CircleSeven 1955 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Tracey Rogers VP/GM of WMC5/Memphis will head down the road for the same job at WKRN2/Nashville. The 23rd GM change since the MG deal ended. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-174917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 673 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Sorry to bring up an old topic but I was able to find some videos of the opens for KLAF and KADN. And yes, they look really really cheap. Remember, this is also the market where KATC has its own musical opening... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-174940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1975am 208 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 The posted opening from KATC is used for Good Morning Acadiana only; for their other newscasts, they use cuts from Gari Media's "The One and Only" package (which they've used since 1998).... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-174978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Nexstar renews its affiliation agreement with ABC through 2022. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevCor 344 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Nexstar renews its affiliation agreement with ABC through 2022. I love how the news release lists the shell corporation station renewals, as if they are no longer attempting to maintain a modicum of separateness. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevCor 344 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 According to our partners at FTVLive, the Richmond Nexstar outlet WRIC sold the rights to breaking news coverage to a Richmond area personal injury attorney. No, really. On screen elements for breaking news will now be showing the logo of the law firm. Cue the TVNT breaking news memery in 3...2... 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
padrechuck 25 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 According to our partners at FTVLive, the Richmond Nexstar outlet WRIC sold the rights to breaking news coverage to a Richmond area personal injury attorney. No, really. On screen elements for breaking news will now be showing the logo of the law firm. Cue the TVNT breaking news memery in 3...2... The former West Virginia Media Holdings stations that are now owned by Nexstar have intro-ed all of their newscast even long before being owned by Nexstar as: "Live from the Frontier Communications Studio.... 7News (or 12News, 13News, 59News) begins "NOW"!!!!!! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1299 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 According to our partners at FTVLive, the Richmond Nexstar outlet WRIC sold the rights to breaking news coverage to a Richmond area personal injury attorney. No, really. On screen elements for breaking news will now be showing the logo of the law firm. Cue the TVNT breaking news memery in 3...2... Not really surprising. Nexstar sell rights to tickers and to weather segments sometimes. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 The former West Virginia Media Holdings stations that are now owned by Nexstar have intro-ed all of their newscast even long before being owned by Nexstar as: "Live from the Frontier Communications Studio.... 7News (or 12News, 13News, 59News) begins "NOW"!!!!!! Not really surprising. Nexstar sell rights to tickers and to weather segments sometimes. The difference with WRIC is that this is sponsorship of the breaking news segment. As FTVLive points out, the law firm's name will be on coverage of "breaking news" which will sound pretty distasteful when it's a tragic event. 5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 The difference with WRIC is that this is sponsorship of the breaking news segment. As FTVLive points out, the law firm's name will be on coverage of "breaking news" which will sound pretty distasteful when it's a tragic event. Q: Who does Nexstar have an obligation to serve first? The Viewers...or the shareholders? 5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevCor 344 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 The difference with WRIC is that this is sponsorship of the breaking news segment. As FTVLive points out, the law firm's name will be on coverage of "breaking news" which will sound pretty distasteful when it's a tragic event. By selling sponsorship to the "breaking news" coverage, it does a couple of things. One is the distaste factor, but the other is that they will now be WAY MORE likely to actually use the breaking news banner, if only because some sponsor is going to want their money's worth. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1232 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Just imagine it. OPEN: "From WRIC, this is Breaking News, sponsored by Tronfeld West & Durrett." ANCHOR: "Good evening everyone, we have a major breaking news story sponsored by Tronfeld West and Durrett. A school bus carrying 45 elementary school children has just driven into an incinerator and exploded at Nasty Filth garbage dump in Richmond. All lives have been lost. If you are a parent or guardian of one of the children on the bus, our breaking news sponsors at Tronfeld West & Durrett highly encourage you to contact them to discuss what actions you can take next." 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 192 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 According to our partners at FTVLive, the Richmond Nexstar outlet WRIC sold the rights to breaking news coverage to a Richmond area personal injury attorney. No, really. On screen elements for breaking news will now be showing the logo of the law firm. Cue the TVNT breaking news memery in 3...2... I watch WRIC sometimes, but I'll say this: REALLY?! *facepalm* Will other Nexstar stations be next? 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Just imagine it. OPEN: "From WRIC, this is Breaking News, sponsored by Tronfeld West & Durrett." ANCHOR: "Good evening everyone, we have a major breaking news story sponsored by Tronfeld West and Durrett. A school bus carrying 45 elementary school children has just driven into an incinerator and exploded at Nasty Filth garbage dump in Richmond. All lives have been lost. If you are a parent or guardian of one of the children on the bus, our breaking news sponsors at Tronfeld West & Durrett highly encourage you to contact them to discuss what actions you can take next." Who do you think pays for this coverage...the news fairies? I don't agree with this....I don't like it...but until SOMEBODY FUNDS decent non-baised news coverage, this is what you will get. Do you want the government involved in your news gathering???? How about "single payer" news coverage? We have a free market system that other countries have tried, fought and failed to become. Show me a better system...a better way another free country does it. Politics have corrupted the downstream media...bias ooze's from every single newsroom in this country in one form (left right) or another. You want solid breaking news coverage??? You have to PAY for it. You want expensive choppers... Sponsor them with PAID sponsors...or get donations from sympathetic donors. You want top reporters??? Pay them! You think news coverage is a "right"? Pay for it...or get donors to do so....like these fringe advocacy groups that will NEVER donate a single dime to support decent news coverage....but are happy to extort millions for their own political coffers. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 804 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I watch WRIC sometimes, but I'll say this: REALLY?! *facepalm* Will other Nexstar stations be next? To be fair, you have Nexstar stations already doing stuff like that anyway. Whatever it takes to get more ad revenues, I guess? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
padrechuck 25 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 The difference with WRIC is that this is sponsorship of the breaking news segment. As FTVLive points out, the law firm's name will be on coverage of "breaking news" which will sound pretty distasteful when it's a tragic event. WTRF even sponsors its HD.... right after the already sponsored News open that ends with "7News starts now" is followed immediately by "HD brought to you by Bordas & Bordas" (it's a local law firm. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4374 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 WEWS had Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Ohio Edison (then competing utilities) as title sponsors for their newscasts from the late 1960s until 1998. It's not new by any stretch... 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 937 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Newscasts started with a title sponsor for the entire program, and we'll probably end that way too. I don't like it, but that's the way it goes. Our sports segment is sponsored. So is traffic during certain hours. Let's not forget the ticker, the stock report (which takes ten seconds), the movie reviews, the tech report, one feature franchise. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2429 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Newscasts started with a title sponsor for the entire program, and we'll probably end that way too. I don't like it, but that's the way it goes. Our sports segment is sponsored. So is traffic during certain hours. Let's not forget the ticker, the stock report (which takes ten seconds), the movie reviews, the tech report, one feature franchise. And the copters; it was jarring to see KTVI's Ferguson aftermath coverage from the air brought to us 'courtesy of the Bommarito Auto Group' (it was never said but it was lower-thirded). We'll see if the viewers actually reel back from them (and they're third in the market so this is basically not going to do much) or do what most of us do with stupid sponsorships; take one look, roll our eyes and continue to watch while making sure never to shop the stupid place mentioned again. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1232 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I think the issue people are having here is the fact that it's a sponsorship specifically for breaking news, which depending on the event can mean they have a sponsor for mass destruction and death. It just doesn't look good. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I think the issue people are having here is the fact that it's a sponsorship specifically for breaking news, which depending on the event can mean they have a sponsor for mass destruction and death. It just doesn't look good. But anything is now breaking news...not just mass destruction. True...some stations will manufacture "breaking" news just to satisfy that sponsorship. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 354 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Nexstar appears to be getting closer to finally bringing its news operation in house at KWKT/Waco. (Right now it originates at the Nexstar station in Tyler.) They've hired Leslie Rangel, a reporter at sister Nexstar station KXAN in Austin, to serve as main anchor. Keep in mind they were supposed to be up and running in 2016, so they're just a little behind 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Nexstar appears to be getting closer to finally bringing its news operation in house at KWKT/Waco. (Right now it originates at the Nexstar station in Tyler.) They've hired Leslie Rangel, a reporter at sister Nexstar station KXAN in Austin, to serve as main anchor. Keep in mind they were supposed to be up and running in 2016, so they're just a little behind I keep asking them several times on Facebook and they're hopeful to start this year for sure. But then again, look at last year. It never got off the ground so who knows when it will start. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1513 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Nexstar appears to be getting closer to finally bringing its news operation in house at KWKT/Waco. (Right now it originates at the Nexstar station in Tyler.) They've hired Leslie Rangel, a reporter at sister Nexstar station KXAN in Austin, to serve as main anchor. Keep in mind they were supposed to be up and running in 2016, so they're just a little behind They have hired two meteorologists as well. I'll be curious to see the graphics, since it is the first new Nexstar news operation since the Media General acquisition. Will it have the old Nexstar graphics, the 2015 MG graphics (they inherited the production of that) or something else altogether? 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
who?cares 254 Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Speaking of KETK... looks like they got new graphics on June 1. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12826-nexstaragain/page/38/#findComment-175939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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