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Adding to that, something I learned... Metropolitan areas, and DMAs are not necessarily coextensive. So a metropolitan area can have a higher population than another metro, yet still have a lower DMA rank. Our example... The Miami Metro is bigger than the Tampa Metro, yet Tampa's DMA ranks higher than Miami's. Why? The Miami metropolitan area includes the population of Palm Beach County, but the Miami DMA does not. This is probably because the entire metropolitan area would be too massive for the stations to drive to get to stories.

I've been there before as a journalist and in all fairness it is a lot to learn pronunciations of EVERY place as soon as you get the job. He probably wouldn't have known the pronunciation because he's never had to say the neighborhood name before plus most people simply call it The Village. Speaking of reporter mistakes, I've seen long time journalists at some of the stations call anywhere in Central Brooklyn "Flatbush". Yes, little details like this matter, but no one is perfect. Someone should point at the mistake to him, correct this and any more potential mispronunciations, then move on. The producers can also assist by putting pronouncers of tricky town names in the prompter.

As election day approaches, here's an Election I don't really hear people talking about ... 1996! It's surreal to see an election called at 8:00 PM considering how much later the past few elections have dragged.

I don't mind it. I think the virtual weather studio is cool, and the virtual news set that's used on CBS 24/7 is even better. It sets their weather presentation apart from the other six stations in NYC. From questionable graphics choices (as shown in that debate pic) to questionable talent changes. Just a series of clueless missteps by CBS O&Os and WCBS itself. Who is their news director???

Copy. It feels weird, the distinct lack of publicity about this. It's almost as if CBS is embarrassed to be retooling its evening show yet again.

I've watched Mike and remember him from WSVN. He seems fine. He's a great personality in the mornings and I'm confident he can get the job done on evenings. It's understandable why Michelle wouldn't want to be a weekday AM host. It requires waking up around 2:00 a.m. five days a week. Getting up at about 4:00 a.m. just two days a week is much less taxing. Some talent also don't want to be confined to the desk. The ability to split their time anchoring and reporting is a best of both worlds scenario.

Toni is excellent and filled with perosnality. She was especially good with Rob Nelson. This question has been asked before and the typical answer is that she may not want to. Overall I think WABC has the strongest bench by a long shot, WNYW has the weakest.

Wow! Star was growing to be one of the station's popular personalities. She had gone viral on social media for her outfits.

Not a bad idea at all. I just question if said programs would do well as we're already overloaded with national news.

Let's just take a moment to celebrate how far CBS has come aesthetically. That newsroom looks great and I love the brown accents on the graphics package. It reminds me of Katie Couric era CBS Evening News. I would argue CBS News now has the best sets of big 3 broadcast networks. I don't recall WCBS or CBS making a formal on air announcement of John and Maurice taking over CBSEN. The OG press release also described Margaret Brennan as leading the political coverage whenever news breaks. I'm curious to see how this dynamic will play.

Agreed. Other than ad revenue there's no reason for MY 9 to still be on the air. It hasn't been worth watching since UPN went defunct. When first learning about the industry, I was surprised New Jersey doesn't have it's own DMA. But again, Jersey is well covered by New York and Philadelphia stations. For those who can still afford cable there's News 12 --assuming they still do a good job. Likewise, due to the state's geographic and cultural proximity to both cities, is a dedicated DMA necessary? Perhaps any New Jerseyans here feel differently?

Norah's current set is great. After the NYC relocation I would either hope for a recreation of Nora's DC set, something like this photo, or that virtual media wall set on CBS 24/7. Honestly the 24/7 set might be more unique since the CBSEN has tried everything at this point.

I get that part. And yes, a licensed station not fulfilling its obligation technically is an issue.... but does that matter in the grand scheme of things if stations licensed to neighboring communities are providing you comprehensive coverage?

Granted WWOR is licensed to New Jersey but why is the state so protective of the station when channels like 4 and even 7 cover New Jersey pretty well?

Sidebar, this is a great looking desk and set and hopefully it or one like it is used once CBSEN relocates to NYC.

Move the local news up to 10-11/9-10c so they can get that full hour of ad revenue. Put the late shows on 11/10c. I would imagine being seen earlier would help their ratings. Nightline especially would benefit from being earlier. Now, networks now only have to fill 2 hours of lack luster content a night. The solution should not be what some Fox stations do: news at 10 and 11pm ET (a full 90-95 minutes). News departments are stretched thin enough.

John Dickerson hosting tonight At some point he and Maurice should co-host or at least appear on screen together so viewers can get used to them.

I declined to say decades because I don't recall exactly when they stopped having primary hosts like Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace were originally.

A lot of us are seeing Scrippscasts as this major shift to the industry, but I'm beginning to realize the anchorless newscast concept has existed for a long time. This is perhaps the first serious attempt on daily local news. 60 Minutes has not had a primary host for years now, and has correspondents presenting the stories themselves. I cannot find the article anywhere but IIRC a New York City newspaper wrote about a NYC station, NBC New York Non-Stop perhaps, testing the idea of anchorless news broadcast around the late 2000s. ASU Cronkite School of Journalism also put out a pretty smooth college broadcast employing the same concept. No anchor newscasts are not the end of the world especially as we shift to digital. But it poses the risk of job elimination and a plain impersonable product. I'm especially curious to see how smaller markets with more VOs than packages pull this off. I don't mind it being a method of news delivery but I don't want it to become the standard. Scripps former Senior VP who was instrumental in this concept discusses it further here. Interestingly, and scarily, he has moved on to Graham. He brands himself as a "disruptor" and "innovator".

Almost looks Nexstar-ish with the tile and white light boxes. Not the worst, not the best set. Meh.

The previous Judge Judy show was better than the current. If a show like Judge Judy has a thousand plus library of episodes with evergreen scenarios, there's no sense in taking it off the air just because it's not making new episodes. Old sitcoms remain in syndication but there's this general feeling that daytime shows should be buried once they stop making new episodes.

It's good to see people who have actually been reporters elevated to positions of power in journalism. In general....Too often we have bosses, especially news directors and producers, who expect the wold. They have no idea about the timing and logistics needed to pull off field reporting and make slot because they were never reporters.

I am glad you mentioned this, I had similar observations. MSNBC is not the channel for breaking news anymore. It is largely political commentary. NBC News Now appears to be where the network is diverting their general news coverage to. Amid all their faults, CNN and The Fox News Channel are better at diverting from politics to cover breaking or general news. The exception I saw was Sean Hannity using his show to say FEMA funds were being diverted to illegal immigrants. MSNBC may break for a moment to cover an actual breaking story, but goes back to their status quo, orange man bad.

To rephrase... If I was being pushed out (as it seems) I wouldn't volunteer to be in the middle of a hurricane. But perfect point that events like the VP debate and this hurricane coverage would be waste to ease viewers into getting used to Maurice and John.

West Palm Beach is now going wall to wall in the aftermath of the tornadoes. WFTS appears to have the most on the ground coverage during landfall.