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They're launching 3:00pm news in the process, starting in September. But this brings an end to an amazing 35-year run of Saturday morning news on WKRC-TV and 12 years on Sunday mornings.

United Kingdom BREAKING sad news to report this morning... Longtime ITN and Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan has passed away after battling an illness connected to prostate cancer. He was only 68. https://news.sky.com/story/dermot-murnaghan-former-sky-news-and-bbc-presenter-has-died-13481881

After a 16-year run and becoming one of the most recognizable faces of WAFB, Elizabeth Vowell will be leaving the station next month to join LSU full-time as their director of student media. She already works there part-time as one of their adjuct professors at their Manship School of Journalism. My speculative guess is that Tisha Powell will take the main gig. https://www.wafb.com/2026/07/10/elizabeth-vowell-leave-wafb-join-lsu-full-time/?https://www.wafb.com/&fbclid=PAT01DUAS973pleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAaduMnOdtnAhq22fbMBGEBN-nirjWpU9WuPZ5dc0pXRLwk0wTOy1OaUwFaqPhg_aem_9PjyF-fmJDJrvxW9zf7L2A

Sorry, another post, but happy news... Meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski is coming back home to WBZ-TV after a nearly three year hiatus. She was away because her son was facing brain cancer, but now that she's back, she'll be back on her weekend routine for WBZ-TV.

Next new newscast for WUPA... CBS News Atlanta at Noon. The half-hour newscast begins July 13th. T.J. Anthony and Meteorologist Jonathan Myers will helm the new broadcast. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DalgVU7gdaA/?igsh=aXFtMmpnYTNuOXpz

Spain (The Running of the Bulls is taking place this week as we speak) The country is getting a seventh national channel. We already have La 1 and La 2 from RTVE, Antena 3 and La Sexta from Atresmedia, and Telecinco and Cuatro from Mediaset España. Now, we have a new company, Siete (Servicios Integrados de Entretenimiento Televisivo) that will give us... La Septima. Launch date is November 5th, 2026. https://elpais.com/economia/2026-07-07/la-septima-iniciara-emisiones-el-5-de-noviembre-con-una-inversion-de-25-millones.html

I just found this website... created by Nexstar themselves. https://www.nexstar-tegna.com/

Whoever's left at "WPMI" can please turn off the lights... Sounds like an eventual drawdown to essentially become a WEAR simulcaster at some point down the line.

Canada OH. MY. GOD. What a bloodbath Canada unexpectedly saw today. Rogers has shut down all-newsers CFFR Calgary, CKWX Vancouver, news/talkers CJNI Halifax, CKGL Kitchener, and Sportsnet Radio stations CFAC Calgary and CISL Vancouver. This leaves CFTR Toronto as the only all-news radio station left in the country and CJCL Toronto as one of two all-sports radio stations left (CKJR in nearby Edmonton being the other). https://calgary.citynews.ca/2026/07/07/rogers-sports-media-shutting-down-news-radio-stations-outside-toronto/

United Kingdom £1.6 billion. That's how much Sky is going to pay for ITV's broadcast and streaming division. In other words, ITV and Sky will be merging. Considering both are legacy brands, I don't know how this will be turned out. Remember, this is for ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, ITV Quiz, ITVX, and everything else associated with it including ITV News and ITV Sport (the UK home of the World Cup). https://news.sky.com/story/sky-to-pay-1-6bn-for-itvs-broadcast-and-streaming-division-13531722

Look at what I just found and I'm going global with this... Bogota, Colombia Friday, March 19th, 1999 The first CityNoticias newscast on Citytv Bogota, yes the same name of the legendary Toronto station which has been seen nationwide in Canada since 2002. To this day, Citytv Bogota is still the only real branded affiliate left outside of the Canadian network. As you can see, the open and style of those early days are EERILY similar to those from the Canadian side, music, presentation, everything. Toronto, Canada Here's a look at the original Citytv to compare and contrast. This is from 1998 (a year before Citytv Bogota launched), featuring three legendary personalities all in their own right: Gord, Anne, and yes, Mark (RIP), THE voice of Citytv.

I didn't know about this but since February, Steve Savard has returned to St. Louis television to be a part of the KSDK news team. https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/outreach/press-releases/ksdk-5-on-your-side-welcomes-steve-savard-to-highlight-local-veterans/63-8f33f663-2f94-4713-a4a7-30c1b681131c

We all know that back in late May, CBS News Radio had their last day on the air. However, they still had staff working that was connected to the radio division, even if they've been off for a month for now. Today, the last remaining staff member connected to CBS News Radio has departed the company. Now its dead. Like really really dead. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1670018821791402&id=100063499003416

We got another new Spot... WXMI Channel 17.2, replacing Antenna TV with The Spot - Grand Rapids 17. This is me thinking that this is a result of Scripps getting rights the Pistons for WMYD and therefore, spreading it to West Michigan on a new indie sub.

After 2.5 years, mainly as WEAU's lead evening anchor, Heidi Paxson will be leaving the station to do mornings at WGHP in the Triad. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1462412039023734&id=100057648567218

This means that WUPW will soon no longer air news from WTOL and instead air news from WTVG, possibly moving their current newscasts on WTVG 13.2 (8-9am and 10-11pm) over to WUPW. 9pm. Remember, this is Central Time, so 9pm on FOX, 10pm on NBC/ABC.

Not surprising, considering that Emily and Matt are married to each other.

Australia We already knew about this rebrand but not when. Now we know when... July 27th. The Sky News brand will finally go away after three decades since its no longer connected to the UK giant.

Canada Happy Canada Day!!! Right on time too... less than a week after CBC/Radio-Canada became a full member of the EBU, Canada is participating in the Eurovision Song Contest for the very first time. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canada-will-enter-2027-eurovision-song-contest-9.7254616

Thanks to BNSTC on YouTube, here is Mike Wankum's final sign off from WCVB. Over 40 years in broadcast meteorology, 10 years at WLVI (before it went belly up), and the last 20 at the great WCVB. Now, officially retired.

A big loss at KXAS-TV coming up... After nearly 20 years at NBC, first with NBC Weather Plus for two years, and then the last 17 years at KXAS-TV, morning meteorologist and traffic reporter Samantha Davies has decided to hang it up for good at the end of the week. https://www.instagram.com/p/DaOEeMjmtgz/?img_index=17&igsh=NDEycXpxcXc0dGpo

To be fair, though, KOSA has been known as First Alert 7 for a good chunk of the last year or two. It also went under CBS 7 First Alert News before that, so its not a total surprise here.

Ahhh. I see what they did. They're using a South Florida-generic website to cover both WSFL (The Spot - South Florida 39) AND WHDT (The Spot - South Florida 9). If you go to Where to Watch, it covers both stations but uses a generic The Spot - South Florida logo without the channel numbers. Now, we'll wait to see if "KDF-TV" will do the same or not.

News regarding The Spot... Scripps has launched a new nationwide website for its Independent brand. This comes as WNPX launched on time as The Spot - Nashville 28 today, pushing ION to WTVF 5.2. Also, WMYD has rebranded as The Spot - Detroit 20, and even WSFL has rebranded as The Spot - South Florida. This leaves "KDF-TV" out of Corpus Christi and WHDT in WPB as the last two that have yet to adopt The Spot branding.

More than 40 years in broadcasting, the last 15 and a half at KTVT/KTXA and Jeff Ray has delivered a forecast for retirement.