NowBergen

Now will be gone, discontinued. The question is do they go to a unique show with their own anchors, or resort as they did before now with a repeat (twice) of the 6 pm show? Time will tell. I suspect what it starts as will not be what it eventually becomes, including being a live newscast, length, and which hours, if indeed it signals an expansion.

And what is at 9 pm? That is when they traditionally did a newscast that took on forms from being unique to a repeat of the 6 pm news...

Adding more fuel to the question if the Murdoch family and Fox Corp are fit to have public television licenses, are two events from yesterday. One is the defamation suit by Ray Epps, a private citizen who took part in the 1/6 insurrection at the US Capitol, who Fox News & Tucker Carlson have continuously brandished as a FBI plant. He is not, nor ever an employee or associate of the FBI. He points out Fox's disinformation and impact on 1/6. The second is this opinion by those who were with Rupert Murdoch from the beginning of establishing Fox as a fourth TV network, and their current feelings. It makes for interesting reading. The issue is not how the local stations operate, it is whether ownership is a fit license holder. https://boulderpreston.com/2023/07/12/how-our-efforts-to-bring-competition-to-television-unknowingly-helped-create-the-fox-disinformation-machine/

Did RKO General mismanage WNAC (Boston) and other stations they owned? No. They lost their licenses for the misdeeds of the parent corporation. And that is the basic question, from the defamation suits, the admission of broadcasting false claims, to the culture of abuse and more, does Fox meet the requirements as a responsible TV license holder, irregardless of how the individual stations are run. The question is worth being asked and debated by the FCC.

The question is the same British regulators looked at. In light of all the revelations- is Fox worthy of holding broadcast licenses of its stations and duopolies? Despite being locally run they take direction and are owned by Fox. Their role in broadcasting false information and more begs the question.

Hopefully the first of several, including forcing to sell duopolies like what was once WWOR, now, not worth anything.

It shows what a scam Nexstar and Mission are. In some areas the Mission stations were off of Dish, but now that Nexstar is off DirecTV, they are too. Which is it? They want their cake and eat it too. What a scam.

Hmm. WNBC uses the same L3s as in all other newscasts.

Oops. Yup. Went back to the old days when News4 used 2 sets in 6B.

While channel surfing I’ve seen him on there before doing weekday weather reports. They promote one weather team between the two stations. You may see more of that, including consumer reports once they are co-located in 3B.

What's Disney got to do with CBS and Paramount Global?

I would assume if they could they would have already. With Robertson now gone, maybe CBN will be more receptive.

It was widely reported on other sites yesterday morning when it was completed, after first being announced several months ago - this article includes a link to the original announcement with the plan to create a holding company. https://www.nexttv.com/news/sinclair-broadcast-group-officially-becomes-holding-company-sinclair Meanwhile, Sinclair/Diamond Sports lost a battle in Bankruptcy Court where they were ordered to pay full rights fees to four MLB teams. They have the option of doing what they did in San Diego and just walk away. MLB plans to make sure clubs that lose their Diamond Sports channel coverage will get 80% of the fees between ad revenue and support from MLB during the current season. MLB has indicated that they are prepared to bid for the broadcast rights themselves, just like they did originally. They also acknowledge they understand the changing RSN model from linear to linear/streaming. This is from a report in The Athletic late yesterday, which is behind a paywall unless you subscribe to The Athletic or The NY Times.

Nexstar does not have the WLWC calls. They had only bought the programing assets of the then CW station in Providence/New Bedford. The former ION kept the calls and operated the staton as Ion2. It is now owned by Inyo.

If WLNY (NY) is an indication, lots of judge shows, repeats of Drew Barrymore, More Judge Judy reruns, and CBS News City Name at 9 pm. Don't get overly excited.

Anyone know the status of the new studios for News4NY and Telemundo47? Any timing? From some plans that were posted last year, I'm assuming it will have some elements from WRC (the circular look).

In one of the articles I read, the VP of News for WNBC stated he wanted to retire a few years ago, but, she was able to talk him out of it then (with the pandemic and other continuing major stories). This time he was ready to retire. I'm not sure if the NBC cuts have hit WNBC with any on camera staff. Where LA and DC hit some key long timers, it's been quiet and relatively stable here. It may be one reason they have never given Adam a co-anchor at 5 or Gilma a co-anchor on weekends.

Yet they are giving Dick Wolf another multiyear renewal for One Chicago and SVU (L&O and Organized Crime are still to new to earn that). That causes an issue for NBC and its top producer. Unless all 3 big networks do it, I doubt one will go alone, especially after NBC being burnt before. With Paramount Global and Disney also belt tightening, it will be interesting to see if this actually happens.

Saturday 6 pm news is from the new studio, tight shots though. New graphics as well. I'd call it evolutionary, not revolutionary. Bug includes their anniversary logo.

They shelved the idea several months ago. It does not mean they or another of the Big 3 networks look to do this again.

The Jay Leno experiment years ago was a disaster. NBC, when considering this, which is now tabled and not going to happen, was clear about returning the hour to local stations, not providing programming. One consideration is that Dick Wolf successfully programs two full nights from 8-11 pm EST and are highly rated shows (granted that includes DVR viewing and streaming). They have also had 10 pm success on other days.

Definitely outdated. Checking the schedule, most games are on YES, some again on Amazon Prime (which replaced over the air games in 2022). None mentioned for WPIX or any other over the air outlet. Evidently YES will introduce DTC streaming this year as well.

Don’t forget WNBC is moving to a new studio later this year.

Based on this screen shot, nope. It is way too busy, my eyes go to different background elements that seem to conflict with each other. Hopefully the way it shows up on camera minimizes some of that.

It's really not unique. Len Berman on NBC4 works Sunday-Thursday for quite a while now. I used to live in a different market, most stations had their "A" team of anchors, weather and sports on Sunday through Thursday.