Pelicanman

I'm referring to the scrolling info.

20 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

WVUE has flipped to GrayONE.

Except for that blasted ticker.

Former WGNO and Weather Channel meteorologist/producer Scott Pilié is moving back to New Orleans. He made his announcment on social media the same day WDSU Chief meteorologist Margaret Orr announced her retirement. However, he hasn't said what work he would do in the city.

WDSU Chief Meteorologist Margaret Orr is calling it a career after 40-plus years at the station. 

Her last broadcast will be the 6 pm show March 29.

Today is the annual Mardi Gras Day shenanigans in Louisiana and coastal Missisippi and Alabama. WVUE and WWL had a common theme with their costumes. Meanwhile, WDSU Awas WDSUing:

https://twitter.com/wdsu/status/1757446261903413576?t=odUKOkngXg32M4zuQVKOzQ&s=19

On 1/11/2024 at 11:53 AM, mightynine said:

Put WAFB/Baton Rouge on the clock for GreyONE - this new logo just popped up on their website:

 

 

Previous logo, in place for decades with the CBS eye logo added along the way:

And here they are with those new graphics (screenshot from re-airing of noon news on its web site):

Looks like Tegna and DirecTV have ended their weeks-long dispute with a multi-year agreement.

On 12/16/2023 at 5:45 PM, HSV cheesehead said:

On the opposite side of the spectrum their is WVUE in New Orleans, where the O in the FOX logo seems to be adjusted for local branding:

(how did FOX even let them do that in the first place)

I am sure someone told the FOX folks about the fleur-de-lis' connection to Louisiana.

8 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Maybe for the New Orleans Pelicans, but Biloxi-Gulfport is also in the middle between the Mobile-Pensacola and New Orleans TV markets.

 

Could also be for the Tampa-Sarasota area as well, but I haven't heard anything about the Tampa Bay Rays deal with Bally being in trouble.

Do not be surprised if you see programming on the New Orleans Saints and LSU Tigers.

On 12/9/2023 at 6:01 PM, noggi said:

 

I'll bite. Just had a nice little glass of bourbon, so let's see what we can come up with:

 

When I first started working for TEGNA, I felt like they didn't get enough credit for what they were trying to do. They were investing a ton of money into the brands of these stations and bringing in some interesting people to shake things up on the marketing side. It sounded really exciting and I got sucked into it, leaving a well established market-leading station to jump into this mess. It's no exaggeration to say when I was sitting in the hotel the night before my first day watching WUSA9, I felt immediate regret in my decision and I started working immediately to leave. (It took nearly three years to get out... woof.)

 

When I look back at it all, I think one of the biggest problems is that the news and production folks at these local stations have absolutely no idea how to make good television. Is that really their fault? I don't know. Local news has looked essentially the same since the 1940s. Desk. Chair. Backdrop. Want to shake things up? Have the anchor stand. That backdrop? It's now a monitor. That's about as groundbreaking as these people know what to do. (And that's not just TEGNA, it's an industry-wide issue.)

 

So now you want to revamp your morning show and you bring in a comedian... again, not exactly revolutionary. It's been done. But news leadership is really afraid to lean into this concept, so it's just another straightforward mediocre newscast with a comedian randomly dropped in. The comedian has no one to play off of. Your news anchors and reporters aren't funny, they don't know humor. So you have awkward interactions throughout the show. You blow millions on marketing this 3rd or 4th place show to get folks to "sample" it. Sure, there is a slight spike in ratings - people drop in, have a look, say "what the hell is this?", tune out and never come back. 

 

TEGNA would fly in folks from various departments from their stations all around the country every few months for "innovation summits" at their HQ. I got invited to one. A lot of interesting ideas. Absolutely no way to execute it. An idea I had got piloted in Cleveland (of course, I never saw a bonus, not that I expected one ). They flew out the comedian from DC to host it. It was awful. You know why? Your producer who graduated from Elon's school of journalism has absolutely no clue how to make good television. They know how to copy and paste from the wires and re-write stories from the 11p to drop into their AM shows. (Just kidding, that gets copy and pasted as well.) 

 

I could go on and on. I haven't even started in on the mediocre general managers with sales backgrounds - that might be an even bigger issue. You think the guy from sales who got the corner office knows how to make good television?? They have an eye for talent? Absolutely not. 

 

Local television news isn't dying, it's dead. You're just watching zombies now. Waiting until the next hedge fund comes in to turn the lights off.

Tegna must have forgotten they have acquired some long-standing juggernauts, for some of those crown jewels were lost in the shuffle are now a shell of themselves (see WFAA, WWL) thanks to the tomfoolery over the years. I understand company mandates, but everything isn't meant for everyone.

WVUE is leaving its complex at 1026 South Norman C. Francis Pkwy - where it had been since Day One roughly 70byears ago - and will move into a building on Howard Avenue (near South Broad Street and I-10). They hope to be in their new facility in time for the Super Bowl in February 2025, ironically in New Orleans.

God forbid Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry wins the governor's race this fall, for I feel he would do the same to the statewide Louisiana Public Broadcasting.