24994J 5569 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Will they still have separate on-air staff for news and traffic from 4-6, or will they just have 1 person like before? AM or PM? I don't anticipate changes in the evening, and the morning is just in transition. Whoever will do traffic will still be on 4 to 9, Dan Ponce is anchoring with various fill-ins, and Morgan will fill the void left my Demetrius. Larry, Robin, Paul and Pat will continue from 6-10. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Rubber 701 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 It's definitely a big month of changes at the ol' number 9. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago's Very Own 104 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 It's definitely a big month of changes at the ol' number 9. No kidding, I'm starting to wonder now if their theme music will even change with this, too. They're ditching their 2014 graphics even though they're only about three years old, with that plus the new set and new logo, why not go all out? 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Russell 25 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Ok so lets Review the new WGN being taken over by Sinclair yikes cheesey graphics ouch and the set looks cheap ouch lets hope there not cheap and try to skimp on talent. FOX 32 NOW IS YOUR CHANCE Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5569 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Feder says that with Erin's move to evenings, Sarah will move to mornings, and Amy Rutledge will do evening traffic, but not for awhile, as she's giving birth to her twins today. http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/05/17/robservations-ready-set-go-wgn/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3303 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Feder says that with Erin's move to evenings, Sarah will move to mornings, and Amy Rutledge will do evening traffic, but not for awhile, as she's giving birth to her twins today. http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/05/17/robservations-ready-set-go-wgn/ Hah! Called it. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newscenter5WCVB 29 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 This was her submission to Best Weathercaster for IBA... that and she drones on a bit too long for my liking on a morning show... morning weather shouldn't take 4+ minutes... It's Rockford, they have a two hour morning show. Weather sells and it's not like there's piles of content in big markets let alone one the size of Rockford. Also, it was roughly 3 minutes and forty seconds. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago's Very Own 104 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Naturally, just two minutes into their big premier of the new set and graphics, and Patrick Elwood gets angry women shouting and swearing at him during a liveshot. The new graphics look great, WAY better than their previous ones. Much cleaner-looking. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Rubber 701 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Nothing new for the sports division at all. They're even still using the old logo. Looks kinda lame using the old logo when the station is trying to sell this new identity so hard. Guess they're waiting for hockey season to overhaul the sports stuff. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago's Very Own 104 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 It is kind of dumb to stick the new logo everywhere and then hold off on debuting it for WGN Sports. I don't see why they'd need to wait for hockey season to do that, tonight would have been fine! The website and app also doesn't have the new logo yet, surprisingly. I figured just changing the logo on there would have been one of the easier things, all that's needed is just a swap of images. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3303 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 My guess is they're putting on the finishing touches on the sports graphics. My prediction is that we'll see a sports graphics change later this baseball season. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 It's Rockford, they have a two hour morning show. Weather sells and it's not like there's piles of content in big markets let alone one the size of Rockford. Also, it was roughly 3 minutes and forty seconds. Did you catch the error in her report? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago's Very Own 104 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 It found its way online! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=1yEA4zMU0QQ;m=3;s=14 In case you missed it, there was a lot of shouting and very loud swearing and a pissed off Patrick Elwood, so obviously they were off to a great start earlier with their new graphics and set! I wondered for a second why the camera looked so zoomed in on him during the Breaking News segment. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5569 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I wonder why they didn't dump out after the 'bullshit', or definitely as soon as he asked her to quiet down. Who knows how she might've reacted in that moment? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago's Very Own 104 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I was thinking they would have just cut it off right away, too. I didn't think we'd make it all the way to them shouting "motherfuckers." As soon as you hear anyone yelling and they're not going away after already being told to stop, it's pretty much an un-salvageable report at that point. I was getting worried that we were about to see it kick off on the air between him, those ladies, and the cops, because it seemed volatile enough. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5569 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 WGN's off the hook. Some dumbass just yelled FHRITP behind Stacey Baca on 7. No 1am rebroadcast tonight. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 My guess is they're putting on the finishing touches on the sports graphics. My prediction is that we'll see a sports graphics change later this baseball season. I sure hope so. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago's Very Own 104 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 WGN's off the hook. Some dumbass just yelled FHRITP behind Stacey Baca on 7. No 1am rebroadcast tonight. That's still a thing? Wow, we're on a roll. All I'm waiting for now is someone to go flashing on the Fox 32 plaza when they do an outdoor segment on GDC. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Russell 25 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 WMAQ WLS and WGN are all in tornado coverage right now as the NWS just released a warning at 1030. WBBM screwed their viewers and went off at 10:34 and their running crawls and i think Mark at WFLD left too early in his defense nothing was happening at 10pm and they are running crawls as well Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin2kx 237 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 WGN's off the hook. Some dumbass just yelled FHRITP behind Stacey Baca on 7. No 1am rebroadcast tonight. That's still a thing? Wow, we're on a roll. All I'm waiting for now is someone to go flashing on the Fox 32 plaza when they do an outdoor segment on GDC. I swear to god, how that gross POS thing still exists? Oh yeah, douchebaggery rules. Newsflash: IT'S. NOT. FUNNY. EVER. I just feel like reporters have to prepare to counterattack perps who do this. Like throw a dart at them or shoot them bullets. Stations gotta gather for plans to stop this nonsense. Youtube clips of these 'incidents' encourage more of this douchebaggery. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 1047 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I swear to god, how that gross POS thing still exists? Oh yeah, douchebaggery rules. Newsflash: IT'S. NOT. FUNNY. EVER. I just feel like reporters have to prepare to counterattack perps who do this. Like throw a dart at them or shoot them bullets. Stations gotta gather for plans to stop this nonsense. Youtube clips of these 'incidents' encourage more of this douchebaggery. I would argue that reporters should determine what's the best course of action is. My guess is that these people were acting like fools before Patrick went live, so he probably should have said 'hey guys..hold off coming to me, etc...until I can get to a safer position.' While I'm not excusing the actions of these idiots, this situation, like many others; can go sideways in a heartbeat, so there's no reason to put oneself in harms way when you don't have to. That said, there are times when things are outside your control, so it becomes a process of assessing the odds that something could happen and your surrounding environment. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago's Very Own 104 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Anyone else notice how glitchy WGN has been since their upgrade? Slow to play videos and leaving the speaker hanging, wrong videos being played, wrong text in the L3 popping up, logo bug disappeared at one point, some of the animations aren't smooth and are a little slow, etc. I think I've seen more than I've ever seen in a day. I guess they've still got a few kinks to work out of their system with the technical upgrades, but it's led to a few awkward moments. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Rubber 701 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Yes, it has been quite bumpy so far. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5569 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Looks like the glassy skyline from the old bug isn't dead, yet... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Rubber 701 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Looks like the glassy skyline from the old bug isn't dead, yet... [ATTACH=full]4024[/ATTACH] I wonder if that's permanent. Did they ditch the box saying "EVENING NEWS", "MORNING NEWS", etc.? 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14011-random-wgn-thread/page/28/#findComment-174660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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