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9 hours ago, MorningNews said:

What are the standards for WABC as the flagship O&O and largest market to preempt the national network morning show? I was surprised to see them sort of hastily wrap up the interview with the Suffolk Co. official reporting on the first storm-related death just to toss to a tape-delayed GMA.

I'm sure you are aware this is done often when there is severe weather (hurricanes as well as major snowstorms) and other major news stories by all three big network O&Os in NY as their license is to serve public interests.  Severe weather meets that and causes appropriate network disruptions.  Yes it seems redundant that all three stations stuck with severe weather broadcasts from early morning until noon, but not everyone turns on the coverage at the same time.  

It is typical in the midwest for folks to complain when tornado coverage breaks into sports programming.  Thing to remember is severe weather coverage hopefully saves lives and injury.  That supersedes regular programming.  I don't watch WABC but I'm sure they are second guessing the switch to GMAs second hour and they did stay on the air for the rest of the morning.  The good news is there were two other choices for those wanting storm coverage to switch to.  

If you go back to the horrendous day of 9/11 and for weeks after, none of the O&Os went to network coverage, as it was a local story/disaster and even when the networks finally resumed entertainment broadcasting, the local stations kept with local coverage for a bit longer.  

Good to know. Today was preempted in my area. 

CBS shifted the CBS morning show to WLNY.  NBC did not shift Today to either Cozi or LXNY at 7 or 8. 
 

There is no storm coverage on WYNY or WPIX.  Neither Spanish station has coverage as well this morning. 

1 hour ago, jrogo said:

They should have just put Chris Jansing at 9AM. 
I personally don’t think The 11th Hour is the right time slot for Stephanie. I guess we’ll see what changes they’ll be making to fit her style. Not to mention Joe & Mika anchoring from a shared home studio in Florida (started before COVID) all while Willie sits there patiently waiting his turn. 
 

Can’t keep talking about doing News but then never do it… 

Hopefully with his change, Joe and Mika will be routinely in DC or NY.  When they are there, the show flows much better and the interaction is far better.  It's just not the same when they call it in from their home studio in Florida.  I'm also hoping former BBC anchor Katy Kay has a larger role.  

Michael is back this morning.  Yesterday they said he was off and skiing.  We hope he had a good vacation.

4 hours ago, iron_lion said:

wnyw and wnbc and wpix seem to have very erratic anchor line ups, especially in the mornings. wcbs and wabc have been pretty consistent with their am and pm pairings.

WNBC morning anchors Darlene and Michael have been stable for many years.  They did change meteorologists a couple of years ago now,   Now we all are waiting for the permanent replacement of the traffic reporter.  People do take vacations, and many being long term employees, like Michael this week, take them.  It was mentioned he is off skiing.

6 hours ago, Spintech33 said:

It's a blend of News 12 Brooklyn/Bronx and some stories out of Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island.

I think News 12 NJ covers a bit of Staten Island

I''ve never noticed any routine Staten Island news on News 12 New Jersey.  The channel is not broadcast there.  From what I read, the major changes are that all the NY stations are merging, with no mention of any changes in CT or NJ.  Time will tell.  If News12NJ becomes another NY centric station, that will become an issue.

10 minutes ago, LTSC1980 said:

As the result WJLP is now in Weigel's hands, Jersey Matters with Larry Mendte aired last episodes on New Years Day, the NJNN's Facebook and Twitter  become silent since January 5. Maybe WJLP will clear MeTV schedule after all.....

There was an article in the paper last week.  Weigel has replaced the Larry Mendte show with another Jersey based show and states it will continue to expand its news presence, on air and online but not maintaining what Press Communications built.  Since Weigel owns MeTV, I would expect most of the schedule is cleared.  I read the article in the Record, but it is actually an Asbury Park Press story, a sister Gatehouse dba Gannett paper.  

https://www.app.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2022/01/12/metv-owner-drops-jersey-matters-launches-new-jersey-politics/9156591002/

5 hours ago, NYNewsCoverage said:

I think this pretty much answers that now- Alex Lee will be the new traffic anchor. My guess is she starts Monday with Chris and Vanessa.

https://pix11.com/author/alex-lee/

Here is the official announcement from the news director which NewsBlues published on the 11th (in addition to Chris Cimino and the new anchor):  Alex Lee will also be joining our morning team giving the viewers their morning traffic reports.  Alex has been in the market for 10 plus years behind and on camera.  For the past 7 years Alex has been connected with total traffic giving her a complete understanding of the market and the commuters needs.   

2 minutes ago, NYNewsCoverage said:

Coming full circle I guess... wonder if this means the 4pm will get canceled?

 

I believe they just hired a new anchor/reporter.  From the WPIX news director courtesy of Newsblues:  "

Arrianee LeBeau is also joining us as and Anchor/Reporter.  Arrianee joins us from her most recent anchoring job in Arizona.  Local and community news stories are what drive Arrianee and helping people connect is what she is passionate about.    She is very excited to join our team and I know is looking forward to  getting to know you all and the city we represent."  Perhaps she will be on the 4 pm news.

8 minutes ago, mightynine said:

MLB Network is in that space. Wiki says so is NHL Network.

 

Unless I'm mistaken and NBC used two NJ locations.

MLBN is at the  former MSNBC studio in Secaucus.  This is the space on Lemoine Ave in Fort Lee that is currently T47 and formerly CNBC and for a short time Americas Talking before transitioning to MSNBC.  

I wonder what will happen to the Fort Lee studios.  They were once CNBC and America's Talking which became MSNBC before T47 moved in after CNBC moved up Rt. 9W to Englewood Cliffs.  I believe it is WNBCs NJ Bureau and where some news gathering trucks are parked.  Is there any studio space left at 30 Rock?

On 1/10/2022 at 4:06 PM, NYNewsCoverage said:

I noticed many long time News12 LI talent are leaving in droves... could it be massive layoffs?

Sources:

https://twitter.com/cinsinga12/status/1480554184709750784

https://twitter.com/jackielukas/status/1480185913993011207

https://twitter.com/_JamieStuart/status/1479924196838981642

This definitely seems like it was not their choices to leave.

Also found this article, so it seems true:  https://patch.com/new-york/northfork/s/i1o1n/familiar-faces-news-12-bid-adieu-after-altice-staffing-shifts?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=business&utm_campaign=autopost&utm_content=northfork

There are several articles today that Altice merged all the NY News 12s, is moving away from hyper local and the cuts are a year earlier than the settlement they made with Dolan.   It does not seem they are making a change at News 12 New Jersey (so far).  What I read in NewsBlues indicates more may be leaving.

Basically Nester runs PIX11.  From management to all programming and station operations.  Mission is a sham for Nester to get around ownership caps.  Until the FCC or Congress decides to do something about this, they will be permitted to exist.  

Almost 8 am on 1/8 and WPIX is still on Optimum (Altice).  The PIX11 website has been updated to say Optimum may drop PIX11 on Jan 8 much more predominantly (yesterday it was smaller and used yesterday's date).  There is no mention of it on Optimum's or AlticeUSA's website.  To be continued....

6 minutes ago, mvcg66b3r said:

Isn't PIX11 owned by Mission Broadcasting? They shouldn't be affected.

Mission is such a sham.  Everything about the station is Deathstar except the ownership papers on file. I assume their “agreement “ with Mission includes retransmission rights.  The notice is at the top of the website. Yet it’s still on the air 

Actually it’s all of Altice USA.  There is a notice on PIX11 website.  There has been no notification however from Optimum.  

I suspect it’s supplied from Total Traffic. 

Did WNBC actually announce she was permanent vs speculation on this board?   She is not on their website biographies. It’s also possible she had a pre-committed vacation that the station honored - not unusual with mid career new hires. 

8 hours ago, Requiere said:

WTVJ got it recently and today WSCV, the Telemundo station rolled out the blue background as well. Any other Telemundo stations with the update?

Telemundo 47 New York also switched with WNBC, which is no surprise.   It is only blue when the lower thirds are present, otherwise it stays "transparent."  

On 12/25/2021 at 11:27 AM, TheSpeedKing said:

WNBC and WRC-TV do not have it yet. As a matter of fact, WRC-TV still has Look N monitors from their at-home "studios".

WNBC has switched to the blue background on the bug as of today.

6 hours ago, MisterBill said:

 

She's doing  the Olympics for NBC, so I guess it may be related. 

I'm guessing she was working for NBCSN. If that is the case, the channel shuts down next week.    Although some sports programming is moving to USA, others to Peacock, I would guess some are being redeployed elsewhere within NBCU.  The question becomes, will this be a third person in sports, or, is John Chandler moving to full time news reporting?

21 hours ago, NYNews said:

Would this be considered pandering to a demographic that they know is generating more viewership than on the English stations?

They often operate as one station.  Top brass are the same.  Weather, investigative reporting and consumer complaint reporting has been promoted as both stations.  

2 hours ago, MarkBRollins88_v2 said:

My (non-lawyer) brain tells me google would be violating retrans agreements with the station groups by removing all of their programming, even local newscasts and syndicated shows, infomercials, education programming, etc. that have nothing to do with ABC.

 

But clearly Google’s lawyers think this is okay. 
 

Seems like an overreach if you ask me. But I haven’t seen the fine print of the deals the station groups have, so maybe it allows for this.

 

Certainly, if there is a loophole in station groups’ agreements with google (or any other carrier) that allow this to happen, I’m sure next time they negotiate a deal… they will add a clause to make sure this can’t happen. 

 

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I’m curious, have we ever seen something like this happen before… where a cable/streaming provider removes an entire network and its affiliates from its lineup, without regard for the fact that those affiliates carry more than just that network’s programming?

 

I can’t think of one. 

I believe someone months ago addressed this in an earlier post if you feel like scrolling.  If memory serves me right, the affiliates ceded retransmission to the networks which when you step back makes sense.  Steamers would have to renegotiate with every affiliate group, large and small which would be chaotic.  In the end, everyone wants their payday, and no one wants to give in.  Only the customers suffer, either with blackouts or increased fees.  So far no one has come up with a better system.  Maybe one day....

Who is she? Did she work elsewhere doing traffic?