WBTS - Home of NBC Boston?

[David Salter JR 66]

If so, that'll be the best thing about his presidency... finally getting rid of E/I restrictions.

if he were to attempt that, how much pushback will he get from congress and/or the broadcasting industry?

[bostonmediaguy 124]

if he were to attempt that, how much pushback will he get from congress and/or the broadcasting industry?

 

Probably pushback from Congress. Accolades from the broadcasting industry.

[Rusty Muck 4390]

if he were to attempt that, how much pushback will he get from congress and/or the broadcasting industry?

Jack Hanna would definitely not be happy.

[atlnews2 591]

I find it interesting that their on air branding (for now) is "Countdown NBC Boston".

[Eat News 4745]

Jack Hanna would definitely not be happy.

 

I would be kinda pissed because E/I is how we indoctrinate the small humans and preach global warming, saving the whales and FISHES (whales suck anyway) and us sharks.

Without E/I there would be no "save the planet" and all the production houses in Canada will go broke.

Yes, Jack Hanna and his critters will be very sad, but those critters are overworked and non-union performers so that's ok.

And what about all those great "Teen Newscast" that look 10 times better than anything KRON.

Thank God and Neptune that E/I is probably not on the radar in the first 4 years...cuz if you start messing with my E/I....you be messing with my moral compass.

[NEOMatrix 1305]

Jack Hanna would definitely not be happy.

Forget Jack Hanna! Litton would be PISSED!!!!!

[TheRolyPoly 2559]

Forget Jack Hanna! Litton would be PISSED!!!!!

 

And I'll be glad. Its about time that affiliates get their on-air time back on Saturday mornings. This can also help Sunday mornings for those who have to push E/I back due to other commitments.

 

In other words, I hope they end those E/I restrictions once and for all.

[detroiter313 181]

And I'll be glad. Its about time that affiliates get their on-air time back on Saturday mornings. This can also help Sunday mornings for those who have to push E/I back due to other commitments.

 

In other words, I hope they end those E/I restrictions once and for all.

Couldn't agree with you more!

[Rusty Muck 4390]

I find it interesting that their on air branding (for now) is "Countdown NBC Boston".

I don't know what else they could call themselves. They have to establish the "NBC Boston" brand without any preceding brands to build off of.

 

Outside of using NECN to build up their news department, WBTS is for all intents and purposes a start-up operation.

[GroupWBZ 73]

I don't know what else they could call themselves. They have to establish the "NBC Boston" brand without any preceding brands to build off of.

 

Outside of using NECN to build up their news department, WBTS is for all intents and purposes a start-up operation.

 

You know how long it's gonna take for people receiving it OTA to adjust? I read an article once that WHDH still gets calls from elderly viewers asking where 60 Minutes is, 21 years later.

[channel2 982]

I remember TheRob saying once that WDAF and KSHB still get calls from people who didn't get the memo that WDAF is no longer NBC, and KSHB is no longer Fox, so it's not unheard of...

[David Salter JR 66]

And I'll be glad. Its about time that affiliates get their on-air time back on Saturday mornings. This can also help Sunday mornings for those who have to push E/I back due to other commitments.

 

In other words, I hope they end those E/I restrictions once and for all.

why haven't the broadcasters challenged the legality of E/I yet, the supreme court in my opinion would rule it unconstituitional

[ABC 7 Denver 1729]

I wanted to note, now, that NBCBoston.com is now live.

[NewsMaster 226]

I wanted to note, now, that NBCBoston.com is now live.

 

It came online on Wednesday, a day earlier than they were supposed to.

[nathannah 2493]

why haven't the broadcasters challenged the legality of E/I yet, the supreme court in my opinion would rule it unconstitutional

 

Because Litton, DHX and other syndicators have come along, bought out the burden and turned it into a 'make something out of nothing' opportunity. They lease out the time for a price and let Litton worry about the work. I think E/I can still work, but they have to kill the +13 audience loophole that allows more advertising and host-selling and have turned the requirements into a gauntlet of 'talking down' nature doc shows and game shows on the cheap, with preschoolers basically having to become beggars for Sprout and Nick Jr. to get non-PBS kids programming. And no...no bringing back cartoons (which posters on other boards would prefer); we're past the point of no return with broadcast and today's animation producers would loathe network S&P in every way.

[channel2 982]

Didn't Animaniacs openly decry the E/I rules when they were new?

[C Block 1566]

Didn't Animaniacs openly decry the E/I rules when they were new?

 

Wheel of Morality, turn turn turn, tell us the lesson that we should learn...

[Rusty Muck 4390]

Because Litton, DHX and other syndicators have come along, bought out the burden and turned it into a 'make something out of nothing' opportunity. They lease out the time for a price and let Litton worry about the work. I think E/I can still work, but they have to kill the +13 audience loophole that allows more advertising and host-selling and have turned the requirements into a gauntlet of 'talking down' nature doc shows and game shows on the cheap, with preschoolers basically having to become beggars for Sprout and Nick Jr. to get non-PBS kids programming. And no...no bringing back cartoons (which posters on other boards would prefer); we're past the point of no return with broadcast and today's animation producers would loathe network S&P in every way.

The other issue is the mandated three hours a week of programming, no matter what. Some stations have been creative with that: here in Cleveland, WKYC put E/I shows daily at 12:30 and on Saturday at 11 for a few years** while WJW places the Fox-distributed XPloration Station from 11:30-2:30 or as wraparounds on late Saturday/Sunday afternoons.

 

** Currently, and in the past, WKYC has had to juggle the E/I shows around while running text crawls indicating when the shows will air next week. Often WKYC will have to preempt the last 30 minutes of "Saturday Today" and push the last hour of "Channel 3 News Today" to 8:30am-9:30am, while in theory it's meant to run from 9am-10am. E/I also forced them to discontinue their Saturday noon newscast a few years back, which debuted shortly after Multimedia took majority control of the station.

[NEOMatrix 1305]

Wait, I thought Saturday Today ran 90 minutes nationally if BPL was coming on later at 12:30. That's actually a local opt-out? I ask because WFMJ runs its newscasts 8:30-9:30 and E/I 9:30-12:30 if BPL comes on later that day, as well.

[Drew 152]

It runs full two hours but they have the opt out time after 90

[Rusty Muck 4390]

It runs full two hours but they have the opt out time after 90

Seems like it's standard operating procedure among NBC affiliates to have that 9:30am-12:30pm E/I window. Did NBC always have an 8:30am opt-out for Saturday Today or was that instituted recently?

[NewsBuffy 18]

Seems like it's standard operating procedure among NBC affiliates to have that 9:30am-12:30pm E/I window. Did NBC always have an 8:30am opt-out for Saturday Today or was that instituted recently?

Yeah but most don't opt out.

[newsbot 271]

Yeah but most don't opt out.

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WCSH in Portland, ME (and its satellite WLBZ in Bangor) started opting out a half-hour early to run old episodes of "Bill Green's Maine."

[IndyNewsOpens 83]

Looks like WTHR opts out for an extra hour of "Eyewitness News Weekend Sunrise", or that's how it looks on the TitanTV guide, not sure.

 

Don't have that fancy Spectrum cable box yet to look it up there (we're upgrading soon).

[TriangleTriadMediaNews 267]

WRC usually goes back to News 4 Today from 8:30-10am, WRAL does the same for local news, but from 9:30-10 as they normally start Weekend Today at 8am on Saturday and 9am on Sunday.