Ntropolis 593 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Nexstar has plans to end the Roanoke/Lynchburg Fox affiliate's 19-year-old news partnership with WSLS to start its own news operation, including a move to a 14,000 sq. ft. facility. Read more from The Roanoke Times: http://www.roanoke.com/business/news/roanoke/roanoke-s-fox-plans-big-changes/article_11c613d7-ee5e-5e30-8466-2fb0a18f5c23.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Nexstar has plans to end the Roanoke/Lynchburg Fox affiliate's 19-year-old news partnership with WSLS to start its own news operation, including a move to a 14,000 sq. ft. facility. Read more from The Roanoke Times: http://www.roanoke.com/business/news/roanoke/roanoke-s-fox-plans-big-changes/article_11c613d7-ee5e-5e30-8466-2fb0a18f5c23.html Let the new name for news begin... either "FOX 21/27 News" or "Local 21/27 News" to follow the Nexstar mandate. I say "Local 21/27 News" will be the new name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1945 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Big bump because TVNewsCheck stated within the hour that Nexstar has completed the move of WFXR to the brand new facility. And it will be airing in-house newscasts beginning October 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 760 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Big bump because TVNewsCheck stated within the hour that Nexstar has completed the move of WFXR to the brand new facility. And it will be airing in-house newscasts beginning October 1st. At the start, the morning newscast will expand from two hours to four (from 5:00 to 9:00 a.m., it currently begins at 7:00) and its 10:00 p.m. newscast will go from 30 minutes to an hour once WFXR takes over production of the newscasts; syndicated programming will apparently fill the midday and early evening time periods on the station for now (at least its carrying more than what WFFT is doing now, but still, it's carrying fewer newscasts than what WTVW and KBTV were running when they were owned by Nexstar outright, and when the former of those two was still with Fox). Also, the newscasts will be titled WFXR News (omitting the "Local" brand, unless they're going to be branding as "WFXR Local" for non-news purposes), so unless any of the others have dropped theirs, its a safe bet that WFXR will be the first former Grant II station to ditch the former company's signature numerical logos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Dillweed 73 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 During the shooting tragedy in Roanoke, I had spotted a WFXR mic flag already sporting a new "WFXR" logo, similar to WYZZ in Peoria, IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 The weeknight 10:00 p.m. news was already an hour. The weekend 10:00 p.m. news is what will expand from 30 minutes to a full hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leavellebrett 85 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I'm not sure if anyone has posted these, but I see they're not here. I don't think I've ever seen these graphics before. I like them a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 268 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I'm getting some Scripps vibes from this; plus purple and yellow are such an underrated color combination for stuff like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLT-DCA-ORF-PTI 86 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 WHOA - - - That is - - - WHOA! That was awesome! Especially for that market! I am very impressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3487 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 If Nexstar succeds in acquiring Media General, I fully expect that WSLS will be absorbed into the 2 stations in their new facilit with their channel being shoehorned onto either station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius22 120 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 I'm not sure if anyone has posted these, but I see they're not here. I don't think I've ever seen these graphics before. I like them a lot. Extreme is the same theme that KOVR used in 2005 the same year CBS Acquired it to become an O&O. just the Intro part. in fact ive also heard Verizon Fios 1 News use it also in New Jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1174 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I'm not sure if anyone has posted these, but I see they're not here. I don't think I've ever seen these graphics before. I like them a lot. The weather graphics look similar to Look G. The entire package looks like a cross between Look G and Scripps V2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 760 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 As much crap we give about Nexstar (though in most cases, there is justification), one thing you can't really fault them on is their taste in news graphics in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 As much crap we give about Nexstar (though in most cases, there is justification), one thing you can't really fault them on is their taste in news graphics in recent years. And apparently many of their apps are rated 4 stars out of 5 (except certain ones like KLAS's app). I'm not sure why though. And you're right about their recent graphics, they're decent for their markets (most of them, except KMID) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sendir 192 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 As much crap we give about Nexstar (though in most cases, there is justification), one thing you can't really fault them on is their taste in news graphics in recent years. Agreed! That's Blake Russell at Nexstar doing this. He works to make a penny stretch as far as he can. And he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sendir 192 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 And apparently many of their apps are rated 4 stars out of 5 (except certain ones like KLAS's app). I'm not sure why though. And you're right about their recent graphics, they're decent for their markets (most of them, except KMID) Now, that being said, incorrect on their ratings. They have horrible Apps and Video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Now, that being said, incorrect on their ratings. They have horrible Apps and Video. Have you contacted Nexstar or even Perry Sook himself for this information or have you tried using their apps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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