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Longtime KXAS reporter Scott Gordon and GM Tim Ehlmann took NBCU's contract buyouts.

Sheba Turk is leaving WWL/WUPL for KCBS/KCAL next month.

From a member on the Discord: they’re shooting promos for the morning show now.

Final sign off:

Well, despite schedules saying otherwise, the KCAL morning show ended up not launching today. It’s the regular 4:30-7am CBS 2 News This Morning.

Does anyone know if the KCAL morning newscast is premiering tomorrow? The TitanTV schedule on cbsla.com and TVPassport are showing two different things tomorrow morning.

Well, this quote from a July writeup from RBR is giving us a little more clarity on the KCAL brand being used for KCBS' newscasts.

And, in a major move, local newscasts will no longer originate from KCBS-2. Instead, that station will simulcast KCAL-9 newscasts as part of a bigger plan to make KCAL, once the home of the legendary Jerry Dunphy and Pat Harvey, a player in the L.A. news race for the first time in more than two decades.

27 minutes ago, CircleWXYZ said:

WWJ is going to be the second.

Once CBS News Detroit debuts, will Detroit Now become CBS News Detroit Now, on CW50? 

I’m betting it should. The CBS Innovation Lab’s guidelines is for duopoly stations with a news-producing CBS O&O to have the “CBS News (City) NOW” name, with the standalone CW affiliates having the “(City) NOW” name.

54 minutes ago, NewEgg00 said:

 

I agree. It's good to see CBS O&Os streamline its stations with the national CBS News instead of having cluttered brands scattered across the country. 

 

And it kinda reminds me of the BBC. They have regional stations tied together as one with their branding, like BBC East, BBC London, etc. 

 

So to have streamline branding with the local-to-national target, it's a good thing, IMO. 

 

It's also good to see station call letters in the brand as well to still give stations credit and recognition for content they're producing as part of the approach.

 

As for numbers on the old logos, I could be wrong, but some cable companies may not have CBS3, for example, on the actual Channel 3, so it's good to get rid of it as CBS O&O news outlets are not only on cab/sat, but streaming as well.

 

The only complaint is that it's taking forever for the new graphics to come about. We should be seeing them by now.

CBS is going the way of CTV when it comes to O&O branding. Someone was going to try this sooner or later.

It is looking very likely at this point that KCBS/KCAL is going to be the first to debut the new graphics and rebrand when they launch the new morning show on Monday.

35 minutes ago, PhillyWatch said:

I noticed this nifty little addition to the bottom of KYW's syndicated fare bug...

That's been there for months on the newscast bug.

12 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

Okay. It appears the station updated the guides. 

 

Looking at Channel 2's grid, I'm seeing "KCAL News {time} on CBS Los Angeles" on all of their news slots starting Monday (12/5).

 

Are they really going "KCAL News" as their unified news brand?

When you think about it, KCAL is the stronger brand between both stations. It kinda makes sense, in a way.

And the last of the holdouts, KCBS/KCAL, getting ready to debut Next Weather.

18 minutes ago, Glimmer said:

First tidbits of the CNN layoffs are out and it’s a major destruction of the already destroyed HLN. Morning Express is being cancelled and replaced by a simulcast of CNN This Morning, and its remaining true crime original programming is being moved under the oversight of Investigation Discovery  

That’s a shame. It was a nice alternative to the other offerings cable news had in the mornings.

Hopefully Robin sees this as an opportunity to go back into local TV. She’d be much better there.

KPIX is using part of the new graphics on their stream for their “The Minute” segment.

53 minutes ago, nycnewsjunkie said:

I’m not sure if they’re planning on keeping it this way, but the branding looks and feels temporary. I’m not a fan of it either, but I suppose it’s necessary given that CBS airs a bunch of newscasts on two LA stations. I wouldn’t be surprised if it all becomes “CBS News Los Angeles” at some point.

Considering one hour of the KCAL morning show will be simulcast on KCBS at 6am every day, I think that’s the likely route they’re going.

23 minutes ago, Myron Falwell said:

WWJ is going to be the interesting one here, given they never really used the 2016 pack to any sort of degree prior.

They have been using the 2016 look for Eye on Detroit, even when they still went by CBS 62.

Well, with the name and launch date for the KCAL morning show finally out of the bag, it’s looking like KCBS/KCAL could be the first to launch the new O&O graphics and rebrand December 5th.

(h/t @CaptainNews)

On 11/18/2022 at 9:56 AM, 24994J said:

 

Don't quote me on it, but I believe I saw that Bozo, Gar & Ray is airing on Sunday. 

Checked their schedule, it’s not airing until Thanksgiving Sunday at 3pm.

BBC being the oddball once again.

Here’s what FIFA whipped up this year in the scorebug department.

CBS correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti reported on today’s edition of the Evening News that CBS News is pausing all activity on Twitter as Elon Musk’s handling of the website is under scrutiny. I assume this also applies to the O&Os as well, as (of this posting) most have not tweeted in 2-3 hours.

Looked at WGN’s Thanksgiving schedule, and it appears they’re not running Bozo, Gar & Ray this year, instead replacing it with the two Bozo’s Circus 1960s and 1970s specials.

Meanwhile, the Chicago Thanksgiving Parade finally has a new, proper home after last year’s VPOD embarrassment: WCIU.

As for Telemundo, no IRL pictures of their set yet, but they'll have four set locations around Qatar.

Here's a rendering of one of those sets in the meantime.