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On 4/25/2024 at 7:52 PM, GraphicsMan said:

Couldnt they put it on their Raleigh stations WLFL/WRDC that’s a duopoly and Fresno KMPH/KFRE that a duopoly there yet they wanted to put it on 2 ABC O&Os in the same respective station essentially they’re paying the competition.

They have soup olives in Raleigh and Fresno why would they put it in a competing station in their respective cities.

Going to start calling duopolies "Soup Olives" now.  That's an amazing autocorrect.

WRDC is the ATSC3.0 lighthouse for Raleigh.  Sinclair only has one ATSC1.0 station, WLFL.

I’ve been watching WBAL today (I don’t have any reason otherwise to watch Baltimore news). 
 

WBAL is a really good news operation.  Polished reporters and some veterans who I can tell still know the art. 

Regarding WBOC being dropped: Breezeline says it’s about not wanting to pay two affiliates. 
https://policyband.com/blog/spokesman--breezeline-dropped-cbs-affiliate-wboc-to-manage-costs

Significantly Viewed does still exist but this is the reason most providers are dropping duplicate affiliates. 

They were in the parking lot of the sheriff’s office and it took the officers an hour and a half to get there?

Either that’s an incredibly poorly written story or there’s an even bigger story to be done about Clayton County SO. 

Some of these are going to have a hell of a transition.  Like KOSA. 

I just noticed that WITN has updated their bug and website to remove the peacock.  Still using the same old turquoise/blue/whatever graphics package. 

Job hopping for more money.  Just like anyone else. 
Historically they get 2 year contracts and keep moving up in market rank for career growth. 

On 7/11/2023 at 4:05 PM, Matt Jackson said:

The rings background ended up reused by WLWT in 2012 with the debut of their then-new graphics.

 

 

That open reminds me a lot of the old Raycom package.

FCC has no jurisdiction over what airs on cable channels. 

The branding reminds me of WNCN's ill fated "CBS North Carolina" phase.

I like the logo.  It's unique and perfect for an app icon.  And I assume that's what they were going for.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/helicopter-crash-interstate-77-charlotte-north-carolina/275-516aeaad-01d0-4227-a87c-9523e5ace28a

FlightAware data leads me to believe it is WBTV’s chopper that crashed.  They haven’t said yet at the time of this posting. 

The Disney channels are back on Dish.   That was a very short lived dispute by Dish standards. 

22 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

The DOJ, and even the FCC should force companies like Dish to some form of consent degree, where notification is required.  FCC would be involved in the case of broadcast stations, especially since ABC still has their O&Os.

 

Are ABC affiliates affected like they were on YouTubeTV back in December?

Only the eight O&O markets are affected as far as ABC. 

I've been a Dish subscriber for many years but I think I'm about done.  IMO Dish is playing with fire here and getting a lot of customers that otherwise may have just stayed customers out of momentum to explore streaming services.

8 hours ago, sanewsguy said:

what? They left Main and Gervais?

Yes they did.  News is done from the old channel 47 building on Cushman Drive.

The overall presentation makes me think they use WTVD as a template. 
 

The set is new I guess.  They just moved to a new building - the old WZRB building - but I don’t know if they took the old set with them or built something new. 

WITN is launching a 3pm newscast called “ENC at Three”

https://www.witn.com/2022/09/03/eastern-carolinas-only-3pm-show-brings-news-that-matters-you/

I don’t get the hate for that old logo.  It’s better than a generic 8. 

The blue and white floating/rotating squares remind me of the package WCTI used for 15+ years until Sinclair standardized them. 
 

12 hours ago, Kenneth Kissel said:

 

Apparently there is a contract in television even more ironclad than the one keeping The 700 Club on Freeform: the one Tribune signed to keep In The Heat of the Night on WGNA.
 

WTF Nexstar?  Do they just want NewsNation to fail as a news operation?

The Gray looks are so bad that WVUE looks good in comparison.  I watched them again recently when tornados came through NOLA.  Those ancient Raycom graphics still look better than WBTV does after having been “Gray-ified.” 

ImagiComm obviously sees value in programming to geriatrics or else they wouldn’t have positioned INSP the way they have.  I don’t think this is purely a spectrum play nor do I think they’re going to wipe out stations they just purchased just to put INSP on the primary sub channel. 

A family member of mine frequently watches INSP.  If there is any religious content whatsoever I haven’t seen it.  It is just a male Lifetime now.  If they aren’t airing a western, they’re airing a rerun of something male/macho focused.  I’ve even seen what I can only describe as male Lifetime movies. 

11 hours ago, 24994J said:

 

I've always been partial to this one. Similar styles popped up elsewhere, but I maintain that, while not the style of today, these opens have not only held up best, but still look nice now.

 

 

WTVD hasn’t entirely abandoned this.  The graphics are updated but they’ve still got the rapid speed city shots.