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spectrum w/the LA networks, plus team owned networks MASN, marquee, MSG, Altitude, YES, SNY, and NESN

No one wants these RSNs. They’re an albatross that NBC, Sinclair, and WBD are stuck with and can’t get rid of.

interesting. What use do they have for a metv station in Macon?

What i hate about all the evening newscasts (WNT, NN, EN) is that they all feel so rushed. From the opens, to the stories, the bumpers, everything. It's like watching at 2X speed of normal. I'd wish they'd slow down and let the stories breath instead of cramming as much into 20 min as possible.

WSVN debuts their “data center” - showcasing their connection to the information super highway. 1994

The 6pm show

John Williams has written a new theme for ESPN’s coverage of the CFP national Championship. It will debut Monday night https://variety.com/2023/music/news/john-williams-writes-new-theme-for-espn-college-football-1235480841/

How in the world do they think this will work in markets like LA and Chicago? Like they could probably get away with this in Minot - but in their large markets this has disaster written all over it. Perry seems to think that the cable bundle is the way of the future - not even Sinclair is that delusional.

ABC 20/20 report from 1982 about the competitiveness of local news - mainly focusing on KSTP

Jim greeting tailgaters in the parking lot

interesting that they dropped enforcer for a new package based on the cbs 4 note branding they rolled out in the last few years.

I’d bet money that CNN Centers days are numbered. They already sold the property to a developer. Over time they’ll probably move any remaining cnn productions to the techwood drive property. Besides CNN International’s version of CNN Newsroom what shows air anchored in Atlanta anymore? https://apnews.com/article/ga-state-wire-fl-state-wire-atlanta-florida-health-c7e1f0b9f85ecb1203f4fa727701c3ac

Cox is now in dispute with dish https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/cox-stations-dropped-from-dish

Wcia’s studio flooded https://www.wcia.com/news/local-news/an-inch-from-off-air-rapid-rain-floods-wcia/

WXIA’s Chief investigator Brendan Keefe has left the station to be the Chief investigator for WGCL. Non compete will keep him off Wgcl until April

Rachel Aragon has left WBFF to join WGCL

Wtvc was unable to air morning news due to widespread Covid outbreak

You were right. New anchor at Fox29 WXIA's lifestyle show was 1.5 hours for awhile

Brian Williams is a free agent if CNN wants him as a replacement for Cuomo

Seems widespread https://therecord.media/sinclair-tv-stations-disrupted-across-the-us-in-apparent-ransomware-attack/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

It's official WZDX and WATN have switched. Interestingly they retain their Nexstar web domains. localmemphis.com and rocketcitynow.com

Spurs open is the exact same as the Heat open. Again giving more credence to my suspicion that this is going to be the generic open for all sports coverage regardless of team and sport

There's also nothing special about the graphics tied to either the team or the sport. There is nothing in the open showing the Heat logo and you see the words "baseball", "hockey", and "basketball" displayed; along with things like a baseball diamond, a basketball court, and a what appears to be hockey rink faceoff circles.......this leads me to suspect that this is the generic open and theme to be used for all teams and sports. Which, if correct, is a major downgrade from the NBA, MLB, and NHL themes FSN used and also much blander than the custom team opens that FSN used as well

Robin Reed celebrates 40 years at WDBJ https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/03/13/robin-reed-honored-with-day-in-roanoke-as-he-starts-40th-year-at-wdbj7/

Kinda weird to be leaving a powerhouse like WSB for spectrum news.