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I used to think that's how it worked in bigger markets journalists from competing stations being lured from a competing stations to a lower-rated station in the hope of improving their ratings by crossing over to the competition, WCBS did that with Ernie Anastos and Roz Abrams both from competing stations they were great but didn't work out ratings-wise. I thought pulling talent from competing stations in town helped the ratings for the station they're going to. WBMA-LD in Alabama when they launched in 1995, most of the talent was from other Birmingham stations Pam Huff, James Spann, etc it obviously worked for them (though it may have been that Allbritton just did a good job launching them), as most startup news departments birthed from 94-1995 television realignment have since shut down their news departments or are in last place ratings wise. So I thought if it worked in Birmingham it could work at other markets. I guess I was wrong.

Yeah they did the last set was from 2012..

Raleigh has that problem with separating itself for other markets, ill admit my area in the past didn't have smart people and was learning that lesson we made some costly mistakes like separating MSAs and some other things, its complicated situation, it more has to do with separate identities and hostile governments and citizens. But I see a scenario like Houston and Dallas, or Cincinnati and Columbus both NC markets will be neck and neck for years to come they both will be on each other tales. You right about their not being a battle, but its a stiff competition.

Rip Inside the NBA Shaq, Kenny, Ernie, and Charles are an unbreakable duo they could buy the rights of the show and move it to NBC, but Ernie has said he's not leaving TNT since he's been there forever and has done other sports for them. But he could be at NBC and still be with TNT but he doesn't wanna leave I see the other 3 going to NBC but that still wont bring back the magic becasue Ernie is the godfather and the glue to the 4 on inside the NBA so without him it isn't much. That show at times was more entertaining than the games itself, it made people who didn't like basketball they some how made it interesting still. While I hope they bring back Roundball Rick which is the old NBA on NBC theme nothing can compare to those 4 i'll never be the same again.

Well Steve Edgar of FOX4 in Dallas I assume he's Republican just as I assume journalist Bill Ritter at ABC7 in New York is a Democrat. They're both have worked hard enough to have an opinion, FTVLive did a story and I don't believe everything they say on that site but Scott wrote a story after the 1/6 capitol insurrection of a former KDFW reporter calling Steve out over something on Twitter I can't remember what it was about though. I'll try to find it. KDFW is never gonna update their set. I'm convinced they’re in a competition with New York for the longest to have never changed their set. Of course, WNYW got a New set in phases in 2019, it wasn't reported on by The Other Site, but i'm convinced KDFW is trying to have the oldest news set in the world.

KABC still has the best set in the group.

You know that's what was unique about the split role between David Muir and George Stephanopoulos when that truck attack in NY happened in 2017 on Halloween, it was less than 2 hours before WNT yet they still called George in for that. When he should have been preparing to sleep they could've had David step in. I remember one day during a hearing and this was in 2019 when David did the all day coverage while George was out. I thought it was an odd setup. Especially that breaking news should be an evening anchor thing not a morning anchor thing. They ofc just felt bad about not giving George the WNT role.

What's up with some of these older news anchors loving on children? I can understand an 18-year-old because their legal adults, but under that age is sick. Keep in mind these people aren't even old enough to drink.

I think KGO does them too, but I don't see them as much as in LA with the 7 label pins. Ofc KFSN started it a few years ago, though I don't see there anchors wearing it a lot perhaps i'm not looking close enough. I noticed with clips of KGO from the '90s to early 00s to as far up as a few years ago some of the anchors don't wear them. I feel like KGO more laxed then LA becasue KABC must mandate it.

Yeah becasue its almost impossible to get a network job, especially if you want to go local to national from the New York market, almost every person I've talked to either turned it down or didn't get picked, so it must be fun occasionally filling in. I was talking to Michelle Charlesworth on Instagram she told me she was offered a network job but turned it down becasue she was afraid she wouldn't see her family. Only journalist I've seen who was in the NY market that got a network job was Weija Jang. And I found out Marci Gonzales worked at channel 7 before going to ABC News. And ofc Sam Champion went to GMA. Besides that they just seem to be uninterested.

I remember when WTVD kept ABC 11 but briefly rebranded to “Channel 11 Eyewitness News” in 2005, but the annocuer still called it ABC11 Eyewitness News but it was brief by the end of 2005 reporters stopped saying that and they returned to “ABC 11 Eyewitness News”. KTRK in 2015 became “ABC 13 Eyewitness News” and after being “13 Eyewitness News” but kept in general ABC13. Here a brief look at “Channel 11 Eyewitness News”.

I just still am amazed they broke tradition to do that. I just wondered why.

From 1999-2004 both KABC and WABC had the same verbal news branding until WABC went back to “Channel 7 Eyewitness News”. Till this day I wonder why WABC was ABC7 Eyewitness News from 99-04. KABC until 1996 was “Channel 7 Eyewitness News” in clips I've since from back then I never really heard reporters verbally say it at the end of liveshots. I feel like when KABC became ABC7 Eyewitness News that when I saw reporters saying it during the end of liveshots. WABC from 2000 during “ABC7 Eyewitness News” era does anyone know why they took that brand? WABC has kept that “Eyewitness News” typeface forever now. KABC has changed its font multiple times.

Laid off is almost similar to getting fired anyway. Bottom line he was out of a job.

Had a brief stint at WCBS in New York in the 90s but he was part of the station “massacre” at that station which resulted in him getting laid off.

Except Al Roker decided in 2000, to switch over completely to network he had been doing 5 and 6 while Janice did 11pm so he could do the today show. But he stop doing WNBC in full on February 17, 2000.

Yes he's there full time.

Me either, the station had a lot of pregnancies lately which is weird s little.

Yeah this update started with Los Angeles rolling out the update, soon I saw it in Boston, then I saw it in Telemundo 52 LA, now it’s in Orlando it’s coming fast!

That per there NBC affiliation correct.

That just not fair, there getting national exposure to the point Maurice and Kristine are almost CBS News personalities. They should be paid, I know Maurice files for CBS Sunday Morning frequently he should be paid if this is a combination under this brand of local and National then it should be treated as such. Makes me wonder if the national talent such Elaine Quijano who doing WCBS weekend morning which feels like part time is getting paid herself. It feels like all the New York station who personalities fill in for the network talent on occasions get this exposure and yet they know it’s hard to get a national news job and there filling in for no pay seems unfair for me.

It’s still surreal that they’ve adopted this theme.

Do anchors like Kristine Johnson who anchoring this Saturday broadcast and Maurice Dubios do they get paid for filling-in or part timing. I know they can’t be doing that for free, spending time away from their family and traveling and making no dough.

ABC O&O WTVD got their new set in 2018, for their downtown studio, in fact it's so small they still do sports from Durham still. WABC is moving to a new building so wait that, KABC set is still fresh after almost a decade, WPVI is ight. KFSN just got a new set last year. KTRK ill admit they need an upgrade, KGO set is still pretty nice, WLS set (built in 2016) is still pretty nice, WLS is in WTVD's situation a small street level studio which makes it hard for them to build a new set.

Well CBS is taking a try on Raleigh, citing it as a fast growing metro, CBS did have a bureau in that other NC city but it was closed. ABC ofc course has a bureau here in WTVD, FOX only has studios there for Nascar purposes, the NBC News Channel is leaving their building and downsizing to certain office building. But both markets have the possibility to crack the top 20 but Sacramento is tough to beat, and will probably stay ahead of both NC markets for the foreseeable future. But both markets only trail by a few hundred people, its really close, also the Lee and Harnett county was added back to the Raleigh CSA, the only problem is the Census refuses to remerge Raleigh-Cary MSA with Durham-Chapel Hill based on commuting patterns, making stats pro-sports, and advertising a bit difficult. But both markets I see are gonna be fighting each other for a minute, I don't see both areas hitting 3 million in its CSA. NBCUniversal has returned to Raleigh to own the Telemundo station, honestly it's gonna be a nasty fight for a few years, both metros are growing fast but Raleigh has messed up statistics due to split up MSAs. Which is why Raleigh has a hard time we've been as one person said criminally underserved.