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8 hours ago, Liugrad2020 said:

On 1/29/2021 at 2:06 PM, MorningNews said:

 

I don’t even see why it’s George and not David who anchors breaking news coverage. I never understood not having the evening news anchor be the lead anchor for braking news.

I don't either I think the breaking news roles, should be split. Because When Biden made remarks on the day state capitals certified there state electoral votes David should've done that special report. He had just did that World News at 6:30. Then cut in 7:30 he should've done the special report. With George in the mornings he has to be rushed from his place down to the uptown headquarters. I think they only did it cause they felt bad about passing over George for World News Tonight Anchor and managing editor job, so they gave him that thought I felt David would get it he did deserve and earn it.

3 hours ago, MorningNews said:

I believe it was his consolation prize for not being given the WNT anchor role after Diane Sawyer left. He was heavily rumored to want the position and reluctantly made the move to GMA in 2009 as part of his ascension to the anchor chair. George handles breaking coverage absolutely brilliantly - he’s always calm and commanding, David doesn’t have that ability in my opinion. Further, we’ve all witnessed a bit of a shift at ABC in the mid-late 2010s in which GMA became ABC’s priority. Obviously that’s changed back with the commanding performance of WNT in the last 2 years, so maybe David takes those responsibilities in the next round of contract negotiations. With his broadcast holding ~2M viewer lead of the competition, ABC will give him anything he asks.

He good with breaking news, but David is too.

21 minutes ago, Breaking News said:

Brian Williams has been with NBC since the 90s he has a following and he isn't going anywhere. His 11pm show either wins it time slot or he neck -to neck

with Don Lemon.  BriWi isn't going anywhere.

Nah I can see Tom Llamas being maybe weekend anchor on Sundays, he respect Jose-Diaz Balart to much to replace him on Saturdays, and maybe maybe get a show on the network maybe afternoons to compete against GMA3 on ABC. That's Depends on Network programming and yes some Telemundo collaboration if he's fluent in Spanish, Like Morgan Radford is.

James Goldstein just announced he's stepping down as president of ABC News. 
 

https://deadline.com/2021/01/abc-news-president-james-goldston-to-depart-1234682695/

1 minute ago, newsbot said:

Brokaw's retirement is health-related (he has multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer.)

But he's been in remission for some time now right!!!

Just now, Roadrunner said:

Make of this what you will but this is a place for scoops and discussion, after all:

I choose to believe Yashar since he tends to drop things he can vouch for.

 

But this is an interesting development, nonetheless. Yashar mentioned that David Muir is not going anywhere and that is very evidently true, so then it is fair to understand maybe why Tom is leaving. I just didn't think his time would come so soon, especially since NBC has its own case of bloat. Timing-wise, this scoop comes after ABC's chief political analyst Matthew Dowd announced his departure roughly two weeks ago, so I'm wondering what's to come in the pipeline. As for Tom, some tweeted that Whit and/or Linsey would make for good replacements for him and I concur. 

Give it to Lindsey Davis, get it to her she needs it!!! That lol basically really David Muir dreams come true, with the World News Tonight Music Theme back and Peter Jennings weekend counterpart was Carol Simpson in the 1980s until 2003. When she was unfairly latinolized by the terrible Elizabeth Vargas. Carol and Peter Jennings got along together well. And I can see it with David and Lindsay they've known each other for a long time now.

On 10/17/2020 at 2:33 AM, CircleSeven said:

"Solutions" is moreso like KGO's "Building a Better Bay Area". where they discuss an array of issues (job hunting, homelessness, race issues, etc.) I wouldn't call this a form of investigative reporting.

 

They do have an "ABC 7 Investigates", but they're being done by the regular reporters since they don't have an assigned investigative reporter.

 

 

My station which is an ABC Owned Station in Raleigh WTVD ABC11 is called "ABC 11 Together" based of the "11 together" brand in the 70s and like KGO there being done by regular reporters.

22 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Sinclair did the damage on WLFL by balking at FOX's demands to start a newscast

Now WLFL started there newscast in 1991, you're saying when WRAZ got the FOX affiliation in 1998 the deal Gad been already sealed?

15 hours ago, Nelson R. said:

At one time NBC owned WNCN

Yes that's right and they were competitive, but when Media General got them several dozens were laid off, a bunch of newscasts were cancelled, the failed 7pm news experiment, and people rating went down. Media General drove WNCN to the ground instead of strengthening it.

On 12/24/2020 at 11:10 AM, TexasTVNews said:

African-American to anchor at the CBS station.

Wow she broke the barrier for African Americans in that market my hearts and prayers go to her family.

1 minute ago, Nelson R. said:

Yeah I keep thinking it will be WRAZ if they ever split off from WRAL. It would’ve been WLFL but Capitol sacrificed WJZY/WMYT in 2013 to keep Fox on WRAZ and a few other cities.

Well the news desk on Sinclair stations like WLFL might boost it, but I've been wishing forever for Sinclair to sell WLFL/WRDC  and they want too but they damaged the value of the station with the News central thing that shut down there decent WB22 News At Ten product in 2006, and just running the overall value of the station to the ground for low production values made the station so much low value it killed the station chance to get sold, that's why they've had a hard time selling it! The only high production is my ABC Owned Station also in Raleigh producing ABC11 Eyewitness News 10pm on CW22 seven days a week through that news share agreement that cause its an O&O, which a good thing cause ABC wouldn't allow low quality production on ABC Owned Station like WTVD. Especially in a big market like the Raleigh-Durham market Number 24 DMA.

BNC now on AT&T U-Verse!!!

On 12/14/2020 at 2:56 PM, Newsjunkie24 said:

 

Cool first name.

She must been from Hawaii, as I'm seeing in comments she's young retiring in her 50s, she must have a lot of money in the . To last her the rest of her life!!!

1 minute ago, NewsGuyTV said:

I hope not, I watch WATN in Memphis and even though I don't like TEGNA, I definitely don't want to see the 700 Club every night.

I know right, screw Pat Robertson, he airs on WRAZ FOX 50 in Raleigh or he used too they now air simulcast sister-station WRALs Noon News. No one watches and want to hear his racist-gospel rants 

Just now, bmasters1 said:

 

How true, how true! Imagine if someone in Phoenix wanted to turn on the evening edition of KPNX 12 News on coming home from work, and then all of a sudden had TBN shouting at them or Mike Huckabee ranting-- the ratings would tank in a hurry!

There be irreparable damage, I mean Sinclair learned the hard way and there collapsing right now, I'm kinda happy about it cause pushing agendas is something for cable. And local people kept it local, non-biased community faith, and now local news is endanger!!! Now I don't live in a Tegna market but imaging WFMY 2 News with Huckabee racist views.

14 minutes ago, bmasters1 said:

What's this I hear about TBN wanting to buy Tegna and replace the existing newscasts on those stations with hard-right religious shows? Did you hear about that?

 

https://www.nexttv.com/blog/beware-of-religious-bias-in-media-consolidation

You know this reminds me of pastor Kenneth Copeland when he said "The media says Joe Biden is the next President a bursted out laughing" well this reminds of it but it's at people like him and his faith!!! This is never gonna happened not even Aj Ptat (A Republican himself) wouldn't allow this to happen TBN is a joke the only one I know who watches it is my grandma on my dad side (she's strictly Christian). And that would cost a huge rapture and it would be the largest mass affiliation rupture since 1995 with the FOX/New World deal. Cause no network is gonna wanna affiliate with that cause they serve the audience of America which is diverse, multicultural, and multi-religous also they be the ones to clear network programming for stuff not all religions would do not be happy with. This article is comedy cause it's never gonna happen!!! They even pre-empt the network evening newscasts, specials it just wouldn't be good for the business!!! And in Markets like Seattle, St. Louis, Dallas, Houston, Portland, Washington D.C., Phoenix  that just wouldn't slide there.

8 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

Big news out of Steel City.....

 

Well, she was being quietly pushed out in the evenings with Lisa Sylvester. And demoted to noon so I guess it was a sign but if it was hers that understandable too...

Just now, MidwestTV said:

Did WNT just update their open? looks different, but I haven't seen their open in quite a while.

Nah just David Muir just wasn't in and there were several big stories tonight news that happened. Because the tease is taped a half-hour early.  There was breaking news in that half-hour after Qusuuem Solemani death and the revenge attacks happened that was after there tease and just second before the show started!!!

On 10/27/2020 at 1:27 AM, who?cares said:

It appears WWSB is getting a new set /update.

Yeah, just about to post that I can confirm new set is coming!!!

Yep, here it is!!!

Here's the 4P.M.

And the 5P.M.

8 hours ago, Bsean said:

Sasha Foo has left KUSI and television news:

https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2020/10/18/marketink-anchor-and-reporter-sasha-foo-leaves-kusi-tv-after-17-years/

hmm interesting, b Sean!!!

9 hours ago, TheRob said:

 

c'mon it's a simple violation it isn't even suspend able, nor is it terminable. could just been a good review of contract rules by the bosses. Sunbeam did something stupid already starting of on a bad foot post Ed Ansin era!!! Good thing will come when good doors closes better doors will open.

12 hours ago, wabceyewitness said:

Noticed that too last Thursday. They must have had a technical glitch too close to air time and dumped the headlines. 
 

 

Have been meaning to post this for a while - and not sure if it was mentioned before - but it’s pretty cool that the overnight rerun of WNT on many stations is actually the updated version. For example, WNT on WABC was preempted about 10 minutes in so David Muir could anchor a special report about the president leaving Walter Reed. ABC stuck with special report until the usual end time of WNT on the east coast. 
 

The WNT that aired on WABC overnight was the updated version for later time zones with updated headlines and a full broadcast, including a report about the president going back to the White House. 
 

Have also noticed a few times when there would be mistakes on the live east coast that the overnight broadcast on WABC would be a corrected version. 

Yea the same happened at WTVD in Raleigh, I though they were gonna repeat the eastern/central of World News Tonight. With the special report with David Muir possibly cashing a technical ruckus's with all affiliates across the country they didn't they also repeated a World News Tonight from another time zone where it was uninterrupted Presumably the western or mountain time end of the feed. But yes they did that to. And I noticed cause Johnathan Carl live shot was darker that how I knew they just reaired a west coast edition.

On 9/11/2020 at 12:15 AM, nickp said:

Shawn Yancy’s first story assignment at FOX 5 was covering the 9/11 terrorist attacks from the Pentagon

Yea, I remember she anchored all-day coverage. If that till the other sister came. I tell Washington is doing some fishy shit Washington, D.C. the most blackest town in the nation, next to Atlanta!!! Which is The second blackest town. Um Yancy departure, with Allison Morris will do irreparable damage to the Washington, D.C. Market and WTTG FOX 5 D.C..

1 hour ago, ttvn2000 said:

Same for WKRC in Cincinnati. Lots of young Black guy/older woman anchor pairings in Ohio lately... 

Yeah, Johansson needed that promotion badly, especially after they did him wrong at WRAL In Raleigh. He was going to embark on the lead 5 P.M. slot and 11 P.M. I think we’re the details and a big salary, but when the anchor who was supposed to be replaced by him David Crabtree wanted to push back his retirement to a few years till 2021 they did wrong. No alternative offer for an extensive salary they paid for and basically wasted money for a contract they never used it for!!!

6 hours ago, kfc513 said:

 

 

They've got nearly 200 stations under their belt, so the rollout will take ages to complete compared to a company who only has, for example, 60 stations. And then there's stations that use different graphics systems - so you have to either convert the graphics to whatever system they're using or send the station a system that the graphics were designed to work with and set it up.

 

This was also the case with the previous graphics (Curves and Glass), and the rollout of that look took up its entire lifespan! (2014-2018) And it took so long that it wasn't even finished being fully implemented across all stations before the new look launched.

 

The current look is already on it's third year, and now you've also got the COVID-19 pandemic that's already slowing everything down.

 

Then they need to mandate all of its stations to be on one graphics system switcher!!!

16 hours ago, Big Rollo Smokes said:

 

It was the other way around. WRAL-TV dropped CBS.

Nah, it was the other way around, more CBS dropped WRAL-TV they could’ve still stayed CBS for a long time, it was Les Moonves Greed at the time on affiliation fees. To the CBS North Carolina branding yes it was reflective to WNCN the call letters represented that and yes they had an emphasis on covering news from the whole state. Did it cause confusion yes cause confusion yes because people thought it was the CBS affiliate for the whole state and other NC affiliates felt slapped in the face. And it was just a bogus, whack branding.

36 minutes ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

It's really hard to call these new graphics since they are almost 2 years old.

This is probably the slowest corporate television company graphics roll out ever, It should go in the Guinness Book of World Records!!!