squiggy 10 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Being a split market, WTVD is the only station completely based out of Durham, ... They have facilities in downtown Raleigh and Fayetteville as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 97 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Nexstar and Media General are hooking up. Get ready for MyTriangle.com or TriangleProud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Nexstar and Media General are hooking up. Get ready for MyTriangle.com or TriangleProud.comIt's less straightforward, and get ready for local ads on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsMaster 226 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Nexstar and Media General are hooking up. Get ready for MyTriangle.com or TriangleProud.com Something tells me Nexstar is going to ditch those stupid domain names. I couldn't see Nexstar going through all that trouble with all of these new stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 557 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Something tells me Nexstar is going to ditch those stupid domain names. I couldn't see Nexstar going through all that trouble with all of these new stations. I hope your hunch is correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Nexstar and Media General are hooking up. Get ready for MyTriangle.com or TriangleProud.com or mysixfingermutant.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardSalwasser 28 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 In light of Deathstar's swallowing up of Media General, and paraphrasing a certain Argentine golfer who lost the Masters, I have this to say to CBS..."Oh, what a stupid you make." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1340 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Nexstar and Media General are hooking up. Get ready for MyTriangle.com or TriangleProud.com Or TriangleMan.com. ("...Triangle Man hates Particle Man...") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSC1980 96 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 In light of Deathstar's swallowing up of Media General, and paraphrasing a certain Argentine golfer who lost the Masters, I have this to say to CBS..."Oh, what a stupid you make." They will never get first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 They will never get first place But they will get lots of local ad revenue. Not much else besides that though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 560 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 WNCN will be adding a newscast in the 5:00 hour. Leading into it...guess what? The Young and the Restless at 4, same time, different station. Also as expected the 11am news moves to noon to make room for The Price Is Right. https://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/wncn-be-doing-shuffling-terms-of-news-when-gets-cbs/#more-2891 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 802 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 WNCN will be adding a newscast in the 5:00 hour. Leading into it...guess what? The Young and the Restless at 4, same time, different station. Also as expected the 11am news moves to noon to make room for The Price Is Right. https://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/wncn-be-doing-shuffling-terms-of-news-when-gets-cbs/#more-2891 Very classy WNCN...I called it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I also reported that the 7:00pm news will be cut in favor of Judge Judy... as if they weren't already showing her enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I also reported that the 7:00pm news will be cut in favor of Judge Judy... as if they weren't already showing her enough. Just FYI on your blog. Probably not a good rule of thumb to say you have details "first on the blog" when it's in a press release from a day prior. http://wncn.com/2016/01/27/wncn-announces-cbs-lineup-adds-local-news/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 340 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 WNCN will be adding a newscast in the 5:00 hour. Leading into it...guess what? The Young and the Restless at 4, same time, different station. Also as expected the 11am news moves to noon to make room for The Price Is Right. https://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/wncn-be-doing-shuffling-terms-of-news-when-gets-cbs/#more-2891 The GM is quoted as saying they're adding news. Not according to my math. Midday news goes from an hour to 30 minutes and the 7 p.m. news goes away. That's an hour of news going away. The new 5 p.m. newscast will offset that hour, but there's no additional news time ... unless I'm missing something. Just typical corporate BS spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 560 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 The GM is quoted as saying they're adding news. Not according to my math. Midday news goes from an hour to 30 minutes and the 7 p.m. news goes away. That's an hour of news going away. The new 5 p.m. newscast will offset that hour, but there's no additional news time ... unless I'm missing something. Just typical corporate BS spin. Midday news is a half hour now. My Carolina Today moves from 11:30 to 9am. So it's a half hour more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 751 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Midday news is a half hour now. My Carolina Today moves from 11:30 to 9am. So it's a half hour more. That move, though, is a little odd since WNCN could have easily moved both My Carolina Today and the midday newscast to the noon hour... or for that matter, expand both to an hour when they move to their new times, instead of putting Extra on after the former and a third episode of Judge Judy after the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 That move, though, is a little odd since WNCN could have easily moved both My Carolina Today and the midday newscast to the noon hour... or for that matter, expand both to an hour when they move to their new times, instead of putting Extra on after the former and a third episode of Judge Judy after the latter. They currently show Judge Judy at 3:30, 5:00, 5:30 and 7:30pm. After the change, the show will then be seen at 12:30, 7:00 and 7:30pm. Not much of a change. WNCN REALLY loves this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 727 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 They currently show Judge Judy at 3:30, 5:00, 5:30 and 7:30pm. After the change, the show will then be seen at 12:30, 7:00 and 7:30pm. Not much of a change. WNCN REALLY loves this show. But do they really need to air it three times (or four times)? And if they love it so much, why isn't it at 4pm as a lead in to their news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 But do they really need to air it three times (or four times)? And if they love it so much, why isn't it at 4pm as a lead in to their news? Because WNCN will be carrying The Young and The Restless at 4:00pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickp 296 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 WNCN 17 will keep the tradition that WRAL 5 started in the Triangle by putting The Young and the Restless at 4:00pm This will lead into WNCN 17’s new hour-long newscast at 5:00pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 727 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Because WNCN will be carrying The Young and The Restless at 4:00pm. WNCN 17 will keep the tradition that WRAL 5 started in the Triangle by putting The Young and the Restless at 4:00pm This will lead into WNCN 17’s new hour-long newscast at 5:00pm. I read the prior posts. I know WRAL had Y&R at 4pm. I was simply saying if WNCN is so high on Judy why not put her into the prime spot of leading into your news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 802 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I read the prior posts. I know WRAL had Y&R at 4pm. I was simply saying if WNCN is so high on Judy why not put her into the prime spot of leading into your news. Y&R has good ratings on WRAL and has dominate the 4pm time slot for a long time, so it would make good business sense for WNCN to capture off that for the lead-in at 5pm. Maybe Judy, doesn't do well. However placing Ellen at 3, Y&R at 4 & Judy for an hour at 7pm makes good for good programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 719 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 That said, WBNS isn't safe from losing their affiliation... it just got punted another year. WTTE's affiliation agreement with Fox expires at the same time as WBNS's with CBS, Next December, and that is the kind of thing Sinclair (or "Cunningham") would do. Dick Wolfe was an executive with Fox, but that was many years ago. I may have mentioned this before, but the birthplace of what is now known as Macy's Inc. was in Columbus, when the family owners of Lazarus and Shillito's (the Lazarus family), Bloomingdale's, Filene's and Abraham and Strauss joined forces to form Federated Department Stores. They gobbled up family-owned department stores through the years. These family-owned TV stations that want to remain in the business need to do the same thing and come up with their own "Federated Broadcasting Company." They gain enough scale and leverage this way and can still be in control. Most of these family operations are good TV stations and this might be the way to keep standards up. Given the histories of channels 4 and 10 (which have had the same affiliations since day one) that would be much, much bigger than this affiliation switch is. WTHR is one of the most dominant news stations in the country. I could see NBC wanting to jump over to WBNS if not for the affiliation agreement Media General just signed with NBC. I wonder if the Wolfes would want to have all their eggs in a single basket, though. They may not have a choice. I think WBNS keeps CBS because the Browns, Bengals and Steelers are all AFC teams. The Wolfes have never been cheap about programming so I can't see reverse compensation bothering them too much. Especially if they want to sell in a few years. WBNS is worth far less as an independent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 These family-owned TV stations that want to remain in the business need to do the same thing and come up with their own "Federated Broadcasting Company." They gain enough scale and leverage this way and can still be in control. Most of these family operations are good TV stations and this might be the way to keep standards up. I'm really in agreement. Small local broadcasters like Bonneville (which in TV is just one station), Griffin, Capitol, the Wolfes, etc. need leverage more than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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