TEGNA Broadcasting and Digital General Discussion

[Dave Lampstein 132]

I understand there might be an “increased demand” for more local news… but this definitely isn’t what anyone was asking for. 

[Georgie56 3336]

WFAA recently launched a 7am stream a few weeks ago (originally during severe weather mornings, now daily). Won’t be surprised if they simulcast it on KFAA, as well.

Edited 14 hours ago by Georgie56

[tyrannical bastard 4057]

I"m surprised it took this long for a station group to embrace such a move. 

It puts ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates on the same level playing field so they can compete with the FOX/CW/independent stations running local news during this time.

 

With sports pre-emptions happening more often (as TV is putting even more second-rate sports on at primetime), a station can stream at their normal time, and just playback the complete show when the event is over, or regroup if they have to do an abbreviated show on broadcast if they are filling the time for another live event.

 

And with network affiliations becoming more of a gamble, it's an easy move to repurpose the shows should the network drop their station.  Plus, not having to wait around for a live show would cut down on overtime.  If it was important enough of a story, they would be live with breaking news, anyways.

Edited 14 hours ago by tyrannical bastard

[TheRolyPoly 2633]

15 hours ago, MD TV said:

Yep, Tegna issued a press release today saying that all of it's stations will have 7-9am online-only newscasts by the fall:

 

https://www.tegna.com/tegna-announces-major-local-news-expansion-adding-more-than-100-hours-of-new-daily-programming-across-50-markets/

 

For some markets, that means local news in timeslots that wasn't available before, even if it's only on streaming (WNEP and KWES, for example).