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Tonight is Sharon DeRycke's last night on the 10pm news desk at KWQC. She'll still remain though for the 4, 5, and 6pm news. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=948381043769131&id=100057917327947

Yes, he passed away before I was born. However, Wolfman Jack will soon be back on the radio on the station his career kicked off from... 1090 XEPRS. https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n45983

I mean... for the longest time, WFSB's ID did go by Hartford - New Haven - Springfield so they can do it again and Gray, Nexstar, NBCU, and Entravision are in both markets so its plausible but not a reality anytime soon.

Now consider Shelby Kluver as one of WQAD's lead anchors. She already does the 4pm and now adds the 6pm to her duties. https://www.wqad.com/article/about-us/shelby-kluver-new-anchor-news-8-at-6-promotion-meet-the-team/526-40ae9947-957a-444c-9acd-9012d9460649?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwY2xjawGWxdFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZVCE_9jaAbdk50cxapH0CMJFt0rN7jeJe7bC0YEe9AHvpgjDXcNcXj1MQ_aem_fPq_3Zt4XF2jaoPRzJyt5w

I just found an article regarding WGGB/WSHM in terms of news as a result of the layoffs. TL;DR - The 7:00-9:00am weekday morning news is gone and so are their weekend evening newscasts. https://www.westernmassnews.com/2024/11/04/western-mass-news-programming/

I thought I'd start this because I feel y'all will post graphics, themes, presentations, etc. regarding tonight's election night coverage here. Not only that, I wanted to find out when the networks will be on to deliver their election coverage. However, as I was researching this, I found out that NOT every local station will follow the network's plans as scheduled (you'll see here in this post) so I highly recommend checking with your local station's listings but the majority will be status quo. This is what I found by checking TV listing sites like TitanTV, TV Passport, etc. (and all in Eastern time so it may differ by timezone as well, depending on where you live) PBS from 6:00pm-2:00am CBS from 6:30-11:00pm + 11:35pm-2:00am + for O&Os, a special CBS Mornings at 6:00am on Wednesday (meaning for some like WFOR in my market, they'll air four hours of CBS Mornings from 6:00-10:00am, including the new third hour at 9:00am.). NBC from 6:30-11:00pm + 11:35pm-5:00am (or 4:30am if local news begins by then) + NBC Nightly News on Wednesday on O&Os and some affiliates from 6:30-7:30pm. FOX from 7:00-10:00pm + 11:00pm-1:00am (however as an example, my favorite, WSVN 7 will NOT be taking FOX. No surprise there. Instead, they're going all local from 7:00pm-12:30am). However, this was the most inconsistent as some affiliates will rejoin at 11:00pm back to FOX or at midnight or whatnot so its hard to track the FOX side in this area. ABC from 6:30-11:00pm + 11:35pm-2:00am. The CW from 8:00-10:00pm (via NewsNation and their coverage. This will be The CW's first time providing election night coverage and major news coverage of this magnitude). Univision and Telemundo from 6:30-11:00pm + 11:35pm-3:00am (because they have network feeds, they are more consistent in their scheduling than the English-language ones. Plus, the feeds will keep going at 11:00pm while their O&Os and affiliates will go to local news). As I've said, check your local stations because they may be different than what I've posted here. Just because my local FOX affiliate won't take FOX tonight, doesn't mean yours won't either.

And provide a programming feed in a way Bloomberg already does it?

I heard the layoffs at WVIR were the first time ever in the station's history. Ugh.

Judy Maggio is back at KVUE Austin for this month only. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=989859449846133&id=100064662615152

One of the best meteorologists in the history of Jacksonville television will soon call it a career next year. May 30th, 2025 will be his last day, literary a day prior to the start of the next hurricane season. Yes, this article does disclaim that he is married to THE Jacksonville mayor (and former FCN anchor) Donna Deegan. https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/chief-meteorologist-tim-deegan-to-retire-after-40-years-at-first-coast-news/77-fd33b7a9-b387-4bbb-ab1d-6cf0b89f3e37#:~:text=up in 5-,Chief Meteorologist Tim Deegan to retire after 42 years at,PM EDT November 1%2C 2024

I can confirm via a source that WSVN 7 is the only South Florida station with a brick-and-mortar presence in both counties, in way of studio and news bureau. WFOR is still in Doral but doesn't have a Broward bureau while WTVJ and WPLG's studios are in Broward but don't have a Miami-Dade news bureau. WSVN has theirs in NBV (for now, Miramar is coming) with a news bureau in FTL (again, for now). I was also able to confirm that even when WSVN moves to Miramar, they'll convert part of their NBV space into a small news bureau for Miami-Dade.

WBOC is looking for a new Chief Meteorologist because, after 12 years, WBOC's Chief Meteorologist Dan Satterfield has decided to call it a career. https://www.wboc.com/news/wboc-chief-meteorologist-dan-satterfield-retires/video_d5e0c75f-6360-5302-b0dd-a56828767926.html

Ugh. Another anchor has died. This time... KCEN's Kris Radcliffe who was there for 22 years. https://www.kcentv.com/article/about-us/beloved-6-news-anchor-kris-radcliffe-died/500-6c17fc34-093e-4fd3-86a0-d12ecae6a140

And only temporary until Election Day. Listings have Judge Judy going back to the 4pm timeslot after it.

WPTA's Chris Daniels did his last forecast for the Fort Wayne station last Friday. He is now retired. https://www.facebook.com/mattleachweather/posts/pfbid045FAoY16wkPuY327q5RG5XmqD67GDUgei6gbQ7AgHwUJ28LZ5r7TEgjQGiYS8X5bl

With WBNX being bought by Nexstar and will become a CW O&O out of it, WUAB next fall will be part RESN and part MyNetworkTV. https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/more-live-local-sports-my-network-programming-on-wuab-cleveland-next-fall/

Already decided. WUAB next fall will be part RESN and part MyNetworkTV. https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/more-live-local-sports-my-network-programming-on-wuab-cleveland-next-fall/

The news keeps getting worse. We lost a WWL original: Eric Paulsen died today too. https://www.fox8live.com/2024/10/26/beloved-wwl-tv-anchor-eric-paulsen-dies-after-battle-with-cancer/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGKNABleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXIQcyVt5e0LESQIhu2w-q1sZyLEo0gmURM3zDe7cEKNVAaji_VI2AxeXQ_aem_ZRD88oL0r3-BK5xYZLOS6w

Today is a very sad day across Northeast Ohio media (and on my birthday nonetheless. ). The great, legendary Jim Donovan, has passed away. Cancer took Jimmy away from us at only 68. https://www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/television/jim-donovan-former-wkyc-sports-anchor-cleveland-browns-radio-voice-passes-away-68/95-36aabdb8-47ab-49e5-b1aa-521f0497f688?fbclid=IwY2xjawGKE9RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdWcsJ03tKfm2gT_bVTWupX6-wRoQoFPIqj_Q2EmupYd3T6-8yEUZtcJ2w_aem_mwiVPFEoLfpbB2876Hnqqg

Bringing this back up as they're part of a feature piece on AM Radio from this morning's CBS Saturday Morning.

This is a Sinclair station, not a Nexstar one, so it was expected.

This was expected, somewhat, as a site I can't name here reported that as part of the TWC layoffs, most if not all of the Storm Center staff got whacked, so the writing was on the wall for that program.

Mexico The Mexican boss of the 8,000-ton gorilla that is Televisa has resigned as he's now connected to a FIFA bribery scheme. https://thedesk.net/2024/10/grupo-televisa-emilio-azcarraga-resigns/

It doesn't say the official reason here, but I think we all know why, based on timing: He is becoming the replacement for soon-to-be retiring anchor Devin Scillian at WDIV. https://thedesk.net/2024/10/kcra-ty-steele-where-is-he-detroit/

Brad Pautsch made it happen. He stuck around in a small market for 34 years at KTIV Sioux City, and made it work, becoming an instant well-known local guy for sports. Unfortunately, he passed away days ago. He was only 58. https://www.ktiv.com/2024/10/21/brad-pautsch-ktivs-long-time-sports-director-passes-away/