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On 5/29/2025 at 3:01 PM, 24994J said:
Between here and the Discord, we've seen multiple people confirm that this is a new package for the group, so there's been a thread title change.
It'll certainly be interesting to see the new Scripps group graphics and music package introduced to the other Scripps group stations (including WEWS, WCPO, WPTV, WRTV, WTVF, KMGH, KTNV, etc.).
I could see this throwing a hint to competing groups like Tegna and Hearst, if any of them are mulling over new graphics and music packages for their stations.
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2 hours ago, SDHIll1980 said:
Along those lines, I wonder if ABC did pursue WSFL for an affiliation given the relationship between the Alphabet and Scripps. That said, good for WSVN if they can handle it, but we'll wonder long they'll keep ABC and Fox on their signal.
I also wonder if ABC has made any kind of offer to buy the South Florida station.
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38 minutes ago, 24994J said:
It's a polarizing look, but I think the Chicago version works better, as there are simply more unique landmarks and imagery to use. Feels a little more fleshed-out. It's no coincidence that WFLD's current boss and morning anchor both came from Seattle.
I wouldn't be surprised if other Fox O&O stations are to get similar morning newscast openings like that of WFLD 32 and KCPQ 13.
For WNYW 5, they'd have the Mahattan skyline buildings (like 1WTC, Empire State Building, etc.), the Statue Of Liberty, and the Brooklyn Bridge as local landmarks that'd easily be in their Good Day opening. KTTV 11 would have the Hollywood sign. WTTG 5 would have the U.S. Capitol, Washington Monument, White House, etc. It'll be interesting to see this be rolled out.
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2 hours ago, GraphicsMan said:
That’s gonna be hard to tell last time he was with NBC he was in the local level his only national exposure is with ABC (7 years) and now this stint here (4 years). That’s 12 years on national news he’s still still relatively new and young.
My initial thoughts would've been either Savannah Guthrie or Kate Snow being safer bets, as they have the name recognition, and have been around longer than Llamas. Granted, it'd remain to be seen if Llamas can deliver ratings for NBC's flagship news program after Holt leaves, and if NBC truly has confidence in him.
Plus we no longer see anchors of the flagship network evening news programs sticking around for 20+ years like we used to with Brokaw, Rather, and Jennings back in the old days.
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3 hours ago, GraphicsMan said:
So it’s oficial Tom Llamas takes over “Nightly News” as anchor and managing editor, he’ll also continue to do “Top Story” on streaming. So they making him the face of TV and streaming.
https://www.nbcnews.com/media/tom-llamas-anchor-nbc-nightly-news-rcna194961
Me too I think he’s fine also. He might have to battle with CBS for second place because they are catching up. But he will maintain the status quo.
We can only hope NBC doesn't mess this one up, and that the selection of Tom Llamas to anchor NBC Nightly News after Lester Holt departs to focus on Dateline NBC isn't a repeat of Jeff Glor's short-lived run on CBS Evening News, or anything like Deborah Norville or Ann Curry's short-lived runs as Today co-hosts, or Christiane Amanpour's short-lived tenure on This Week, or the short-lived pairing of Lisa McRee and Kevin Newman on Good Morning America.
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On 2/22/2025 at 5:08 PM, Encore 323 said:
It is sad to see WABC and the ABC network in general leaving its longtime home on the Upper West Side especially with all of the memories, newscasts, and personalities that have been coming in and out of those doors but I am glad that they are planning for the future and 7 Hudson Square will be able to accommodate those needs. The same standards that made the station the most watched in the Tri-State and in the whole nation will continue and will improve with being housed in this modern facility as well as the standards of the ABC News division. I am based in Los Angeles but I know people in New York so it is going to be a change for them when they watch Eyewitness News and network news programming.
The Upper West Side area (Lincoln Center and West 66th) was to ABC for decades, with the exception of GMA that is based at Times Square, prior to the recent decision made by Disney to relocate ABC's NYC-based properties and productions to Hudson Square near lower Manhattan.
We know Rockefeller Plaza is to NBC. And the Hell's Kitchen area (along West 57th) is to CBS, with the exceptions of CBS Mornings (2021-Present) that is based in the Paramount Building near Times Square, and the former CBS Early Show (1999-2012) that was based in the GM Building near Central Park. NBC and CBS getting nifty investments similar to what ABC got would remain to be seen.
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6 hours ago, TheNewsTV said:
WABC-TV's new set looks very nice I must say. The Circle 7 fixture above the main anchor desk and home-base area is also quite neat. The anchor desk also looks nice.
I'm curious as to whether the new WABC-TV Eyewitness News set is Broadcast Design International, FX Design Group, or Z Space Creative project, or something from a different set design firm.
Hopefully the old WABC-TV set at Lincoln Center that made its final appearance this weekend gets donated to a local college or charter school journalism studies program and put to great use. Just sayin'.
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On 1/18/2025 at 5:30 PM, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:
My question though: isn't it federal law to break into programming for life-threatening severe weather? So isn't Allen "technically" breaking the law because they aren't providing life-saving information?? I just can't see TWC providing live coverage, especially if they struggle bad enough with who they have for national coverage?? I'm just curious if there are lawsuits just waiting to happen??
Byron Allen's media empire could be subject FCC and congressional investigations and paying hefty fines to the FCC over this apparent violation of not serving the best interests local TV viewing audiences. At this point, Allen would probably be smart to sell his local TV stations off to companies that can operate stations that would adhere to serving public interests in good faith, and building up new groups of up-and-coming content creators.
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2 hours ago, Nelson R. said:
Interesting…
I’d like for affiliates to have a choice if it’s only a half hour…
Keep Y&R at 12:30 and run B&B and Gates from 1:30-2:30 and syndicated programming at 2:30.
Or hourlong news from noon-1pm, Y&R from 1-2 and the two half hour soaps from 2-3 but I know that will never happen
I'd be on board with CBS allowing its affiliates to have the full Noon-1PM Eastern time slot for local midday news... The Price Is Right remain in its 11AM Eastern time slot... and CBS shifting The Young & The Restless to 1PM Eastern time... The Bold & The Beautiful moving to 2PM Eastern time... and The Gates at 2:30PM Eastern time.
5 hours ago, HanSolo said:Reasons why there’s a less than 0% chance of “mandating” carriage. They already take up more of an affiliate’s schedule in daytime than ABC & NBC, so getting another hour is a non-starter. Now, if they were to (this is not a serious proposition) cancel Y&R, you could make that case. Or (slightly more so plausible) if they sent Let’s Make a Deal out to pasture. Or (perhaps most plausible but not for some time) if The Gates fails
to get out of the gate on a good footing, that could be an hour to claim for the morning brand expansion. But the idea any affiliate group is ceding an hour back is just not reality in 2024.
I'd also be okay with CBS parting ways with Let's Make A Deal to accommodate CBS Mornings Plus, and affiliates having the option to air it at 9AM or 10AM.
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1 hour ago, ATLNewsExpert said:
Veteran WANF reporter Rebekah Schramm has announced she is leaving the industry after 23 years at WANF and 7 more in the industry as a whole.
For most of this news operation's history, throughout the numerous rebrands, she was one of the only constants.
Personally, she really helped us when we first launched "Magnet Newsroom", gave us some great advice and I'm truly going to miss seeing her in the mornings.
Rebekka Schramm was with WANF during the Clear News era, then the back-and-forth CBS Atlanta/CBS 46 eras, and Atlanta News First. Not sure whether she may show up at a competing station later on or if she's leaving the news business entirely to try something new. Hopefully Schramm remains in Atlanta.
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22 hours ago, AmericanErrorist said:
Nexstar would probably like to take WKBD and WBFS in order to shore up their scheduled-to-return CW affiliations, but they're capped right now.
Nexstar would have to sell off a few stations in order to acquire any additional stations they see as lucrative and keep WPIX.
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2 hours ago, MD TV said:
Here it is:
With Dana Tyler's time at CBS2 coming to a close. Hopefully this isn't goodbye for Dana, assuming she decides to show up at one of the competing NYC stations (NBC4, FOX5, ABC7, or PIX11) for I believe she's got a few more years left in reporting news. Wishing Dana all the best.
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11 hours ago, TexasTVNews said:
I hope it replaces The Talk; I hated that show ever since. I had a vision of what the lineup would look like.
10AM (ET) - LMAD
11AM (ET) - The Price is Right
12PM - Local News
12:30PM - Y&R
1:30PM - B&B
2PM - The Gates
In case you forgotten, CBS pulled the plug on two legendary soaps (GL & AWTW) in '09 and '10. And for game show fans like me,
in case you might remember CBS did a pilot for ($1,000,000) Pyramid in '09, but it was passed up... twice!
Another thought could be CBS & the Bell family expanding B&B to 1 hour, and The Gates be a half-hour soap. It'll be interesting to see what CBS might be planning.
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It'll be interesting to see how those soon-to-be former CW affiliates that are CBS O&O will do as independent stations. It's been nearly 17 years since The WB and UPN went away when they merged to create The CW. I miss seeing those 2 networks as independent entities, and we all know they're not coming back. We can likely expect call letter changes for some of the affected stations to phase out any CW references. The next couple of months will be interesting.
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52 minutes ago, BluesNews said:
I mean I get people here are upset and are looking for some kind of justification to Gray ditching the CBS46 brand, even down to speculating a possible disaffiliation with CBS but we’ve known since Gray purchased the Meredith stations that they planned to blow up WGCL. We’ve known this entire time they had plans to make it a more serious news-centric operation with its own brand and less influence on the network it was affiliated with, they’ve made zero secret about that.
What I don’t understand is why everyone is so upset with WANF and the Atlanta News First brand, sure, it’s unconventional but it does exactly what Gray said they were going to do. We knew going in that CBS46 was going to be tossed out, we knew going in that Gray intended to expand newscasts and beef up the news department. Now, WANF is trying to make headway in unseating the top stations in town for news and make a name for itself, and everyone wants to crap all over the effort. I say, good for Gray and good for WANF for wanting to try to do it right this time. I’m sure, as I’ve mentioned before with the whole KCBS/KCAL thing, that this was tested and tested and tested before it hit the air and it worked.
So to come on here and have a meltdown over a brand and say that Gray is destroying the station when we’ve known all along this was their plan is kind of ludicrous. To also speculate that CBS is unhappy with Gray and WANF and plans to yank the affiliation for their own station in Atlanta is also ludicrous. If CBS really wanted WUPA to be a CBS affiliate, they would have done so decades ago.
Why does CBS still own WUPA? That’s a question for the theologians. But the same question can be asked of KSTW, WTOG, and others as well. And if CBS pulls their CW affiliations from said stations, it’s not an automatic that they’re going to be actively seeking CBS affiliations for those. Heck, they could run them as 24/7 linear CBS News stations. They could do a number of things, but I think we can’t speculate about what hasn’t happened yet.
I think we need to focus on the fact that WANF is finally trying to make a name for themselves in the field of news, and Gray is pouring money and resources and time in that Meredith didn’t in order to make it work. And that should be applauded, not lambasted.
We can see that Gray is putting forth the effort to make WANF a competitive local station. We didn't see Tribune (during the WGNX era) and Meredith (during the WGCL era) doing much investing in the station.
Tribune had originally wanted the station to be an affiliate of the now defunct WB network, but settled with CBS in an 11th hour deal as CBS wanted a station viewers were more familiar with and had a functioning news operation. They weren't very motivated in adding additional newscasts outside of Noon, 6PM, & 11PM.
Meredith, while they may have added morning, 5PM, & 4PM newscasts on main station, and prime-time newscast on WPCH (Peachtree TV), they're remembered for the failed Clear News experiment, to the the back-and-forth between CBS Atlanta and CBS 46 brandings, and being a revolving door station when it came to retaining on-air talents.
Gray, which is Atlanta-based, sees potential with adding 9AM, 3PM, and 7PM newscasts to the main station, and adding 7-9AM newscast and expanding prime-time news on WPCH, and not relying too heavily on CBS. WANF has potential to beat WXIA (known as 11Alive), which has seen better days, and some may even jokingly refer to as "11Dead". WAGA (Fox 5) and WSB (Channel 2 Action News) are the top 2 stations.
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The CBS News Detroit set doesn't look too bad. Graphics is okay. As is the new This Is CBS News Theme.
With WWJ-TV returning to in-house local news production, I kind of pick up a WIAT 42 Daily News type vibe with the new CBS News Detroit newscast, from the starting out with 2 daily newscasts (at 6PM and 11PM), to having a small reporting staff. Hopefully CBS has plans to grow its presence in Detroit, considering local news/programming production is typically cheaper to produce and more profitable than acquiring nationally syndicated shows these days.
I don't know what to make of CBS going in the direction of "CBS News (market name)" for local newscasts, when viewers would be used to the "CBS (channel number)", or station call letters, or the "Eyewitness Action News" brandings on local newscasts.
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5 hours ago, Metrodonmartin said:
Networks are going away. The GM here has already made the comment, “do we really need to be a CBS/network affilliate ? They are banking on creating a local brand. CBS owns a station in Atlanta. Gray is well aware that CBS most likely will pull an NBC BOSTON type move in ATLANTA. Gray is smart to create a non CBS yet local brand.
With WGCL (soon-to-be WFNA) dropping "CBS" branding and eye logo... It wouldn't surprise me if CBS affiliation was to change channels in Atlanta at some point.
"Atlanta News First" does kind of give off a similar vibe to WJZY which has "Queen City News" as its branding.
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5 hours ago, Vlad said:
I feel like Talent opens are a thing of the past though now. If i'm not mistaking, I think only WABC does talent opens the rest of the stations don't have them.
That is true. It would seem like WABC must not be motivated in making that change. WNBC retired their talent intros in their main news opens 15 years ago. The majority of other local TV stations across the country ended that practice back in the mid 90s.
Other than WABC... WPVI has introduced their talents in their main news openings, although I see them scaling back on it in certain newscasts. WPVI could opt for simple "Live with the Delaware Valley's Leading News Program. Channel 6 Action News starts now." News opening retain visuals of Delaware Valley surroundings and MCTYW music.
WLS did talent introductions in their main openings, which has also since been changed a few years ago to simple news opening and talent montage piece when the newscast goes to or returns from its first commercial.
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1 hour ago, Action Newsroom said:
Even after the cancellations of All My Children and One Life to Live, this move genuinely shocks me because I really thought soap operas still have some staying power on television in this day and age. But it's a much better fate for it than cancellation, assuming by the success it's spinoff Beyond Salem has on Peacock.
It's a lucky thing that Days Of Our Lives is getting a new lease on life via Peacock streaming service. I'd welcome seeing Peacock perhaps exploring acquiring rights to do reruns of classic Procter & Gamble soaps, including any and all surviving episodes of Another World, Search For Tomorrow, The Edge Of Night, Guiding Light, and As The World Turns... Or maybe bringing certain shows back for new half-hour episodes. I certainly miss seeing the soaps and don't really care for the major TV networks going for cheaper fanfare.
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On 7/10/2022 at 12:33 PM, GodfreyGR said:
Probably. I wish CCO hadn't ditched the "weather watcher whistle" for the CBS 5-note tone.
I still argue the "If it isn't broken..." argument. WCCO desperately needs a graphics refresh like all the CBS O&O's; but they have done a good job going with what they know works in the market- a set that has aged shockingly well for being 10-years old (minor updates, of course), iconic branding, and recognizable air staff. On the other side of town, KARE11 used to be #1 with that same formula, and now they're just happy to be in the Top 5 (as of Nov 2021).
I'm on the fence when it comes to CBS experimenting with that Now newscast concept on its Independent, CW, and My-Network-TV stations.
I came across an interesting video on YouTube of what could be described as a mock CBS O&O intro.
I doubt we'd be seeing this show up on CBS O&O stations. I'll admit that it looks great and could easily pass for CBS O&O graphics and opening package. We'll have to wait and see what CBS rolls out to its stations in the Fall.
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With COVID-19 dominating the news cycle. WNYW Fox 5 NY appears to have made a change to its 10PM opening. Instead of the standard "It's 10PM do you know where your children are?", NYC viewers will be seeing... "It's 10PM, stay home, stay safe, stay strong, we're all in this together."
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26 minutes ago, kshow said:
Looks like CBS2 just got a new temporary studio, thanks to YES Network In Stamford, CT.
I'm very pleased CBS was able to find a temporary home for WCBS till the CBS Broadcast Center can safely reopen. Yes Network set looks very nice I must say.
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On 3/16/2020 at 7:55 PM, JacobC said:
We need NBC to give the 9-11am slots back to their affiliates PERIOD. No more third and fourth hour please, it is enough
I doubt NBC would return 2 hours of daytime programming back to its affiliates. My thinking would be... Why not bring back the soaps?
I miss seeing the soaps, especially Another World. At least NBC still has Days of our Lives, which got renewed for its 56th season.
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With WCBS producing new nightly 10PM newscast for WUPA (CW 69 in Atlanta), I saw where that newscast was placed on temporary hiatus.
With CBSN Boston temporarily taking the reigns of CBSN New York and CBSN National... The show must go on.
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If (this is speaking theoretically) CBS were to re-affiliate with KSTW 11 and KIRO 7 were to go independent, KIRO would be able to hold its own.
WHDH and WJXT have done remarkably well since losing their network affiliations. I'd anticipate WPLG, which is also losing its network affiliation in August, along with WANF, holding its own too.
I'd agree with responses by @TVLurker and @Howard Beale about Gray Media investing too much money and resources into WANF (which previous owners Tribune and Meredith, from the WGNX and WGCL days, did very little to no investing), to CBS likely not being interested in buying WANF.