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On 5/17/2022 at 7:11 PM, nickp said:

FX aired NASCAR in the early 2000's

FX and the former Fox Family also aired MLB games during the early years of the MLB on Fox era from 1997-2001, as seen here

Kristine Johnson announced that she was off-air due to catching COVID-19 and had been in recovery. Per FTVLIVE, She hopes to return on-air today 

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2022/5/19/back-from-the-rona

TVNewser reported on May 3rd that CBS News had appointed Gabe Almanzar as Creative Director, who will be in charge of the graphics teams across the properties

https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/cbs-news-appoints-gabe-almanzar-creative-director/506668/ (paywall)

Per TVSpy, Melissa Colorado from sister station KNTV NBC Bay Area started at WNBC on April 18th

https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/melissa-colorado-switches-nbc-owned-stations-now-reports-for-wnbc/240932/

2 hours ago, MisterBill said:

Does anyone here watch the Fox5 evening news? Their weather reports are odd. One report they show the meteorologist fully height with the weather map like the other stations do. But then one segment per hour they show the map double the height of the weather person, kind of like they do on Fox Weather.  I was going to ask Audrey but I'm not sure that she answers messages, but noticed they do it iwth Nick Gregory too, so many I'll try reaching out to him

Perhaps they may be trying a different presentation with the weather. How often had this happened?

Per the FTVLIVE, Liz Cho is out with COVID-19 

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2022/4/13/that-didnt-last-long

12 hours ago, jrogo said:

The Mick Mulvaney hiring is proving to be quite the issue at CBS News. Co-President Neeraj Khemlani said hiring Mulvaney would help CBS get access to the republicans if/when they take back the U.S House this Fall. People don’t seem to happy about the hiring, especially over certain actions of his while in office. 
 

I find it interesting that Anne-Marie Green didn’t mention what administration he worked for,  introducing him as “a former Office of Management and Budget director”. 

Full Story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/03/30/cbs-mulvaney-backlash/

I don’t want this to turn political so please don’t make it that, I know the story as a whole is but I’m trying to focus on the impact it has at CBS News and it’s already lackluster image. 

Placing this in the Mornings thread since that’s where the conversation reportedly happened. 

Honestly, it should be concerning to CBS management that Kemlani seems to be on the wrong side of the headlines quite frequently -- from trying to get Norah O'Donnell out of the Evening News and now this-- this can't be a good look for CBS.

Per TVSPY, Yisel Tejeda, will be debuting as the new Noon anchor for Orlando's Telemundo 31 on April 4th. She was previously the 11pm anchor at New York's WXTV

https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/telemundo-orlando-adds-yisel-tejeda-as-noon-anchor/239851/

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/

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.