Guest Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 If you're not WSB or WAGA, it seems like Atlanta stations like throwing money at high-power talent or ex-CNN'ers (especially those who didn't want to do 'here's the story, here's the panel, I'm the referee'-style anchoring) in order to try to beat those stations. I don't think it's really worked though. Probably because they have the stigma of "former CNN anchor" attached to their name. Hasn't worked? I beg to differ. WSB has Cinnamon Linda Stouffer in the mornings, longtime CNN Headline News anchor and she's great! Her and Fred Blankenship are a solid team (and should arguably be on nights). Nothing against Justin Farmer and Jovita Moore, but they're a bit stiff for my taste. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-206921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 825 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Hasn't worked? I beg to differ. WSB has Cinnamon Linda Stouffer in the mornings, longtime CNN Headline News anchor and she's great! Her and Fred Blankenship are a solid team (and should arguably be on nights). Nothing against Justin Farmer and Jovita Moore, but they're a bit stiff for my taste. Fred and Linda are good and maybe they should be on the anchor desk at Noon and 4pm. However, WSB-TV has never been that station that laid back, but everything is hard news. Justin and Jovita they do well. Maybe John Bachman was more youthful looking and seem more exciting than Justin. If your looking for happy and friendly and laid back that always been WXIA. WAGA just follows what WSB does. After 30 years of operation WGCL is still trying to find it niche. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-206924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLETVFan 367 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 WEWS has gotten flack from Newburgh Heights residents (a city in Cleveland, OH) over its handling of its attempt to interview a rape victim. The police chief showed up and questioned them before telling them to leave. Once body cam footage of the situation was posted on the Newburgh Heights Police Department Facebook page, the station got slammed with non-stop hate (no one stood up for the station, though WEWS since apologized). The chief even posted that the station was receiving death threats. Now FTVLive has reported the fallout over the situation. The two news managers responsible for sending the reporter and his crew over to the victim's house have been fired. It is not reported which two managers got the axe, though news director Jeff Harris is leaving for the same gig at WBBM in Chicago. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-206926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 How does one go from filling in on a flagship network news program to the lowest rated revolving door in DMA 10? Keyword is "filling in." He was a prominent face at MSNBC and had a consistent slot for a while. Then he didn't. It was pretty clear that his time at NBC was up. He probably could have stuck around NYC to try to find something else, but think of how many other people are doing that while salivating at the chance to get hired fulltime somewhere? The other big factor is probably money. Meredith is no small company, and they were probably able to offer him something worthwhile to be main anchor, even if it's a last place station. Plus, didn't he work for CNN in Atlanta for a while and/or his husband also has connections to Atlanta? As far as career development goes, I suppose it's a step down from being a midday anchor on MSNBC, but it's probably a step up in terms of quality of life. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-206946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Keyword is "filling in." He was a prominent face at MSNBC and had a consistent slot for a while. Then he didn't. It was pretty clear that his time at NBC was up. He probably could have stuck around NYC to try to find something else, but think of how many other people are doing that while salivating at the chance to get hired fulltime somewhere? The other big factor is probably money. Meredith is no small company, and they were probably able to offer him something worthwhile to be main anchor, even if it's a last place station. Plus, didn't he work for CNN in Atlanta for a while and/or his husband also has connections to Atlanta? As far as career development goes, I suppose it's a step down from being a midday anchor on MSNBC, but it's probably a step up in terms of quality of life. He did work for CNN when he came out and revealed that he was abused in high school by a priest. Then I think he went to work for The Insider but then supposed nude photos of him came out and he didn’t appear on the show but I believe they continued to pay him. Since he didn’t appear on the show makes me think the photos may be really him. Then he started filling in for NBC and MSNBC for a year or two before getting a regular gig. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-206947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 738 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 They have used variations of those logos and graphics in the past. Its definitely the sign of something new ahead but this has been the slowest implementation of this new logo and graphics I've ever seen. Almost all their promos now involve graphics like those. And based on the promos I've seen, they do seem to be going with "KMOV 4". It's time for a refresh, those Belo graphics have been in use for over 4 years now and they haven't aged that well. I was at a fair in downtown St. Louis today and happened to walk past KMOV. This is what I saw. Make from it what you will. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-206965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1256 Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 I was at a fair in downtown St. Louis today and happened to walk past KMOV. This is what I saw. Make from it what you will. I'm beginning to think that KMOV will probably drop the "News 4" moniker and become "KMOV 4 News" to match that of their cross-state sister KCTV 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-206980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2362 Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 I was at a fair in downtown St. Louis today and happened to walk past KMOV. This is what I saw. Make from it what you will. A rebrand is soon coming. I can smell it. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-206981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 I was at a fair in downtown St. Louis today and happened to walk past KMOV. This is what I saw. Make from it what you will. How much for one of those KMOV blue bug screens??? ...because I want one for camping. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-206988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1437 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 WGCL confirming Thomas Roberts hiring. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 WGCL confirming Thomas Roberts hiring. Get ready for FTVLive's ego boosting "You heard it here first" posts... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5552 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Get ready for FTVLive's ego boosting "You heard it here first" posts... He already did, but I'll be damned if I post the link. 5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2362 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 The Paul Folger - Jessica Schambach era at KOCO is soon coming to an end... http://kstp.com/news/kstp-5-eyewitness-news-welcomes-paul-folger-to-anchor-desk/4982236/ 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 351 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 The Paul Folger - Jessica Schambach era at KOCO is soon coming to an end... http://kstp.com/news/kstp-5-eyewitness-news-welcomes-paul-folger-to-anchor-desk/4982236/ From one last place station to another ... 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2362 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 From one last place station to another ... KOCO is not in last place and neither is KSTP. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3293 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 KTVT/KTXA finally has a new VP/station manager. Andrea Parquet-Taylor from WNCN. http://unclebarky.com/dfw_files/56272c6c5470d38dcefc3b09abf33f6d-4227.html Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 351 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 KOCO is not in last place and neither is KSTP. Oh, really? Anyone familiar with Minneapolis TV can tell you KSTP has been in the gutter since ... forever. Thus the neverending tweaks, including talent. Hello, Paul. OKC might have a little more wiggle room depending on how well KOCO did in any given book and how poorly KOKH may have done. If your idea of successful is fighting for 3rd or 4th place, local TV isn't for you. 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 940 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 KTVT/KTXA finally has a new VP/station manager. Andrea Parquet-Taylor from WNCN. http://unclebarky.com/dfw_files/56272c6c5470d38dcefc3b09abf33f6d-4227.html She has had a rough history... not sure how to feel about her running a station... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1256 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Oh, really? Anyone familiar with Minneapolis TV can tell you KSTP has been in the gutter since ... forever. Thus the neverending tweaks, including talent. Hello, Paul. OKC might have a little more wiggle room depending on how well KOCO did in any given book and how poorly KOKH may have done. If your idea of successful is fighting for 3rd or 4th place, local TV isn't for you. The problem is none of the OKC-area newspapers report on the Ratings Sweeps so it's difficult to gauge how KWTV/KFOR/KOCO/KOKH is doing in the ratings Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Get ready for FTVLive's ego boosting "You heard it here first" posts... I hear he has a spycam pointed toward that revolving door at WGCL...another cam at the Fulton Co, Jail...and another at the local AA meeting clubhouse. You heard it here first.. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 738 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 KTVI Chief Meteorologist Dave Murray announced that he is going to retire in September. Glenn Zimmerman will take his place. https://fox2now.com/2018/07/10/fox-2-meteorologist-dave-murray-to-retire-glenn-zimmerman-chris-higgins-promoted/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1437 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 KTRK Chief Meteorologist Tim Heller announced that he’s retiring in January 2019 after 30+ years in broadcasting. I’ve watched Tim on channel 13 since I can rememberer. Hoping that Travis Herzog gets the bump up to Chief. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1418823828217183 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 881 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 The Paul Folger - Jessica Schambach era at KOCO is soon coming to an end... http://kstp.com/news/kstp-5-eyewitness-news-welcomes-paul-folger-to-anchor-desk/4982236/ So that means, unless they hire another male anchor, we could be looking at something seldom, if ever, attempted in local television, where each of a single station's weekday anchor teams are both the same gender. Keep in mind that Abigail Ogle was promoted to weekday evenings eleven months ago, and now co-anchors the 6:00 p.m. newscast (in addition to reporting at 5:00 and 10:00 p.m.). Around the same time, Maggie Carlo took over as weekday morning co-anchor alongside Markie Martin, with whom Abigail co-anchored on the 4:30-7:00 and 9:00 a.m. broadcasts beforehand. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Adding to the retirement pool... KTVK/KPHO GM Ed Munson is retiring after 40 years in the business and overseeing the merger of two stations in Phoenix. https://www-bizjournals-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2018/07/10/long-time-phoenix-tv-station-executive-to-retire.amp.html Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 A KUSA viewer took exception to the "end of the world" music that NBC chose for the SCOTUS special report: https://www.9news.com/video/entertainment/television/programs/next-with-kyle-clark/this-piece-of-feedback-got-us-thinking-about-unnecessary-outrage/73-8185408 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/298/#findComment-207178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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