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6 hours ago, bpatrick said:

In the Central and Mountain time zones, the 10 PM newscast is traditionally the flagship newscast.  As quite a few Fox affiliates (including my own, and I'm in the Eastern time zone) have found out, people like to catch the 10 PM news before turning in; in cities like Chicago and Dallas, quite a few people are still at work or trying to get home.  So for KTVT and WDJT to replace news with Jeopardy! at 6 doesn't represent that great a loss in either Dallas or Milwaukee.  And WVUE and WALA are Fox affiliates; for them the flagship newscast is at 9 PM so it's no great loss to have one less newscast in New Orleans and Mobile at 6.

Plus KDVR (which last I checked beat KCNC and KMGH) opts to air Jeopardy! and Wheel at 6pm Mountain rather than air a newscast.

3 hours ago, bpatrick said:

WTHR and WUSA are sister Tegna stations so this makes sense.

Plus WXIA already announced the same plan.

On 8/7/2023 at 6:42 PM, noggi said:

It is. 

Yep, it’s starting September 6th.

Funny how WUSA had the 4pm news in DC for a few years in the 90s and now they’ve playing catch-up with the other major stations.

Big Bang Theory reruns are moving from WDCA to WDCW starting September 4th.

WDCA will fill the missing hour with Extra and the Simpsons (currently Extra airs at 9:30 AM and noon) while WDCW will air only one rerun of black-ish and The Neighborhood daily instead of two.

I believe WABC considered making 9/11 memorial coverage online-only one year about a decade ago but there was enough backlash to nix that idea.

So the UFO stuff has helped ratings. But obviously at a cost:

57 minutes ago, Muppetman03 said:

ABC announced their 10am newscast for WABC
This article also confirms Mike Marza is being promoted to morning anchor
https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/abc-owned-television-stations-announce-10-a-m-newscasts-for-wabc-wpvi-wtvd/

Also says Brittney Bell is moving to weekday mornings to work with Sam.

KFSN is now using the new weather graphics:

https://abc30.com/13649871/

WPTZ is adding a 4pm newscast next month:

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/media-note-nbc5-adds-a-new-hour-and-a-familiar-face/Content?oid=38888947

After leaving DC to go back to Seattle a few months ago, Claire Anderson will still be employed by Fox:

As of next week, WUSA is moving Inside Edition to 7PM, ending it's 7PM newscast.

Can't help but think a 4PM newscast is coming back to replace Dr. Phil.

On 7/17/2023 at 10:12 AM, TheRob said:

Morning anchor leaves KCPQ:

https://www.fox13seattle.com/video/1248998

She's resurfacing in El Paso:

https://kfoxtv.com/station/people/lizabeth-dueweke

1 hour ago, kshow said:

 

Heard there will be more similar announcements from other O&O's.

Considering that WABC and WTVD also have the same weekday schedule it's not surprising.

9 hours ago, Nynewslover2 said:

I would agree in most areas of the country a 4am or 4:30a newscast isn’t worth the resources used to produce the content.

 

In top 5 Markets; NYC, LA, Chicago, Philly it’s ok as many people start work at 5am or 6am.

 

A market like Washington DC definitely has an audience for a 4am newscast as it’s one of those places with commuters traveling long long distances to get into the city. As a result people wake up extremely early.

Same with the SF/Bay Area. 

For DC, yeah, Northern Virginia is very sprawling and people will travel that far for work (even if remote work is very prominent in the area). NBC and Fox both start at 4AM.

And it's for reasons like this why all 5 LA newsrooms start at 4AM.

WUSA reporter Bruce Leshan retired yesterday after 28 years there:

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/community/bruce-leshan-retires/65-b6a2d0f6-d2b9-4ece-8c12-9c04ca522da1

Former KGO morning anchor Liz Kreutz has joined NBC News:

On 6/22/2023 at 7:25 PM, Georgie56 said:

BS Arizona wants to end things with the Diamondbacks.

Meanwhile, they're not getting the Suns back:

Looks like Diamond dropped their lawsuit trying to block the Phoenix Suns from going OTA:

I think these games were previously on regional sports networks (re: not on ABC/any ESPN network, including the ACC Network).

Jonathan Martin, previously of KRIV, is joining WXIA:

https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/jonathan-martin-joins-wxia-atlanta-as-4-p-m-anchor/

Of note is that he's anchoring a new 4PM newscast that's starting in September.

WNCN NBC 17 News at 5:30 AM (7/16/99):

Well just now DirecTV has indeed pulled Nexstar stations and NewsNation:

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/nexstar-directv-blackout-newsnation-contract-1235660174/

On 6/29/2023 at 5:28 PM, Recovering Producer said:

Looks like a retransmission battle is a'brewing...

https://www.newsnationnow.com/important-message-for-directv-uverse-subscribers/

Update:

They've been yanked.

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/nexstar-directv-blackout-newsnation-contract-1235660174/

KFSN is launching a 3PM newscast in September and will join the other California O&O's in airing World News Tonight at 3:30:

https://abc30.com/abc30-live-at-3-action-news-new-show-vanessa-vasconcelos/13432962/