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Daystar Television Network President Joni Lamb has died. She was 65. Official announcement from Daystar here.

Is Sinclair just incapable of branding things in a proper way these days? I have a hard time believing even consultants signing off on that idea. And here's a first look at the logo.

I have not seen it reported here yet. Back in April, WTVQ discontinued its own newscasts on the weekends and now simulcasts those from WLEX. As far as I know, WTVQ is still producing its newscasts for weekdays. Going by this clip, the only noticeable difference is the ABC36 logo bug in place of LEX18's logo on the L3.

I do not think it is the least bit wise of Kimmel to joke about the death of the President - how ever implied or mild the joke may purport to be. Even though Kimmel denied wrongdoing in his later monologue, he knew better than to make such a joke especially after last year's fiasco. I don't care who is the President or which political party he is part of. Jokes that hint at the death of the incumbent President should not be on television. Period. And that should be non-negotiable. Our society has never been more divided and making jokes about a President's death does nothing to unify the viewing audience on common ground and should never be accepted as part of our discourse in society. ABC management can fix this mess by talking to Kimmel behind the scenes and ensure he steers clear of such jokes in the future. And provided that a clear agreement is reached, then Kimmel should be given another chance. That said, this is bad for business at ABC and management will have to make some difficult decisions in the coming days.

Not surprisingly, WBNS has done a great job with choosing footage for the intros.

Julie Martin (formerly of The Weather Channel) is apparently joining WBIR, at least while Rebecca Sweet is on maternity leave. Martin also just did a short stint on WUSA, so perhaps Tegna has her on a retainer to fill in where needed. Facebook post

If this isn't the appropriate forum please feel free to move this post to the right spot. I noticed something in recent days that is very odd. I'm located in the Knoxvile DMA and I have Xfinity (Comcast). For reasons unknown they removed WATE and myVLT (WVLT 8.2) from the basic tier lineup. Historically you would have WKOP (PBS) on 2, WPXK (ION) on 3, WVLT (CBS) on 5, WBXX (CW) on 7, myVLT (mynetTV, WVLT 8.2) on 8, WBIR (NBC) on 9, WTNZ (FOX) on 11, and finally WATE (ABC) on 13. When channel 13 is entered, it instead reroutes to Antenna TV. For WATE, I have to go all the way to channel 1006 to get them. Not sure if this is something having to do with Nexstar or why this would be the case.

Am I just seeing things or why does the WIFR logo flash on screen for about a frame or two before the station logo actually animates?

Is DealsTV just an interim name for the feed or is that an actual network by TBN or someone else? The only network I can find by that name was based in Canada and folded as late as early 2017.

There's a lot more than "boomers" that are upset with WINK. Regardless of the truth, WINK handled this situation appallingly bad and the relationship that Matt Devitt had with the public was clearly underestimated. In all likelihood, WINK will want to settle before it goes to trial. Including immaterial claims about an alleged gambling problem is a new low I didn't expect a station like WINK to go to. WINK has previously been a station I long regarded as one of the best independently owned stations in the country. But sadly I cannot in good conscience continue to hold WINK in that regard at the present time. They have been nothing short of tone-deaf with the public about their handling of Matt Devitt. And acting like the public's outrage doesn't exist is not doing them any favors. And their segment "WINK Listens"? I strongly suggest cancelling that until they recommit themselves to actually follow through on listening - not to their ego but to the public who they claim to serve. A competent judge (assuming impartiality truly dictates the matter) will see it is little more than WINK's attempt to smear Devitt using court documents.

Far removed from the days WCNC would send an anchor next door to do live hits to cover national headlines.

I'll still take that over the TV shows The Weather Channel has in place of actual weather content. I prefer The Weather Channel when it is actually doing weather. But if AccuWeather offers a loop of weather graphics versus The Weather Channel showing "Highway Through Hell", I'll choose AccuWeather without thinking twice.

It's very ironic that Nexstar would want to keep its corporate town hall closed-circuited as they touted this deal as being in the public interest.

At this point why bother having newscasts at all on TV if they're just running a bunch of packages? It's almost no different than binge watching YouTube. And is it really that difficult to pay a technical director and ONE anchor?

As bizarre that it is for Nexstar/Tegna to be approved and yet Allen still waiting to sell the remaining "for sale" stations to Gray, I'm not complaining about that. And while Nexstar would likely merge behind the scenes and keep "visually" separate newscasts, the moment Gray gets its hands on WAAY it's over for that station. They'd merge the news with WAFF without thinking twice about it.