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UPDATE(1)-Spectrum News for most of their networks has Updated their Website Design NY1 and NY1 Noticias were the first only channels left are Bay News 9 and News 13 that have not updated to the new design.
UPDATE(2)-NY1 Since its Launch back in 1992 can now be watched on Optimum systems in Long Island plus CT
And NJ but who cares, we have News12NJ. I watched for a few minutes midday today, and sorry folks, it seemed quite amateurish.
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Altice (Optimum) and Disney have a tentative deal just before the deadline yesterday. No blackouts for WABC-TV, Disney, ESPNs, Freeform, etc.
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Altice USA (formerly Cablevision) may lose WABC and other Disney stations including Disney, Freeform, ESPN etc. on Oct. 1. The Optimum coverage area is most of metro NY (DMA 1) except Manhattan and some areas of NJ.
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Adam Kuperstein started as the weekend co-anchor tonight at 6 and 11 pm with Jummy.
His start was delayed a week. He was reporting live from Miami for News4NY since he was still there. He did do other reports during the week prior to his anchoring over the weekend..
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Amy Freeze has been part of the ABC News network coverage of Irma for a large part of today.
NBC has been using Dave Price (during the week he was on MSNBC as well, often shuttling between the two studios). MSNBC has had Rafael Miranda. Basically, with the magnitude of this storm, and covering from different parts of Florida and NY, it has been all hands on deck. Remember, at the end of the day, WABC staff are ABC/Disney employees, WNBC are NBC employees etc.
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Is this becoming a gossip column?
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That would leave Charlotte, Houston, New York, LA and Orlando, no?
Despite Fox doing everything it can to kill WWOR and KCOP, they are both VHF long time stations and can't see them caryring the Fox 5 or Fox 11 branding. They may just drop the My part those markets. Fox has already made the decision to no longer broadcast news on WWOR (sorry, Chasing Sh!t doesn't count). So the strategy used elsewhere is already irrelevant.
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Isn't "Newsedge" how several FOX O&O's brand their 11/10 p.m. newscasts?
Yes. It didn't last on all stations though.
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Maybe WWOR can pull a KTLA and bring back one of their heritage logos. All they need to do is acquire the rights to the Mets from WPIX and then we go full circle with the New York Baseball Teams on OTA TV for the first time since 1998.
I'm concerned that Fox/Fox5 has made WWOR so irrlevent that it may never be able to recover unless it is sold. They have even moved that horrendous Chasing News out of the 10 pm hour and replaced it with some bad game show. Not a good sign. I would even guess that since CBS bought LI"s TV 55, it has more relevancy today than the old channel 9.
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Why you want to put an LXTV show on at 9am? They don't want to compete with 7 on the 9am half-hour? In my view, that's pretty dumb. What's wrong with putting that show on after MTP or before the 6am news?
It currently airs at 8:30. Basically it is swtiching the 8 am hour with 9 am but reversing the time of LXTV starts.
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Let's not get ahead of ourselves. This is still the station that runs like a small market station in a large market. They still send MMJs everywhere when all the big boys have a reporter and photog in an ENG truck at the same event, and they still whore themselves out by producing paid programming features during newscast breaks.
If Fisher Price ever got into news, their news channel would look a lot like KRON.
I'm sure they will get at least a few more viewers than the reruns Fox provides MyTV to run. They have made WWOR such a non factor in DMA 1.
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It's the new parental leave laws.
In New York i I think it's 8 weeks now for the parents paid time off.
Dad, Mom...no matter.
I don't think family leave is gender specific. Also, many companies offer enhanced time up to 12 weeks. I worked with someone, probably about 20 years ago now who stayed home with the baby as his wife went back to work. Either parent can take advantage of it. Good for Raphael being able to take advantage of Comcast/NBCUs policy and bond with his new child. I know many folks that wish they had that opportunity.
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Gus was on at 5 last night (in for David)
Jummy recently got married so likely on her honeymoon
According to a tweet from Raphael he says he will be back in a few weeks (tweet was June 24th) so guessing July 15th based on that. So if WNBC is letting Raphael have 8+ weeks off for a new baby then surely they will let Stefan do the same when his son is born in a couple of months.
But isn't Stefan supposed to have already replace Chuck at 11 during the same timeframe? Not sure he would take so much time off when he is trying to establish himself with viewers at that time considering he is replacing a legend... (and before you mention Sue Simmons, remember Natalie is the third replacement since Sue was kicked out).
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yes, it is poor Sinclair that the victim of a hit job. It's not hiring Trump surrogates to be commentators that's hurting Sinclair's reputation at all (one of them under FBI investigation mind you)
One of Sinclair's newest commentators, Trump associate Boris Epshteyn is the recipient of subpoenas and investigations over the relationship with Russians. hmmmmm.
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Out: KOTV6/Tula--Scott Thompson
http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/5/25/gone-in-tulsa
From Newsblues 5.25.17
ANOTHER BOSTON POWER PLAY?
An anonymous tipster reports that Ion Media has agreed to sellWBPX-32 in Boston (Market #9) to the ABC Owned Television Stations Group in a deal that could lead to Hearst's WCVB-5-ABC in Boston, and Hearst's WMUR-9-ABC in Manchester, NH, eventually losing their ABC affiliation.
WBPX is simulcast on two full-power satellites: WPXG-TV(virtual channel 21, digital channel 33) in Concord, New Hampshire and WDPX-TV (virtual channel 58, digital channel 40) in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts; and two low-power translator stations: WMPX-LP (channel 33) and W40BO in Boston.
WDPX, the Martha's Vineyard-based repeater of WBPX, was sold at the recent FCC auction for $43.5 million.
According to the tipster, ABC hopes to take over the Ion stations in September. "ABC is expected to sign a purchase agreement for a studio/office complex in suburban Boston within a day or two and will immediately start work to convert it into offices, a newsroom/studio, and a second studio for other local programs and commercials, as well as hiring a full staff, including a news staff of 80-90 persons."
If true, the ABC scenario would echo NBC's recent power play in Boston in which Sunbeam's WHDH-7 was stripped of its network affiliation. We have been unable to confirm the anonymous report.
Isn't WCVB one of ABC's highest rated affiliates? This would have made more sense for NBC. Nothing is confirmed here, so who knows how accuracy there is to this, at this point in time.
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David Ushery sent to Manchester (from Jerusalem covering potus) to cover the aftermath.
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Can we re-focus this to discussions of News4NewYork and WNBC please? Please take your discussion elsewhere. Thank you - signed everybody else on this board.
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More on what happens with Sinclair stations:
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Here is how Washington's WJLA changed after Sinclair purchased it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/heres-what-happened-the-last-time-sinclair-bought-a-big-city-station/2017/05/08/92433126-33f7-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html?utm_term=.6dcf674a157e
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Since it looks like sinclar is buying this station will all the senior people leave or be massacred out ?
Based on what has happened in other markets where Sinclair has taken over, you will see attrition of long term staff (read expensive) and the hiring of very green young talent. They may keep some key anchors for continuity. The biggest concern is the content and tone of coverage as they will insert conservative angles, commentaries, editorials and off the cuff comments. One former NBC/Media General station now owned by Sinclair the last two years (in a very diverse and liberal market) had a morning anchor suggest that the mess up with the Best Picture Oscar was a liberal consipiracy. If I had not heard it myself, I would never believe it but evidently is typical. What they do in NY (LA and Chicago) should be more of a challenge due to the market demographics and complexities. Overall, this is not a good day.
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Cox Enterprises has named a new CEO, Alex Taylor. He will take over on Jan 1, 2018. He is the great grandson of Cox founder James Cox
http://www.ajc.com/business/founder-great-grandson-named-cox-enterprises-ceo/ueypCLNqNW43ZHIkpl1IRM/
Is this a prelude of Altice buying the cable systems?
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Watching the 6 pm and it looks fine. They need the wider width to provide counties and status. A better look than other stations. Easier to read than a crawl.
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They are already using the slogan. It's just a tag line. Pix 11 News at Ten. New York's Very Own elsewhere on the screen during the news teases in the middle of CW programming.
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It's on the Rutgers campus.
They have been very clear it is at Rutgers (I suspect the Piscataway side) since being activated Monday. I would expect Rutgers gets to use it too.
NY1 and FiOS1
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New12 New Jersey operates statewide, broadcast not just on Optimum, but also is carried by Comcast and the area that is CharterSpectrum. They still operate their own studio and newsroom in Edison.