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[MidwestTV 1247]

17 hours ago, Chicago2008 said:

More about that https://www.chron.com/sports/article/fox-26-houston-cuts-sports-department-will-kunkel-20362890.php

“We did not eliminate the sports department — we eliminated the sports anchor position,” Keane said. “We’re still going to cover sports extensively both with a reporter in the mornings and we’re going to gather and distribute sports content across all sports whenever there’s breaking news."

 

Typical corporate jargon speak. They did eliminate the sports department. If you let go of people whose job it was to do a very specific task, you eliminated the department and shifted the workload elsewhere. Also, specifically covering sports with a reporter in the morning? When nothing sportswise happens? Those reporters aren't going to have the same connections and relationships that the sports department will.

[tyrannical bastard 4036]

Aside from the Astros, Houston is not a market that Fox has a vested interest in sports-wise.  The Texans are an AFC team that's had some better years but that's CBS's problem in their eyes.

 

Wonder if the same will happen in Orlando?  Austin seems to hold on despite it not having any teams of their own, but feeds on the surrounding markets like DFW, Houston and San Antonio.

[nickp 340]

Kinda wild Fox 26 is shuttering the sports department Mark Berman built

[jerseyfla 207]

3 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

 

 

Wonder if the same will happen in Orlando?  

If anything, WOFL/WOGX's Sports segments could be taped and done by WTVT or at least their podcast "No Off Days" could be shown weekly. WTVT also co-produces Florida Tonight with WOFL. 

[Jase 1068]

12 hours ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:

I'm baffled by this -- Isn't this why they wanted O&O's in the major sports markets?? Interesting to see what their "long-term" plan is with this....

 

Having O&Os in NFC markets for sure. For example, Fox 32 has a 5-person sports team, Fox 9 has 4-person and Fox 6 and Fox 2 each have a 3-person team. These 4 stations also have their own weekly NFL/NFC North show (1st and North) along with other sports-related programming.

 

That said, it appears that it's ultimately up to each individual Fox O&O to determine its sports coverage (how much/or little) and not necessarily the Fox corporate overlords.

Edited 12 hours ago by Jase

[Greggo 358]

11 hours ago, MidwestTV said:

“We did not eliminate the sports department — we eliminated the sports anchor position,” Keane said. “We’re still going to cover sports extensively both with a reporter in the mornings and we’re going to gather and distribute sports content across all sports whenever there’s breaking news."

 

Typical corporate jargon speak. They did eliminate the sports department. If you let go of people whose job it was to do a very specific task, you eliminated the department and shifted the workload elsewhere. Also, specifically covering sports with a reporter in the morning? When nothing sportswise happens? Those reporters aren't going to have the same connections and relationships that the sports department will.

I’m not saying it makes sense for the reason you stated, but they have a 6-hour morning show. Gotta fill it with … something

[24994J 5630]

4 hours ago, Jase said:

Fox 32 has a 5-person sports team

 

TIL Rick Telander joined the station as a special columnist. (14 years at Sports Illustrated & the last 30 at the Chicago Sun-Times)