Glimmer 281 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 WISN did a package earlier today discussing how they’ll be putting social distancing into practice for the time being Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 569 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 10 hours ago, AaronQ said: Since yesterday WSOC-TV distance themselves in their studio. Not sure if the other Charlotte stations does that though. 10 hours ago, Nelson R. said: It looks like WJZY has done the same John Carter and Mary King distancing themselves on the WBTV morning show Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3936 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) It's happening in other places across the country, and in Mobile, WALA has suspended production of their Studio 10 lifestyle program in favor of another hour of news in the morning at 9 a.m. It wouldn't surprise me if WPMI did the same by putting Gulf Coast Today on hiatus and making their noon show a full hour again. Due to their ownership situation, they are landlocked with the number of hours of news they can produce... Could the FCC make an emergency declaration to temporarily suspend this? Edited March 17, 2020 by tyrannical bastard Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 Last night, KXAS expanded their 10:00 newscasts because of the coronavirus coverage. And WFAA distance their anchors on the newscasts. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1437 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 KXAS also extended their 6 PM broadcast to an hour as well. They mentioned that they would continue to do that throughout the health crisis. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5560 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 minute ago, MorningNews said: KXAS also extended their 6 PM broadcast to an hour as well. They mentioned that they would continue to do that throughout the health crisis. WMAQ, as well, within the station group. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjt24 310 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Other than the anchors distancing themselves on air like other stations have, there aren't changes in terms of expanded newscasts in Pittsburgh yet. Though I expect that to change. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRAP-TV 146 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Anyone else find it a little ironic that this thread is called "Out and About," but we're not supposed to be out and about with this whole coronavirus situation? #RandomThoughtTuesday 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1051 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, KRAP-TV said: Anyone else find it a little ironic that this thread is called "Out and About," but we're not supposed to be out and about with this whole coronavirus situation? #RandomThoughtTuesday Motion to temporarily change title to In and Quarantin' in these uncertain times. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 280 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 6 hours ago, Nelson R. said: John Carter and Mary King distancing themselves on the WBTV morning show You know, I failed to mention that on WCNC, they cut "Charlotte Today" to 30 minutes and no live guests. Their midday newscast now starts at 11:30am. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 569 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, AaronQ said: You know, I failed to mention that on WCNC, they cut "Charlotte Today" to 30 minutes and no live guests. Their midday newscast now starts at 11:30am. Good move. Edited March 17, 2020 by Nelson R. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2377 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 3 hours ago, AaronQ said: You know, I failed to mention that on WCNC, they cut "Charlotte Today" to 30 minutes and no live guests. Their midday newscast now starts at 11:30am. Permanent or during this outbreak pandemic? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 280 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, TheRolyPoly said: Permanent or during this outbreak pandemic? I think only during this pandemic Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3936 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 WSAZ... Social distancing since 1956. Even Chet Huntley and David Brinkley copied it years later...decades before it became a necessity! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1256 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: WSAZ... Social distancing since 1956. Even Chet Huntley and David Brinkley copied it years later...decades before it became a necessity! Even all of the Fort Smith stations used to be that way until in recent years when everybody moved to the NWA area. I wonder if they went back to that format now with this social distancing stuff Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3936 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Just now, oknewsguy said: Even all of the Fort Smith stations used to be that way until in recent years when everybody moved to the NWA area. I wonder if they went back to that format now with this social distancing stuff WSAZ has always had a dual-market approach and is currently the only station based out of Huntington. WCHS has always been Charleston based, but has attempted some coverage of Huntington over the years...mostly from their "Putnam County Newsroom"...aka the WVAH studios in Hurricane. WOWK was based out of Huntington for many years, and even copied WSAZ's "dual box" approach for a while, but ended up doing the whole show out of Huntington....until 2012 when the main studios moved to Downtown Charleston in a portion of the Charleston City Center Mall. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1256 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: WSAZ has always had a dual-market approach and is currently the only station based out of Huntington. WCHS has always been Charleston based, but has attempted some coverage of Huntington over the years...mostly from their "Putnam County Newsroom"...aka the WVAH studios in Hurricane. WOWK was based out of Huntington for many years, and even copied WSAZ's "dual box" approach for a while, but ended up doing the whole show out of Huntington....until 2012 when the main studios moved to Downtown Charleston in a portion of the Charleston City Center Mall. Pretty much WSAZ doesn't have to worry about social distancing that their competitors have to worry about. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
News Fan 14 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, oknewsguy said: Pretty much WSAZ doesn't have to worry about social distancing that their competitors have to worry about. Since they debuted the news set in January of 2019, all the shows have been anchored out of the Huntington studios. However, they have brought back the “dual box” during this pandemic. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2377 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 16 minutes ago, oknewsguy said: Even all of the Fort Smith stations used to be that way until in recent years when everybody moved to the NWA area. I wonder if they went back to that format now with this social distancing stuff They should put Barren's background as a live shot of Charleston just for keeps! Lmao. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1256 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, TheRolyPoly said: They should put Barren's background as a live shot of Charleston just for keeps! Lmao. That may not be that bad of an idea at all Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 468 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 hour ago, TheRolyPoly said: They should put Barren's background as a live shot of Charleston just for keeps! Lmao. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTVNews 194 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Here is an example and explanation of KGW's "social distancing" at the start of their 5pm show Monday. They have also ditched their usual 7pm entertainment show for a half hour of responding to viewer questions. They have this new thing as well where people can text in questions to their newsroom phone number. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 937 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
froyo49 230 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Here in Savannah, they’re not even bothering with spacing anchors all over the set. All 3 stations only have 1 news anchor per newscast. The only exception is WTOC’s local talk show Morning Break, which had 2 hosts at the main desk and one at a stand up area. As for expanding newscasts, WTOC has expanded their existing half-hour 4pm news to a full hour, bumping Right This Minute to 1:30am. Further down Chatham Parkway, WJCL is not adding any news to their schedule. WSAV is following WNBC’s lead and they are live from 11pm-midnight. Unfortunately, their advertorial at 11:30am is still in place. They already have midday news at 11a, so they should expand it to a full hour. Also, yesterday SAV rebroadcast last year’s St Pattys Day Parade since this year’s was cancelled for obvious reasons. I guess they didn’t want to give refunds to advertisers or something. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 881 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) Surprised no one mentioned this, but there is now a case of COVID-19 involving a network news personality. ABC News correspondent Kaylee Hartung revealed Wednesday that she is recovering in self-quarantine after contracting the illness while reporting on its effects in Washington State, one of the coronavirus’ early hotspots. Good news is her symptoms—which she originally thought were allergies, given she didn’t experience shortness of breath, dry cough or chest tightness, the primary symptoms associated with the coronavirus—aren’t as severe as they were early on, stating that at its worst, “I was fatigued. I was not looking forward to getting out of bed. I had a headache right between the eyes. I was congested. I had body aches. My lower back was really hurting.” She is worried about having spread the illness to others when she was asymptomatic. Also, the coronavirus is affecting the family of NBC/Telemundo anchor Jose Diaz-Balart, as his brother, U.S. Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) was one of two Congressmen to be diagnosed (along with Ben McAdams [D-UT]) in an announcement Wednesday, resulting in other Congressional members who had contact with the two House Reps. to self-quarantine. I don’t know if Jose decided to take time off from his anchoring duties at Telemundo in light of his brother’s diagnosis, but it would seem difficult to report on your own brother having been afflicted with a respiratory disease you have been reporting on for a few weeks. Edited March 19, 2020 by T.L. Hughes 5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/407/#findComment-242769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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