Out & About

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

47 minutes ago, justin2kx said:

From Puerto Rico: 

About two weeks ago, it was reported that Teleonce, which went thru a major rebrand four years ago, will go full time independent for the first time in 23 years, disaffiliating from Univision. The network bought WLII-TV in 2002, converting into an O&O and rebranded as Univision Puerto Rico from OG Teleonce. Despite early success in the ratings, it since declined thru the 2010s, cutting back local programming and running more imported network content. Its more infamous moment was when the network shut down its local news department in 2014. The network since sold the station to Lieberman Media Group in 2020, while retaining its affiliation, en route to its 2021 renaming.

In turn, WAPA went thru a rebrand in 2007 (from Televicentro) and since then has been the leading local station on the island. Even Telemundo PR, which went trials and tribulations in the 2000s (cutting back local news and programming) has since been reinvested by NBCU/Comcast and solidified into the #2 station, improving local content.

Coincidentally, TelevisaUnivision still owns its former sister station WSTE-DT 7.1, which is essentially an informercial station for more than a decade. It used to be a notable local major station for years, first as Rikavision, then Teleluz and later and most famously as Supersiete thru its time. T/U is moving its content to the station starting monday night 7p, with a fuller schedule starting Tuesday with the return of Despierta America to the market. It'll retain its Teleisla local branding at this time. Its schedule is a mix of Univision/Unimas content on a single station. Meanwhile the agreement between T/U and Lieberman (Tele 11) runs out this wed 12/31, despite scrubbing out Unimas content from its local sister subchannel 11.2 earlier this month.

 

Sources: (you can hit translate thru your browser for more info) 

https://www.tvboricuausa.com/2025/12/cambio-drastico-teleonce-se-queda-sin-novelas-y-programas-televisa-univision.html

https://www.tvboricuausa.com/2025/12/es-oficial-programas-de-univision-se-mudan-canal-7-teleisla-puerto-rico.html

https://www.tvboricuausa.com/2025/12/regresa-despierta-america-telenovelas-y-mas-canal-7-teleisla-puerto-rico.html

 

Thanks for letting me know. I'm half Puerto Rican (Boricua!), so this is HUGE news.

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

Its about damn time WCVB Boston expands its weekday noon news to an hour.

 

NewsCenter 5 at 12:30 begins next Monday, January 5th, 2026 with Jessica Brown anchoring the whole hour. Antoinette Antonio will only remain for the first half-hour at 12 Noon.

 

https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/wcvb-boston-to-launch-newscenter-5-at-1230-on-jan-5/

[NEOMatrix 1319]

12 hours ago, justin2kx said:

From Puerto Rico: 

About two weeks ago, it was reported that Teleonce, which went thru a major rebrand four years ago, will go full time independent for the first time in 23 years, disaffiliating from Univision. The network bought WLII-TV in 2002, converting into an O&O and rebranded as Univision Puerto Rico from OG Teleonce. Despite early success in the ratings, it since declined thru the 2010s, cutting back local programming and running more imported network content. Its more infamous moment was when the network shut down its local news department in 2014. The network since sold the station to Lieberman Media Group in 2020, while retaining its affiliation, en route to its 2021 renaming.

In turn, WAPA went thru a rebrand in 2007 (from Televicentro) and since then has been the leading local station on the island. Even Telemundo PR, which went trials and tribulations in the 2000s (cutting back local news and programming) has since been reinvested by NBCU/Comcast and solidified into the #2 station, improving local content.

Coincidentally, TelevisaUnivision still owns its former sister station WSTE-DT 7.1, which is essentially an informercial station for more than a decade. It used to be a notable local major station for years, first as Rikavision, then Teleluz and later and most famously as Supersiete thru its time. T/U is moving its content to the station starting monday night 7p, with a fuller schedule starting Tuesday with the return of Despierta America to the market. It'll retain its Teleisla local branding at this time. Its schedule is a mix of Univision/Unimas content on a single station. Meanwhile the agreement between T/U and Lieberman (Tele 11) runs out this wed 12/31, despite scrubbing out Unimas content from its local sister subchannel 11.2 earlier this month.

 

Sources: (you can hit translate thru your browser for more info) 

https://www.tvboricuausa.com/2025/12/cambio-drastico-teleonce-se-queda-sin-novelas-y-programas-televisa-univision.html

https://www.tvboricuausa.com/2025/12/es-oficial-programas-de-univision-se-mudan-canal-7-teleisla-puerto-rico.html

https://www.tvboricuausa.com/2025/12/regresa-despierta-america-telenovelas-y-mas-canal-7-teleisla-puerto-rico.html

This was inevitable. Good on Lieberman for revamping WLII after Univision bungled it. As for WSTE, they're just going to be a Univision/UniMas passthrough, just like WLII was.

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

January 8th is Nick Vasos (WDAF Morning anchor) Day in Kansas City as a result of his work with MASL's Kansas City Comets.

 

https://fox4kc.com/sports/kansas-city-declares-jan-8-2026-as-nick-vasos-day-heres-why/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPBUxpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR6q4lXgWFXFMNmXfw5vGQ3sHAOXVI1Kh70TMoWM8eRB672RP_dEz5zx8LWo7w_aem_N0YueE0eVZ18mXXvFZGpdg

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

On 12/22/2025 at 2:16 AM, TheRolyPoly said:

WHO's long-running nightly 9 pm newscast, produced and aired for KDSM, is being transitioned to streaming. Sinclair will more likely replace the newscast with The National News Desk, as usual.

 

https://who13.com/news/who-13-news-at-nine-moves-to-streaming-a-new-way-to-watch-local-news/?fbclid=IwY2xjawO1zhJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFpMFZCeGhJeWJFdTJzNG9Ic3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtqaJ-PYPWbQpSTb_HofBXu8CLYlB1TlYZwr6GDuO3wnJKvIR-XRlN2TBecH_aem_kuaQVMuprD-2245NbCAMDA

 

UPDATE

 

NO. Turns out, I was wrong. Instead, starting tonight, KDSM will continue to air a local newscast at 9:00 p.m., but it will come from KCCI 8. KCCI 8 News at 9:00 on FOX 17 will air for an hour on weeknights and a half-hour on Sundays (yep, no Saturdays for some IDK why reason).

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

Our first big retirement announcement of 2026...

 

WTVT's Lloyd Sowers. This comes from the BIG 13 Facebook group and will be leaving on January 5th, just one month shy of 39 years there. During his time, he's gotten to work with a legit WHO's WHO of WTVT and Tampa Bay television veterans.

 

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

Actually, I got another retirement... the amazing, legendary Beau Weaver. The voice of Good Day Sacramento, WPLG in my market of Miami, KDVR Denver, and others is retiring and was featured on GDS as a result.

 

 

[MediaZone4K 2661]

On 12/19/2025 at 9:30 PM, TheRolyPoly said:

 

Considering their streaming service, HOT 97 TV, is seen in Atlanta on WHOT Channel 66, she'll be returning to Atlanta television in the process as long as she shows up on it.

I was confused by the New York City radio station launching an Atlanta television channel. Do Atlanta residents know what Hot 97 is, or does it hold cultural significance to them?

 

Geovany Dias has returned to WPIX as a reporter. He was previously at WFTV in Orlando.

Edited January 3 by MediaZone4K

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

Speaking of WFTV...

 

After 15 years in journalism and the last four at the station, weekday morning anchor Kirstin Delgado has signed off for the last time. She previously worked at WLTZ, WOFL, and WINK.

 

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1438783921587548&id=100063678604993

[nathannah 2792]

10 hours ago, MediaZone4K said:

I was confused by the New York City radio station launching an Atlanta television channel. Do Atlanta residence know what Hot 97 is, or does it hold cultural significance to them?

High doubtful (it wasn't even memorable when it was the WB/CW affiliate in Columbus before it became a Pappas orphan like WIWN). This feels like a vanity project where someone thinks must-carry on Atlanta cable means that it's a magic wand to attract viewers, not knowing that WATL, WPCH and WANF already has that audience (and WUPA still has spillover), or can't stand Atlanta's gossip scene. If Hot 97 TV lasts a year, I'd be shocked.

On 1/1/2026 at 12:06 AM, TheRolyPoly said:

NO. Turns out, I was wrong. Instead, starting tonight, KDSM will continue to air a local newscast at 9:00 p.m., but it will come from KCCI 8. KCCI 8 News at 9:00 on FOX 17 will air for an hour on weeknights and a half-hour on Sundays (yep, no Saturdays for some IDK why reason).

Easy to explain as it was moved from KCCI's MeTV channel (where it's aired since 2016); they didn't air on Saturdays to stay out of Svengoolie's way. Obviously even without the need to work around Berwyn-based hijinks, there too Fox overruns make it a nightmare to maintain a Saturday at 9pm newscast.

[Yankees4life 599]

WLII going Indy is crazy. Not too sure how they'll make it work without all the Univision programming especially the sports programming 

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

1 hour ago, Yankees4life said:

WLII going Indy is crazy. Not too sure how they'll make it work without all the Univision programming especially the sports programming 

 

They will. WLII was an Indie from 1960-1981 (went dark during this time) and from 1986-2002. Granted, times have changed since then, but I think WLII is capable of it, just like the 10,000-ton gorilla that is WAPA.

[GraphicsMan 345]

On 12/30/2025 at 3:50 PM, NEOMatrix said:

This was inevitable. Good on Lieberman for revamping WLII after Univision bungled it. As for WSTE, they're just going to be a Univision/UniMas passthrough, just like WLII was.

This is sad because during Univision it was number 1, Univiaions’s arrival on the island was successful it’s sad where it’s gone.

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

It looks like Gray is ending the partnership between WCTV and WTWC-DT2 to provide 7 am and 10 pm news there. However, don't fret because they are moving those two newscasts over to sister WFXU Channel 57 (same timeslots, too: an hour at 7 am and half-hour at 10 pm).

 

WCTV Eyewitness News - The Good Morning Show at 7:00 a.m. and WCTV Eyewitness News at 10:00 on WFXU begins tomorrow, Monday, January 5th.

 

https://www.wctv.tv/video/2026/01/02/two-new-newscasts-coming-wfxu/

 

Also starting tomorrow, no more weeknight 5:30 news in Bend from KOHD. Instead, KOHD and sister KBNZ will now simulcast together at 5:00, go to national news at 5:30 (ABC WNT on KOHD, CBS-EN on KBNZ), and then simulcast again for an hour at 6:00.

 

Previously, the 5:00 p.m. was an hour-long and exclusive to KOHD, while the 6:00 p.m. was exclusive to KBNZ.

 

https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/local/central-oregon-daily-news-abc-cbs-schedule-jan-5/article_e6f04c69-76cc-4d77-b46c-bf949d5058f5.html

Edited January 4 by TheRolyPoly

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

It looks like for the first time ever, KSAN will have their own weekday morning and midday newscasts.

 

West Texas Today will air from 6-7am and 11:30am-12pm. It all begins tomorrow.

 

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1652649092678611&id=100038006093289

[tyrannical bastard 4676]

The former home of WHAE/WANX/WGNX/WGCL was destroyed by fire.  It was a church after Channel 46 moved to their current building.
https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/01/04/site-former-cbs-46-station-catches-fire-dekalb/

Edited January 5 by tyrannical bastard

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

Bree Smith is starting the new year by returning to Nashville television... and to WSMV Channel 4.

 

https://www.wsmv.com/2026/01/05/longtime-tv-meteorologist-bree-smith-joins-wsmv4-first-alert-weather-team/

[mre29 1967]

34 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

The former home of WHAE/WANX/WGNX/WGCL was destroyed by fire.  It was a church after Channel 46 moved to their current building.
https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/01/04/site-former-cbs-46-station-catches-fire-dekalb/

 

Interesting that the station in question is only referred to in the article as "the Channel 46 station" (and even then only once) with no direct reference to WANF.

 

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 1158]

1 hour ago, TheRolyPoly said:

Bree Smith is starting the new year by returning to Nashville television... and to WSMV Channel 4.

 

https://www.wsmv.com/2026/01/05/longtime-tv-meteorologist-bree-smith-joins-wsmv4-first-alert-weather-team/

Good for her -- she needed to get away from WTVF...

[tyrannical bastard 4676]

24 minutes ago, mre29 said:

 

Interesting that the station in question is only referred to in the article as "the Channel 46 station" (and even then only once) with no direct reference to WANF.

 

For all intents and purposes, "Channel 46" was three stations.

Whatever it was before Meredith owned them...(Indy turned CBS affiliate spun off to Meredith)

Meredith's ownership... (CBS46AtlantaClearNewsWGCLetc...)

And Gray's ownership... (WANF Atlanta News First)

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

KCTV is going to try again with the morning news extension on KSMO.

 

KCTV 5 News This Morning on KSMO-TV debuts Monday, February 2nd from 7-9 a.m.

 

Fourth such option at 7 a.m., third such at 8 a.m.

 

https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/kctv-news-this-morning-to-expand-to-7-9-a-m-on-ksmo-kctv5/

[Breaking News 888]

1 hour ago, tyrannical bastard said:

For all intents and purposes, "Channel 46" was three stations.

Whatever it was before Meredith owned them...(Indy turned CBS affiliate spun off to Meredith)

Meredith's ownership... (CBS46AtlantaClearNewsWGCLetc...)

And Gray's ownership... (WANF Atlanta News First)

That was when it was WGNX during their Indy and early CBS days.  There is probably someone in the newsroom who didn't know that, but very odd in the article. 

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

2 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

For all intents and purposes, "Channel 46" was three stations.

Whatever it was before Meredith owned them...(Indy turned CBS affiliate spun off to Meredith)

Meredith's ownership... (CBS46AtlantaClearNewsWGCLetc...)

And Gray's ownership... (WANF Atlanta News First)

 

I'll break this down...

• Whatever it was before Meredith owned them...
  • WHAE from 1971-1977 (CBN; Independent)
  • WANX from 1977-1984 (CBN; Independent)
  • WGNX from 1984-1998 (Tribune from 1984-1998; Independent until 1994, then CBS), the most famous era before all the Meredith stuff came through.
• Meredith's ownership...
  • WGNX from 1998-2000 (CBS Atlanta - WGNX 46)
  • WGCL from 2000-2021 (CBS Atlanta, Clear TV, CBS 46 - Atlanta's NewsChannel, CBS 46, CBS Atlanta, CBS 46, you know the mess)
• Gray's ownership...
  • WGCL from 2021-2022 (CBS 46 during the transitional phase)
  • WANF from 2022-present (Atlanta News First; CBS until 2025, back to being an Independent)

I know... no bullet lists, but a point had to be made. I hope you enjoyed this little history lesson.

[tyrannical bastard 4676]

On 1/4/2026 at 1:20 AM, TheRolyPoly said:

It looks like Gray is ending the partnership between WCTV and WTWC-DT2 to provide 7 am and 10 pm news there. However, don't fret because they are moving those two newscasts over to sister WFXU Channel 57 (same timeslots, too: an hour at 7 am and half-hour at 10 pm).

 

WCTV Eyewitness News - The Good Morning Show at 7:00 a.m. and WCTV Eyewitness News at 10:00 on WFXU begins tomorrow, Monday, January 5th.

 

https://www.wctv.tv/video/2026/01/02/two-new-newscasts-coming-wfxu/

 

Also starting tomorrow, no more weeknight 5:30 news in Bend from KOHD. Instead, KOHD and sister KBNZ will now simulcast together at 5:00, go to national news at 5:30 (ABC WNT on KOHD, CBS-EN on KBNZ), and then simulcast again for an hour at 6:00.

 

Previously, the 5:00 p.m. was an hour-long and exclusive to KOHD, while the 6:00 p.m. was exclusive to KBNZ.

 

https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/local/central-oregon-daily-news-abc-cbs-schedule-jan-5/article_e6f04c69-76cc-4d77-b46c-bf949d5058f5.html

I hope they're not stupid enough to dissolve the partnership with WPXI to supply news to FOX 53 WPGH.

But Sinclair's gonna Sinclair so they can air their own garbage content over local news.  We're coming to the 20 year mark of their 86-ing of the "News Central" model that stripped away some news departments, including WPGH's.

Edited January 6 by tyrannical bastard

[mre29 1967]

3 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

I know... no bullet lists, but a point had to be made. I hope you enjoyed this little history lesson.

 

I believe the prohibition was on lists of the "Here's a list of stations" variety, not specifically bulleted lists. More importantly, though, that wasn't a list. It was a timeline in outline form. As far as I'm concerned, the prohibition doesn't apply.