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WTHR has signed a 2-year extention to continue to air Indiana Fever games. 14 games this season will air on WTHR and 4 will air on WALV: https://www.wthr.com/article/sports/wnba/indiana-fever/wthr-metv-local-tv-home-indiana-fever-2-year-deal-2025-broadcast-schedule-game-players-standings-coach-roster-caitlin-clark-aliyah-boston/531-b9654a0b-602e-4f7b-9e84-70d7f8336811

Move Closer To Your World got an official release for the first time ever last week: https://bucksco.today/2025/04/6abc-theme-move-closer-to-your-world/ (that article cites this article which might be paywalled: https://www.inquirer.com/arts/6abc-theme-move-closer-to-your-world-release-20250412.html )

Update: Leon has announced he's stepping away from the station altogether: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/leon-harris-announcement/3885929/

Marissa Armas, last seen on KCNC, has resurfaced at another CBS O&O in KTVT: https://www.instagram.com/marissaearmas/p/DHrud8CP2pc/

The only time ABC has made any tv station transactions since 1985 was buying (and later selling) WTVG and WJRT. I doubt they showed any interest in WPLG. In any case, I'm getting the feeling what's happening here is gonna be more common in the years ahead.

In fact, the last ever NHL game on Fox was Game 5 of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals, where the Stars won (the infamous cup-clinching Game 6 was on ESPN).

On April 28th, TBD will be rebranded as Roar: https://sbgi.net/tbd-tv-network-to-rebrand-as-roar/ As in the comedy that makes up that network these days and not Katy Perry.

And with Carley Gomez joining the station for weekend nights, Shayla Girardin moves to weekend mornings. That's probably it for Tony doing weather, at least for the forseeable future.

Yesterday was the last day on Good Day LA for Melvin Robert: https://www.foxla.com/video/1600892

Yeah, I went to college in the Lehigh Valley in the early 2000s and that newscast existed back then.

Carley Gomez, formerly of KXTV in Sacramento, joined the station and did her first weather report last night. Also, based on the thumbnails on their website it looks like Marc Cota-Robles is Ellen's replacement at 3PM.

The dispute between MSG and Optimum is over: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/optimum-and-msg-networks-agree-on-carriage-deal-302382817.html

The final 5 minutes of the last newscast from the Upper West Side. With appearances from Lee and Sade: https://abc7ny.com/videoClip/15945540/

Some farewell to the Upper West Side pics from Brittany Bell: https://www.instagram.com/brittanybellwx/p/DGWGUg1BFd7/?hl=en Also, Bill Ritter shares thoughts of stuff he found while cleaning out: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGVzkT-RexG/?hl=en

They did yank MLB Network a couple of years ago, but they're now available separately.

The article says they eventually want to do all news, all day and night for Fox O&O duopoly markets. DC is basically there, with only 4.5 hours of non-local content on WTTG between 4am and midnight, plus a live 8pm hour newscast on WDCA.

The ABC O&Os post full replays of their newscasts on their sites (minus sports segments), as do the Gray stations. And stations on the Zeam and NewsOn apps also have full newscast archives.

WUSA and WJLA are staying local after 7am. WRC is not. Update: after carrying the latest news conference WRC is staying local.

WUAB and the Rock Entertainment Sports Network will air 5 Cleveland Cavaliers games between February and April: https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/01/21/cleveland-cavaliers-air-select-games-rock-entertainment-sports-network-wuab-cw43/

They broke ground on the new building yesterday: https://www.fox4news.com/news/fox-4-breaks-ground-new-tv-station-irving

This past Monday WTTG debuted a new show called The Take @ 2: https://www.facebook.com/marinamarraco/videos/new-show-alert/3989730777974900/ So now all 2 hours of Judge Judy reruns are on WDCA from 4-6PM. And that means between 4am-7:30pm WTTG has a grand total of 2 syndicated shows (Sherri and Jennifer Hudson from 12pm-2pm).

Obviously, viewership for all stations really went up last Tuesday: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/la-fire-local-news-ratings-audiences-double-triple-coverage-1236273532/

Venu is dead: https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2025/01/venu-sports-will-be-discontinued/

I saw WNBC's Sarah Wallace report for them.

The Eaton fire is spreading towards Mount Wilson. That's where basically all of LA's tv signals are: https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/live-view-of-the-eaton-fire-from-mt-wilson/ https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-wildfires/eaton-fire-mount-wilson/3599568/