C Block 1566 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Well here's a strange one. Mike Landess is joining KWGN to anchor the 7pm and new 4pm newscasts alongside Deborah Takahara. He spent several decades mostly in the Denver market and 'retired' from KMGH two years ago, only to show up as the lead anchor at KYTX in Tyler Texas a few weeks later. http://kwgn.com/2016/06/29/news-anchor-mike-landess-returning-to-denver-joining-colorados-own-channel-2/ http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2016/06/29/longtime-anchor-mike-landess-returning-to-denver.html?ana=fbk Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15204-mike-landess-joining-kwgn/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2449 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Well here's a strange one. Mike Landess is joining KWGN to anchor the 7pm and new 4pm newscasts alongside Deborah Takahara. He spent several decades mostly in the Denver market and 'retired' from KMGH two years ago, only to show up as the lead anchor at KYTX in Tyler Texas a few weeks later. http://kwgn.com/2016/06/29/news-anchor-mike-landess-returning-to-denver-joining-colorados-own-channel-2/ http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2016/06/29/longtime-anchor-mike-landess-returning-to-denver.html?ana=fbk Out and About already has you covered on that. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15204-mike-landess-joining-kwgn/#findComment-154277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Ah, thanks. I can never get in the habit of reading that thread. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15204-mike-landess-joining-kwgn/#findComment-154279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProButtonPusher 230 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Ah, thanks. I can never get in the habit of reading that thread. Because it's 324,245,582 pages long, full of things that should be in their own threads? Can't imagine why... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15204-mike-landess-joining-kwgn/#findComment-154303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 782 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Because it's 324,245,582 pages long, full of things that should be in their own threads? Can't imagine why... Stop nagging. It's fine as is. No need for a million pointless threads. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15204-mike-landess-joining-kwgn/#findComment-154334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Stop nagging. It's fine as is. No need for a million pointless threads. Not when we can survive on a thousand pointless threads. (saving electrons save the earth) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15204-mike-landess-joining-kwgn/#findComment-154335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProButtonPusher 230 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Stop nagging. First of all...hilarious. It's fine as is. No need for a million pointless threads. What qualifies as "thread-worthy"? Isn't that up for interpretation by the person posting? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15204-mike-landess-joining-kwgn/#findComment-154337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 I'm fine with all the "ZOMG! Anchor changes in Tupelo/Utica/Medford" posts being buried in a big thread that I don't care to read, but I don't understand why fairly significant movements in top 25 markets also get buried there. To me, a veteran anchor making an oddball jump to a fifth-place station in the big market where he made his career is worthy of its own thread. But I guess that's up for interpretation... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15204-mike-landess-joining-kwgn/#findComment-154339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 I'll stick this in here since I don't feel like starting a new thread, and this may have been mentioned elsewhere, but I missed it. KWGN starting 11pm news on Sept. 12: http://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/15/11-pm-newscast-channel-2-denver-transplants/ Interesting that they're trying to target it to transplants. There's a clip on YouTube of KOA having 11pm news in the late 70s, but I don't know whether that was just a weekend thing. Either way, this is probably the first time for this market and this time zone in a really long time. In my opinion, this is absurd. KDVR/KWGN will now produce 77 hours of news a week. That has to be one of the most in the country, right? It's just maddening because all their newscasts are full of wire stories. Just browse through NewSource or NewsEdge for a little bit, and you will have seen 90% of what's in their newscasts. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15204-mike-landess-joining-kwgn/#findComment-158843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 979 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Wouldn't people from the Eastern and Pacific time zones like having the late news on earlier? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15204-mike-landess-joining-kwgn/#findComment-159153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 It has its pluses and minuses. Having primetime start later makes early evening/prime access flow a little better in my opinion. I'd be willing to bet that if primetime started at 8 in Denver, KDVR would have 6pm news and run Jeopardy and Wheel at 7, which just feels a little more natural to me. However, I still prefer 10pm news to 11pm news, and I used to hate having to wait until 12:35 for Craig Ferguson to come on. And of course, I'm speaking as someone born and raised in Denver, but I've lived mostly in Pacific Time for several years, so my perspective may be a little off. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15204-mike-landess-joining-kwgn/#findComment-159167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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