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On 9/28/2022 at 8:27 PM, VHSgoodiesWA said:

He was on CBS for so long...did the Sunday Night News in the early-mid '90s, and was a chief correspondent through multiple presidents. This came out of left field, especially with the hurricane going on. RIP Bill. 

Was recently thinking about how long Bill had lasted with the network, surprised to hear of his passing. What a legend! RIP

Hurricane Ian's coverage reminds me of Hurricane Andrew's coverage from 30 years ago:

WSVN (8/17/92) 1 week before the storm. TS Andrew was a minor footnote in the weather portion:

8/24/92 The night before the storm:

Aftermath (date unclear, 1992)

Not sure if this was posted already but according to TV Passport, the "Wake Up Atlanta" branding has been dropped in favor of "Atlanta News First at [insert time between 4:30-9am]." If im not mistaken only the 7-9 am hours were on Peachtree TV, now the 6 am portion is avalible on WPCH aswell.

17 hours ago, nycnewsjunkie said:

I guess you could say that. Supposedly (if former sports anchor Laura Behnke’s lawsuit is reliable), Lori Stokes was allegedly asked to…let’s just say, give certain favors to Dave Davis (the GM at the time) in exchange for a better contract. If those allegations are true, that probably contributed to Lori wanting to get the heck out of there.

 I read the part about "certain favors" on FTV life and I questioned it's reputablilty. Its amazing though that these circumstances haven't been blown up in the media like national level scandals such as Matt Lauer or Roger Ailes. (If this is true)

19 hours ago, Gavin M. said:

WABC she’s still be there if it weren’t for bad competence of Camille Edwards and upper management.

exactly what went down, contract renewal issues?

I really thought they would've at least kept some reference to CBS 46 outside of newscasts. ANF gives off a NY 1 type 24/7 cable network vibe. I suppose it works being that the station barely has a daytime lineup outside of news. 

Even though the importance of channel dials are going down with the Internet, will layman viewers know this is channel 46? 

This feels like a case of if it ain't broke don't fix it as the CBS 46 branding in recent years was perfectly fine. Hopefully it all works out. Let's see how we go from here.

On 9/27/2022 at 5:33 PM, susquvalleywgal said:

WBBH-TV has a live YT feed:

 

 

 

-- Matt

13 hours ago, mre29 said:

WBBH and WZVN are still in "team-up" mode, with both live streams available via YouTube, but WZVN's stream has a banner at its bottom with "For local coverage tune into Sunny 106.3, 96 Krock (96.1), B103.9, ESPN SWFL (98.1)".

 

I see both stations are now simulcasting the NBC's Today show.

It seems like NBC 2 may be the "mother station" so to speak between the two as alot of the reporters had on NBC 2 gear and the NBC feed is what's being show now. 

3 hours ago, geojustiniano said:

Lester Holt anchored a special report live from Florida from 12pm ET - 2:30pm ET before tossing to Kate and Aaron. 

Ahhh! Thanks

NBC News Daily  (west coast) anchors Kate Snow & Aaron Gilchrist are anchoring a special report about Ian, rather than Lester Holt (or Savannah Guthrie).

I know this is reguarding coverage but I had to commed WFLA on their fantastic set visuals. The panelled video walls mimicking a window while showing a storm in the background, great touch! A teriffic balance of physical set details and the flexibility of a video wall.

6 hours ago, mre29 said:

 

Here's a screenshot for posterity:

 

Noticed this aswell. Wondered if they were going to continue with separate coverage or simulcast at some point. 

On 9/27/2022 at 12:36 PM, Newsjunkie24 said:

 

I liked Judge Lynn the best. I liked the Divorce Court of the 2000s and early 2010's when it was more emotional and serious compared to the later seasons where it's now more humorous. I miss the old bailiff Joe as well.

Toler's analysis and advice to couples seemed really deep and powerful in constrast to the more surface level common sense advice from Faith Jenkins and Star Jones.

The program still retains the graphics and futuristic court set look it adopted since moving to Tyler Perry studios. Didn't like the look at first but it's grown on me.  The previous set however, looked warmer and less washed out by lighting.  Atlanta is a natural fit for the show, so much so that I had always assumed it was filmed there and not in LA. 

Star Jones has begun as the adjudicator on Divorce Court. She appears to be fitting into the role nicely. Judge Lynn Toler was the best, I wish Judge Mablean Ephraim could come off that low brow Byron Allen court show and return to Divorce Court. 

Ken Rosado filling in on a weekend!

I haven't watched a lot of KTLA recently, but I hear it's not what it used to be? does the news expansion have anything to do with that?

15 hours ago, Nick said:

Well, good for Mark Mester for sticking up for not only a long-time co-anchor but one of the best, most popular and well-liked.   However --  

Facts!!!

On 9/21/2022 at 8:08 PM, TexasTVNews said:

 

It won't be long before they'll bring DOOL back to the schedule.

in this day and age, I sadly doubt the networks are going to put a canceled soap back on the air. 

Pre WABC Sandra Bookman at another major ABC station, WSB!

On 7/24/2022 at 10:16 AM, sanewsguy said:

Forget whether Americans really want them or not, do people at the stations themselves want these extra newscasts? Especially when stations are already short-staffed and most certainly aren't adding extra bodies for these (both because people don't want to work there and because companies don't want to hire extra labor — it's a two-way street)?

If anything, stations should be dumping newscasts outside of core hours to help give their staff a break. Mornings, noon, 6, and 11pm are all you really need. The 9ams, 3pms, 4pms, 7pms, weekend morning shows of the world can go if you don't have the staff. Not only is it overkill and repetitive, but it's a lot of work when most stations are stretching their staffs thin. If you have to make your people pull double shifts to get both the morning and evening shows on the air, that's a problem. If you have college interns anchoring your weekend morning show because no one else wants to do it, that's a problem.

Although I'll argue that syndication has not been very compelling the past few years and has gotten pretty cliche. It's either "talk show with big name celebrity" or court show. There's no ifs, ands, or buts. These companies really need to do something different.

 

I'd also love to see a local station do something other than news or pay-for-play, but unfortunately local stations stopped being daring and creative once quirky local individuals sold their stations to hedge funds.

(I will give Graham Media Group credit in San Antonio, KSAT can and has produced a lot of non-news local shows in the past couple of years, mostly for their digital platforms but they'll air it on TV as weekend filler, most notably Texas Eats)

On 7/24/2022 at 11:04 AM, nycnewsjunkie said:

I’ve come around to thinking this way myself, but in all likelihood, station groups will continue to add newscasts for the time being. The amount of ad revenue they generate will be attractive to station owners, and they don’t yet see the implications of overworking the staff. There has to be some sort of breaking point for this expansion, but I don’t see it happening yet.

 

If they don’t slash the non-core time-slots entirely, I’d like to see stations do news differently in those time slots. I’d love to see a local Ros Atkins-type analysis show at 4pm, where major stories are broken down/explained, and multiple perspectives are examined.
 

I actually give Tegna a bit of credit for trying alternative newscasts in certain time slots at KUSA and KTVB. I personally wish they would focus more on analysis instead of commentary/opinion,

Totally agree! *Cough* WSVN, KTLA, WPIX, WGCL, WBBH

On 9/14/2022 at 5:07 PM, VHSgoodiesWA said:

The Simpsons has been a 7:30PM staple on KIMA/KEPR/KLEW for 25+ years. There were a couple of years in the early 2000s where The Simpsons didn't air at 7:30, but for the most part it still has a loyal audience in central Washington.

The Simpsons used to be a 7pm sydicaion staple on WNYW! Haven't seen it outside of overnights for a while now on some local stations.

https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2022/09/daytime-broadcast-ratings-for-the-week-of-september-12-16-2022

The source, Soap Opera Netwerk (may be biased based on the name and audience) cites Neilsen in reporting that NBC News Daily did not have a great debut in the ratings.

This is a transitional time. The soap bubble burst and talk shows became their replacement. Now the talk show bubble has burst and the news has become their replacement. So what happens when the news bubble bursts? Sitcom reruns and game shows on big three stations?

On 9/14/2022 at 5:19 PM, hmaxhanson said:

Looks like the Eyewitness News name is staying, and it looks pretty good in the CBS font.

Eyewitness News would have been the perfect branding for CBS O&Os had ABC not taken it.

Soooo will the station still be branded as CBS 46 outside of newscasts? 

On 9/7/2022 at 3:16 AM, C Block said:

If he doesn't work on Face the Nation, put him on Mornings.

It he doesn't work on Mornings, put him on streaming.

If he doesn't work on streaming, ....?

 

I'm sure he's probably a nice guy, but he just doesn't have that on-screen presence that clicks with viewers. If he's their idea for a marquis show on the streaming channel, then the streaming channel must be in a lot more trouble than it looks.

John is a solid political reporter and analyst. That role best suits him moreso than anchor.

PBS local stations are covering the funeral. BBC America is airing it with no L3 graphics. All cable networks except Fox Business and CNBC are covering the service.

Looks like WCBS went local for the first half hour of coverage and then went to the network at 6 o'clock ET. Not sure if other CBS O&Os did the same.

Cool! Didn't Marcia have a public affairs show back in the day aswell!

Looks like WCBS looks like did local coverage for the first half hour of the the Queen's funeral at 5:30 AM, then went with network coverage. Their local news is on WLNY right now.

On 9/14/2022 at 11:31 AM, fox5fan said:

Lori Stokes will be leaving Fox 5 and the news industry according to her post as of September 30.

 

Let the speculation begin, who takes over? Teresa Priolo or an outsider?

Well dayum! That was unexpected! To think at one point Fox 5 had Lori Stokes, Greg Kelly (pre Lori), Sukanya Krishnan and Rosanna Scotto on the morning block alone. 

The well is really running dry these days at Fox 5.

What did CNN have before American Morning? 

Personally CNN should just stick to hard news in the morning, maybe with an international slant. Whether that would be competitive with Morning Joe or Fox & Friends remains to be seen. Hopefully whatever they try isn't as opinionated as New Day.