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1 hour ago, ATLNewsExpert said:

HUGE NEWS TODAY. The two presumptive nominees for President have agreed to debate twice. The first will be on June 27th on CNN. This will be the first debate in American history to be before September as well as the first to not be held by the Commission of Presidential Debates, this will be a network EXCLUSIVE.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/politics/joe-biden-debate/index.html

Having a poli-sci background, this is all so... incredibly... odd... As a candidate, you want your message in front of as many people as possible, and their reach is severely limited with just one cable channel (albeit, every network will run a highlight reel). Glancing at the link quickly, I did not see anything from CNN that they will remove the paywall to be able to stream (Note to CNN- that would be a smart thing to do).

Second debate is slated for ABC (interesting choice, as former president Trump is currently suing ABC News and George Stephanopoulos) which does not limit reach as much as cable, but still just one channel.

I am very interested in seeing what the other networks run against these debates. 

29 minutes ago, dzonershow said:

There's also KUTV/KJZZ/KMYU/KENV also since KUTV and KMYU was once O&Os by CBS. BTW Apollo was among bidding for Paramount but they have Cox Media also. BTW it should be CBS News Dallas or CBS News DFW, but I could imagine CBS News Utah and CBS News Austin (that explains the CBS Austin name).

Only one station you named is even a CBS affiliate. you took a question I am posing and added nonsense and irrelevance to it. When CBS used "CBS Texas" on KTVT instead of "CBS DFW", some of us wondered if it was purposeful for a broader plan (going back to February 2023) in their implementation.

We all believe that CBS is looking to divest rather than buy, which made my question a long-shot (and probably gave some here a headache on its' own); but your add-on nonsensical. 

20 hours ago, SoFloTVClassics said:

Here's some more information as to which cities are on the selling block.

 

https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/cnbc-sinclair-considering-selling-some-broadcast-stations

Not trying to speculate- somewhat legitimate question here- but is there any chance CBS might buy KEYE back from Sinclair since it's mentioned in the article?

Yes- I get CBS O&O's are already in a potential sale situation depending with what happens to the mothership, but Austin has grown since CBS sold 42 in 2007, and it would make "CBS Texas" sound a lot more "Texas" than just having KTVT in Dallas. 

The 5:00 and 6:00 opens and talent rejoins for KBJR are absolutely beautiful. Personal opinion that KBJR's appearance fell way behind WDIO under their Quincy ownership... This brings them back! 

It's a great improvement for KBJR from the few minutes that I just watched online. They have not gone full GrayOne with the weather graphics yet, however.

Looking forward to watching on TV at 5!

17 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Is that actually doing better / making more money than WGN America?

Ratings wise, we already know that answer. Moneywise, NN will get the guaranteed political ad buys that WGN-A never did... Does that offset the higher operational costs? Nexstar must believe that it will.

55 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

As long as they don't rebrand WGN as CW9

With respect, what makes you suggest they would do that? PIX11, KTLA... Evidence that the branding will not be messed with.

If I had to take a gamble, Branding and logo stays the same except for a somewhat awkwardly placed CW logo to the right of the 9... Just like they did in 2006.

I do however look forward to a Paul Konrad WGN Courtesy Desk bit if they do try to mess with rebranding as CW9.

21 minutes ago, TVNewsLover said:

Surprised they didn’t opt to do a newscast at 9 instead of a pregame. 

Still early in the season, fans of all teams (almost all teams) are still excited and engaged even if their team has a crappy outlook for the next few months. Play into the excitement, the eyeballs and the ad revenue.

Mr. G. can record a forecast for the website for the people who really don't know how to find a newscast somewhere on their TV.

6 minutes ago, NowBergen said:

 

I saw earlier where Nexstar is now spinning it that they took the affiliation away from Scripps and moving it to Nexstar stations.  Only problem is that is in only possible in a few of the impacted markets.  

There are two sides to every story and somewhere in the middle lies the truth. Personally, I err more toward the Scripps version of the story given (as stated) the number of markets impacted, the decline of CW programming; and Scripps ability to utilize ScrippsNews to fill programming holes

2 hours ago, mer764KCTV5 said:

Yea, and it relates to me in Kansas City when KSHB decided to rebrand as KSHB41/41 News. Maybe because they were convinced that it wasn't doing well, (despite the whole 6-7 washing machines sinkhole meme) given the KSHB's 4th place ratings.

 

There has to be at least research involved in WXYZ making this extremely big rebrand, changing it from Action News to 7 News Detroit. I do hope WXYZ the best in this case.

I can appreciate this comparison, and it ties into what @Samantha was saying earlier about Scripps' values in journalism. The KSHB rebrand did a great job at utilizing the channel number as the brand and slogan- I end up in KC a decent amount and remember seeing the "News For Every One" (Stories, A Voice, A Community...). I remember thinking the approach was unique and built a community-minded angle that seemed to take a stab at first-place KMBC/Hearst, where many stories in the newscast are introed "covering (location) tonight". The positioning for KSHB also is a good setting/base for ScrippsCast (can argue that later).

Has it pulled KSHB out of 4h place? Not sure. Would love to know if there was a dent made. If northing else, there is likely a greater brand awareness for Channel 41. However, to the point, there are now 4 newscasts in Detroit. if WXYZ is not in 1st place and ratings are lagging or sinking, this might be worth a shot. Including Detroit as the brand might also be a stab at CBS (Again, has WWJ made any dent in the ratings or is there any trend showing they are on track to?)

2 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

As long as WPVI keeps paying for it, a good business move.

Anyone know how much WPVI shells out for it? You'd think ABC would make a move to buy the TM from Cox (Or tie an affiliation renewal to it?)

Side thought- PVI probably pays way too much for the rights, but history tells us what happens if you change that brand (MCTYW revamp, exhibit A)

6 minutes ago, MorningNews said:

April Fools joke?

Indeed, likely.

10 hours ago, JTT said:

But why are they airing reruns of news?  Put current news on the air.

Like @FiveNews said, you answered your own question. Also contributing to it is that this might only be a temporary placement through the election season- Political ads often buy newscasts and Fox might see an opportunity to get a piece of that pie- especially if the republicans see value in throwing money at Steve Garvey (or, if Schiff continues the buying like he did in the Primary).

To @MediaZone4K's point, I'm going to guess that the GDLA rerun is also loaded with a bunch of plugs to get people to download Fox Local to watch the full show on the go.

Now, if KTTV used KCOP news times to exclusively air Chopper Cam of all the car chases, that might draw some legit eyeballs on TV and Fox Local... Hell, that could be it's own Fox Local widget!

Randy Shaver is calling it quits in June after 40+ Years at KARE11. Moved to the anchor desk years ago, but still maintained his Prep Sports Extra- Did a lot to promote High School Athletics in Minnesota!

https://www.kare11.com/article/about-us/randy-shaver-retirement/89-81c4fadd-702c-4d15-a6f8-6d4083c817d8

13 hours ago, Howard Beale said:

I didn't see any apologies or statements on KMOV's website about what happened or why it happened.

Why would they need to? If you found this video on their website you could surely find the supposed multiple on-air apologies in the newscasts as well.

Sounds like the station and staff worked to correct a wrong... Poor word choices, yes. Learning opportunity, Certainly! Career-ending move? No. 

55 minutes ago, CoopInTheHouse said:

Ft. Myers: WBBH 2 (NBC and Hearst) and WSVN 7 (ABC and Hearst). No Scripps.

Just to clarify, Scripps does have WFTX (Fox) in Ft. Myers. 

42 minutes ago, techteacher50 said:

It seems that CBS O&Os do better in markets where there are non owned and operated stations to compete with. WJZ in Baltimore does very well ratings wise there as WMAR has been in last place since the 1960s and WBFF Fox has opinionated news stories from Sinclair. Only WBAL TV NBC from Hearst directly competes with WJZ for #1 in the Baltimore DMA.

Interesting hypothesis- and it makes sense. Of the stations I identified, the only one that has a single O&O to compete against is WCCO (KMSP is Fox O&O).

21 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

If Scripps does decide to sell, who in their right mind would buy them with what they've done to their stations?

*Byron Allen has entered the chat*

WGN doing a beautiful job with Skilling's last show.... Unveiled the "Tom Skilling Weather Center", Mark Suppelsa, Dan Roan, Steve Sanders, and a ton more filling the weather center right now along with Skilling's family. 

And of course, Skilling has to introduce and tell a story about everyone in the room.

2 hours ago, MediaZone4K said:

what CBS o&o's would you say are in better shape than WCBS.

KDKA, WJZ, WCCO come to mind. Does anyone have a pulse on WBZ or KTVT?

I agree with your previous hypothesis that the CBS O&O format might have some merit. Does not help that Evening News and Mornings do not provide much of a support to any of the CBS affiliates. 

Does anyone know if the needle has moved in Chicago since Jennifer Lyons took over WBBM?

That said, how has WGN fared since she left there?

10 minutes ago, HSV cheesehead said:

although a lot of it is historical preference hanging on tight.

Outside of the Top 10, but same reasoning can go for WCCO... By a quick count, at least eight anchors/reporters/mets have been with the station over a decade (Ameilia Santeniello ('96), Frank Vascellaro ('06), Esme Murphy (1990), Chris Schaffer (06), Heather Brown (06), Mike Max ('05) and that's just from the anchor list)

2 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

I've always HATED live bug "tabs" on the L3. You can blame TEGNA for originating that crap. In this case, it's redundant and it's somewhat overlapping the time/temp bug.

The L3 one is what they’ve previously used… new one I was referencing is upper left corner. Kinda redundant they had both on, but it was breaking news- bigger focuses for them in the moment. 

Rough news day in the Twin Cities (disclaimer: I live close to where todays shooting happened), but KSTP has been using a new live bug for the last couple weeks that add the city, and landmark/intersection the reporter is live from. Not sure I’ve seen too many other stations doing likewise, but it’s kind of a best addition, but it’s useful in a situation like today where multiple reporters are stationed around a community for a story. 

Was not sure whether to post this here or on our radio page of the forum… a broadcaster regardless… but one of the victims in the KC Super Bowl Parade shooting was a local radio host on KKFI-FM.