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You just mentioned one key word flagship.

Yeah after my little stint working for KMSG MY53 News at 8pm in Fresno I figured out I don’t like this industry too much. Yeah I was fortunate to get a job and I have a reel so if I want to comeback into I can get hired. But it funny how easy you can backdoor this profession. Shoot my mom is teaching me AP format. But I lost my passion for this industry and the Reddit forum I was in was full of Debbie downers and honestly I accepted that, I just looked at myself in the mirror and said screw this. Though I enjoy talking about it that’s why I’m in this fandom. But the thing I will say is my boss Austin Reed who now in Yakima-Tri Cities market really taught me a lot he taught me how to put together a package what is a vsot is, he taught me how to pitch stories he even gave me the freedom to do whatever news story I wanted. I did a story on the NH primaries, he told me everything about local news answered all my questions. I’ll be forever grateful for that. We don’t talk as much anymore but he was a blessing. He was also very defensive of the broadcast as a lot of people including some people on this forum who I won’t name constantly demonized the broadcast, criticism was alright we had a lot to improve but some weren’t nice we did the best with what we had we had cheap owners that really didn’t want to invest in the product and abruptly fired us for no reason shoot I was on vacation when I got laid off but we managed to put out a good product every day Monday-Friday for an hour. We even bested a competitor newscast. Btw one of my colleagues Eric Walker who also had no education background and also worked for Austin is now doing news in Boise, Idaho, now I considered applying to some news jobs and putting my reel after I saw him get that job but honestly I don’t really wanna leave home. I tried finding jobs in my states small markets, not the major city markets but they weren’t hiring. So currently I’m back in university to study something else. But that job was a dream come true. If you have any questions about the experience message me.

Oh my bad but they could still move though. And quick observation a little of topic I feel like all Univision stations are all in office buildings. Not standalone buildings.

Lowkey starting to think and I talked about this in a Reddit forum but I got my first tv job when I was in college and I dropped out. I’m starting to think you don’t need a degree for journalism or at least you don’t have to study it, some of the best journalist didn’t even study it they studied another genre than went into journalism. For example Tom Brokaw studied political science not journalism, I’m not saying going to school for journalism is important I’m not saying that but obviously people have back doored their way into TV News. Another example people have back doored there way into tv weather apparently you can get a metrology certificate (which is a degree without the Gen Eds) from Miss State and do the AMS exam and become a metrologist I’d didn’t know that I thought you had to get the 4 year degree. Even Al Roker didn’t go to school for metrology he majored in communications to be a journalist, he in a way back doored his way to weather. Again not saying j-school isn’t important that of course that’s traditional way but some journalist I’ve watched didn’t take that route.

Maybe WXTV will move to NYC from there Patterson, New Jersey studios.

Ahh gotcha it funny because when that 2019 blackout happened, WNBC used then WNJUs building to do the 11pm show that night. If there a blackout next time both stations in the word of Gen Z would be cooked. I’m sure in that NJ bureau the studio is gonna be taken out so no broadcast capabilities I hope they planned this well for screwed up scenarios. I have more scenarios in the tube but I digress.

You know I never cared that he was Cuban, I cared that he was good.

I remembered when he did the show from Durham NC my mom was there a took a picture of him. They did the show by the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. He also did a broadcast from Fayetteville he even anchored a special report from there. Tom Llamas cannot compare to Holt although great, he will have to craft his own style and battle David Muir in the ratings. Lester was able to be strong second to ABC can Llamas stay the way in being a strong second or be a distant second, ofc they’ll never be in third place. But they sure could be a distant second.

Much better than the horseshit of the last package.

Definitely gives an NBC News newsroom feel, and this totally tops KNBC and KVEA in Los Angeles newsroom. With this move WNJU and WNBC will be the final NBC Universal duopoly to share the same building. Now there still licensed in New Jersey so I’m sure due to FCC law they still have to maintain some physical presence.

Telemundo Deportes is good but it can’t compare to Univision Deportes which has all the soccer matches.

It’s a totally different studio than we thought.

Lowkey thought his career was over, he vanished for a longtime. Good for him though!

Mike really is destined to become the face of Channel 7 by 2027 or 2028.

This happens a lot one of the perks of working in New York local news station you can appear on national news. And if you’re really lucky you can land a spot like Al Roker and Matt Lauer did. Not so new anymore since MSNBC has been using it.

Ha! I wish. Yeah I think this is a business decision. Nothing else. But hey maybe someday FOX would buy WRAZ, there talking about baseball in Raleigh don’t wanna get to off topic, but they’ve been talking about it.

Interesting very interesting.

WSVN got competition alright. The only difference one station got an affiliation the other doesn’t. And when there breaking news WPLG can be first on the air whenever because they have free rein programming wise. Speaking of that I wonder if they take a cue of WJXT program schedule and use their syndies I know they still have Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune they’ll probably remain at their respective timeslots but I wonder what else they’ll acquire.

I think that’ll continue under the ABC affiliation. Except I remember some ABC stations when they air national reports would have their reporters say the station brand instead of ABC News. WABC used to do it a lot.

I don’t think this is gonna be a forever thing. I don’t think ABC is gonna like being on a digital subchannel. Again this would be understandable if Miami was a smaller market but I have a feeling something else is in the works for WSVN and Sunbeam. I just don’t see it lasting for long give this till 2028 and we’ll see what happens. Yeah FOX I don’t know if this will sit well with them. One scenario could be FOX ends up purchasing WPLG. And WSVN becomes a full time ABC affiliate in fact I’ll go further not just do they become a full timer but Sunbeam their owner also affiliates their Boston station WHDH with ABC. Meaning that Boston current affilate WCVB becomes independent. Most likely they buy WSFL that give WSVN a duopoly.

They don’t even air the networks cut ins, except for the prime time SOTU. Last time WSVN aired anything Fox related was during 9/11. Yes.

Keep in mind WSVN almost lost it FOX affiliation in 2017-18 when that failed Sinclair-Tribune was in progress of happening because Tribune had to spin of WSFL to FOX.

Wow. That’s crazy didn’t think I’d see this happening. I wonder how WSVN gonna program news on the new ABC affiliate. Miami will be the largest market without full time affiliate. If this happens here in Miami than other markets could face something like this in the future, large markets with no big 3 full time affiliate with them being sub channel with another station. Now in some small markets there a big 3 is on a subchannel but not in a market as large as Miami. This means this will happen to other ownership groups, will go through this. Essentially I could see this happening with stations group that are locally owned or under some investment firm.

That is so disorganized.