Kenneth Kissel

2 hours ago, TheRob said:

 

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2022/7/14/getting-ready-for-megyn-kelly

Lol. At least she will be going to a network where no one cares. 

18 hours ago, DirtyHarry said:

Gannett and by extension, Tegna, have a lot of allies in Washington because that's where they are based. I wonder if a lot of the employees are whispering in the ears of their buddies to kill the deal. Good for them if they are.

The only way this deal gets done is with Hearst, Graham, Allen, or O&Os getting involved to buy stations in conflict markets. You have to prove that Tegna and Cox won't be the same company.  According to the language in the deal currently, it suggests they are. The best thing that Standard can do is Do a full merger of the Tegna and Cox stations and have the companies mentioned above get involved and buy the conflicts. 

7 minutes ago, nycnewsjunkie said:

To be honest, a graphics color change is not determining whether someone watches a station (it’s not like they changed it to fuchsia,) but I do think their established identity is certainly a determining factor. However, I am curious as to the ratings for the CBSEN in Pittsburgh compared to other markets.

My point about the Graphics color change is this. I would love to see other CBS O&Os do the same thing even if it is only for Sports or special programming. It keeps the viewer guessing as to what will come next.  Maybe even do throwbacks to earlier station packages once in a while.  Black and Gold works in Pittsburgh because people associate those two colors with Pittsburgh. It can work in other places too for different seasons,sports teams,culture, and much more.

48 minutes ago, nycnewsjunkie said:

when you have stations like WJZ, WCCO, KDKA, and WBZ that have built their success around their local identity, there’s no good reason for CBS to throw those babies out with the bathwater. I could be wrong, but I think management realizes that.

I will mention a couple of things I believe about KDKA-TV's position in this (due to this being my home market and I watch their news a lot). Why would they change their Identity when they are #1 in every time slot except the morning newscast (which Hearst's WTAE is destroying the other 2 stations) and the 6 PM Newscast (also to WTAE due to the high rated ABC World News Tonight over the CBS Evening News with Norah O Donnell).  Even the WPCW 19 local Newscasts are beating the WPGH/WPXI 10 PM Newscast and The National Desk. KDKA also competes with WPGH/WPXI for 6:30 PM viewership over the 2 national newscasts on ABC and NBC (KDKA airs the CBSEN at 7 PM) and probably wins that too. 

The only thing that needs to change for KDKA-TV is their weekday morning newscast and I hope they will go with a hard news approach instead of a soft news approach. Your Day Pittsburgh is horrible and needs a shake up.

I also hope if KDKA does get new graphics like the other CBS O&Os,  They will keep its Black and Gold. It actually has made KDKA-TV better (as much as many on this forum hate it.)

10 hours ago, mre29 said:

 

Other ideas:

CBS New York News Now.

CBS News York Now.

CBS News Now York.

Now CBS New York News.

Now News New York CBS.

Now New News York Now Now Now.

Now Bedtime.

 

How about CBS NYC News Now or CBS 2 News Now?

2 hours ago, David Salter JR said:

UPDATE: Hearing #7 is set for 1pm Eastern today (it was originally scheduled for 10am Eastern). all 3 networks will cover it live (NBC's coverage is optional for stations airing syndicated shows or Days of Our Lives).

 

There had been a primetime hearing scheduled for Thursday but that has been rescheduled for a later date, it currently isn't known if that hearing will still be in primetime on the new date.

 

 

Many of the NBC Stations moved "Days" to 3 AM or after the hearing concludes. I'm assuming that the number of FOX stations is the same as eariler. I'm also assuming that many PBS stations aren't carrying this. 

There were people on Twitter complaining to local stations  it was interrupting syndicated programming. I posted this in response. 

56 minutes ago, tw-804 said:

 

After Nick Cannon's talk show was cancelled, the videos were removed from its YouTube channel as well. Now the channel is the new online home for Sherri Shepherd's show.

 

Meanwhile, my home market - Richmond, VA - has some holes to fill:

• WRLH (FOX) is losing Nick Cannon, The Wendy Williams Show, Daily Mail TV and The Doctors.
• WTVR (CBS) and its Hampton Roads sister station WTKR 3 (also CBS) are losing Ellen. Question is: which show will the two put in the 3pm timeslot? Hopefully no 3pm newscasts...
• WUPV (CW) is losing Judge Jerry, The Real, The Good Dish, Schitt's Creek (which is leaving syndication), Mike & Molly (which is also leaving syndication as well; I didn't know that) and RightThisMinute (currently it airs on late nights). Is Couples Court cancelled? If so, WUPV should fill that slot as well.

Who has Kelly Clarkson in Hampton Roads and Richmond. I'm sure WTKR and WTVR would air that. Please no 3 PM newscast. 

4 hours ago, GodfreyGR said:

That's actually a pretty cool wrap as far as news vehicles go!

I actually took that Picture back in May for a Penguins Playoff game. I love that look so much. @RGSJenkins

Just now, Georgie56 said:

The new graphics the CBS O&Os debut this fall will be uniform across the group. That means say goodbye to the Steelers/Pens/Pirates colors.

I will disagree on this for now and believe KDKA-TV will modify it to match the current package when it launches. I don't see them getting rid of the Steelers/Pens/Pirates colors yet. 

22 hours ago, Ntropolis said:

I, too, thought the same thing... "A new set already? Seems like the old one just got finished!" But 6 years is a good run for the old set. Time's just moving faster, I suppose.

 

It's about the average lifespan of most of WTKR's sets the past ~30 years

 

2016-2022 set

2000-2016 set (with numerous facelifts)

1995-2000 set

1992-1995 set (with a major rehaul in 1994)

I loved this version of the 2000 set when WTKR went HD in 2008. This was their best look of the LocalTV/Tribune Era.

This is also known as the Pinball Graphics Version 1. 

I'm praying we don't see "CBS News Pittsburgh" branded newscasts because the KDKA name is still very valuable in Pittsburgh. 

Unless CBS wants to give it up completely to Entercom/Audacy (KDKA-AM [100.1/1020 Newsradio] and KDKA-FM [93.7 The Fan]) but I'm probably wrong. I would love to see a refresh of the black and gold graphics from 2020 though with the new look. 

I do believe if the CBS Owned CW stations get sold to Nexstar/Mission (as I mentioned in The CW being sold to Nexstar board) , The newscasts on the CW stations will move online only for good and Nexstar will replace them with a National NewsNation segment (similar to The National Desk). 

Breaking News : WABC-TV News Director, Rehan Aslam, passed away in Ohio this morning. For nearly a year, Rehan had been battling an aggressive brain tumor. He fought with bravery and optimism until the very end.

https://www.facebook.com/100044295403305/posts/pfbid02h8nkCLcMZFxJxvNTLV6pEoSC4nmzQe3pCnUvdMy7cCmjnS3CSLo15ZYNeNQEXqyAl/?sfnsn=mo

Update on the teardown 

54 minutes ago, JosiahCubed said:

And I'm getting tired of people beating a dead horse here.

 

I know a lot of you don't think NN will succeed (and I understand that), but the more it gets talked about not succeeding; it gets pretty boring.

 

And part of the reason why stuff like In The Heat Of The Night are still airing is because they're trying to burn off the syndication rights; and a lot of the breaking news stuff that happens, they're trying to rely on the website, YouTube, or Nexstar's affiliates for it because of the shows like In The Heat Of The Night.

In my opinion, If Nexstar has enough money to buy the debt caused by The CW, They have enough money to buy out the syndication rights to stop airing "In The Heat Of The Night"/others and air continuous news like every other NEWS network does. Nexstar needs to stop making excuses for moving people to digital and actually get serious about Breaking News because If they don't, Not only will others surpass them, but no one would want to buy NewsNation if Nexstar ever wants to sell it. This is a massive failure from every side imaginable and the person to blame is Perry Sook and his sky high retransmission fees/greed. 

1 hour ago, nycnewsjunkie said:

Yesterday’s parade shooting in the Chicago area received coverage from the big cable networks, and of course from local stations like WGN. Per FTVLive, this was not the case at NewsNation. In the immediate hours after the shooting, their Twitter page posted a single article on the shooting that contained reporting from both WGN and the Chicago Sun-Times, but not from NewsNation itself. While WGN was live and on the air, NewsNation was showing the famous award-winning news program… Blue Bloods. They did not go live on air or update their digital content with their own reporting until much later. It should be emphasized that NewsNation is located in the same building as WGN. In Chicago.

 

I think we can finally pronounce this thing dead. No need to give any more attention to a network that can’t take itself seriously enough to properly cover a story miles from where they’re located.

It is embarrassing for NewsNation and Nexstar as a whole. The only way it can be saved is if it becomes a broadcast news network. I keep thinking that The CW will become a broadcast feed of NewsNation because of how stupid Nexstar is. 

Do you want NewsNation to fail Nexstar? Because it is the biggest joke in TV at this point. 

Thoughts on This video? 

On 5/18/2022 at 9:23 PM, Superdude said:

https://www.pbrtv.com/powers-coming-to-wtae-tv/

 

WTAE-TV (4) announced Tuesday the appointment of Kristen Powers as co-anchor of the 11:00 p.m. weeknight newscast along side Mike Clark. Powers comes to Pittsburgh from Washington, D.C. where she has worked at Sinclair owned WJLA-TV (7).

In addition to Washington, Powers has also worked at stations in California. She has a master’s in Broadcast and Digital Journalism from Syracuse University. She earned her bachelor’s at Marquette University in her hometown – Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Powers says she’s admired Pittsburgh for years and is looking forward to calling the area home. She is also looking forward to getting involved with local charities. She will be on the air beginning in late June.

Here is Kristen Powers' debut Newscast which aired on WTAE last night.  You can also see former WSAZ reporter Tori Yorgey in this newscast as well (the reporter that was hit by a car on live TV).

On 6/24/2022 at 8:41 PM, WheelWarrior said:

WPXI in Pittsburgh will be swapping Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune starting July 4. Wheel will now be at 7:00 and Jeopardy! at 7:30, matching Youngstown neighbor WKBN (but not WTOV Steubenville which still does J! at 7:00).

 

It remains to be seen how they will handle 7:30 pre-emptions. I imagine there will be a lot more outcry when The Olympic Zone pre-empts Jeopardy! than when it would happen to Wheel. In that situation, Wheel would move to PCNC during Olympics. The Saturday runs of Wheel also get pre-empted during NFL season for The Jerome Bettis Show, so that will presumably apply to J! next season, unless they act like WTWO Terre Haute and swap the two shows on Saturdays only, or do what WTHR Indianapolis does (as they claim CBS Media Ventures contractually forces them to do even on Saturdays) and move J! to 7:00 and bump Wheel.

 

Wonder why they're doing this. Could it be so that people who get both WPXI and WTOV will get two chances to watch their preferred game show, or watch them both in their preferred order?

from Rob Owens Q and A.

Q: I have seen some other markets do this and I never thought that WPXI-TV would do so: Is there a particular reason why “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” are changing time slots at 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.? Is it because of ratings or any other reason?

– Aaron, Mt. Pleasant

Rob: I started hearing from viewers about this last week and started asking Channel 11 executives about the change. The station sent out a release on June 27 saying the change was made to better align these programs with how they are broadcast throughout the rest of the country.

It’s true that in many markets, “Wheel” airs before “Jeopardy!” and there’s a good reason for WPXI to make that change in its own self-interest: “Jeopardy!” gets higher ratings than “Wheel” on Channel 11 and by moving “Jeopardy!” to 7:30, the goal is surely to try to drive a larger audience to WPXI’s prime-time NBC programming.

Beginning July 4, “Wheel” will air at 7 p.m. and “Jeopardy!” at 7:30 p.m. on WPXI.

https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-qa-why-are-jeopardy-and-wheel-of-fortune-switching-time-slots/ @Superdude

36 minutes ago, Superdude said:

PBRTV suggests that the Jeopardy/Wheel switch may be a CBS thing, for uniformity nationwide.

 

https://www.pbrtv.com/wpxi-flipping-game-shows-july-4/

I would agree with that.

21 minutes ago, Mrknowitall526 said:

Does anyone actually think WPVI will get new graphics?  The current package debuted a few years ago.  They always march to the beat of their own drum

The better question is will those "new" graphics include Move Closer To Your World? 

7 minutes ago, mrschimpf said:

WITI has consistently aired every hearing, so you can add them to this list.

They didn't air the first 2 but I will include them in the list for hearings 3 and 4. 

8 minutes ago, mrschimpf said:

And yet even with advance notice, CBS and ABC are like 'yup the soaps are still on' as they have been since COVID news conferences started. I still don't understand why they don't put "TBA" in listings to avoid calls; even the most 'no TV ever' guy knows when soaps air.

To be fair, CBS, ABC, and NBC could move the soaps to Paramount+, Disney+, and Peacock if they wanted too. TBH, I'm actually surprised why the soaps haven't been canceled completely yet, the market is very small for them and many affiliates would want that time for more news anyway. 

WTTG's Coverage of Roe vs Wade being Overturned. Fox News Channel needs to learn from this coverage.

6 hours ago, WheelWarrior said:

WPXI in Pittsburgh will be swapping Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune starting July 4. Wheel will now be at 7:00 and Jeopardy! at 7:30, matching Youngstown neighbor WKBN (but not WTOV Steubenville which still does J! at 7:00).

 

It remains to be seen how they will handle 7:30 pre-emptions. I imagine there will be a lot more outcry when The Olympic Zone pre-empts Jeopardy! than when it would happen to Wheel. In that situation, Wheel would move to PCNC during Olympics. The Saturday runs of Wheel also get pre-empted during NFL season for The Jerome Bettis Show, so that will presumably apply to J! next season, unless they act like WTWO Terre Haute and swap the two shows on Saturdays only, or do what WTHR Indianapolis does (as they claim CBS Media Ventures contractually forces them to do even on Saturdays) and move J! to 7:00 and bump Wheel.

 

Wonder why they're doing this. Could it be so that people who get both WPXI and WTOV will get two chances to watch their preferred game show, or watch them both in their preferred order?

Or WPXI could give them up entirely and it would move to KDKA-TV (CBS Media Venues corporate cousin) KDKA-TV would have to give up their 7:30 Newscast and move it to WPCW. 

I always thought it was weird that Wheel, Jeopardy, and Judge Judy were on WPXI when Pittsburgh has a CBS O&O station that could easily air them as well. 

1 hour ago, Superdude said:

Good riddance, The Final Word doesn't hold a candle to KDKA-TV's competing  Sports Showdown.  I believe WTAE has a competing sports show as well.

I agree The Final Word can't hold a candle to Sports Showdown. 

WTAE does an extra Half hour of news on Sunday Nights instead of a Sports show.