first 4PM newscast? Or will they take the easy route and air Dr Phil’s reruns? Find out next time on **Youngstown Newscasts Z”.

On 1/23/2023 at 12:57 AM, Myron Falwell said:

WOIO-WUAB's MyNet contract is the Bobby Bonilla of Cleveland television affiliation deals.

 

Moving the CW to a WJW sub would be smart. Unfortunately, this is Nexstar, and they'd probably wind up dumping the Fox affiliation for the CW.

“Cleveland’s Own Channel 8”

Nexstar would be doubly stupid to basically gift wrap the Fox affiliation to WUAB.

On 1/20/2023 at 7:28 PM, Myron Falwell said:

Gray CW affiliates could plug in whatever’s airing on Circle or go the local news route, depending on market size. Or backfill with cheapo syndication like MyTV as an interim.

ie… WUAB could go back to its pre-CW scheduling (CLE43 II: Electric Boogaloo).

1 hour ago, iron_lion said:

I dont think everything rural had to be purged from CBS' line up.

It was more to appeal to advertisers than anything else. Rural folks will save a special day to go into town and not spend as much, whereas city folks can go at any time and get what they want.

8 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

Jennifer Hudson's station/airtime list is out. (h/t @sanewsguy)

WYTV is putting Jennifer Hudson at 9am, which will replace Rachael Ray, which according to TVPassport, will be going to WKBN at 3pm on September 5th.

Sorry @24994J but I wanted to piece together what’s happening for the Youngstown DMA.

Also for WYFX on September 6th (due to Fox doing Drag Racing on the 5th), Judge Jerry will be dropped at the 3pm hour for another hour of Friends, at least until Karamo debuts on September 19th.

38 minutes ago, mrschimpf said:

Congratulations to WFMJ for finally realizing 1988 happened 34 years ago and it's time to have a 5pm newscast.

If it wasn’t for WFMJ wanting to counterprogram WKBN at 5pm with Maury, then Oprah, then Ellen, WFMJ would’ve done it YEARS ago.

Here’s the thing, we should know when the new graphics will launch if/when CBS News Detroit launches.

On 5/10/2022 at 5:07 PM, CLETVFan said:

Karamo Brown should be on WJW in Cleveland.

Or WUAB.

I’ll add my two cents:

INSP buying OTA stations still sounds like a sick April Fool’s joke to me. I will say this, even if they’re a ex-Godcaster, they could take the Angley approach and “air as-is”. It’s the same approach that KSL is using (when was the last time they preempted ANYTHING?!?) and it’ll be the same approach they’ll use for “INSP OTA subsidiary “.

Or, Myron and Weeters could be right and INSP becomes the new Pax. If it’s the latter, I have my barf bag on standby.

9 hours ago, 5OnYourSideMan said:

The WKYC Set from 1993 and its 1999 refurbished version. The weather desk from the 1997 version and the 1999 refurbished version is currently used at the University of Akron in Kobe Hall for their Z-TV. Before that WVPX used it for PAX 23 News. The 1997 version had blue borders on the windows of the Cleveland Backdrop and the NBC logo on the front of the desk. The 1998 version darkened the walls to a red color.

That was the last set before going to Lakeside IIRC. If WKYC hadn’t moved, I could’ve seen that set lasting until Gannett decided to go HD.

2 hours ago, Vidifont said:

Sorry if I confused you all. Yes time and temp should be there between 7 AM and 9 AM. Not everyone is walking around with their phone constantly.

It can be done right and not be obtrusive. The problem with WOIO is their current incarnation of their logo is too big on the right side of the screen. Time/temp

can't fit with CBS Mornings new graphics.

I think you mean that they’re not using the CBS Mornings time/temp ticker.

9 hours ago, TheRob said:

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/warnermedia-and-viacomcbs-are-exploring-possible-sale-of-cw-network-11641436892?st=ie3mbd3zydn37f8&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter

I wonder if Nexstar will actively move the CW affiliations off of competing stations and onto .2s or junior stations they control.

9 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

With all of that "updating" and "refreshing", you would think they would have a brand new studio set........

 

Again, it’s Meridian. Considering the competition, WTOK has a serviceable set.

4 hours ago, H-Town TV Fan said:

I'm surprised that KIAH in Houston (which is owned by Nexstar) wasn't included on the list.

Surprised WJW isn’t taking RewindTV to replace Charge or Comet.

WOIO has been Gray’d

6 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Maybe even the owner of "Rex's Erection" would throw it in to a developer for finishing of Rex Humbard's original vision?

It would complete the Portage Crossing development if they went through with redeveloping WBNX/Grace Cathedral.

17 minutes ago, channel2 said:

And what if he didn't?

And deny the majesty of bad lip syncing, a 4:3 aspect ratio, and corny teachings?!?

On 4/21/2021 at 5:08 PM, mrschimpf said:

WTMJ seems to have adjusted show opening graphics; instead of the 'one still picture or drone pan, slogans, then fade in to logo' they've had for the past year, it now features multiple images in the open, then the logo in the background with the show title up-front. Also noticing that they have several new chroma-key backgrounds for anchor stand-ups.

 

ETA - The 5 p.m. open seems to be normal...it looks like the station is experimenting with a new 4 p.m. hour format with Tom Mustin co-anchoring NOW-like national stories from KMGH with local mentions of WTMJ for...some reason? Is this why they ditched the 3:30 show, to try this now?

It’s pretty much NewsCentral 2.0 but at Scripps.