Mike Landess joining KWGN

[C Block 1573]

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

[TheRolyPoly 2639]

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.

[C Block 1573]

Ah, thanks. I can never get in the habit of reading that thread.

[ProButtonPusher 230]

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...

[TVNewsLover 799]

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.

[Eat News 4745]

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)

[ProButtonPusher 230]

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?

[C Block 1573]

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...

[C Block 1573]

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.

[channel2 982]

Wouldn't people from the Eastern and Pacific time zones like having the late news on earlier?

[C Block 1573]

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.