24994J 5630 Posted April 24, 2015 Author Posted April 24, 2015 "Magers breaks out in a rash if he goes to the suburbs." -Mark Giangreco
ns8401 957 Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 "Magers breaks out in a rash if he goes to the suburbs." -Mark Giangreco Get that guy on a leash That is pretty good though...
24994J 5630 Posted April 27, 2015 Author Posted April 27, 2015 My inner graphic geek and weather geek are colliding. NEW WEATHER GRAPHICS!
ns8401 957 Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 Renderon!! Looks pretty good and less bland... Glad they straightened the 7 day out.
24994J 5630 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Posted April 28, 2015 "Atlanta...just one of America's crap cities." "Spank me!" -You know who
ns8401 957 Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 "Atlanta...just one of America's crap cities." "Spank me!" -You know who He's getting kinda kinky now...
RGSJenkins 435 Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 My inner graphic geek and weather geek are colliding. NEW WEATHER GRAPHICS! The 7 day animates the same way WTVD's does.
ns8401 957 Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Did WLS take the Karen Travers Live shot from Baltimore at the top of the 10pm either yesterday or today?
24994J 5630 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Posted April 29, 2015 Didn't really watch any of the A-blocks tonight, too busy with KTRK. They have used WPVI's Kenneth Moton several times, though, but I wouldn't be shocked if Travers' reports have popped up, too.
ns8401 957 Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Oops... from Saturday's 10pm... No scapegoat this time... for all that they do well their OTS's are horrid sometimes...
ns8401 957 Posted May 4, 2015 Posted May 4, 2015 Got 8 minutes of bonus "news" tonight.... The live stream was not shut off after the 10pm so it went right into Inside Edition.
24994J 5630 Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 I'm sure video will be posted, but ABC 7 is jumping into the drone pool. Freelance ABC 7 (and CBS 2, apparently) photographer Colin Hinkle has been given an official FAA license to operate a drone, and his model is equipped with an HD camera and live streaming capabilities. This is enough for the station to create a "DRONE CAM - LIVE" graphic to display during its use. Law states that it cannot be used within 5 miles of airports or above 200 feet, and operators are discouraged (it may be illegal, too) from using it over large groups of people. Frankly, I'm not sure how viable it will be considering the legal limitations, and it is not ABC 7's property, but hey, it's sweeps. Go nuts. http://abc7chicago.com/news/drone-flies-over-nearly-ready-bloomingdale-trail-/703738/
ns8401 957 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 I'm sure video will be posted, but ABC 7 is jumping into the drone pool. Freelance ABC 7 (and CBS 2, apparently) photographer Colin Hinkle has been given an official FAA license to operate a drone, and his model is equipped with an HD camera and live streaming capabilities. This is enough for the station to create a "DRONE CAM - LIVE" graphic to display during its use. Law states that it cannot be used within 5 miles of airports or above 200 feet, and operators are discouraged (it may be illegal, too) from using it over large groups of people. Frankly, I'm not sure how viable it will be considering the legal limitations, and it is not ABC 7's property, but hey, it's sweeps. Go nuts. http://abc7chicago.com/news/drone-flies-over-nearly-ready-bloomingdale-trail-/703738/ That's insane... Glad to see you still exist too... Been awful quiet...
24994J 5630 Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 Nothing much interesting me on here this week. Nothing that I would effectively contribute to, anyway.
ns8401 957 Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 The first half of World News Tonight aired on the app this evening... I'm not sure if this was on purpose or if they are falling asleep at the switch like they did with Inside Edition the other night.
24994J 5630 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Posted May 15, 2015 When the sports guy's away, the others will play...
ns8401 957 Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 When the sports guy's away, the others will play... That's pretty funny...
Spring Rubber 716 Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 To my surprise, for the news after the Cubs game today, they're using the Weekend 6 pm opens that we normally only see during college football season. Color me surprised; I was expecting them to use the 5 pm opens just because a 6 pm newscast isn't routine this time of year.
ns8401 957 Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 To my surprise, for the news after the Cubs game today, they're using the Weekend 6 pm opens that we normally only see during college football season. Color me surprised; I was expecting them to use the 5 pm opens just because a 6 pm newscast isn't routine this time of year. That's good attention to detail... They could have used the plain "ABC7 Eyewitness News" open.
CircleSeven 1960 Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 To my surprise, for the news after the Cubs game today, they're using the Weekend 6 pm opens that we normally only see during college football season. Color me surprised; I was expecting them to use the 5 pm opens just because a 6 pm newscast isn't routine this time of year. I remember the only other time (outside the college football) they would use the 6pm open was when ABC carried the Belmont Stakes in June (of course, that has since moved to NBC).
24994J 5630 Posted May 18, 2015 Author Posted May 18, 2015 With today being Chicago's municipal inaugeration day, channel 7 has Alan and Linda at the desk, ready to break in for the mayor's speech. In the meantime, I'm fairly certain that this is the first co-anchor WCL news update. Considering it's only 4 minutes long, it felt really silly to see the multiple camera angles and tosses.
24994J 5630 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Posted May 20, 2015 Somebody at ABC 7 got wind of the early sweeps results, and in an effort to compete with dueling reality show finale lead-ins tonight, Eyewitness News at 10 went 20 minutes commercial-free. They only took their first break after weather. I can't remember a time that channel 7 has ever done this. I'm recording the 1am rebroadcast of NBC 5's late news to see if they went the same route.
ns8401 957 Posted May 20, 2015 Posted May 20, 2015 Somebody at ABC 7 got wind of the early sweeps results, and in an effort to compete with dueling reality show finale lead-ins tonight, Eyewitness News at 10 went 20 minutes commercial-free. They only took their first break after weather. I can't remember a time that channel 7 has ever done this. I'm recording the 1am rebroadcast of NBC 5's late news to see if they went the same route. Huh... that's interesting... certainly rare for a station to do this but a definite "we just need a few more points" kind of move. That makes me feel better about why WXYZ has done that the past two Sunday nights in this sweeps. I wonder if 5 and 7 will wind up tied this time around? My prediction: NBC 5 didn't do that too.
TVNewsLover 787 Posted May 20, 2015 Posted May 20, 2015 Huh... that's interesting... certainly rare for a station to do this but a definite "we just need a few more points" kind of move. That makes me feel better about why WXYZ has done that the past two Sunday nights in this sweeps. I wonder if 5 and 7 will wind up tied this time around? My prediction: NBC 5 didn't do that too. NBC10 in Philly does 20 minutes of nonstop news at 4pm everyday. If I am not mistaken, it's a tight race at 4pm with 6ABC, so much that 6 scrapped their regular open for a short open so they can get to the news quicker.
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