NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I know the President spoke today starting sometime in the 11am hour. Don't know what time it ended but it could be possible that that pushed the noon news start time back a little, hence the late weather? Oh ok, that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BehindNYNews 143 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I know the President spoke today starting sometime in the 11am hour. Don't know what time it ended but it could be possible that that pushed the noon news start time back a little, hence the late weather? They never push back the Noon newscast. They go until 12:30 then Millionaire. So, maybe they did since they know it will change on Monday but they do not have a history of doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchorman 93 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 They never push back the Noon newscast. They go until 12:30 then Millionaire. So, maybe they did since they know it will change on Monday but they do not have a history of doing that. The newscast didn't start till about 12:18 and ended at 12:45. This was not a soft launch just pushed back to do the Abc News Special Report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 727 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 They never push back the Noon newscast. They go until 12:30 then Millionaire. So, maybe they did since they know it will change on Monday but they do not have a history of doing that. They've done it plenty of times before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BehindNYNews 143 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 They've done it plenty of times before. I've seen them start late many times due to special reports and they've never extended the newscast but I trust you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewser_676 26 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I've seen them start late many times due to special reports and they've never extended the newscast but I trust you. They have done this plenty of times before... Whenever the newscast starts past 12:15, they will push millionaire back to get everything in. Edit: the most recent time they did something similar was on August 13, when WABC locally broke in before the noon newscast to carry a storm press conference in Suffolk County after the record flooding, and that didn't end until like 12:20. WCBS and WNBC somehow managed to wrap up the noon news in 10 mins, but WABC extended until 12:45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewser_676 26 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Joe Torres tweeted today that WABC is getting a total newsroom renovation... It definitely needs it, because it looks like most of it is the same from at least 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Joe Torres tweeted today that WABC is getting a total newsroom renovation... It definitely needs it, because it looks like most of it is the same from at least 2005 That newsroom looked like it hasn't been touched at all since probably the late 1990s. What renovations they'd done since 2005? Nevertheless, it's about time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewser_676 26 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 That newsroom looked like it hasn't been touched at all since probably the late 1990s. What renovations they'd done since 2005? Nevertheless, it's about time. I could only find footage going back that far ... But you're right - it does look 90's-esque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 291 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I once saw a photo, and they have these translucent maps of the Tri-State Area in one area, and one of them still had the 90's EWN logo on them. And I once saw a video on 7Online about an Election, and it featured David Novarro in the newsroom, and as he passed by one pillar, there was what appeared to be some sort of fake movie poster with Roger Grimsby on it. Anyone know anything about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Right now on ABC7 - live prime time "Post Game Huddle" anchored by Rob Powers with panel of special guests in studio. Pretty cool to air this instead of filling with network program joined in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs2newengland 71 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Wasn't sure if this should be in it's own thread, but this is for you NY brats, former WABC (now WCVB) anchor Phil Lipof is back on the air after being under the weather for having an allergic reaction to an antibiotic. He came back last night to anchor the 11:00 news. newenglandone.com/news/local-news/item/589-phil-lipof-back-on-wcvb-s-anchor-desk-tonight.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 The 7pm showing isn't going anywhere, but I don't get all this "NEW" "Daytime Jeopardy!" bullshit. It's like they're trying to pass it off as a brand new show, when all it is is just another airing. Whether the 2:30 will be the same-day airing, a rebroadcast from the day before, or a random past episode has yet to determined, but it's going to be the same host, announcer, theme, and answers and question. When I saw WABC's hourly 12pm yesterday, they stated that the Daytime Jeopardy is playing episodes from the previous season (Season 30). I'd rather for them to do that, instead of airing yesterday's episode at 2:30pm, which I thought that was the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 222 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Noticed a new WABC promo using the song "Come Get It Bae" by Pharrell Williams. The voice of the promo sounded like the same guy who voices the Verizon FiOS ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 530 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Noticed a new WABC promo using the song "Come Get It Bae" by Pharrell Williams. The voice of the promo sounded like the same guy who voices the Verizon FiOS ads. It's a new promo for First at Four: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152391801034091&set=vb.31160214090&type=2&theater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 222 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 The voice sounds similar to that of the voice in the First at Four promo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnr2Li-oaKw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Noticed a new WABC promo using the song "Come Get It Bae" by Pharrell Williams. The voice of the promo sounded like the same guy who voices the Verizon FiOS ads. It's a new promo for First at Four: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152391801034091&set=vb.31160214090&type=2&theater Nice music, awful promo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 530 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Nice music, awful promo. Yeah, the narrator talks about coming to the show for breaking news while the visuals show the anchors laughing and schmoozing. I'm not sure I like the music, but I guess the attempt is to brand the 4 as a fun show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 The promos is just done all wrong and misses an opportunity to use the song and footage in a way that makes sense. Since the song is called "Come Get It Bae" (bae = slang for "before anyone else" aka a person's significant other) and is upbeat, the promo should have hit primarily on weather, PM traffic, consumer information, happy talk and pop news first then the latest breaking news as a "plus". Since EWN has the only 4pm news, the VO could've used the tag line "Get it all before anyone else , on eyewitness news first at four" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Still the best "light" news ad ever. In my opinion lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BehindNYNews 143 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I know he fills in all of the time for Laura and sometimes Rob, but Anthony Johnson does a great job as sports anchor. If a time comes that Rob moves to news anchor and Laura is moved to weekday sports anchor, Anthony would be a great replacement for the weekend sports anchor spot. He has a perfect, fun personality for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 169 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Could this be a possibility Rob anchoring at 4, and handling sports for the 6 & 11? I know at KGO they have the sports guy anchoring the 4 pm news and then doing sports for the 6 & 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Could this be a possibility Rob anchoring at 4, and handling sports for the 6 & 11? I know at KGO they have the sports guy anchoring the 4 pm news and then doing sports for the 6 & 11. and then where does this put David? I like David at 4, and he has pretty good chemistry with Liz and Lee. When it comes to news anchoring, I'd take David over Rob any day (no offense to Rob, I still think he's a fantastic sports anchor). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 169 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 and then where does this put David? I like David at 4, and he has pretty good chemistry with Liz and Lee. When it comes to news anchoring, I'd take David over Rob any day (no offense to Rob, I still think he's a fantastic sports anchor). They can demote him to a reporter/fill-in anchor. I tried several times to watch the 4 with David anchoring but can't watch him idk what is. I'm sure he's a nice guy and all but idk just watch an entire show with him anchoring. As for the idea I had for Rob anchoring the 4 that was if David left or got demoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewser_676 26 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 They can demote him to a reporter/fill-in anchor. I tried several times to watch the 4 with David anchoring but can't watch him idk what is. I'm sure he's a nice guy and all but idk just watch an entire show with him anchoring. As for the idea I had for Rob anchoring the 4 that was if David left or got demoted. They won't do that... The only time in recent memory a WABC anchor was removed was Steve Bartelstein... The ratings for First at Four continuously improve every sweeps, so they wouldn't fix something that isn't broken... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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