Mannym13 15 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Only 12 minutes tonight until the first break. I expected 18-20 again, but I guess not. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-128652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5585 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 By the time 5 took their first break, 2 was on their second. 7 went solid through weather, again. Don't count on that again til November. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-128654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5585 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 Something's clicking, but we can only wait to see if the momentum can last... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-128682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 NBC 5 by comparison had an impressive book... where'd the numbers come from anyways? Edit: Nevermind, found the article in the sweeps thread. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-128686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Dr. Sandy Goldberg is leaving NBC 5. She did weekly medical reports for the station under the "Food For Thought" banner. Anyway she is leaving to focus on her charity, A Silver Lining Foundation. She joined WMAQ in 1994. http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/news/7432-dr-sandy-goldberg-exiting-nbc-5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-128962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiCubsFan 34 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Cannot wait to see these ratings. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-128979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Cannot wait to see these ratings. For the Hawks game 7? Heard from someone in the city folks were launching fireworks when they won. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-128983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5585 Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 I heard fireworks out here in the suburbs. And the ratings? Probably pretty decent. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-128987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I heard fireworks out here in the suburbs. And the ratings? Probably pretty decent. You guys know how to party... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-128989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5585 Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 Initial reports I've seen on Twitter say that KNBC scored a meager 3.6 rating. NBC 5 clocked at massive 26.6...that's 931,000 households. Figure out how bars and restaurants factor into the total, and 5 million individual viewers (or more) is not too far-fetched. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-128995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Initial reports I've seen on Twitter say that KNBC scored a meager 3.6 rating. NBC 5 clocked at massive 26.6...that's 931,000 households. Figure out how bars and restaurants factor into the total, and 5 million individual viewers (or more) is not too far-fetched. I'd go 4... 5 seems optimistic... Still that's a TON of people. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-128997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 34 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 NBC CHICAGO receives new Chopper http://www.nbcchicago.com/traffic/transit/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-128999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 1002 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 NBC CHICAGO receives new Chopper http://www.nbcchicago.com/traffic/transit/ Looks like they will be using their old chopper as a backup/secondary chopper. I guess they're trying to take a page out of KNBC's book by having two choppers at their disposal. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-129002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 34 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Yeah! Thought that was pretty cool. The old chopper is completely stripped of its graphics too in the report, appearing only white and black. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-129006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBC 5 Chicago 191 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 A pretty interesting promo aired during saturday's 10pm news regarding the new Sky 5. They've never promoted Sky 5 before that I can recall. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-129016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Richard Maginn, former EP of the 10pm on 7 has joined WMAQ as its managing editor. http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2015/06/11/wmaq-channel-5-ups-the-ante-in-its-bid-to-be.html Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-129574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 A pretty interesting promo aired during saturday's 10pm news regarding the new Sky 5. They've never promoted Sky 5 before that I can recall. I'm impressed they put an UHD camera on board. I imagine they acquire it in UHD and send a down converted image. I guess they also have the ability to zoom in / crop an HD image out. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-129584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 1055 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Richard Maginn, former EP of the 10pm on 7 has joined WMAQ as its managing editor. http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2015/06/11/wmaq-channel-5-ups-the-ante-in-its-bid-to-be.html Interesting. Could this be a game changer??? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-129601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Interesting. Could this be a game changer??? It certainly could be... With 14 years at the helm of a newscast that hasn't changed much since he left a year ago he'd have a pretty good idea how to beat them or at least make a good try. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-129602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex979 119 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Their post game coverage with former Blackhawk Brent Sopel, Stafford, Rosati, and Adamle is just so uncomfortable and dry. It's hard to put the awkwardness into words. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-129674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Well.... The June book so far is channel 5's: http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2015/06/18/wmaq-channel-5-is-on-top-along-with-chicago.html Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-129846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex979 119 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Last night, some guy managed to pull off a phone interview prank on NBC5's Storm coverage. After saying that he thought there was a blast of wind "from Howard Stern's asshole" live on air, the interview abruptly ended and Brant Miller was clearly pissed. He quickly moved on, and actually recovered pretty well. But then, clueless Rob Stafford really screwed things up: "concerned for his safety," he tried to get the guy back on the phone. Rosati looked bewildered. Ouch. http://thevane.gawker.com/news-anchors-worry-about-howard-stern-pranksters-safety-1713273748 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-130040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 WMAQ does not care if this happens. It's funny and silly when it does happen but NBC must consider it one of the cost of doing business. NBC gets a free Stern promo...and we all get a school yard giggle. If they really cared about preventing this stuff, they would have used the magical "delay systems" that radio stations first used 50 years ago. Heck, KGTV-10 in San Diego had a working homebuilt 2inch Quad delay system as far back as 1974. Any 6 year old can get past a call screener/intern. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-130075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I think most broadcast stations in the US have a dump button. Somebody just was asleep at the switch. Of course taking viewer calls like that at all is a risk in itself. I would have preferred just weather to the rolling pool of idiots the stations were bringing on last night... especially 7. Nonody really had much of anything important to add or knew how to answer a question... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-130082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 You would be shocked if you knew how many stations don't have an operational delay system or chose not to use them. Follow the money... Who is the one responsible for hitting the dump button? The Producer? The Director? The Audio/TD? The Intern? We sure as hell know the Anchors were paying attention. So "who" pushes the button...and monitors the conversations. You need an extra body. .".We can't afford more bodies." But you are right, they should have NOT taken viewer calls. They poisoned their product by an avoidable accident. They let the viewer control the message. The producer takes the hit on this one. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13034-random-wmaq-thread/page/6/#findComment-130093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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