scrabbleship

The Heartland stations may be getting new websites. WKTV just got a new one and KEZI / KDRV and WTVA may be next.

Begin the countdown for WKTV going HD in 5, 4, 3...

Some interesting news:

KATU has started using Sinclair's Glass music package, but are still using their Giant Octopus graphics.

Take this how you will, but Sinclair may be generous to some of their stations.

I have a feeling that this will happen at WRGB sooner than later given their graphics are new and Sinclair could've held out several more months. The timing of the intros can accomodate Glass just as well as they do Impact.

On the tangent of graphics, how hard would it be to port the WRGB graphics to WPMI? The WOAI/KABB solution would be a tough go there since they still compete with WEAR.

And with this...the WATN weather team is back down to two.

Sean Parker announced he accepted a position at WFFF in Burlington and will be leaving in January.

Either he's going there to run things or WFFF/WVNY is adding news. Won't be much of a clash, the Vermont pair got the "Local" branding and graphics similar to WATN not too long ago.

Reuters stated today that the DOJ has allowed the Nexstar/ComCorp deal to go through, on a condition that they must divest WEVV.

Somehow having three stations in Shreveport is halal?

Given they've actually been investing money in some of their latest properties (see Memphis, although it hasn't paid off for them yet),

Offer void in Binghamton and to a degree Utica*. Then again, as I said in the No Emotion Box I think the stalled buy of WICZ is largely to get their news department.

*WUTR could stand to expand a little as much as WMBD, WDHN, KAMR, and KMID can use some TLC.

That was beyond their control as several of the NBC O&O's were also late to converting their newscasts to HD and the blame falls squarely on Jeff Zucker/GE.

(Misremembered story redacted)

The WHD calls lasted until at least the late 2000s on WRC's front sign facing Nebraska Ave NW.

To give Gannett credit they were one of the first stations to launch HD newscasts in 2005 (compared to WNBC which launched a year later and was the first in NY).

Or how WRC dragged their heels with going HD until 2010, a good 18 months after WTTG and WJLA did days apart from each other.

WDIV has debuted their new logo... And to be honest, they should've stuck with their old logo..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE0DUkZeCDE

Going back to the 1979-2002 logo would've been better than...that.

Out in Albany, WNYT's Bill Lambdin is leaving the station next week after 34 years.

With a lot of their core getting older, it'll be interesting to see how 13 deals with heavy turnover of star talent in the coming years.

Pure speculation on my end, but has WKRC already found their replacement for Kit Andrews?

 

Said anchor left WTWO this week and the new station is supposed to make an announcement next week. Betting $25 it's WKRC for a variety of reasons. Stay tuned...

 

When the Hearst/TWC impasse happened a couple years back and WTWO was brought in to fill for WLWT, the Enquirer did a bit on her parents being overjoyed to watch her daughter as a silver lining. If it isn't her I'll be semi-shocked.

Wasn't WUSA that station? They had weekend morning newscasts a few years back but at present do not have any.

Correct. Even with WTTG expanding their weekend morning news, DC still lags behind even many medium markets on weekend mornings (10:00 too but that's more the fault of Tribune twiddling their thumbs and not hitching up with someone).

So they're not going to do anything about WEVV? That's the biggest one holding them up.

 

I think that goes to a legit third party. As much as they're a reclamation project, WEVV would fit like a glove with LIN/MG's other Indiana stations.