Nelson R. 560 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 The Panthers' playoff prospects probably have WJZY accelerating their start from, say, Super Bowl XLVIII, so that they can get many more viewers. That's what I was thinking too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 If they want to be on by the end of the month they better hurry it up. Still have not announced their primary news anchors and weather/sports teams. I just can't see them on that quickly and think they want to honor their original date of being on on Super Bowl night. Does anybody else think they will play a trick on us and get Molly Grantham (currently does WBTV 10pm news) as one of their new anchors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 If they want to be on by the end of the month they better hurry it up. Still have not announced their primary news anchors and weather/sports teams. I just can't see them on that quickly and think they want to honor their original date of being on on Super Bowl night. Does anybody else think they will play a trick on us and get Molly Grantham (currently does WBTV 10pm news) as one of their new anchors? Doubt it. She does 5:30 and 11 for WBTV as well and is one of the faces of the station. Plus she'd likely have to sit out a non-compete before she goes anywhere, which is unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 560 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I think Anthony Flores will be the weekday sports anchor and Mike Leslie will be the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 560 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/12/06/4524444/fly-ty-joined-artie-goins-show.html#.UqHx47u9LCS WJZY's news at 10 produced by WBTV had about 2,000 more viewers than WCCB at 10 in November but WCCB retained two thirds of its audience from last year. Also fewer people have watched Fox on WJZY than last year at this time on WCCB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTNewsWatch 4 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 A reporter tweeted that they are launching on January 1st! Also, numerous pictures have been posted of the newsroom updates. They will have "several" Perceptive Pixel screens in the room/set. Launch Tweet: https://twitter.com/archithfox46/status/410817810198040576 Newsroom: https://twitter.com/lratcliffefox46/status/410881153118130176 https://twitter.com/grzynewsfox46/status/410511222568914944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 560 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Ironically WCCB launched theirs on January 1, 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike91 66 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I was watching this morning and saw a maybe 5 second promo for the new news. It only said "It's Coming", January 1st and only had a MyFOX Carolinas logo (no FOX46) and said something about 10pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTNewsWatch 4 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Their news is going by "MyFOXcarolinas" now. Reporter have been signing off with that, and that is apparently what the news program will go by. Not sure how that's going to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Still have not announced their main anchors. It's like they want to surprise everyone. Or will it truly be untraditional (maybe the reporters will rotate as anchors)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1554 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Still have not announced their main anchors. It's like they want to surprise everyone. Or will it truly be untraditional (maybe the reporters will rotate as anchors)? Or no anchors at all! The reporters will pass it to each other (I kind of like the elimination of the anchor idea). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTNewsWatch 4 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 They will have a newscast, online only, at 10pm on Wednesday, December 18th. It'll be "a great glimpse at what viewers can expect." Also, the newsroom/set is almost done: https://twitter.com/cltnewswatch/status/411616230593003520 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5278 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 They will have a newscast, online only, at 10pm on Wednesday, December 18th. It'll be "a great glimpse at what viewers can expect." Also, the newsroom/set is almost done: https://twitter.com/cltnewswatch/status/411616230593003520 That's actually a FANTASTIC idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 560 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 They will have a newscast, online only, at 10pm on Wednesday, December 18th. It'll be "a great glimpse at what viewers can expect." Also, the newsroom/set is almost done: https://twitter.com/cltnewswatch/status/411616230593003520 I don't know why they would want to do it at the same time as WBTV's news on its own station. Should do it at 10:30. But still, interesting and I will be watching! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 259 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 https://www.facebook.com/RobEicherFOX35/posts/561440740607527 FOX 46 got their Chief Meteorologist and it is Rob Eicher from sister station FOX 35 in Orlando. Yesterday was his last day at FOX 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 560 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 They will have a newscast, online only, at 10pm on Wednesday, December 18th. It'll be "a great glimpse at what viewers can expect." Also, the newsroom/set is almost done: https://twitter.com/cltnewswatch/status/411616230593003520 Believe the webcasts are every day up until the launch on January 1. I could see them skipping Christmas Eve and maybe Christmas Day too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTNewsWatch 4 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Believe the webcasts are every day up until the launch on January 1. I could see them skipping Christmas Eve and maybe Christmas Day too. They will be every night until the launch, not sure if they will skip the holidays. Also, the anchor for the newscast was announced: Cheryl Brayboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Sounds like the newscast will be called "MyFox Carolinas Primetime". It seems as if they are really playing up the interactive side of this, positioning themselves as not just a traditional OTA newscast but one that's available on all platforms. Would assume FTS and Abernethy are using Charlotte as a test market for this and could expand it to its other stations if it's effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 This sounds like a "completely different" sort of newscast. I'm not sure if that's good or not. They seem to really be pushing the nontraditional aspect of the newscast. I also think the use of Fox Carolinas and the station URL is just because, well, "myfox46" doesn't fit in so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Sounds like the newscast will be called "MyFox Carolinas Primetime". It seems as if they are really playing up the interactive side of this, positioning themselves as not just a traditional OTA newscast but one that's available on all platforms. Would assume FTS and Abernethy are using Charlotte as a test market for this and could expand it to its other stations if it's effective. I have no doubt this station is going to be the test bed for Fox's "News evolution" concept. Based on my experience at KRIV and conversations with co-workers, I think Fox 26 was likely the first target for this test (our GM still references "news evolution" every chance he gets) but is too wedded to the traditional media model for it to work. Most of our reporters are older, having cut their teeth on that model. "News evolution" needs the buy-in of the facebook/twitter/instagram crowd (ie young reporters - or older tech-savvy ones - who can one man band and engage with viewers online while editing a package on their iPad) to work correctly. So why not start it from the ground up. If it works, expand it outward to the other O&Os as the "old media" reporters retire and are replaced with the "new media" crowd. If it doesn't work, well they're still getting a s*** ton of revenue from having the Panthers broadcasts during football season and they'll either cancel or replace the newscast with "Chasing the Carolinas" magazine show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTNewsWatch 4 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 From the looks of pictures posted on Twitter, they newscast will be using a boom mic, instead of the mics that anchors/reporters wear. They did this for their Tailgate Party, and it was visible often, and the audio wasn't that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 From the looks of pictures posted on Twitter, they newscast will be using a boom mic, instead of the mics that anchors/reporters wear. They did this for their Tailgate Party, and it was visible often, and the audio wasn't that good. I don't think so. It's possible that they were just filming a promo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTNewsWatch 4 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I don't think so. It's possible that they were just filming a promo. I asked "Will you not wear mics" and a reporter replied "yes." https://twitter.com/cltnewswatch/status/413425463093391360 Here's a picture of the practice: https://twitter.com/shannonfox46/status/413424558310715392 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 The way they are setting up their operation, it's destined to fail. That being said, I will stream live tonight to see how they execute it. Somebody said if this was to fail, they could possibly cancel the newscast. I don't see that happening. If this setup fails they will just become a more traditional newscast and do away with the "different" newscast approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1367 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Any word on a co-anchor for Cheryl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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