WNBC - News 4 New York

[RealNews18 215]

Darlene and Michael anchored the 11 this morning 

[NowBergen 690]

5 hours ago, RealNews18 said:

Darlene and Michael anchored the 11 this morning 

Adam is reporting from DC tonight.  David and Natalie are covering the local stories at 5 from the studio.  Probably will be like this for a few days.

[IceManNYR 240]

Why are they not formatting their election lower third to match the size of their regular lower third?

[anthonyz 26]

17 hours ago, IceManNYR said:

Why are they not formatting their election lower third to match the size of their regular lower third?

Many of the NBC O&Os have done something like this since N launched in 2016. My only guess is that Artworks (I think they are called something else now) allows the option for affiliates to use the graphics for the "Decision" graphics. But again, why they don't have a format specifically for N for all the O&Os I still don't understand.

[ABC 7 Denver 1729]

20 minutes ago, anthonyz said:

Many of the NBC O&Os have done something like this since N launched in 2016. My only guess is that Artworks (I think they are called something else now) allows the option for affiliates to use the graphics for the "Decision" graphics. But again, why they don't have a format specifically for N for all the O&Os I still don't understand.

 

It's now NBC Arthouse.

[MediaZone4K 2233]

It's time for a graphical and studio update. 3K looks so barren, even before the COVID desk modification. 

[rkolsen 1685]

On 11/4/2020 at 4:10 AM, IceManNYR said:

Why are they not formatting their election lower third to match the size of their regular lower third?

He boxes like that were some odd design quirk. They do something similar when it comes to meteorologists names. Why? I do not know.

[noggi 604]

55 minutes ago, rkolsen said:

He boxes like that were some odd design quirk. They do something similar when it comes to meteorologists names. Why? I do not know.

 

I can tell you the most likely scenario - a producer somewhere felt it "needed to be special"! That is how stations go off-brand 99.9% of the time. 

 

(The other .1%, well actually considerably larger than that, is when sales sells something and doesn't let the creative team know so now we need to shoehorn a massive heating and air company logo into a 7-day forecast banner or ticker design... and you won't even be able to make it out... but hey, it's added value so... )

[B2r4a6n 103]

I've noticed for the last 5-6 weeks that Adam Kuperstein has been off on Fridays and Gilma Avalos has been filling in while Adam still co anchors with Gilma on Saturdays. I wonder what the long term plan is. 

[IceManNYR 240]

Pat was anchoring from home today.

[NowBergen 690]

Natalie has been as well.  they have probably needed to reduce the number of folks in the studio because of the rise in infections.

[IceManNYR 240]

Everyone was in studio for Today In New York.

[Liugrad2020 80]

On 11/13/2020 at 11:13 PM, B2r4a6n said:

I've noticed for the last 5-6 weeks that Adam Kuperstein has been off on Fridays and Gilma Avalos has been filling in while Adam still co anchors with Gilma on Saturdays. I wonder what the long term plan is. 

Adam said he’s going to be on Sat nights while there are new SNL episodes.

[SnellKrell 52]

I'm totally confused!

 

What does reporting the news have to do with if the program following the news

is an original or repeat?

 

That makes no sense.

[Liugrad2020 80]

4 hours ago, SnellKrell said:

I'm totally confused!

 

What does reporting the news have to do with if the program following the news

is an original or repeat?

 

That makes no sense.

I don’t disagree although that’s what Adam told me when I asked him.

[LinCruzChicagoNYLA 19]

This year, WNBC is doing the holiday sing along, but this time will be all virtual and socially distant due to the COVID pandemic. it will be for the first time that the holiday sing along promo will be not to be filmed in the Rockefeller Plaza Christmas Tree unlike in the previous years, the last Holiday Sing Along filmed next to the tree was in 2018, it is to tie-in with the movie "The Grinch". Their song picked by the station for this year is "Frosty the Snowman". Celebrity cameos also made it in the promo including Kelly Clarkson from "The Kelly Clarkson Show" (which is produced and distributed by WNBC's corporate sister NBCU Syndication Studios) and the team from "The Today Show". Chuck Scarborough ends the promo with the words "Happy Holidays from NBC 4 New York (and Telemundo 47)." 

 

 

Edited December 5, 2020 by LinCruzChicagoNYLA

[SnellKrell 52]

Once again, the station has lost its way!

 

The inclusion of network and syndication personalities is not what the Channel 4 "Sing-A-Long" is all about.

It's local!!!!!!

 

A number of years ago, they strayed and keyed-in an animated character that "just so happened" to be the

star of a Universal Christmas movie!

 

When I questioned management about commercializing this New York tradition, I was told that it had

nothing to do with promoting a Universal movie.

 

When hearing that, I offered to sell the exec a bridge connecting lower Manhattan to another borough.

[noggi 604]

How dare that commercial station commercialize a commercial during this commercial-related holiday season?!

 

OUTRAGE.

[NYTV 121]

On 12/7/2020 at 8:11 AM, SnellKrell said:

Once again, the station has lost its way!

 

The inclusion of network and syndication personalities is not what the Channel 4 "Sing-A-Long" is all about.

It's local!!!!!!

 

A number of years ago, they strayed and keyed-in an animated character that "just so happened" to be the

star of a Universal Christmas movie!

 

When I questioned management about commercializing this New York tradition, I was told that it had

nothing to do with promoting a Universal movie.

 

When hearing that, I offered to sell the exec a bridge connecting lower Manhattan to another borough.

At least WNBC is actually doing something this year as opposed to scraping it for the year

[SnellKrell 52]

And, if you can't do it right, don't do it!

 

Hard to identify faces - it doesn't work.

[RealNews18 215]

33 minutes ago, SnellKrell said:

And, if you can't do it right, don't do it!

 

Hard to identify faces - it doesn't work.

If all you have to worry is a TV stations Christmas commercial after the year that we’ve had you are one lucky person.
 

They are clearly trying to boost some spirits and keep a tradition going while keeping their staff safe. Jeez.  

[wabceyewitness 825]

On 12/7/2020 at 8:11 AM, SnellKrell said:

Once again, the station has lost its way!

 

The inclusion of network and syndication personalities is not what the Channel 4 "Sing-A-Long" is all about.

It's local!!!!!!

 

A number of years ago, they strayed and keyed-in an animated character that "just so happened" to be the

star of a Universal Christmas movie!

 

When I questioned management about commercializing this New York tradition, I was told that it had

nothing to do with promoting a Universal movie.

 

When hearing that, I offered to sell the exec a bridge connecting lower Manhattan to another borough.

I would think the station’s executive team would be the ones to determine what the station’s holiday promo is all about, not you. 
 

Traditions are nice, but they can also evolve. Doing something one way just because it’s always been done that way is the worst way to do anything. 

 

Hoping your holidays are happier than The Grinch that appeared in a previous year’s WNBC holiday promo. 

[IceManNYR 240]

Maria LaRosa and Raphael Miranda are on Today In New York for storm coverage.

[IceManNYR 240]

Maria and Janice are doing weather forecasts from home.

[Liugrad2020 80]

As they should be doing.