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Did they ever? Not the channel I would go to to watch. It was on 2, 4, 5, 7 and 11. NFL pregames moved to 9 for Fox and 10/55 for CBS.

Reading the previous few posts there is a common theme. Despite its name, NewsNation is not a full fledged news network. It is part time to begin with, is inflexible with the 24 hour ever changing news cycle. It has many limitations on covering major stories and events. It seems more a read a wire service, splice in some video, make it about the personality service. For those of us of a certain age who remember the beginnings of CNN (and even the short lived Satellite News Channel from Group W) they may have been run on the cheap but committed full time to the news and had agreements in place all over the globe for breaking news. The UK and US are intertwined in their special relationship. Could NewsNation have had a deal in place with the folks who do ITC, Channel 4 or Channel 5 News (assuming BBC has deals in place and has coverage of BBC World on many cable lineups and Sky is owned by NBC Universal)? In some ways you can look at this as a test of NewsNation's ability to cover a major international story and they failed, miserably. The good news is very few people probably tuned in to watch Dan Abrams kvetch (His ratings are minuscule to begin with and the opening NFL game was on last night) and Cuomo and whoever else Nexstar decides to bring in won't increase viewership much. At the end of the day, NewsNation is not the go to channel for breaking news stories of any significance. I'm not sure it ever would be.

Although I'm sure there is heritage about that channel logo, it is way too busy IMO for today, and looks incompatible with the abc circle.

I was flipping around news channels earlier and noticed Carolyn Manno reporting for CNN from the US Open. Does she work for both CNN and WNBC?

This worked so well last time. Worse, many 10 pm shows are top rated shows. Chicago Wednesdays and Law & Order Thursdays would become half days? Bad idea.

Who is she? Will she be on weekdays at 5 or weekends?

DOOL airs at noon in several O&O markets. No word on what is going to happen.

Exactly the same at WNBC/New York except New York Live is 11:30 to 12. Question is for the NBC O&Os that currently broadcast DOOL at noon, will NBC News Daily be at noon, or would Access Daily switch to noon? If no switch will the new newscast be live everywhere? No promotions yet on NBC New York on what will happen.

Might as well close it down. Does anyone even watch myNetwork?

I also don't see them pushing it on their own stations with active newsrooms. Nexstar O&O, oops Mission's WPIX has several newscasts a day including at 6:30 pm and 10-11 pm.. NewsNation provides no value.

It seems that is not what Nexstar plans. I'm guessing he wants to use the off network shows on their own stations, limiting viewership and buzz. Good luck. A few things mentioned in the investors conference are a bit concerning. They mentioned the production agreement with Paramount Global and WBD is for a year, and after that will be considered. They mentioned that they plan on moving away from mostly scripted programming. They seem to be following post divestiture Fox's approach with a few scripted shows and several cheap uninteresting unscripted game shows and more. I'm not sure that will bring more eyeballs to the CW. It may backfire. I know it's a turn off for myself and I watch several CW shows. They also positioned the transition from WGN America to NewsNation as a success. Huh? It's not watched by many and I doubt Chris Cuomo is enough to change that (or any other rehab projects they decide to program). In five years, I can see Nexstar in a lot of hurt if none of this is as successful as Sook believes.

Back to a small studio for WNBC. What a shame.

Someone mentioned a couple of months ago in the WNBC thread that new studios for both stations would be built on the 2nd Floor at 30 Rock. Dividing 3B in half would probably result in two small studios. Currently 3C is listed at just over 4000 sq ft. 3K where News4NY broadcasts from is 2668 sq ft, so it would be smaller if that is the case. I would hope the days of a cramped studio for WNBC are long gone thinking back to 7K conference room disaster as well as when they were in 3C (1310 sq ft). I still miss the days of 6A. Lots of room, multiple sets.... But until they make some announcements, who knows.

Or for those of us that have DOOL at noon like in NYC, it sends a message to Andrea Mitchell.

I guess this might bump NewsNation's average viewership from 50K to maybe 60K? Is Charlie Rose and Matt Lauer far behind in joining NewsNation too? NewsNation should give ParamountGlobal and WBD pause in selling the WB to Nexstar.

The NOW aka NewsCentral 2 REPLACED the 9 pm WCBS newscast on WLNY in DMA 1. There is no other newscast on WLNY.

Hopefully this will result in N12 New Jersey becoming Jersey centric again with LI stories, paid for stories and other fluff kept to a minimum. In its current state, it is no longer a go to for NJ news.

What’s bad is in NY it replaced an actual newscast even if it was a repurposed version of WCBS 6 pm. In markets with actual newscast competition or a co-owned newscast I can’t see this lasting.

I think Fox made that decision years ago. I would not hold my breath. They seem to be weathering the NJ Congressional criticism since they removed any news product on the station which violated the original Ch. 9 license conditions once RKO General had to give it up.

I'd also like to see the viewership of Ch. 9 - aka the family feud station. I would suspect the news gives WLNY a slight edge on less least watched station.

From what I read this morning: CBS "innovation lab" directive is CBS News (insert city name) NOW where there is a sister CBS affiliate that produces the news, and CBS News Now (city name) where there is no duopoly with a CBS station. It also seems most of those newscasts will originate from Dallas or New York. Thing is, will this get confusing with NBC News NOW which like CBS News (city name) is a streaming service? IMO, it seems the Innovation lab didn't really think this through. These are mouthfuls. And most viewers (not news junkies) will say turn to the news on Channel whatever.

I would think with a new ABC Broadcast Center being built, they would not invest in a new studio until the move in a year or two.

The deal that was made many years ago was that WWOR ch 9 would move to NJ, and be NJ centric with news. That lasted a few years when they started to be more a tri-state newscast then dropped NJ coverage after being bought by Fox. Eventually Fox closed their news department. Several politicians want to challenge the license in saying Fox is in violation with the old agreement. Thing is, Fox has closed and destroyed the former studios. The channel today is of little value with judge shows, many hours of Family Feud and the My Network repeats. NJPBS has an evening show, but its produced by Thirteen, and is only a half hour, so it scapes the surface of a few news stories. When News 12 NJ started, it was co-produced with the state's largest newspaper. That deal ended, and since then Optimum has diluted the effort, getting a lot worse the last few months. It is a shame since there is a need despite the coverage of big stories by the NY flagships or Philly stations.

As a NJ resident, without real local news - not filler crap that belongs on news 12 plus, the station is useless. It seemed to stay more local than it’s siblings but that trend has changed the last few months.

She is promoting her new book, which focuses much on her father (mother) and mother. There was an article in yesterday NYTimes as well and she plugged the book at the end of her MSNBC show.