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The Rincon stations have been using the WHBQ Fox Memphis graphics. In another thread, some Sinclair —> Rincon station rebranded and used the same graphics. When Imagicomm had KIEM in Eureka (now owned by Marquee), they used WHBQ weathercasters for a time and these graphics would pop up in those segments.

With the FOX Memphis graphics which are a tad better than Sinclair’s

Makes me wonder if JKOC had enough and bounced — and this is their interim solution. It is odd for there to be just sports cutaways and not news cutaways in these types of small-market arrangements, which makes me think this was unplanned and interim. If I gambled, I’d gamble on permanency unfortunately.

I was surprised to see JKO in Yakima. Didn’t seem his style. He was in Eureka, CA before where he anchored every weekday newscast, morning and night. It is a beautiful place. He seems to like the small markets.

Morgan Murphy’s largest market is Spokane at 66, Madison is at 77.

At risk of violating any list rules, KREM aired the Nexstar tag at 5:30 on KSKN.

The 11PM edition uses the more-familiar, authoritative sounding version that is on all the other stations thus far. The earlier evening version does not tie to what, assumedly, are the morning and night themes that the other stations air.

KXLY appears to be the originator of the update and executes much better. There are still elements of the old package appearing, including the 2-box. KAPP/KVEW should’ve followed their big sister’s lead and copied the look completely. I also wish they’d drop the “Apple Valley” thing and just be KAPP (cap) KVEW (K-view) News Now like they were. These are the best graphics in the market — they’re up against the tired Sinclair graphics on KIMA/KEPR and whatever crap Cowles makes in-house on KNDO/U.

Speaking of canceled and changing newscasts — news out of Spokane, WA (DMA 66) — where 2 out of 3 late 11pm newscasts are now pre-recorded. KHQ, the locally-owned market leader, lost their contract to provide the FOX station its 10PM news among others. So, what do they do … launch a streaming 9PM and re-air it on TV at 11PM. KREM, owned by TEGNA, has been re-airing the 10PM from their sister at 11PM for like a year. Half a million households (if that many were watching — and only a tiny fraction are) — only have one choice for live news at 11PM. KHQ also cancelled their 4:30AM for a streaming 7AM which really isn’t a big deal and are airing the pre-recorded 11PM in an adjacent market. Cheap, cheap, cheap

TEGNA sister KREM in Spokane does the same with its 12:30 and 5:30 newscasts — streaming and on KSKN 22

KTVB Boise is rolling with the new look. Longer opens ala KING during the daytime and shorter opens at night ala KGW. The look works for them.

KLEW is in the Spokane market (although it services a tiny corner of it as the 2nd CBS affiliate in the market); you won’t see KXLY on a subchannel. What I think will happen is the closer KIMA/KEPR will do the KLEW news (all three owned by Sinclair but operated by Rincon).

This open does not have the same music or signature as the other stations that have debuted.

Morning shows for Montana moved back to Billings in 2025. Evenings from Missoula. Have to rein myself in as not to go off topic in a Sinclair thread.

It’s happened - Rincon ending KAYU’s approximately 20 year relationship with KHQ/Cowles providing morning & 10pm newscasts. Moving to KXLY as the supplier on March 1. Makes me wonder what KHQ is going to do with their anchors they provided solely for KAYU.

I’d almost bet that KIMA/KEPR will end up doing the news on the Rincon Fox station in the market. Spokane will be interesting as the Rincon station there, KAYU, has been getting news from KNDO/U parent KHQ for like twenty years — at night, originally, and now in the mornings for a decade. There is a Sinclair station serving a small subset of the Spokane market in Lewiston, ID but its news content comes from Boise. It cannot help out Rincon there. I’d really like to see KHQ get Fox in Spokane and drop it on a .2 or .3 sub channel.

Shocked. I would’ve bet my mortgage on this not happening.

Nexstar appears to be running KGET on the cheap. Candy is going to be "on tape" for at least one of these newscasts as she cannot be two places at once. This probably does not matter as their competition is Sinclair and Scripps (it's a Scrippscast station, too).

The opens are bad. These look like opens one would see for a fictional station in a movie. I never thought that a Sinclair open was better but in this case it was.

These feel … Scrippsy

KGO couldn’t because KTVU used “Action News” for a minute in the 70s before to “The __ o’clock News” branding for a couple of decades.

KGO will not pick up “Eyewitness News.” For decades, KPIX (in both Westinghouse and CBS days) aired its newscasts under the “Eyewitness News” brand.

Oh, I know. It was one of three stations available via antenna during my 1980s and 1990s time there. The sad thing is that every single competitor in the market from the year 1999 forward put out a better product — all are now gone. Thanks Clear Channel, Sinclair, etc.

KIEM — once upon a time a star of the “Worst Opens of All Time” thread (or something similar) — has a new set. This is the first new set since the 1996 election cycle; the set has only received sporadic updates and paint since then as the bones remained. I am not entirely convinced it is entirely new … but here is what new owner Marquee put up in Eureka.

The evening co-anchor position has been vacant at KREM for like eight months. She's local and liked from her time on another station in the market. Her addition makes for an interesting line-up as she solos at 5:30 (streaming), co-anchors at 6 and 6:30, solos at 10, and solos at 11 (which is/was a repeat of their 10PM news on CW sister KSKN). Primary station airing a repeat of an earlier newscast right after prime-time ... ehhh.