dman748 1256 Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 You can still see Nexstar influence over the organization. From taking away employee benefits to cheap sets and graphics, to forcing stations to use Stephen Arnold themes. That's true but Nexstar is improving and all it needed was the Media General purchase for it to transform the company
DesertNewsGeek 47 Posted March 15, 2018 Posted March 15, 2018 That's true but Nexstar is improving and all it needed was the Media General purchase for it to transform the company I fail to see the improvement. Even with the MG acquisition, Nexstar is getting cheaper and cheesier. The micromanagement from Irving sticks out like a sore thumb on the Nexstar station in my neck of the woods. 4
Info Junkie 1286 Posted March 15, 2018 Posted March 15, 2018 I fail to see the improvement. Even with the MG acquisition, Nexstar is getting cheaper and cheesier. The micromanagement from Irving sticks out like a sore thumb on the Nexstar station in my neck of the woods. Yet they’re news open creativity has exploded... 1
atlnews2 591 Posted March 15, 2018 Posted March 15, 2018 WNCN has the new website and a new name: CBS17 News and cbs17.com 2
MyNewsArchive 197 Posted March 15, 2018 Posted March 15, 2018 WNCN has the new website and a new name: CBS17 News and cbs17.com They might have been thinking "Lets use WSPA's logo with a 1 for our new logo." 2
dman748 1256 Posted March 15, 2018 Posted March 15, 2018 They might have been thinking "Lets use WSPA's logo with a 1 for our new logo." Essentially WNCN just copied the WSPA logo
MyNewsArchive 197 Posted March 15, 2018 Posted March 15, 2018 Essentially WNCN just copied the WSPA logo Yeah, anyways I'm glad they dumped that awful "CBS North Carolina" branding. Also, nice new set. 1
dman748 1256 Posted March 15, 2018 Posted March 15, 2018 Yeah, anyways I'm glad they dumped that awful "CBS North Carolina" branding. CBS North Carolina never really sounded right anyway because it was just too bland (this was the branding WNCN should've went to when they switched to CBS in 2015) 1
DesertNewsGeek 47 Posted March 16, 2018 Posted March 16, 2018 Essentially WNCN just copied the WSPA logo I could see this being copied for KGET. Just swap out the CBS eye for the NBC peacock. Nice improvement though.
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 947 Posted March 16, 2018 Posted March 16, 2018 WOOD & WLNS now has new website layout
nathannah 2493 Posted March 16, 2018 Posted March 16, 2018 Yet the vast majority of Nexstar stations seem to be holding on to it for some reason. Big problem is the Facebook and Twitter dependence on the 'longregionname.com' domains and that you might break links in the archives to them; I still remember a few years ago that WFRV's Twitter account was taunted by the lucky person that got the @WFRV handle before they could get to it (they have to use @WFRVnews) and was offering them a ransom to get it. You probably have a lot of Nexstar stations that have that situation because of the web side stubbornly sticking to the 'ohmyfingershurttypingoutthislongregionname.com' naming strategy. The majority at least have their call letters .com name reserved and redirecting to the main domain, but the web side just doesn't want to do the legwork to make that the main domain. That, and you have situations like Arkansas and Little Rock where 'go to kark.com' won't work because of how complicated that state network they have is.
news89 468 Posted March 18, 2018 Posted March 18, 2018 Nexstar owned WVNS has new voiceover and added a ticker. Could changes be coming soon to this former WVMH station and rest? Stay tuned.
techie893 0 Posted March 20, 2018 Posted March 20, 2018 WTWO/WAWV and WTVW/WEHT both have the new website layout.
WestleyWolf 122 Posted March 21, 2018 Posted March 21, 2018 All Nexstar Stations got the new Website layout except its going to take Nexstar alot of time for these stations to get the new site layout because there are STILL 100+ Stations still using the old layout. there's way too many to count. i know KRON got it recently. 5
ColDayNews 438 Posted March 21, 2018 Posted March 21, 2018 WCMH/Columbus still uses the old LIN Wordpress site. 3
DesertNewsGeek 47 Posted March 21, 2018 Posted March 21, 2018 WCMH/Columbus still uses the old LIN Wordpress site. Give it time. All Nexstar stations will have the new Lakana site. As mentioned previously, rollouts are being phased. 2
atlnews2 591 Posted March 22, 2018 Posted March 22, 2018 KTAL, KETK, KRBC/KTAB, KOLR, WVLA, KNWA, WIVT, WUTR, WDHN, WNTZ, and KSAN/KLST have the new website.
atlnews2 591 Posted March 23, 2018 Posted March 23, 2018 KGET got the new website with a proper name, KGET.com RIP KernGoldenEmpire.com 4
dman748 1256 Posted March 23, 2018 Posted March 23, 2018 WOOD & WLNS now has new website layout I had a friend of mine on Facebook who happens to live not too far from Grand Rapids (not saying his name though) showed me the new WOOD TV website and it looks pretty nice for a Nexstar. Thankfully, WOOD didn't drop "woodtv.com" for "westmichigan.com" "westmichiganlocal.com" (however Nexstar names their websites)
DesertNewsGeek 47 Posted March 23, 2018 Posted March 23, 2018 KGET got the new website with a proper name, KGET.com RIP KernGoldenEmpire.com Long live KGET.com!
TheRolyPoly 2559 Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 Thankfully, WOOD didn't drop "woodtv.com" for "westmichigan.com" "westmichiganlocal.com" (however Nexstar names their websites) Well if you think about it, Nexstar has been renaming its websites after call letters now so WOODTV.com is not going away, anytime soon, neither don't expect MyWestMichigan.com or WestMichiganNOW.com to come on board. 1
dman748 1256 Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 Well if you think about it, Nexstar has been renaming its websites after call letters now so WOODTV.com is not going away, anytime soon, neither don't expect MyWestMichigan.com or WestMichiganNOW.com to come on board. Which is good because neither one of those Nexstar website names makes any sense, so I think that's one of the changes that we've seen out of Nexstar post-MG merger but still got a long way to go but, it's baby steps that we're taking 2
mre29 1552 Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 You can likely thank the influence of the management that came on board from LIN for that. 5
Eat News 4745 Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 Well if you think about it, Nexstar has been renaming its websites after call letters now so WOODTV.com is not going away, anytime soon, neither don't expect MyWestMichigan.com or WestMichiganNOW.com to come on board. So no www.mymorningwood.com The morning show will be disappointed. 5
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