mrschimpf
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17 minutes ago, Spring Rubber said:
Much like the Steve Sanders vacancy, I bet Nexstar is required to post all of their job openings to the general public, even if they have no intention of hiring from outside.
That's why you have stations airing those EEO compliance notices all the time (including a year-end doc involving which channel the accepted applicant came from); it's an FCC requirement, even though most of the time nobody attending a mass general job fair will get a job with a television station. For most of them, it's community lip service to satisfy license requirements, at best.
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55 minutes ago, NEOMatrix said:
Looks like WGBA went the WTXL route and went without a voiceover this time.
They do have a voiceover now on the 5pm show (I did point out the launch but the WSFL launch buried the news
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WGBA/Green Bay has them now...they're interchanging a 26 and Peacock alone as their bug/weather imaging in some GFX with their longtime wordmark logo.
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On 5/5/2020 at 12:07 AM, mrschimpf said:
Expect it to drag on even longer (this is the Gray deal to buy KCPM in Grand Forks/Fargo that we thought was dead in March); the shambling remains of GIG and Gray are campaigning to restore the license and use the backup KVLY transmitter as the new KCPM tower to broadcast local COVID news conferences, tele-learning from local school districts and Gray public affairs programming (they also argue it's Grand Forks' only station, which must mean the entire market has hallucinated the existence of WDAZ for 60 years despite its Devils Lake COL). With a month left in the school year. In an area with a low number of cases right now.
Of course a sane FCC would just say 'you've got MeTV on 11.3, just use that', but this could probably be approved even though many MyNetworkTV stations can barely get an advertiser an ad break at this point.
The FCC saw through GIG's charade, told Gray that 'you really couldn't check if 27.1 was on the air the last six years?!' and has dismissed the petition. KCPM is in all intents and purposes, television history.
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1 hour ago, MorningNews said:
I don’t necessarily understand why companies wouldn’t be advertising. We have seen unprecedented spikes in consumption of goods and services. Outside of public venues or the energy industry, I’m curious to understand why other industries are reducing advertising. Probably just a reaction to a global recession?
The only true advertisers still getting any oxygen are home improvement companies (the type who film a bunch of local ads in some studio in Nashville or wherever who burn a minute during mid-afternoon talking about the local division of their gutter/window systems and offer restaurant gift cards that can't be used for months) who bulk-bought their time months ago, along with the usual home warranty and senior-targeting vultures you usually see stuck on daytime CW/MyNetworkTV affiliates swooping in for penny ante ad time. Quite a few stations have gone very promo-heavy lately to fill ad slots they can't fill, and with the building number of pre-emptions for news events, make-goods aren't also guaranteed. Even law ads are either being cut or taking their own 'stay home' tactics because screaming about talc lawsuits when you can't get into a lawyer's building for months is kind of pointless.
Then of course your local advertisers who loyally come to sales and film their usual ad per month in front of the weather greenscreen or at their business, or get a bunch of people in to sing a seasonal jingle...that isn't happening right now, either, since only essential personnel are allowed at the studio, a TV station isn't sending a precious crew out just to make a commercial, and two people in a cramped studio booth cant' happen right now.
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1 hour ago, tyrannical bastard said:
The icing on the cake? Pai isn't going to revoke the licenses because....
..."On the other hand, I disagree with those who, for transparently political reasons, demand that we revoke Sinclair’s licenses. While they don’t like what they perceive to be the broadcaster’s viewpoints, the First Amendment still applies around here.”
How politics have ruined everything. THEY. BROKE. THE. LAW. AND. SHOULD. BE. PUNISHED.
I would have rather seen forced sales than revocations (of course not involving Cunnigham, Deerfield, Stirk, New Age or Max Media) since it was corporate level chicanery for the most part rather than the local level and the station personnel doesn't deserve the ill effects of their bosses.
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The postscript to the Sinclair/Tribune merger failure fallout is in from the FCC; SBG will be giving up a 'voluntary contribution of $48 million to Treasury', but escapes any license revocations. Also included in the fine is yet again, undisclosed VNRs (you'd think they'd have learned this in 2006) and other paid sponsorships and programming.
Any other time, this is pretty much just a write-off for a normal 2Q, but it really doesn't help their financial straits overall at this point.
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On 3/10/2020 at 6:41 AM, CircleSeven said:
The FCC should've acted on this way sooner.
As soon as the KRDK's owners filed that petiton to deny, the FCC should've made this ruling right then and there and not let the deal drag on for 25 months.......
Expect it to drag on even longer (this is the Gray deal to buy KCPM in Grand Forks/Fargo that we thought was dead in March); the shambling remains of GIG and Gray are campaigning to restore the license and use the backup KVLY transmitter as the new KCPM tower to broadcast local COVID news conferences, tele-learning from local school districts and Gray public affairs programming (they also argue it's Grand Forks' only station, which must mean the entire market has hallucinated the existence of WDAZ for 60 years despite its Devils Lake COL). With a month left in the school year. In an area with a low number of cases right now.
Of course a sane FCC would just say 'you've got MeTV on 11.3, just use that', but this could probably be approved even though many MyNetworkTV stations can barely get an advertiser an ad break at this point.
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Just now, tyrannical bastard said:
Owning the business itself is ok, but deciding to make a spectacle for all of the other media to see, and openly defy the laws set forth by the state is another story.
It's setting the agenda using your own business as a "victim" all while earning another living reporting the "news" of the day.
Three words; The Station Nightclub. WPRI's reputation, even in a quiet market like Providence, was killed for over a decade because they decided to promote a reporter's venue for a simple story about nightclub safety that could have easily be done somewhere else, and their error of having a cameraman there trying to get 'the shot' cost them $30 million and a number of lives. If you're at SBG you're ready to put someone like that on an indefinite suspension for questionable overall judgement.
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2 hours ago, TheGuru said:
Bravo, I say. Anyone who puts the public interest ahead of personal or corporate gain gets an A+ in my book.
Also, like the article says, I'd be interested to know how TEGNA characterizes this "breach" of furlough, since he was acting as an independent meteorologist. Just scrubbing through the stream, he doesn't appear to use any TEGNA graphics, but I'm not going to sit and watch all 2 1/2 hours just to see how diligent he is to not mention WCNC.
On the same day that somehow Tegna had the gall to crow and announce their stockholders would get Q1 dividends too. If you're a furloughed employee, you should wonder if the viewer or the staff is priority #1 right now ...or even in the top 10.
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A homebound reporter at KCRA's partner has given a new meaning to "Out and About" here.
(no embed of the tweet or the videos of it below it because I'd like to continue posting here 
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And yes, like the auto show guy from KOVR/KMAX a few months back, Hearst/KCRA are pulling all mention of it/the report from every social media channel they have and praying to the FCC gods Ajit is distracted.
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Schedule change for WTMJ must've literally been made overnight; the 3pm CT newscast has been restored temporarily with Scripps' Coronavirus: The Rundown airing at 3:30, Kelly Clarkson bumped back to 2pm and the 'running-on-Zoom' version of RightThisMinute and The List mothballed; in reality though, the WI governor's daily briefing has been airing at 1:30pm for an hour and Days of Our Lives has been split up to have its second half air after the briefing is over (Kelly does air overnights so it still airs no matter what, and WTMJ has basically worked with airing a RTM repeat in the afternoon and the original in late night lately if the governor wraps up early).
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WITI announced that their 9am show Real Milwaukee has been mothballed for a temporary hour extension of WakeUp until it's safe to return to their regular format; WTMJ's The Morning Blend has continued, but they've switched to remote interviews and more national 'deal of the day' segments to keep the lights on.
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5 minutes ago, oknewsguy said:
I got some WBNS vibes in that "10" although it's not exactly in the style of WBNS's logo.
Going by Logopedia, it's a faux-throwback to their 1978 logo version, though that was just a solid block '10' rather than this line-art version.
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Diverting from the main topic right now, I'm just noticing now that a replay of CBSEN has replaced the CBS Morning News on the schedule for the next two weeks. Whatever is going on at the Broadcast Center, it must be dire enough that the reopening is now being thought of in weeks (or months) rather than days.
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On 3/15/2020 at 9:49 PM, Morphtato said:
Dish announces temporary agreement with the Nexstar sidecars. https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/dish-announces-short-term-agreement-with-broadcast-groups/
Should mention too that they also agreed to cease-fire with Cox involving the ex-Northwest stations.
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1 hour ago, Bill from Maspeth said:
IDK how long ago this happened, but Ch. 2 seems to have cancelled the 12 Noon newscast. They are running Entertainment Tonight or one of those other gossip shows instead.
They know it'll be preempted by some kind of Tri-State governor's statement, so why prepare a noon show? They have more important things to worry about (not having a functional building/newsroom) than preparing a noon show that'll probably go in the shredder anyways. These are unusual times and there are stations placing their E/I burdens on during weekday noon hours in order to get them in if 45 preempts them on the weekends and provide something to kids knowing they're a captive audience.
Honestly, FTVLive's usual 'news grump' act looks kind of petty right now; I don't give a damn about their whining about some reporter having their regional Emmy in their home shot.
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3 minutes ago, NowBergen said:
CBS News President issued an email earlier today that out of abundance of caution, they will not be returning to the Broadcast Center. CBSTM will be using Colbert's set at the Ed Sullivan Theater. I suspect CBS is scrambling to find studio space to move to. Could they convert a studio at MTV? Or a rental studio? Not a lot of options.
Daily Show is definitely another possibility now that they're dark.
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I'm beginning to wonder if it wouldn't be a bad idea for Nexstar to begin to air WGN's shows on WGN America. With News Nation coming up soon, outside of one Cancon import in two weeks that's new for them, it may be better to do for now than their reruns (and at this this point, the FCC enforcing that Syndex provision is as low a priority as possible in an emergency situation).
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15 minutes ago, Georgie56 said:
Savannah is anchoring from her house tomorrow.
Let's just hope she's made sure to keep all eye-seeking toys from her kids out of the room.
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Related to GMA, repeats of the noontime GMA3 have been suspended as of Wednesday for an hour-long update regarding COVID-19 developments produced by ABC News Now.
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1 hour ago, wabceyewitness said:
Was there any reach out other local stations, networks, production facilities? What about anchoring outside, in the park... literally anywhere?
Every other news op in the country is busy with their own stuff going on. And just anchoring outside just throws people out into public areas in an unneeded manner, putting people at risk for absolutely no gain.
We're in an uncertain time where the entire 'virtual set' model is showing so many cracks in the social distancing situation it may have been killed, we're seriously going to have to see so many on-air personalities in different shifts to keep everyone sane, and station groups may even have to en masse regional newscasts together. ESPNU literally showed a still screen for three hours because it's too dangerous for the Dan Le Batard Show to air as normal with everyone massed in a studio (everyone called in via Skype and such), and the CBS Morning News went without graphics. As long as information is being presented, that is priority #1 over not seeing your 'news family' in that close around the big desk for the next few weeks.
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1 hour ago, RGSJenkins said:
COVID-19 has reached Today. Al Roker and Craig Melvin off for a day while Savannah and Hoda sit further apart at the main desk.
And because of the situation, a number of taped interviews with Al and Craig usually presented as 'live' through the day had a subtle 'Pre-recorded' bug in the corner.
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4 hours ago, RealNews18 said:
They are showing Inside Edition in place of CBS2 News at Noon
Today's IE was compiled from LA, (IE tapes at Broadcast Center) with Deborah hosting the show from her home kitchen.
Holy Graphics Knockoff Batman!!
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They actually have the same logo now and use it on their international feed in addition to domestically; I assume they have loose permission to use it since they're a news partner with Univision, thus why they were able to license the music/graphics.