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General manager Brian Watson is leaving.

Rob Marciano has been fired.

On 4/26/2024 at 7:39 PM, nickp said:

If TNT loses the NBA this is the biggest loss of the entire process Turner being with the NBA for 40 years  Inside the NBA ends it will be the biggest mistake in the history of the league

The league won’t care about nostalgia, longevity and sentiment as long as the check clears from the highest bidder.

The Kraken are moving from Root Northwest to KING/KONG this fall. KGW and KREM will also pick up games in Portland and Spokane, respectively. 

Bob Hearts Abishola is entering syndication this fall.

Less than 100 days out.

Here's CBC's coverage plans.

Longtime Yankees radio voice John Sterling is retiring, effective immediately.

KABC has finally debuted the new weather graphics.

Sherri back for a third season.

It has launched.

5 hours ago, TVNewsLover said:

No matter how great of a career, there’s no need for people to be anchoring into their 80s (I’m looking at you Chuck). 

John Sterling is 85 and Bob Uecker is 90. Both are still calling games for the Yankees and Brewers, respectively. Age doesn't matter as long as you're capable of doing the job.

WGN is apparently planning something for April 1st at 3:30am.

Looks like the end of ESPN’s tenure with MLB is coming sooner than later.

The digital meteorologists have been laid off (the TV mets are staying).

14 minutes ago, Vlad said:

Overall a solid new look for 6ABC, watching the broadcast right now. And wow, the "Action News" format is very apparent with the new package. The pace of the newscast is notably quicker than the big sister up north. I never fully watched an Action News broadcast before.  But overall, it's a solid product. Glad they kept the music theme too! At this point is KABC the only station now left to get the update? Seems like most of the O&Os have converted now at this point. 

KABC is the last holdout. They don’t even have the new weather graphics yet.

No Greg Gumbel this year as he's tending to health issues within his family.

WPVI hasn’t debuted the new look in full yet, but they debuted their version of the open today. (h/t @24994J)

1 hour ago, CoopInTheHouse said:

And why is that?

 

Does “Shake it Off” mean something to ya?

The number of women in the NFL fanbase has been growing since long before a certain female superstar started dating a certain Chiefs player.

Not to mention there are women on NFL coaching staffs and front offices.

6 minutes ago, bc485 said:

CBS News reporter and streaming anchor Elaine Quijano is anchoring with Doug Williams this Sunday morning. Doug and Craig Allen have been welcoming her all morning, so it appears that she is the new anchor, replacing Andrea Grymes. 

Pulling a Jamie Yuccas.

From Variety.

I wonder if this will lead to a total rebrand of TruTV down the line.

1 minute ago, MediaZone4K said:

Love this idea but if daytime television's target audience is women, how many will support this show? 

Women make up almost half of the NFL fanbase.

NextTV gave us more:

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Stations can take one or two hours each day and air the show whenever they want. GMFB is being sold to stations with a 7-7 barter split, meaning there will be seven minutes of national advertising and seven minutes of local advertising in each hour-long episode. Deals are currently in progress, according to Sony, and will be announced at a later date.

So this isn’t meant to air exclusively in the morning hours like Live with Kelly & Mark is and Daily Buzz was. It will also premiere sometime this summer, before the preseason kicks off.

NFLN’s Good Morning Football is getting a separate 2-hour syndicated series, with Sony handling distribution.

18 minutes ago, Vlad said:

I guess based on the PageSix article Muppetman shared, we can get to enjoy the street studio while it lasts, which will be gone by the middle of next year. Per the article, they could probably have studios in the basement of the new complex next year. Hopefully, the NYC subway rumbling underneath them won't be too loud or disruptive to the new WABC studio and broadcast, haha. 

 

Back on the topic of the graphics now, does anyone have any insight on when KABC and WPVI will adopt the O&O group package? It seems like these are the only O&Os left to shift to the new generalized look. The weather graphics haven't changed yet either for them as of today. 

PVI already has the new weather graphics.