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Still amazed they didn't get a larger studio for CBS Evening News. The studio is nice enough but they should have gone with something bigger for a move as monumental and historic as this. To me, the studio is a downgrade from their CBSTM studio in NYC.

Never have understood why they thought making it a 30 minute newscast was a good idea. It should've been an hour long this whole time. Glad to see it back to one hour though.

Very interesting. I wonder if they have spanish subtitles (or spanish closed-caption) on the simulcast.

And I would say that is highly likely. Especially true for WGHP, imo.

Glad they offer a live stream online. I wish a station in the CLT market would carry them. They may be a small network, but I appreciate their efforts. This network is a breath of fresh air.

If it really takes an hour+ to render out something short, then changes do need to be made. But dumping a good looking gfx pkg for something that is bland and resembles a half-baked PowerPoint presentation is not the answer. Scripps should've either commissioned RenderOn or somebody to come up with a gfx solution that is impactful and unique--without time-consuming renders. Other station groups (like Hearst and Nexstar) have very nice packages that work. Why Scripps couldn't do better is completely beyond me.

But since WFMY already produces the 7am hour (which ends after tomorrow), I don't see why they couldn't opt out of programing on one of those sub-channels and carry it as an extension of the morning show. I would think these discussions have already happened (or are taking place) behind closed doors at WFMY/Tegna. So I'm thinking this is not likely to happen, but it would make sense to me to keep the hour via a subchannel.

I checked Wikipedia and it turns out that WFMY has actually 3 sub-channels: Justice Network, WeatherNation TV, and Quest. Probably not likely, but I wonder if WFMY could consider running the 7am hour on one of those channels. At least WFMY wouldn't lose that hour of morning news that has really become important TV history, certainly for that market.

I see it as a sign CBS is trying very hard to rescue their ratings on their network newscasts, as they remain a distant #3 for both CBS This Morning and CBS Evening News, and getting much worse with new hosts and leadership...if they are making demands like that in regards to WFMY. Let's hope KOTV doesn't also get forced into dropping their 7am newscast on their main signal (KOTV).

I actually like KOAA's gfx (at least more so than what WTXL just got). It isn't my favorite but at least it has creative design.

I agree with you 100%.

They should've stayed with Jeff Glor. In fact, I would put him back as evening news anchor, in about 2 seconds, if I was in charge. He at least tried to appear impartial while having genuine care for those he reported about. He was a refreshing throwback to Peter Jennings and it's a shame they dumped him. The network should consider itself fortunate he didn't go to a different news organization. It was a class act the way he signed off...not about him, but those who's faces rarely make it to TV.

That's alright if other countries want to trend a certain way with TV graphics. Other countries' media outlets have to make decisions that work for themselves. Trends occur differently in each country--some more than others. But what works in France or Germany may not always work in America, and vice versa. We now know when CBS Evening News will make that move to D.C. officially. It will be the first week of December. https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/cbs-evening-news-to-air-from-d-c-starting-early-december

My personal opinion is that graphics design peaked about when HD become commonplace on local stations around America. Now, it's quickly becoming an overload of blandness and uninspired hoopla. And specifically in regards to ABC, I think WNT has decent graphics. It strongly reminds me of the early to mid 2000s when Peter Jennings was still anchoring. But their L3s aren't very impressive, I will say.

So KJRH is getting the graphics soon it would appear.

So apparently they are making changes to management at Tegna's WCNC. Their general manager, Deborah Collura, is leaving at the end of the year. Story from FTV Live: https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2019/11/26/tegna-to-make-a-change-at-the-top-in-charlotte

I wonder why Sarkes Tarzian stations don't use Gray gfx on their stations. (Not Nexstar related, but my curiosity has me wanting to ask that.)

Very interesting. I guess WHNT could be a good candidate for Nexstar to dispatch for major breaking news in Chattanooga because of their relatively close proximity to Chattanooga, if being in a different state & time zone isn't a factor. I would just add this that I-75 makes Knoxville and Chattanooga very accessible to each other (except for the fact there is the risk of really bad fog at times on the roadway)...so I can see WATE being sent for coverage

I'm just guessing, but I suppose WATE would be the one. Geographically speaking, it would make more sense if you're comparing Chattanooga to the nearest Nexstar station. But WKRN could certainly pick up the story as well. Kind of surprised Nexstar hasn't bought any station in Chattanooga, though. It would make sense from their point of view.

It's sad enough when one broadcasting legend passes, but to have two in a short time...That's even sadder.

That happens a lot with various stations. For instance, when I'm visiting Knoxville, I'll watch WATE's newscasts. I notice a lot of collaboration on reports between them and WKRN--by that, I mean they'll carry a report originally for WKRN, if it's of any interest to Knoxville or the state at large. I would expect that with other Nexstar stations as well. Pretty soon my home market will have a Nexstar station...WJZY. Given that we are a NFL market, I would expect them to share their reports with other Nexstar stations, and vice versa.

If anything KFOR will benefit from Nexstar's vast resources of stations they own. At big events (like the Super Bowl), they have a reporter (maybe multiple reporters) go to the event and have them file reports with various Nexstar stations. They'll have many mic flags that they use in reports going to each Nexstar station. So I think KFOR will see a combination of being able to use their reporters for long-distance reports that is specific to Oklahoma, and other cases where KFOR will have a reporter (perhaps from a different station) file a report but use KFOR's mic flag. I think KFOR will be okay with Nexstar. Let's be grateful that they didn't go to Tegna.

That's good to see KFOR can still budget that.

Here's a look at KSPR when it was known as "ABC 33". I'm not certain exactly when this clip was recorded, but looking at Wikipedia KSPR rebranded from "ABC 33" to "Springfield 33" in 1998, so it's safe to assume this was perhaps 1997 or 1998. If anyone knows more exactly when this was, I'd greatly appreciate learning that. Also noteworthy is that you can see Sonya Kullmann when she was earlier in her TV career. She would go on to KOLR10 where she anchored their morning newscasts in the 2000s, then replacing Joy Robertson as co-anchor in the evenings before leaving that station around 2012. She is now with Mercy Hospital in Springfield.

I will say that everything about that purchase was ironic. Early this decade, KSFX (now KOZL) lost their Fox affiliation to KRBK, now they have it back via KRBK by Nexstar acquiring that station. Probably, Koplar Communications was not going to be as effective as they need to be in this current age of big media companies...and their ability to negotiate. That was probably why they agreed to sell KRBK. I think it's awesome that they have resurrected the "Ozarks Fox" brand over on KRBK, albeit with a new logo. And as for Ozarks Tonight, my understanding of that show is that it's basically a series of interviews--or at least that's what it appears from the videos I've seen on their KOLR10 YouTube channel. But I could certainly see a scenario where KOLR10 would find it advantageous to preempt the Ozarks Tonight rerun on KOZL to run a live newscast because of programming over on KRBK, since they already have that time slot committed to a news show to begin with.