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Art Cashin, who did double duty as a UBS executive, as well as a many-years-long analyst on CNBC, has passed at 83. Cashin was a well-respected, decades-long member of the New York Stock Exchange. Cheers, Mr. Cashin ... you will truly be missed. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/12/02/art-cashin-new-york-stock-exchange-fixture-for-decades-dies-at-age-83.html https://www.reuters.com/world/art-cashin-wall-street-veteran-over-60-years-dies-age-83-2024-12-02/

Actually, KFAA is just moving Estrella to 29.2 from 29.1.

Devin is someone else who could have been interviewed for KLTV's anniversary special as he used to anchor for them. Happy retirement, Devin!

This week, KLTV celebrates 70 years on the air. From its early years in an old airplane hangar, to the present in a former savings & loan headquarters branch, the station has had many stories to tell. Here's KLTV's 70th anniversary special: https://www.kltv.com/2024/10/14/kltv-celebrates-70-years-air-with-anniversary-special/

Doug Dunbar has solo-anchored newscasts at KTVT off/on in the past. I haven't heard whether KTVT has solo-anchor plans for any of their other newscasts outside of their morning news.

I'm guessing poor little lonely Glendive is still at #210. Big jump in 1 years' time for Tyler-Longview. And 134,000 more HH in DFW--understandable, with the amount of people that are moving there.

I'm afraid you're right. Lots of changes since the Belo sale. They will probably try to spin otherwise during their upcoming anniversary special. I don't think WFAA has ever aired a court show before, if they have, I don't remember it.

That's gonna be weird to only have 1 all-news station (WINS 1010/92.3) in NYC. Very sad for WCBS, after all the decades they've been around. I guess they'll have a big on-air sendoff, like WNBC did in the 80s when they flipped to WFAN.

WFAA assisted KHOU (both being Tegna stations) during/after Hurricane Harvey. KHOU's proximity to Buffalo Bayou resulted in massive flooding and eventual relocation to an office complex on Houston's west side. In the interim, WFAA provided control room and other connecting functions (KUHT, Houston's PBS station, had studio space for KHOU to use for local newscasts).

The few times I've seen their newsroom on air, it looks worse IMO than the news set does. Lots of wires that should be hidden, ceiling tiles not completely in place or missing, just sad looking--especially in comparison to the other local newsgatherers.

After almost 3 years, KVUT decided to call it a day on May 24 (last Friday evening). In local media articles posted online, no real reason was given for the move, but it was most likely a financial decision. By the tone of the quotes from UT-Tyler, it sounds like the university was the primary funder of KVUT, and not as much from listeners. The station's website and its content is already gone, and trying to click the website now gets a redirect to UT-Tyler's main website. With the loss of KVUT, it means the loss of a job for longtime TV newsman Mike Landess, who had been doing newsbits and longform interviews of local notables for the station. No word yet on what will happen to the 99.7 frequency and license. https://www.kltv.com/2024/05/24/ut-tyler-announces-kvut-997-will-cease-operations-friday-evening/

It is a bit strange. Different stations have different uses for "sister" stations. Most I hear using it are addressing another O/O, another same-company-owned station, and much more rarely, a fellow network affiliate. More often, I hear "_(network)_ station" or "_(network)_ affiliate" by a station to refer to another same-network station, if the station doesn't say the other station's call letters directly.

A sad day at KXAS. Bobbie Wygant, who was a lifestyle/entertainment reporter, host, and even commercial pitch person back to the station's earliest days as WBAP, has passed. Bobbie had her own daytime midday show called Dateline for many years. She participated in the local Jerry Lewis telethon segments for several of the years that KXAS carried the telethon. She had a longer presence in Dallas-Fort Worth media than anyone else. Bobbie was 97, and will be missed. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/trailblazing-nbc-5-reporter-bobbie-wygant-dies-at-97/3466101/ https://www.bobbiewygant.com

IINM, Neal was the longest-serving anchor of any in KETK's history.

Computers and smartphones are getting too good... the banner ad that came up when I clicked on this thread? Some place selling bow ties! Cheers, Mr. Osgood! You'll be missed.... (I wish we could still 'see you on the radio'... ) PS:::: Just now, another banner ad with bow ties!

Recently (this week I think?) I saw a brief part of After Midnight on KTVT, then Comics Unleashed was on afterward. IDK if that was a KTVT deal, or if that was a network thing.

After effects of the suspension from a year ago? Either way, the least he needs to do in the meantime is change that Xwitter handle.

After the Tegna deal, KYTX's morning show became The Morning Loop. If you ask them, the reason for the name change would likely result in a corporate/canned response. It could be that you're in the loop once you've gotten caught up on their news/weather/stuff, it could be because their morning show has a looping set up (like CNN's original Headline News format), or a really out-of-the-box reason: KYTX is located on a looping highway that goes around Tyler (the home of the station, not its COL, which is still Nacogdoches). I'm not sure when/why Morning Y'all became the title.

I'm not sure how long Tom could have done MTP prior to his cancer diagnosis.

The longtime PBS station (and associated FM's) in north TX will be getting new/replaced facilities as a part of a redevelopment of KERA's longtime site just north of downtown Dallas. Developers plan an office tower and residential tower on the site, with new studios/offices for KERA and the FM's. News just broke earlier today, so no artwork/mockups for the station yet, just for the towers. It will be strange to not see the buildings that made up the original pre-KERA facilities there anymore (KBTV, Dallas' DuMont affiliate was there before being sold to A.H. Belo for WFAA's first station site). Story: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/09/28/dallas-high-rise-development-planned-for-kera-uptown-site/ Site renderings: https://www.kaizendp.com/projects/Chalk-Hill

A cure/treatment has to be found for Alzheimer's. It has taken too many good people.

I just watched the Monday repeat of the Bob Barker special. At the end of the credits, they referenced Haven Studios, which means there was already enough preparation there to have Drew there doing the introductory segments of the special. Nothing was mentioned during the special about naming anything at Haven for Bob.

KXAS is beginning their 75th anniversary celebration with features airing on their newscasts all month. They will have a special section about the anniversary (including the features airing on their newscasts) on the station's website. KXAS' actual anniversary is September 29. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/the_history_of_channel_5/1838273/

I could maybe see it for a weather segment (yeah I know, CBS O/O's and Gray), but not the name of a whole newscast.

As for the topic.... Is there any sense the non-O/O ABC stations are accepting of the changed logo? As far as I can tell, WFAA, KLTV, and KTRE are still using the previous version.