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2 hours ago, qunewsguy said:

Wow that morning team is CRINGE. Jeez. Aside from that... that's an odd mashup of graphics. Looks like the old Giant Octopus WABC syndicated look for the opens, the KOIN look for talent bumps, and a mishmash for everything else. So odd!

There’s no KOIN anywhere. It’s actually:

In-house for talent bumps

Hothaus WKRC or Giant Octupus WABC (I’m not sure) for the L3s 

Nexstar ABC for the bug and ticker.

WFXP is using Nexstar Fox with in-house opens.

Just now, qunewsguy said:

They're in it for the affiliation not the channel position. Odds are Telemundo will wind up on one of WGCL's subchannels.

If they were trying to do that, Gray would be doing a non-license assets “reaper strike” rather than going through the trouble of FCC approval. WGCL has a more than adequate signal, so translators are generally not needed.

5 hours ago, TexasTVNews said:

I'm more than 100% agree to that, and I'll drink to that. I said it before, Byron Allen is the only one he can clean up the mess Tegna made.

I strongly disagree. Allen basically lets his stations exist, without putting money in them. Tegna is basically just a bank for its stations, and the stations decide what goes on the air and what doesn’t. My personal fear is that these stations will no longer have the money to keep running, and the cheap*****s at Apollo will just hand it over to dead-end companies like HC2.  

6 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

 

Since then, the station has risen to become the #1 station in New Orleans, with it's own doing, and helped by the declining fortunes of WWL, mostly at the behest of their owners and CBS.

Basically just CBS and whoever is running WWL right now, some of whom were there under Belo ownership. By the way, we should definitely have a logo discussion thread.

11 hours ago, Justin Hill said:

Seeing that new WAVE logo reminds me of other local TV stations that got on the retro logo bandwagon:

 

* KSTP-TV 5 of Minneapolis, Minnesota switched to a logo resembling their red and white 1982 logo.

    

 

* WMAR-TV 2 of Baltimore, Maryland is currently using a logo that resembles their original 1975 logo.

   

I like how neither of the “new” logos have the current ABC logo. I know that KSTP switched to the current ABC logo already. But dang, the Gray graphics thread is turning into a logo discussion thread. @24994JWe should have a logo discussion thread.

David Mugar has passed away at 82. This is from the station he once owned.

17 minutes ago, GodfreyGR said:

It's the '98 Camry of news desks- CBS is gonna get 100,000+ miles out of that sucker!

And it still works fine!

Uh, quick question? LIM4.1 isn't designed to run on VizRT, but the Gray ticker, which only runs on VizRT, is present. What system is WFIE/KGMB using?

2 minutes ago, Wildish said:

New CBS news package

 

 

That's a nice graphics package! Finally brings America on par with the rest of the world in terms of motion graphics.

On 1/19/2022 at 1:02 PM, Axiom81 said:

On 1/21/2022 at 7:44 PM, 24994J said:

WCSC only debuted their current logo in 2019. Not brand new, but unlike WAVE, they're not dealing with a 20 year old relic. A special logo for the anniversary, sure, but I highly doubt there'd be something totally new (old).

That logo doesn't look like it's from 2019. That logo looks like it came out in 2008. 

11 minutes ago, GodfreyGR said:

and Forum would keep the two Fargo newsrooms separate (has any dupoloy ever actually done that?)

WNYW and WWOR kept their news departments seperate, from Fox's acquisition of Chris-Craft in 2001 all the way until the shutdown of WWOR's news department in 2013. 

I watched the video on another device. I can confirm that is News Series 2000+, and might signal that WLS will revive it if it gets new graphics. I also hope that WLS finds a replacement for Bill Ratner.

10 hours ago, 24994J said:

So, with ABC expanding and enhancing the O&O's streaming utilities and offerings, WLS has debuted slower-paced, relaxed, and conversational newscasts at 7am and 7pm. Talent assignments haven't been announced for either hour, but Terrell and Tanja remain together til 7:30am, when Val Warner joins one of them (whoever is anchoring the GMA updates, that day). Tracy and Roz are around, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGimVvDXQGc

 

Meanwhile, Rob and Cheryl anchored at 7pm for the first 2 nights, while both were off on Friday, when Ravi and Judy sat in. As I said, the show is pretty laid back, which is a nice change of pace, but the real highlight is the open. Never mind that they screwed around with the pitch of Bill Ratner's voiceover, BUT CHECK OUT THE THEME. I have almost zero reason to believe the old theme is making a comeback, but someone over there had to put in the effort to dig this out of storage, so who knows?

 

 

Please note that each video is set to either private or unlisted, and will remain that way until the station formally announces their existence. It's certainly not a national secret or something, but I'd rather both videos stay among this community, for now. I'd appreciate it.

I can't watch the video due to technical issues on my end, but assuming this "old theme" is News Series 2000+, it's important to know that 2022 will be 30 years since this package launched.

1 hour ago, Myron Falwell said:

This is deeply abnormal behavior between two companies supposedly negotiating to transfer majority control of a mid-major broadcast network.

 

Something’s up.

28 minutes ago, effseesee said:

Nexstar’s CBS affiliations for 13 of their CBS stations expired in December.  I’m assuming WJMN is one of them. They’re likely working on a renewal, but since WJMN is one of their smallest CBS affiliates, is a semi satellite, and doesn’t have a second big four network, Nexstar probably told CBS it wasn’t a big deal if they gave it to someone else.

If so, they would also end KLST's affiliation. Nexstar and CBS are hiding something.

9 hours ago, carolinanews4 said:

 

This seem a bit random. What makes you think WNCN is going away from CBS??? 

WNCN is a weak CBS affiliate with a small market news operation. If Nexstar is not properly investing in this station, CBS might as well pull the plug and move to WRDC/WLFL. A 7pm newscast can be produced by WTVD, and now CBS has more stability.

6 hours ago, GodfreyGR said:

Here's a first look of what WZMQ looks like as a CBS affiliate... At least logo wise. Posted this on their facebook page- Guessing it came from WICU since it's the same graphics?

This looks like what WFXT would make as part of a “weather graphics upgrade”.

19 minutes ago, phillynewslover said:

The new schedule has been revealed.

It appears they will sign off(!) on Saturdays. On a partially related note, I also have a feeling that WNCN is at risk to lose its CBS affiliation.

Just now, sanewsguy said:

They posted this job yesterday for a multi media journalist for "WZMQ 19 News" (with an email address for Erie News Now). Hmmm...

 

https://wzmq19.com/multi-media-journalist-mmj/

 

All indications seem to be WZMQ being the new CBS affiliate.

Since they haven't posted a "News Director" job (It's usually the first position stations list when they want to start a news op), I assume WICU is producing the newscast with a skeleton crew in Marquette. We still have many unanswered questions just hours before WJMN is set to lose its CBS affiliation.

2 minutes ago, mrschimpf said:

Tried out https://www.cbsmarquette.com. Redirects to WZMQ's website. It was created around noontime, just today.

 

Does this station have a news updates like seen on WRDC?

27 minutes ago, sanewsguy said:

Starting tomorrow, January 21st. No word on where CBS is going to in Marquette.

https://www.upmatters.com/news/wjmn-local-3-becomes-independent-news-station/

In the Nexstar thread, you can see an image of the logo without the CBS eye. This is the reason why.

21 minutes ago, mrschimpf said:

And...I really don't expect that news department to last much longer

If they were to keep their news operation, they would've added a 9pm newscast.

43 minutes ago, TexasTVNews said:

CBS O&O graphics looks good. And if they haven't sold KUTV, WFRV, and KEYE-TV, they be getting the new graphics as well.

31 minutes ago, 24994J said:

 

With all due respect...

So? And?

They're probably just saying that these new graphics would be perfect for those stations. Unfortunately, all three stations have chain graphics.

13 minutes ago, mvcg66b3r said:

Maybe Alabama PBS is trying to get satellite must-carry rights in the Columbus-Tupelo DMA, which includes Lamar County and Vernon.

Might as well cover the whole state, and some more! 

20 minutes ago, TheSpeedKing said:

They're not trying to reduce cap space. They fully anticipate that the UHF discount will be eliminated again, so they purchase LPs en masse to avoid the cap. Gray will reach 36% of all US households when the UHF discount gets eliminated.

And IMO, when this happens, expect to see more 1 station companies like BH Media, more network O&Os (Fox in particular) and Nexstar and Sinclair downsizing to just their core stations.

33 minutes ago, CircleSeven said:

New NPRM.

• NCE Ch. 4, Vernon, Alabama.

Back in November, the Alabama Educational Television Commission filed a petition for a new non-commercial allotment in Vernon, AL

When we're discussing about VHF-->UHF moves and LP-picking ("DRT"), a broadcaster willingly getting a VHF allocation is rare. 

On 1/11/2022 at 1:28 PM, tyrannical bastard said:

...or if they are trying to reduce cap space by dumping the full-value VHF allocations?

They're not trying to reduce cap space. They fully anticipate that the UHF discount will be eliminated again, so they purchase LPs en masse to avoid the cap. Gray will reach 36% of all US households when the UHF discount gets eliminated.

1 hour ago, Kenneth Kissel said:

Does Nexstar Really think they will be able to compete against the unbeatable WRAL and ABC O&O WTVD? If I were Nexstar, I would sell this station to CBS Already. Raleigh is a growing market and how poor this is proves that either Nexstar has given up or doesn't care. CBS could do so much better if this station was an O&O again.

Nexstar does not think they will be able to compete against WRAL and WTVD. Their main/only market are people who are loyal CBS viewers and went mad by the fact WRAL lost its CBS affiliation. In other words, all of the ex-Outlet operated TV stations are in ruins.

WCMH has a weak anchor team and poor graphics. They are a divestiture option for Nexstar, though.

WJAR is just your regular Sinclair station. Obvious Fact: WJAR and WCMH have the same VO.

WLWC is now just an empty shell after Michael Dell mercilessly sold it's spectrum and CW affiliation. They have a virtual channel assignment, and CourtTV accessible on that VC. That's it.

You can see what Nexstar did to WNCN, right here on this thread!

And lastly, WWHO is owned by a guy named Stephen P. Mumblow. There is not much money being invested in this station besides the engineering department.

4 minutes ago, sanewsguy said:

 

360 is retained. They can do away with the unnecessary 3D, gradients are superior. Also, I WISH that Nexstar would stop offering this package to stations since Circle City has since bought its original user. 

27 minutes ago, sanewsguy said:

WJMN just changed their logo on Facebook to remove the CBS eye. Not sure if this signals a change or is merely cosmetic.

 

https://m.facebook.com/wjmntv/photos/a.455154054519001/5039179752783052/?type=3&m_entstream_source=timeline

Haha. They admire WRCB's...creative aspects, even though Nexstar popularised the branding. Unrelated stations don't need the same branding.