JULIUS 1 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 There was a complete meltdown during the 11 PM WCAU NBC10 newscast last night. The first segment appeared to be fine but after that, there was a bunch of commercials and no news for the rest of the half hour. There was a weather segment after the first series of commercials and then after the weather, there was more commercials for the rest of the half hour , but that's it. Does anyone know what happened and why the newscast was messed up? Did anyone see this and was there any problems with the 6 PM news last night? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12365-meltdown-during-last-nights-11-pm-nbc-10-newscast/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1916 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12365-meltdown-during-last-nights-11-pm-nbc-10-newscast/#findComment-78113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1232 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Hasn't this station had problems with meltdowns before? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12365-meltdown-during-last-nights-11-pm-nbc-10-newscast/#findComment-78114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JULIUS 1 Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Hasn't this station had problems with meltdowns before? Don't know. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12365-meltdown-during-last-nights-11-pm-nbc-10-newscast/#findComment-78115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProButtonPusher 230 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I *love* the comments on their Facebook page -- viewers saying things like "are you aware you've been in commercials for 10 minutes?!?!?!?!?!?!" and "people should be fired" over the equipment meltdown. Really? I'm positive nobody at the station had to see a comment on Facebook to figure out there were issues. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12365-meltdown-during-last-nights-11-pm-nbc-10-newscast/#findComment-78119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonyz 26 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I remember watching WPTV last month, watching commercials looping over the network feed for ten minutes straight. Then it interrupted the local newscast for another ten minutes. Gotta love automation. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12365-meltdown-during-last-nights-11-pm-nbc-10-newscast/#findComment-78121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCAUTVNBC10 413 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Hasn't this station had problems with meltdowns before? No that would be WPVI Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12365-meltdown-during-last-nights-11-pm-nbc-10-newscast/#findComment-78128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 673 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 It goes back to the 90s... I was in Chicago when a storm came through and wreaked havoc with WMAQ's newscast. Though rather than commercials upon commercials, they couldn't switch out of the studio, so it was, as Carol Marin and Ron Magers said (essentially): Enjoy the "Non-Stop News" - you're about to get a lot of commercials. Instead, viewers got a long close with credits, then a couple of news promos and I believe a couple of minutes of the "A whole new NBC" musical bed before the 6:30 program (Married with Children?) started. I have it somewhere on tape (I was huddled under the stands at Wrigley during the storm - the game started very late - I think I only saw an inning before having to head back downtown to beat the 10pm closing of the parking garage I was using...). J Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12365-meltdown-during-last-nights-11-pm-nbc-10-newscast/#findComment-78154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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