RealNews18 216 Posted January 11 Posted January 11 So today Tanya Rivero and Shirleen anchored this morning. Bill and Sandra on at 5.. Bill solo at 6. Mike reported for the 5. I was surprised to see him reporting over anchoring. Guess it’s the way of “easing” in. It’s been asked but is there a date of when the moves happen?
MorningNews 1483 Posted January 11 Posted January 11 (edited) I assume they utilized him because he’s already around for the shift since he anchors Friday’s 11pm show. IIRC the plan is that Ritter will scale back to just 6pm while Mike handles 5 and 11pm with Pedro Rivera then moving to weekday mornings right? Edited January 11 by MorningNews
Geoffrey 872 Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Something strange is happening on ABC 7. It's currently 12:03 p.m. and they're airing GMA 3 instead of the noon news.
RealNews18 216 Posted January 15 Posted January 15 1 minute ago, Geoffrey said: Something strange is happening on ABC 7. It's currently 12:03 p.m. and they're airing GMA 3 instead of the noon news. On what platform? Optimum channel 7 is showing the Noon newscast. Joe Torres Michelle Charlesworth are anchoring and Jeff doing weather
Geoffrey 872 Posted January 15 Posted January 15 At 12:05, it switched to the newscast in progress. I'm watching on YouTube TV. Perhaps they were taking the wrong feed. Strange.
MisterBill 99 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 On 1/9/2025 at 12:43 AM, MediaZone4K said: Josh Eineger even went all the way to England to assess how congestion pricing worked out for London.\ Ali Bauman from WCBS did that, too. The story was put on hold when congestion pricing was postponed.
MorningNews 1483 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Seeing Joe and Michelle together is always nice.
Vlad 330 Posted January 17 Posted January 17 (edited) Does anyone know when WABC and the Eyewitness News Operation will move to the new studios downtown in Hudson Square? Was curious because I wanted to make sure I see their final day at the West 66th Street location. Edited January 17 by Vlad
24994J 5621 Posted January 17 Posted January 17 3 hours ago, Vlad said: Does anyone know when WABC and the Eyewitness News Operation will move to the new studios downtown in Hudson Square? Was curious because I wanted to make sure I see their final day at the West 66th Street location. Based on that Charlesworth post from 1/6 (that you responded to), it shouldn't be for a couple more weeks.
NowBergen 692 Posted January 17 Posted January 17 On 12/11/2024 at 8:44 PM, bob mercier said: so it's indeed mike marza that does the 5pm, 6pm, and 11pm news now on fridays? i can see why bill ritter has indeed reduced his schedule to 4 days a week when he's going to be almost 75. That's not unique. Just to the EWN fandom. Chuck Scarborough did it for years. Janice Huff as well. The reduction in shifts for long time staff members is well deserved.
mountainave 606 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Recall that Ken Rosato and Lori Stokes anchored the 4:30 am, 5:00 am, 6:00am, mid-morning news updates, and noon broadcasts until Lisa Colagrossi died from a brain aneurysm that her family attributed to her grueling hours, and Ken and Lori in turn demanded (appropriately) a reduction in work. 2
MediaZone4K 2237 Posted January 20 Posted January 20 3 hours ago, mountainave said: Recall that Ken Rosato and Lori Stokes anchored the 4:30 am, 5:00 am, 6:00am, mid-morning news updates, and noon broadcasts until Lisa Colagrossi died from a brain aneurysm that her family attributed to her grueling hours, and Ken and Lori in turn demanded (appropriately) a reduction in work. Morning news anchors doing the Noon/11 am was industry standard for a long time. I'm glad to see many stations cutting back on that. Chris and Mary on WCBS were doing it up until Cindy Hsu took over. Michael and Darlene Don't do WNBC's midday newscast. This is the case for WNBC but I'm not sure if it's the case for WABC, are the same morning reporters also doing the noon?
ns8401 955 Posted January 20 Posted January 20 (edited) 2 hours ago, MediaZone4K said: Morning news anchors doing the Noon/11 am was industry standard for a long time. I'm glad to see many stations cutting back on that. Chris and Mary on WCBS were doing it up until Cindy Hsu took over. Michael and Darlene Don't do WNBC's midday newscast. This is the case for WNBC but I'm not sure if it's the case for WABC, are the same morning reporters also doing the noon? I know of at least one station that used the 5pm anchors for the noon newscast back in the day… that may be 6 of one and a half dozen of the other to do it that way. It saved killing the morning folks in terms of a grueling day. Edited January 20 by ns8401 2
MediaZone4K 2237 Posted January 20 Posted January 20 (edited) 44 minutes ago, ns8401 said: I know of at least one station that used the 5pm anchors for the noon newscast back in the day… that may be 6 of one and a half dozen of the other to do it that way. It saved killing the morning folks in terms of a grueling day. That system makes more sense to me, than having the morning anchors stay through the noon, and the 5pm team only does that one broadcast. I.e. when Lori & Ken did AM & noon, and Diana/Sade only did the 5. Edited January 20 by MediaZone4K
NYAZSporty 141 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 WABC, with Inauguration coverage running long, decided to air Eyewitness News from 7-8 tonight bumping Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune to overnight. 2
MisterBill 99 Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Someone screwed up and showed a repeat (yes, repeat) of the mid-show break-in newscast with Sandra Bookman during GMA3 today. The show itself was not a repeat. I've never seen that before. Learned about the inauguration moving indoors and 40-degree temperatures again.
ns8401 955 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 5 hours ago, MisterBill said: Someone screwed up and showed a repeat (yes, repeat) of the mid-show break-in newscast with Sandra Bookman during GMA3 today. The show itself was not a repeat. I've never seen that before. Learned about the inauguration moving indoors and 40-degree temperatures again. That implies they have a file of those somewhere. Somebody grabbed the wrong Friday.
MisterBill 99 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 On 1/24/2025 at 6:19 PM, HanSolo said: Humans are human. On 1/24/2025 at 10:39 PM, ns8401 said: That implies they have a file of those somewhere. Somebody grabbed the wrong Friday. So they tape the news break and don't broadcast that one live? I know that GMA3 isn't live, it's taped at 10am (and I thought they were rearranging their schedule so it would air live). The insert always seemed sort of haphazard, no introduction and often interrupts a commercial.
RealNews18 216 Posted February 4 Posted February 4 Per Bill Ritter they move at the end of the month 1
wabceyewitness 825 Posted February 4 Posted February 4 (edited) 14 hours ago, brianpr3 said: When does the big day happen for the move? goal is to originate newscasts from there during presidents week. We’ll see if timeline holds or is pushed back a bit. Many staff are already moved in and working out of 7 Hudson Edited February 4 by wabceyewitness
RealNews18 216 Posted February 4 Posted February 4 11 minutes ago, wabceyewitness said: goal is to originate newscasts from there during presidents week. We’ll see if timeline holds or is pushed back a bit. Many staff are already moved in and working out of 7 Hudson Does anyone have any sneak peaks of the set or any ideas on what it will look like?
mountainave 606 Posted February 6 Posted February 6 The new studio will not be street-side in the way it currently is. As wabceyewitness said, the move is planned for this month. Not sure what the latest plan is, but in the absence of unforeseen problems, I would expect the new studio to debut beginning with the weekend broadcasts. 1
TheNewsTV 257 Posted February 6 Posted February 6 1 hour ago, mountainave said: The new studio will not be street-side in the way it currently is. As wabceyewitness said, the move is planned for this month. Not sure what the latest plan is, but in the absence of unforeseen problems, I would expect the new studio to debut beginning with the weekend broadcasts. Well, the new graphics package debuted over the weekend, who knows, maybe the studio's will too. 1
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