CLTNewsWatch 4 Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Looks like WJZY and WMYT are staying at their current location but they will be building a newsroom. Its exactly what I thought. Even though Speed Channel has more space to build, they might have wanted to keep the operations separate. But with staying there, it is going to be tight. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickp 337 Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Doesn't sound like they are planning to move into the old Speed channel studios Looks like WJZY and WMYT are staying at their current location but they will be building a newsroom. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4379 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Its exactly what I thought. Even though Speed Channel has more space to build, they might have wanted to keep the operations separate. But with staying there, it is going to be tight. Remember that Fox is converting Speed Channel to "Fox Sports 1" next month. If the network is staying put in Charlotte, it wouldn't be a shock to see their other sports networks move under the same roof; thus, not enough room left for WJZY/WMYT. Fox may ultimately try to find larger studios for WJZY/WMYT, but may try to do the most with what they have in the meantime. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 569 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I'd like for them to put WJZY and WMYT signs back up on the I-85 side of the studios. Don't understand why they took them down. Motorists traveling 85 were able to see that it is the WJZY and WMYT studios. Maybe they fell down in the storm and they just didn't put them back up? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTNewsWatch 4 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Fox 46 is using an ice cream truck to promote the switch this weekend. They will be driving around Charlotte, giving everyone a "cool treat, with the kick off to Fox." It seems like a very unique promotion. Link to Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/FOX46-Carolinas/202960719828035?ref=ts&fref=ts Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 569 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Fox 46 is using an ice cream truck to promote the switch this weekend. They will be driving around Charlotte, giving everyone a "cool treat, with the kick off to Fox." It seems like a very unique promotion. Link to Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/FOX46-Carolinas/202960719828035?ref=ts&fref=ts Very clever! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTNewsWatch 4 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Morgan Fogarty is updating on the newsroom renovation, and she has posted a picture of their "newsroom set." It looks similar to their current set. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151749055050786&l=54844356c4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 569 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Mark Washburn talks like Fox 46 Carolinas news will launch in January, so I think the night of the NFC championship game (January 19) would be a good time to start it, since it's Fox's turn to have the 6:30 slot this year. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTNewsWatch 4 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Mark Washburn talks like Fox 46 Carolinas news will launch in January, so I think the night of the NFC championship game (January 19) would be a good time to start it, since it's Fox's turn to have the 6:30 slot this year. Fox 46 originally told me that they are looking at a date in January. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 569 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/28/4135683/fox-and-cw-networks-switch-stations.html#.Uc5UxpfW5kc.facebook Wonder what the WCCB 4pm announcement on Monday will be? WCCB too conservative? Ha! No more Charlotte Now after Sunday night. Not even on WMYT. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 291 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Also, WMYT's site got updated for the first time since Fox bought it. It's still the same site, except they threw the much nicer My 12 logo up there. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 511 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/28/4135683/fox-and-cw-networks-switch-stations.html#.Uc5UxpfW5kc.facebook Wonder what the WCCB 4pm announcement on Monday will be? WCCB too conservative? Ha! No more Charlotte Now after Sunday night. Not even on WMYT. It was painful reading that article. In the first TV affiliation switch in Charlotte since 1978... He must be forgetting 2006, when WJZY/WMYT flipped from UPN and WB to CW and MyNetwork, respectively. And, WCCB (Channel 18), owned by Charlotte-based Bahakel Communications, had been the city’s Fox affiliate since the network was launched in 1989. Fox launched in '86, not '89. Wow... 1987 I would've understood since they launched primetime that year. But really. 1989? Wow, just wow. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 1002 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 It was painful reading that article. He must be forgetting 2006, when WJZY/WMYT flipped from UPN and WB to CW and MyNetwork, respectively. And, Fox launched in '86, not '89. Wow... 1987 I would've understood since they launched primetime that year. But really. 1989? Wow, just wow. He also has WJZY on channel 55 instead of 46. I doubt the author will win any accolades with that type of writing. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 569 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 He must be forgetting 2006, when WJZY/WMYT flipped from UPN and WB to CW and MyNetwork, respectively. Well the whole country was involved in that one. But wow, didn't catch the WJZY channel 55 nor the Fox launching in 1989 goof. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1956 Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 He must be forgetting 2006, when WJZY/WMYT flipped from UPN and WB to CW and MyNetwork, respectively. I didn't think he needed to mention about those because WB/UPN were network closedowns & CW/MyN were startups. Those weren't actual affiliation switches. All the other errors of the article are obvious. Another tidbit. The date of the last affiliation switch in Charlotte was July 1, 1978. It also involving WCCB, when ABC was dropped by them, moved to WSOC, while the NBC affiliation was moved from WSOC to Independent WRET (now WCNC). So approximately 35 years later, history repeats itself once again. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 569 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Also Washburn may confuse some people mentioning the Simpsons in the latest article because the syndicated Simpsons is staying on WCCB, at least for now. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1956 Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 Also Washburn may confuse some people mentioning the Simpsons in the latest article because the syndicated Simpsons is staying on WCCB, at least for now. Yep, that can be very misleading. That's why I stated earlier on this thread about that situation. I hope when the deal expires, Fox can snag the Simpsons repeats to WJZY. Oh and I promised to show you this B&C article about the current dilemma about the Syndie Simpsons situation. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 569 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Yep, that can be very misleading. That's why I stated earlier on this thread about that situation. I hope when the deal expires, Fox can snag the Simpson repeats to WJZY. Oh and I promised to show you this B&C article about the current dilemma about the Syndie Simpsons situation. Sounds like the current deal goes on for one more year so they could very well move to WJZY next year. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 511 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I also hope WJZY can dump the "Trisha Goddard Show" when they get a chance. That is lowbrow programming IMO. You find it only on MyNet and CW stations and it's odd to see a Fox O&O with it. Also when they dump that horrible announcer guy they are using now they pretty much will wipe the fact they were once a CW affiliate. Wish nothing but the best to them as they switch to Fox. Exciting times in Charlotte right now I'd imagine. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 569 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I also hope WJZY can dump the "Trisha Goddard Show" when they get a chance. That is lowbrow programming IMO. You find it only on MyNet and CW stations and it's odd to see a Fox O&O with it. Also when they dump that horrible announcer guy they are using now they pretty much will wipe the fact they were once a CW affiliate. Wish nothing but the best to them as they switch to Fox. Exciting times in Charlotte right now I'd imagine. I know! Trisha is unwatchable. And it probably gets killed by the newscasts on 3, 9 and 36 and by Ellen on 18 at 5. They ought to hand it off to WMYT. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 292 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Well, Trisha came from ITV, so it's understandable to be disgusted by it. Of course, she taped her first ITV show at what was otherwise a respectable station, Anglia (makers of Knightmare, the virtual kids' game show, and a lot of documentaries thanks to their factual department, which was recently shut down, unfortunately, and the station that used a statue of a knight on horseback for 39 years). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 192 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I also hope WJZY can dump the "Trisha Goddard Show" when they get a chance. That is lowbrow programming IMO. You find it only on MyNet and CW stations and it's odd to see a Fox O&O with it. Trisha is also shown on FOX stations, including the one in my area. Plus, Trisha is renewed for a second season. Hope WJZY moves the show somewhere in the midday other than 5pm. Plus, Ricki Lake's new show got cancelled, so maybe they'll put Trisha at 1pm. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSC1980 112 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Since now we have FOX46, I don't know who will have record of WBTV News on WJZY. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 569 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Read on another board 46.3 and 46.4 have disappeared. Not a surprise. I just wonder where Movies! is going to end up. Surprising This TV went to 55.2 instead of that. Wonder if Movies! will replace the religious channel on 55.3 or Antenna TV on 46.2. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1956 Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Read on another board 46.3 and 46.4 have disappeared. Not a surprise. I just wonder where Movies! is going to end up. Surprising This TV went to 55.2 instead of that. Wonder if Movies! will replace the religious channel on 55.3 or Antenna TV on 46.2. Fox is going to have to pull the plug on that Jimmy Swaggart channel, one way or another. I just don't see them with it on the long haul. I dunno if Bahakel have anymore bandwidth room, but This & Antenna could move to WCCB. That would have Fox with a whole channel by itself in HD with no subchannels, and WMYT with Movies on 55.2 as the only sub. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12393-fox-buying-charlottes-wjzywmyt/page/15/#findComment-84781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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