newseider 26 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Surprised they didn’t have any back up plan. Was CBSN actually live? Hard to imagine why they couldn’t even address it or pivot to top stories asap unless it was recorded. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technically A Director 164 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 1 minute ago, newseider said: Surprised they didn’t have any back up plan. Was CBSN actually live? Hard to imagine why they couldn’t even address it or pivot to top stories asap unless it was recorded. CBSN didn't appear to be live. It seemed more like they were piecing together already aired pieces to fill time. One interview even restarted briefly at one point before it cut to a bump and promo reel. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sctvhound 27 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 No. All that aired was CBSN’s taped programming they usually show at that time. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 283 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 KDKA-TV, Which airs the CBSEN at 7 PM also had this issue but quickly switched back to KDKA-TV News with the weekend open. Many local promos in place of the commercials. I will try to pull in KCBS or KCNC to see if it airs on the west coast. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase29 16 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) KCNC is currently airing CBSN. I did see a scroll at the bottom of the screen that said the CBS Evening News was having technical difficulties please stand by. Edited May 19, 2020 by Chase29 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technically A Director 164 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Rumor is there will be a west coast feed. I wonder if D.C. is back up or someone else is going to front it? At any rate, that's the entire East Coast feed blown out. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 283 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 1 minute ago, TheGuru said: Rumor is there will be a west coast feed. I wonder if D.C. is back up or someone else is going to front it? At any rate, that's the entire East Coast feed blown out. I'm curious if New York or LA could be used for the west coast feed if DC continues to have issues? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1052 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) 58 minutes ago, TheGuru said: Someone remind me, has an issue quite this catastrophic hit a network before? I can't think of anything in the 2000s that has knocked a national nightly news off-air. edit: A quick google, and it looks like there's some power outages in and around Washington D.C. And I thought the down branches around my home from the wind today were an inconvenience. In fairness, last Saturday's NBC Nightly News got perilously close to this. Edited May 19, 2020 by TSSZNews Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 283 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 From Joe Flint of the Wall Street Journal: CBS News experienced technical difficulties tonight that prevented the CBS Evening News from airing at 6:30 pm, ET on the CBS Television Network. The issue is being resolved and the Mountain and West Coast versions of the CBS Evening News will air during the regular time slots. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DENDude 217 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Gee didn't catch the whole broadcast on KCNC but the last 10 mins had audio issues, very low volume and a persistent buzz. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noggi 604 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) Hearing it was a control room meltdown. Something was recorded for the west coast. I personally experienced the power outages in DC this afternoon but I can only imagine our friends at network have generators... edit: audio board died Edited May 20, 2020 by noggi 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5586 Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Eh, might as well have the affiliates take over the weeknight show, too. No one would notice, right? 2 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245400 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DENDude 217 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 It's amazing to me that they wouldn't have a backup plan for something like this 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 283 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 1 minute ago, DENDude said: It's amazing to me that they wouldn't have a backup plan for something like this The only one that actually looked like they did any action instead of running a crawl was KDKA-TV. I also heard they may air the West Coast CBSEN feed on sister station WPCW-TV at 11 PM. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) Evening News is airing as we speak on CBSN and the west coast. Edited May 20, 2020 by Georgie56 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1052 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, DENDude said: It's amazing to me that they wouldn't have a backup plan for something like this How can you in this climate? CBSN is the backup plan, as seen today - but they're all working from home. It would have a better chance than not they could have done it otherwise. After that, were EN still in New York, I guess maybe WCBS--also impacted by the Broadcast Center's shutdown. After that--I guess KCBS? That (really most situations outlined above) is only feasible with a couple hours' notice--this is something that looks to have impacted the control room minutes before air. Believe this: Almost everyone, everywhere right now is on the "backup plan." Edited May 20, 2020 by TSSZNews 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technically A Director 164 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 25 minutes ago, DENDude said: It's amazing to me that they wouldn't have a backup plan for something like this It seemed, from our control room, to happen pretty quick. I always watch for the countdown on CBS Net as we roll copyright, but they were still in black. About 5 seconds to network, they started the promo loop. We received the "technical difficulties" wire from CBS around 5:32 central time, so I'm assuming they were caught off guard by the situation. In their defense, you can have 100 backup plans, but if you don't have the time to institute them, then you (and your entire network) are SOL. The only saving grace was CBSN, but the fact that it wasn't live becomes a separate issue. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 12 minutes ago, Georgie56 said: Evening News is airing as we speak on CBSN and the west coast. Now the EN west coast broadcast ended abruptly and went back to CBSN. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1052 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) CBS, in general, is not having a good night. WBBM's OTA signal is down. https://twitter.com/EdCurran/status/1262893209979621381?s=20 Quote Our over-the-air signal has been darkened due to the unprecedented flooding of Willis Tower. The tower, and ComEd are working hard on it. Edited May 20, 2020 by TSSZNews Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjt24 313 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 57 minutes ago, Kenneth Kissel said: The only one that actually looked like they did any action instead of running a crawl was KDKA-TV. I also heard they may air the West Coast CBSEN feed on sister station WPCW-TV at 11 PM. Where did you hear that? 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 283 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, tjt24 said: Where did you hear that? One of the KDKA photographers I'm friends with was talking on Facebook about it and brought up the idea. I don't believe it will actually happen though. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjt24 313 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 18 minutes ago, Kenneth Kissel said: One of the KDKA photographers I'm friends with was talking on Facebook about it and brought up the idea. I don't believe it will actually happen though. Oh ok. I doubt it will either, but I was just curious. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1464 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I’m honestly surprised this many people watch whatever CBS is doing at 6:30 to have noticed this. 2 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCA TK47 277 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 CBS still does a newscast every night? I thought that stopped when Cronkite retired! 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner 216 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Couldn't find any articles about this, but found a tweet about it: Tony Lopez of KOVR, CBS13 in Sacramento (back to an O&O!), will be anchoring the CBS Weekend News this Saturday. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14533-cbs-evening-news/page/18/#findComment-245509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now