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15 hours ago, iron_lion said:

Dick Brennan is who I ment to say, I confuse the names at times.

 

The split is a good idea...or I would put them at noon & 6 to cut down on the morning crew being there from after about 3 am.

Well, there are rumors that the O&Os will have a newscast at 9am, so they could extend the AM crew to 9am and perhaps have a new team at 12

On 3/18/2022 at 11:15 PM, MisterBill said:

 

It probably also doesn't help that they haven't added a traffic reporter. John and Alex Denis used to be a great combination.

They do have a traffic reporter in Guy Staniar, but he doesn't appear on camera. Since the pandemic, WCBS hasn't had an on-camera traffic person. Natalie Duddridge was the last one before things closed down.

According to both the New York Post and FTVLive, Norah O'Donnell's Evening News tenure may end soon.

FTVLive, reporting on March 10 and citing an internal source that CBS may "downplay" her role at the network

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2022/3/10/norah-is-nowhere-to-be-seen-in-ukraine

And now on the 11th, the NY Post reports that her alleged attitude may not be helping the situation

https://nypost.com/2022/03/11/norah-odonnells-attitude-under-fire-at-cbs-evening-news/

5 hours ago, ColtFromGulfcoast said:

 

 

Then why even launch it???

To fulfill contractual obligations after Dr. Oz was pulled due to his running for office in Pennsylvania.

13 hours ago, kdex86 said:

WBTS is back to having the NBC peacock cover part of the number 10 in their logo.

 

Side note - when WBTS launched, it was known simply as "NBC Boston", and had a logo very similar to KNTV.  Why did they abandon that logo/branding in favor of being called "NBC 10 Boston", especially when there is a very close by NBC 10 in Providence?

The reason WBTS labels itself as "NBC 10 Boston" despite actually being on channel 15 is due to the channel being on channel 10 on most cable and satellite providers. And speaking of KNTV, when they were bought by NBC it was initially branded as NBC 3 as it was on channel 3 on most providers.

On 1/13/2022 at 5:59 PM, mightynine said:

MLB Network is in that space. Wiki says so is NHL Network.

 

Unless I'm mistaken and NBC used two NJ locations.

NBC uses/used three locations: the current CNBC world HQ in Englewood Cliffs, CNBC's former space in Fort Lee that is where WNJU/ WNBC's NJ bureau is based and the former MSNBC studios in Secaucus that now houses MLB/NHL Networks.

On 2/5/2022 at 2:33 PM, NYNewsCoverage said:

Don't know if this is a permanent change; but noticed that CBS2 News Saturday Morning aired this morning from 9-11AM; as opposed to 6-7AM and 9-10AM. It appears to be permanent in the guides.

Perhaps that could be due to daytime CBS Sports commitments, because I believe they air the E/I Dream Team stuff between 5-6am

1 hour ago, Gavin M. said:

I can see her going to network but you know I've noticed very few WABC personalities gave gone national or to the parent news organization. Do they have to get boss approval even Bill Ritter approval I wonder how that happens. It happened recently with Cefaan Kim getting a network job part-time but I wonder how can you make it national is it hard to.

It's not hard for WABC-TV talent to make appearances on the national network, as they're based in the same building (save for GMA) and some time back, Lauren Glassberg did a cameo on General Hospital (the show is set in New York)

Also, remember, the staff at the network O&Os are ABC employees.

8 minutes ago, kshow said:

Saw this last week; is this sign of a possible name change to the morning show?

Perhaps a preview of the rumored new O&O Graphics?

11 hours ago, IceManNYR said:

Kevin Rincon and Cindy Hsu are anchoring storm coverage. Elise Finch is in studio. John Elliott is reporting from Port Washington, NY.

In addition, it seems WCBS-TV is updating the mic flags as all of their mics didn't have them today.

6 hours ago, iron_lion said:

wnyw and wnbc and wpix seem to have very erratic anchor line ups, especially in the mornings. wcbs and wabc have been pretty consistent with their am and pm pairings.

We're also in the middle of a pandemic, which has affected staffing levels on top of people taking time off, such as Lori Stokes who recently returned following bereavement leave. 

15 hours ago, Ryan said:

Are all the CBS O&Os getting this "First Alert Action Day" look?

I think "First Alert" is exclusive to that station

KASA-TV Albuquerque, NM, recently acquired by Telemundo debuted Look S, although without animation, as the station's newscast are being produced by NBC affiliate KOB while Telemundo builds a new base and team proper. 

On 9/23/2021 at 7:19 PM, Wilo said:

WKAQ hasn't rolled out yet.

Here's WKAQ with the new graphics 

https://youtu.be/mE1l7tzrOhU

According to the New York Post, possible cost-cutting measures at CBS, may have Norah O'Donnell leaving the "Evening News"

https://nypost.com/2021/10/24/norah-odonnell-in-danger-of-losing-anchor-spot-at-cbs-evening-news/

1 hour ago, dabx said:

It is kind of weird that they would keep her bio up saying she left WPIX - maybe not the building? Nexstar?

Per her social media, any references to PIX11 has been scrubbed. Most likely an announcement is forthcoming

4 hours ago, DMA said:

I want to preface this by saying I don't mean this in a particularly inflammatory way, and I do not intend to delve into my personal views on policing in New York, I just want to neutrally note recent changes to WABC's editorial output. 

 

I have noticed that there have been a lot of NYPD public relations stories fairly high up in the running order of WABC's newscasts, sometimes multiple times a day. Things like NYPD funding basketball courts, hosting a dance party (seemingly attended by 5 people), NYPD-sponsored haunted houses (https://abc7ny.com/nypd-haunted-house-willets-point-fort-totten/11103618/) etc. Other stations (WNBC, WCBS) do not seem to be including this volume of reporting on this subject matter. 

 

While individually I don't think it's problematic to include community interest pieces like this (these are events happening in the viewing area after all), the disproportionate volume and prominence of such pieces are difficult to view as anything other than propagandistic in intent. Again, I do not mean this to be inflammatory but rather observational - peer stations in the market have been making other editorial choices so I thought this was worth noting here. 

 

 

 

Is there any tangible data to prove the supposed "disproportionate volume and prominence of such pieces are difficult to view as anything other than propagandistic in intent"? If so, what are we comparing this from the previous year? And if someone is counting this, where do the other stations fall in this?

16 hours ago, NYNewsCoverage said:

A newscast that doesn't look like a simulcast of a cheap internet stream- a step in the right direction. I for sure miss the custom WLNY graphics and image news theme (and Alice and Dick); but if given the choice of CBS2 graphics and music vs. CBSN new york, I'd gladly take CBS2. They seem to not use "live" bugs at the top due to the rebroadcast. Reporters say "CBS2News" at the end and the mic flags seems to no longer reflect WLNY. It seems like since COVID they abandoned the idea of rebroadcasting an 8pm broadcast from the CBSN studio with Dick Brennan solo anchoring and just do it live at 9 with Maurice and Kristine. These changes likely reflect Sarah Burke taking over as ND- something tells me they might start to do away with CBSNNY brand and studio; especially since it's probably too tight to fight 2 anchors.

Actually the "CBSN" brand, both nationally and the local ones are to be rebranded as "CBS News"/ "CBS News (local), which will include a new look for the service. (The national CBSN will move into Studio 57)

Perhaps this may also mean a new studio for the CBSN New York service.

7 hours ago, MorningNews said:

We now know that CBSN (to be rebranded as CBS News followed by the market name) will relocate to the former CTM studios.

 

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/cbsn-new-name-cbs-news-streaming-1235071267/

So what will the national CBSN be? Or will they keep that name?

20 hours ago, MisterBill said:

 

Ugh, and it's 11:06 and the game still has "six" minutes left, which probably means it won't be over until at least 11:30. Amusingly, the news was supposed to be on at the regular time. I hate football season with the late running games.

 

Update - the game ended over an hour late. Almost as pathetic as the Giants losing again.

The last time NBC cut away from an NFL game, we now call that game the Heidi Bowl. Unfortunately, News 4 New York, barring severe weather had to wait them out.

10 hours ago, MisterBill said:

 

Has she been on recently? I don't watch when she's on, and she isn't very active on social media. Of course, she could be going to FOX5, in spite of nynewslover just saying that they need a male presence.

 

Still odd for a replacement to be named before the current occupant has announced that they are leaving.

Well, a similar thing happened when Betty was arriving at PIX and the then-news director had directed the talent to make announcements on social media to welcome her. Sukanya had refused and was immediately fired for it 

http://tunedinnyc.com/2017/05/18/sukanya-krishnan-fired-at-wpix/

1 hour ago, Dk_mediaNYC said:

Yes were is Betty going?

Perhaps getting called up to Newsnation? Betty does have national news experience between her CNN and CBS runs

4 hours ago, civic110 said:

Interesting that WNBC is picking up Thursday Night Football, tomorrow night's NFL Network telecast.

 

Is the production still being produced by FOX? If so, odd that WNYW or WWOR did not take it.

 

Also, they are airing the Brooklyn Nine Nine finale at 7, ahead of anyone else and moving Law & Order reruns to COZI, which is listed as being in HD, but lately the picture has been really grainy and fuzzy.

The home station for the Giants is WNBC and the Jets are on WCBS-TV. The only way WNYW would carry it if it's airing on the Fox network. This year through 2023, TNF is exclusive to Amazon Prime with simulcast on OTA TV Stations in the local teams' DMA

On 9/3/2021 at 12:28 PM, Kenneth Kissel said:

This is from the Noon News Today. Along with the new 2021 Logo.

Yet there seems to be a separate one for ads, such as this one 

On 9/7/2021 at 7:20 AM, wabceyewitness said:

With WABC updating it’s bug during news to the new ABC logo, but not updating it elsewhere just yet, I’m assuming a graphics update may be on the way. I know the initial reports on the new ABC logo said the owned stations would roll out new graphics. I wonder how soon that will happen. I also wonder how uniform they will be since ABC has traditionally given their owned stations more freedom than other O&O groups. 

There's also WABC-TV's eventual move to 4 Hudson Square within the coming years, so perhaps they may do an entire overhaul once they do.

Here's a refresher for the unaware:

https://www.amny.com/real-estate/an-inside-look-at-disneys-anticipated-hudson-square-hq/