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Whoah! WABC news anchor John Johnson promoting a charity boxing match (1983). Surprised the station let him be shirtless on cam. https://youtu.be/SR1qhsY5Kx4?is=FMhXPbyHQfGFzdZu

When someone in another thread said Derrick Waller was foolish for leaving WABC, and he should have waited for a better slot, I pointed this put to them. The wait often never ends. Jeff Smith has been on weekends for 20+ years. So has Joe Torres. WABC must be a great workplace because people stick around! That's great, but it's also bad if you want to move up.

Fully support this. 12p Joe & Sandra 4 & 6p David & Liz 5 & 11p Sade & Mike Exactly what is Sam Champion's remaining role at Eyewitness News. How frequently does he appear on "EWN This Morning" anymore? Is he still regularly seen on "Mornings @ 10".

Yup!!! Lessons learned from 9/11.

As for the Nexstar podcasts that are strictly online, does anyone actually watch them in great number. They seem to be filling dead air with journalists' passion projects or hobbies. Im curious what the numbers are for streamers like WTEN+ or WPIX+

Fortunately it's only 72 degrees in Midtown, Manhattan today with a low chance of rain. Had this been last week during the scorching temperatures, or in the dead of winter, the situation would have been worse. PIX his back to imposing Nexstar's five minute only preview of their live stream. It was unrestricted during earlier breaking coverage. On top of that, the time it takes for a commercial to play is also counted against the preview. Dan is getting his overtime today!

It's always interesting to watch news stations function when they have no studio access. One reporter said PIX was having trouble getting things on air so his photographer had to film images off of his phone. What an active summer it has been for the New York City news cycle! Yet again we have another case of a New York City news station left homeless after an incident, WCBS after Covid, WABC after that fire. The big questions: when will the building in question be stabilized and when will WPIX regain access to their facilities.

It was interesting when I saw him work mornings at WCBS knowing he left WABC because of that shift. I can't blame the guy, there's nothing natural about waking up at 2 AM. Studies show it's harmful to the human body. Plus, the difficulty with a station like WABC is that they have so much senior talent who never leave, so you may never get off of a shift. Marcus Solis (if I'm correct) is still, working weekend mornings ---- it could be his choice. Joe Torres (and up until a few years ago Sandra Bookman) is still on weekends (could be his/their choice). Leaving WABC might be just what someone has to do to get a better position, being that their talent stays put. Unfortunately in Waller's case it didn't work out for him. He was better off an AM reporter at Disney than Nexstar & Paramount.

I was questioning whether I fell asleep and missed the ball drop, that seems like something that they should show! I liked the segments, it was an OK special.

Weekend Today has a nice set up for America 250! Craig and Savannah in to host. Loving the network mic flags, wish they were more common place on national news. Apparently Willie is still seen on MS now post split?

Disney logo on GMA Graphics for ABC's 24 hour nonstop telecast for America 250. I assumed this was going to be something like ABC 2000 with Peter Jennings. David Muir hosting for 24 hours straight. This looks like it's alternating between multiple hosts with a lot of pre-produced segments.

Congrats but Nexstar is not quite the safest place to land if you're worried about layoffs

Especially if both stations were going to adopt the same name they might as well have simulcast. Through the industry, having spoken to a producer at that shop, their logic is that WBBH is their headlines newscast, and WZVN is their in depth "thinkers" newscast. IIRC, the producer said they maintain separate operations due to their distinctive audiences. Where are WZVN's morning anchors now?

it doesn't need to happen. The better Fox local pairing that I could see for a national talk show would be Alex Holley and Mike Jerrick on Good Day Philadelphia.

Was just coming here to ask about this, and found that you noticed it too. From a cost-effective/practicality standpoint it makes sense to fully simulcast instead of two separate news operations in one newsroom and requiring reporters to do separate live hits for two separate stations. Unfortunately that would result in the layoffs of producers and possibly anchors. If they ever fully unify, GCN would join their Florida *counterparts at First Coast News and Action News Jax in unified news operations.

Alex Witt is an institution. I grew up seeing her anchor for hours on MSNBC News Live weekends! This was back when MSNBC was known for news, not just "The Place for Politics" and was on the MSN homepage. Nostalgia.

Agreed it looks cheap and ugly. I was interested in the concept at first but now, not so much. Hopefully WCBS doesn't expand their's outside of weather. I'm surprised CBS hasn't tried VR as the main CBS Evening News set to be "innovative".

At 01:57, Liz Cho's reaction segment the Monday after Bill's Friday Alzheimer's announcement. As shown in the video, Bill & Liz's first broadcast together Sunday, July 6, 2003. I had always assumed this video was of them permanently taking their slots, but didn't realize it was from a weekend. As for who replaces Bill, I would go with either David Novarro since he already anchors with Liz at 4, or Sandra Bookman since she only does one show at noon.

Update on Pat Battle. Her first post since about last year, in reaction to the Knicks victory. She's rocking a shaven head, with no context around that. Multiple Instagram comments express support and say they're rooting for her. Ms. Battle has shared multiple times on the air that she is a breast cancer survivor. Whatever she's going through right now, apparently cancer, all the best to her.... she's literally got fight in her last name

most on air talent probably at or preparing to go to the parade. Im surprised Rosanna, the star of the show was kept in the building instead of at the parade.

My 9 is relevant today! It's being used for Knicks coverage. I like that they actually used WWOR's logo, as many duopolies these days just use the main stations logo when it's on the junior station.

Loving the basketball CBS logo for Knicks Parade coverage! If the logo were bigger it would've been cool to have the actual CBS logo with the iris as the basketball.

Very similar to Washington DC's WTTG. It's Fox 5 Morning from 5-9a then Good Day DC from 9am. My guess is branding the 9 AM onwards differently as it typically has a more lifestyle entertainment feel.

I'm still waiting on a clip to surface of Beutel's last broadcast as regular anchor in 2001. In that 2003 clip, you can really see that Bill wasn't saying much as you point out. Similar to Dana Tyler. She said she'd be too emotional to get her words out live, same case will Bill probably.

Good to hear about her reaction. Hopefully they or another account posts that video soon. Interesting that they didn't show Bill interacting with his colleagues, or reaction from his colleagues, regarding his announcement after he made it on Friday. It would have been nice to see everybody wish him well after 20+ years of working together. But I respect his decision to close out the broadcast with just him and the viewer personally alone. I think it's fair. With so many examples of news employers mistreating their employees, it's nice to see an organization respect their talent so much that they take every effort possible to mention his departure.