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From the press release: “WISN 12 News at 4:00 p.m." has a distinct focus on breaking news and the very latest on stories and events happening in neighborhoods across Milwaukee and all of Southeastern Wisconsin.” So… what the hell are they doing in their other shows then?

Yeah, because WBBM is known for its stability…

A lot of stations are setup with a flash cam in the newsroom that can be punched up directly by master control in the event of breaking news but no production staff onsite.

Two hours of watching someone drink gallons of Pepsi for breakfast just to find out in the last 30 seconds they died. It’s not a bad show.

There were at one point standards for production that the industry was somewhat holding themselves to, but those have long since been thrown out the window. A one man band with a YouTube account, iPhone and a ring light pulls in millions more viewers than most local newscasts ever will. And good for them. Here's an unpopular opinion: local news doesn't have to be exclusively delivered to an audience via over-the-air television broadcasts. Fresno seems like a journalism desert, a great place for a digital local news startup. It would be much easier to churn out a few local stories daily for a digital presence than trying to figure out how to make 60 minutes of engaging television. There are fully-staffed newsrooms across the country that can't even pull this off. Honestly... it would probably be easier to find too. Meet your audience where they are. I don't think it's 8pm on MyNetworkTV. But if this is about rebuilding a personal brand, getting one's face out there and building a reel, or having a sandbox to play in - why not? No reason to be jealous about it.

You're asking if anyone watches the morning show that happens to have the most total viewers? (Today wins narrowly in some demos). They must be doing something right... it's almost as if a majority of viewers don't care about news and would rather wake up to something softer and more digestible.

Do we know anything about the broadcast team for the Apple TV+ games? Are they just using MLBN?

yes.

The WFLA package was created by Rey...

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

Retrans is where the money is at now.

I'm sure they didn't consider any of this, good thing there are some dudes on a forum who can solve all of these complicated issues and decisions.

That will look amazing on some big tacky 3D poorly textured random shapes with some lens flares.

There's a lot to unpack here... but not really worth anyone's time. But seriously... all you have to offer is "more hours of news"? Yikes...

...says the guy posting on a forum mostly about the aesthetics of local news...

It’s worth noting each CBS O&O has a design team and an art director and can pretty much do whatever they want with station looks (within reason) and KCNC has been copying graphics from network for years. That said, a group wide change is not going to originate from Denver so just calm yourselves. Also - if you’re interested in applying - both WBBM and WCCO have art director positions open right now…

WRC launched the new look today. Same studio, same music. Looks nice.

There's plenty of other options in town for local news at 11 on a Saturday. Why do the same thing with the same stories as your competitors? Why not try something different as a lead in to a popular network comedy sketch show? Local stations used to produce all kinds of programming... comedy, music, etc... why not go back to that? Why does a local station just have to purely be a news operation? If audiences and revenue are shrinking why is it such a bad idea to try something else?

Looks like his behavior finally caught up with him… and hopefully the GM learns a lesson about only hiring friends.

In their defense, people don't exactly jump online to praise anything that they like.

This morning they are teasing an in-studio interview with Monica Lewinsky for next week Tuesday and they have said a few times “in Studio 1A” specifically.

New graphics in this promo look interesting... wonder if they will translate into the show's look. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-mornings-nate-burleson-gayle-king-tony-dokoupil/

WCCO has been doing this for years since the launch of their 9am newscast, LMAD leads into Dr. Phil.

I hate speculation… but… A lot of recent graphics rollouts have come with upgrades to new CG systems. For example, Fox had major issues with the new Chyron Prime system which delayed launches at a lot of stations. There could be some kind of hardware upgrades coming along with these graphics and that’s why the rollout might be slow and staggered and not lining up with new set launches.

“Comcast wants the FCC to issue a ruling that Nexstar should be attributed ownership of WPIX New York , which would make it in violation of the commission's 39% cap on broadcast national audience reach. The cable operator claims Nexstar’s divestiture of the station to meet FCC requirements in its acquisition of Tribune was a “sham.”” https://www.cablefax.com/programming/new-feud-comcast-says-nexstar-violates-audience-cap-tribune-order