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16 hours ago, KentBrockman said:

As mentioned on the Discord, WFLA is set to get these graphics soon, exactly what date is not yet known.

 

I can confirm WKRN will also be getting these graphics, a blue/red variant, by October 1 and possibly new music as well.

I also suspect that WCMH is probably going to switch to that package as well.

I don't expect every single Nexstar station to switch to this package but there will be a handful of those that do end up switching to this package.

This could either backfire on NBC Sports for doing away with sideline reporters or this will start a trend with all of the RSNs across the country doing away with sideline reporters for all of the sports the RSNs in general covers.

But don't expect ESPN and other national networks to do away with sideline reporters though at least, not yet.

13 hours ago, CubsFan79 said:

Would Sinclair resell the RSN if they lose money? 

I doubt it. Look at what happened to AT&T and they have much fewer number of RSNs than Sinclair yet they couldn't sell because Cord Cutting.

Yes Sinclair wants to bundle the RSNs with the TV stations but Sinclair at some point is going to have to decide is it really worth keeping both local stations and RSNs together? If not what's going to attract the buyers more and who's going to pay top dollar for it?

Right now I say local TV stations is the one that'd be more attractive to sell by itself than it would to sell the RSNs but the question becomes this.

Is it worth it for Sinclair to sell the TV stations by itself or is it worth it to sell both Locala TV stations and RSNs together in one package? And if it's the latter would be more attractive or less attractive to the perspective buyer of the assets?

39 minutes ago, Samantha said:

Wow, still KTVY too. Less than two weeks to the call change.

 

The channel has more wonderful material on it and the potential for even more, but this is another rarity:
 

 

And then there was this one we were discussing about in Discord. A retrospective of his entire career in broadcasting as Director. He did leave KTVY/KFOR for OETA I believe around late 1992/early 1993 where he produced and directed some of the specials (including the Centennial anniversary of Oklahoma becoming a state in 2007) as seen here 

From the TVNT Discord classic files we go all the way back to the very last stages of Channel 4 under the callsign KTVY during the Spring of 1990 this is actually in the form of the directors track. (h/t @Weeters) 

28 minutes ago, GoldenShine9 said:

 

This may not go so well...

As long as Nexstar is being truthful and not pulling any of the stunts Sinclair tried to pull off, they might be ok.

But anything is possible.

24 minutes ago, hankthetank23 said:

I'm happy to report that this, ladies and gentlemen, is the actual logo. I saw it on one of their news trucks in their parking lot today. Didn't have time to get a photo. I, for one, actually like it. It's simple and clean.

Do we know what they'll name their newscasts yet or no?

My thinking was with this being confirmed, RTV 6 News will probably either be modified as WRTV 6 News or rebranded to WRTV News.

2 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

 

One has to wonder if NBC is thinking ahead once again, could Shepard Smith be the next heir to the throne after Lester Holt?   If things get normal again after this year (when pigs fly), maybe journalism could be making a comeback.

I could see such scenario but the thing is though Shepard is 56 and Lester is 61 so both of them are only 5 years apart

I won't go much further into speculation beyond what I will say though but if say Lester continued to do NN until 70 (so for another 8 and a half to 9 years) Smith would be 64 to 65 by the time he would step into the NN chair (assuming Smith is the successor to Holt).

I have to wonder what other options NBC has for Lester's replacement beyond Shep?

1 hour ago, susquvalleywgal said:

'The News with Shepard Smith" ...

 

Remind you of something?  "The News with Brian Williams" ... and that started on CNBC as well if my memory serves me right.

 

 

Always loved that theme the show had.  

 

If they were smart, they would keep the theme for Shepard and update the look.  Good pick CNBC.

 

-- Matt

The News with Brian Williams actually started out on MSNBC (which premeried the day the network made its debut) and then when Williams was announced as the successor to Tom Brokaw on NBC Nightly News when Brokaw retired and subsquently Williams stepped down from The News it was when the progam moved to CNBC from MSNBC in 2002 and it was retitled to "The News on CNBC"

From the TVNT Discord files (h/t @TennTV1983) Shepard Smith will now join CNBC and launch an evening news show. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shepard-smith-host-evening-newscast-cnbc-1302483

This is a huge hire for NBC in a lot of ways and given that CNBC doesn't have that much to offer in the evenings bringing in someone with experience like Smith is a huge move by NBC.

8 hours ago, NewsMaster said:

Welp... can't say I didn't see this coming...

 

https://www.newsbreak.com/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/news/0PW5GhWH/oklahoma-station-tweets-misleading-headline-about-wearing-masks

Can't say I'm surprised on that one. And KOKH wonders why they're in last place in the ratings

Anyway we have a shocker on the RSN front, former Universal Studios executive Steve Rosenberg has been tapped to lead Sinclair's Sports division (which includes the RSNs, Stadium and its High School division)

On 6/29/2020 at 11:02 AM, Viper550 said:

https://deadline.com/2020/06/fox-ssports-sells-rights-united-states-golf-association-u-s-open-nbc-sports-1202972535/

 

That didn't last long. US Open is back on NBC.

I went ahead and started a new thread related to the U.S. Open (and other USGA-related events) returning to NBC 

2 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

But would Lockwood be willing to blow most of their budget just to start an in-house op for WTNZ? I strongly doubt it. In fact about it, I don't they've ever started an in-house news op from scratch.

Not only that but also the economic conditions created by COVID-19 will in all likelihood make any effort made by Lockwood to start a news department from scratch unlikely.

3 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Well, to my surprise, (and thanks to scrabbleship for the heads up on WMBB/WPGX) Nexstar stations WMBB and WDHN are now producing 1 hour primetime newscasts for Lockwood stations WPGX and WDFX, respectively.

 

For WPGX, this is the first 9pm newscast in a LONG time, going back at least 25 years.  Panama City was one of the few markets not to have a primetime newscast of any kind.

For WDFX, this replaces a news share from former sister station WSFA in Montgomery, who continued the arrangement until recently as WDFX had to be sold since Gray already owned WTVY in the Gray/Raycom merger.

 

As for other spinoff markets, WFXG in Augusta appears to be producing their own news still, after spinning off from former sister station WTOC in Savannah.

WTNZ is still having Tegna station WBIR produce their newscasts.

 

At one time, both WTNZ and WFXG relied on what are now also Nexstar stations, WATE in Knoxville, and WJBF in Augusta to produce their news.   WJBF stopped doing so when they entered into the SSA with WAGT under Media General, and WTNZ went with WATE under Young's ownership after their agreement with WVLT expired.  This lasted until 2011 when the current share with WBIR began.

 

If Lockwood is making it work in Augusta, I could see it continuing as is.  WATE (under Young & Media General) ended up producing WBXX's newscasts (under Lockwood's ownership) until Gray bought them and merged them with WVLT.   

It is entirely possible WATE could be next in line if they choose not to renew with Tegna's WBIR.

I have to wonder if its feasible for a market the size of Knoxville to have 4 in house news departments?

Depending the size of WTNZ/WKNX's facility it might be big enough to accomodate an in house news department for WTNZ

2 minutes ago, HearstArgyleFan90 said:

 

In the case with KOCO, only the L3s and weather graphics were from camera v1; all other graphics such as news topics, split-screens, and other graphics were from camera v2.  And this was pretty much the case with any Hearst station that started using camera v2 in 1998 or 1999, as the L3s that would eventually be updated for camera v2 were introduced around 2000.   But here's an interesting case with WESH.

 

Wasn't WESH still with the V1 version on the L3rds or was that something else? It looks like V1 just from the thumbnail of the video alone but I could be wrong

6 minutes ago, HearstArgyleFan90 said:

 

I saw that newscast, and only the opens and talent rejoins were from camera v2; all other graphics were from camera v1.  I believe WCVB completed the transition to camera v2 around 1999, although they didn't get the updated L3s until they debuted a new set in March 2000.

Which KOCO was pretty much in the same boat as WCVB, having the Camera V2 graphics but some parts of it were still V1.

On 1/25/2020 at 12:09 AM, HearstArgyleFan90 said:

 

Here is part of a KOCO newscast from 1998 back when they first started using camera 2.0

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but could KOCO have been the first HA station to use camera 2.0 and not WCVB?

And here's another KOCO newscast from September of '98

I believe KOCO got them just before WCVB got theirs. Here's WCVB from roughly the same period (about a month after KOCO received theirs) it's possible though that CVB could've gotten the Camera 2.0 graphics in the Summer of 1998 before KOCO got theirs (in all likelihood because KOCO was just recovering from a tornado that damaged their studio about 3 months prior to receive the Camera Mandate 2.0 graphics

1 hour ago, ScottSchell said:

I'm wondering if and when KTUL may get this graphics update.

I've seen teases of KOKH in the new graphics but so far it's been limited to promos. Nothing in the newscast as of yet.

What I do know is that it's eventually going to come to both KOKH and KTUL the only question isn't a matter of if but when.

Hate to bump up a stagnant thread but Sinclair is going to launch a Headline News Service that will run from 6 to 9am initially on stations affiliated with the CW and MyNetworkTV respectively as well as its own OTT service, STIRR. Scheduled to launch early next year https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/250273/sinclair-to-launch-headline-news-service/

Don't be surprised if this expands eventually to other affiliates (particulary the ones without news departments).

2 hours ago, MarkBRollins88_v2 said:

The only other one I’ve seen using them is KJRH but they’ve mysteriously stopped using them for some reason last I saw. 

 

I find it funny no other NBC affiliates have opted to use the chimes. I know KSHB and WPTV used the NBC version of Inergy. But they don’t use the NBC version of the new music. 

...

 

On a side note, I STILL don’t understand why KOAA has had the new weather graphics for two and a half months but still has the old graphics for everything else. What gives?

 

Maybe KOAA is trying to pull a KGUN. Because KGUN never did pick up the previous gfx pkg other than the weather gfx.

Somehow we missed this one. WGBA now has the graphics and I actually like the fact they incorporated the NBC chimes into the music pkg. 

Tegna and Standard General are scheduled to meet this week (h/t @ChocoMingo) https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2020/6/8/tegna-to-meet-with-standard-general-this-week

Even though Kim did lose out on Tegna board seats back in April it should be interesting to see how this meeting goes and will have a follow up once any new developments comes out.

1 minute ago, Yankees4life said:

How about RTV ABC 6?

Meh RTV ABC 6 News wouldn't sound right heck I'll take RTV6 News over that

4 hours ago, newsbot said:

I wonder what the degree of disclosure was for the local stations. Some hefty fines could be forthcoming.

From what I read only WTVG made the disclaimer that Walker was an Amazon employee.

I think the stations who are in the biggest trouble is the ones that ran the pkg more than once (WLEX, WTVM, KMIR, WOAY)

Ironically enough a Sinclair station is involved in that (WGXA/Macon)

Meanwhile Sabrina Bates is leaving KFSM for KOCO as the new meteorologist (h/t @ColtFromGulfcoast) 

https://twitter.com/5NEWSSabrina/status/1265412477933756420?s=20

39 minutes ago, newsbot said:

Ad-supported media is getting hammered across the board. Merging into a larger entity with the same vulnerabilities isn't going to fix that problem.

While I do agree that merging the publishing entities with another would create further problems however given the situation were in right now there's likely going to be no other choice but to say we're going to become pure-play and dump the Publishing unit.

Ironically enough the TV side for Meredith is doing fine in spite of losing half of the revenue on the TV side that particular unit isn't in as deep of trouble as the publishing units are.

I'll save the rest of my thoughts for speculatron. I have a lot more to say regarding Meredith (as well as the situation with Apollo and their interest in buying DirecTV and Dish Network than what needs to be said in this thread