ns8401 941 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/19/2020 at 8:39 PM, JCB4TV said: Florida (29 EVs), Georgia (16), Michigan (16) can be in play this cycle as these states can very well decide the election. Expand Yes and come say December 1st you can give yourself an “I was there to watch the short lived newscast CBS mainly outsourced” pin because most likely it’ll be gone by then. Georgia isn’t looking too in play yet (saw some polls last week that had Trumps smallest lead at 7 I think over Biden there) but Michigan and Florida are. Is CBS the only O&O operator with such a patchwork of news departments? 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 This is getting silly. WADL is launching a new half-hour 10pm news program entitled News Now with Kevin Dietz, hosted by former WDIV reporter Kevin Dietz. But this will not be your typical news program. As explained by station owner Kevin Adell: Quote WADL CEO Kevin Adell said the newscast will play to Dietz’s investigative strengths. It will typically feature two long reports, and will not focus on house fires and burglaries. It will be produced at WADL. “It’s definitely local--what’s going on at the water cooler,” said Adell, who told Detroit Free Press Dietz will fight for the underdog. Expand The program premieres tonight, one day before WKBD's new 10pm show (produced out of Fort Worth, TX) premieres. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 5:30 PM, CircleSeven said: This is getting silly. WADL is launching a new half-hour 10pm news program entitled News Now with Kevin Dietz, hosted by former WDIV reporter Kevin Dietz. But this will not be your typical news program. As explained by station owner Kevin Adell: The program premieres tonight, one day before WKBD's new 10pm show (produced out of Fort Worth, TX) premieres. Expand It has a public access quality from what I understand... yikes... 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5568 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 6:15 PM, ns8401 said: It has a public access quality from what I understand... yikes... Expand No joke. Check out this promo... https://www.freep.com/videos/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/01/17/news-now-kevin-dietz-promotional-video/4499779002/ Double yikes. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin2kx 237 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 6:27 PM, 24994J said: No joke. Check out this promo... https://www.freep.com/videos/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/01/17/news-now-kevin-dietz-promotional-video/4499779002/ Double yikes. Expand Lawd it makes NY's chasing news a 'pro' in production by comparison + even then it says a lot. Looks like it's filmed at some mancave basement, used for podcast rather for some conspiracy theory/right wing talk or some ish. I mean i see small WJR logo placed there. If he wanted to present it as just some radio talk show, it's plausible to go that route but still....Production qualities for some real public access types have advanced since. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2393 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 The Live Well Network name is finally going away, years after ending national distribution and mainly being a repeat-focused lifestyle network. Instead, it'll become ABC's Local-ish starting February 17th. https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/243676/abc-oos-localish-expands-with-diginet-rebranding/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) On 1/21/2020 at 10:55 PM, TheRolyPoly said: The Live Well Network name is finally going away, years after ending national distribution and mainly being a repeat-focused lifestyle network. Instead, it'll become ABC's Local-ish starting February 17th. https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/243676/abc-oos-localish-expands-with-diginet-rebranding/ Expand Soon to follow: News-ish Truth-ish Worth Watching-ish Fish-ish Boring-ish And introducing: Ish-ish I think ABC’s motto must be “an ish in every home and 2 ish’s in every pot!”... Edited January 21, 2020 by ns8401 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 10:55 PM, TheRolyPoly said: The Live Well Network name is finally going away, years after ending national distribution and mainly being a repeat-focused lifestyle network. Instead, it'll become ABC's Local-ish starting February 17th. https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/243676/abc-oos-localish-expands-with-diginet-rebranding/ Expand Certain shows listed (More In Common, Bite Size) are already airing on LWN right now. This will be in direct competition with NBC's LX diginet launching on their O&Os later this year. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5568 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 10:55 PM, TheRolyPoly said: The Live Well Network name is finally going away, years after ending national distribution and mainly being a repeat-focused lifestyle network. Instead, it'll become ABC's Local-ish starting February 17th. https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/243676/abc-oos-localish-expands-with-diginet-rebranding/ Expand I mean, this move actually makes sense. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1975am 208 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 11:01 PM, ns8401 said: I think ABC’s motto must be “an ish in every home and and 2 ish’s in every pot!”... Expand That pales in comparison to the A&P grocery chain's famous motto of yesteryear (no joke), "We watch our P's & Q's!" (Now that's a motto a certain Scripps-owned station in the Big Apple could adopt LOL...) 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaxhanson 650 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 10:55 PM, TheRolyPoly said: The Live Well Network name is finally going away, years after ending national distribution and mainly being a repeat-focused lifestyle network. Instead, it'll become ABC's Local-ish starting February 17th. https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/243676/abc-oos-localish-expands-with-diginet-rebranding/ Expand LWN was well past its prime, a bygone network from the "health TV" craze of the late 2000s. I think being home to Pickler & Ben was the last time ABC breathed some kind of life into it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2413 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 7:09 PM, justin2kx said: Lawd it makes NY's chasing news a 'pro' in production by comparison + even then it says a lot. Looks like it's filmed at some mancave basement, used for podcast rather for some conspiracy theory/right wing talk or some ish. I mean i see small WJR logo placed there. Expand It feels exactly that; they describe it as such...but in the end it's Yet Another Edited Radio Simulcast Show, with a bit of KDNL's late-and-not-missed Allman Report sprinkled in. I do not understand why even though this format has failed hard over and over again in markets big and small, stations continue to pursue it. On 1/21/2020 at 10:55 PM, TheRolyPoly said: The Live Well Network name is finally going away, years after ending national distribution and mainly being a repeat-focused lifestyle network. Instead, it'll become ABC's Local-ish starting February 17th. Expand A new coat of paint won't do much for them; they get rid of the now-irrelevant programming, but now it's replaced with what seems to be a loop of the auto-play pain that's carried between videos on ABC O&O sites. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2393 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 11:01 PM, ns8401 said: Soon to follow: News-ish Truth-ish Worth Watching-ish Fish-ish Boring-ish And introducing: Ish-ish I think ABC’s motto must be “an ish in every home and 2 ish’s in every pot!”... Expand Don't forget... black-ish and grown-ish on The ABC Television Network. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3301 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/22/2020 at 12:44 AM, TheRolyPoly said: Don't forget... black-ish and grown-ish on The ABC Television Network. Expand 1. grown-ish is on Freeform. 2. You left out mixed-ish. 1 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2393 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/22/2020 at 12:52 AM, Georgie56 said: 1. grown-ish is on Freeform. 2. You left out mixed-ish. Expand Shows you how much I don't know about television but know how much about television news. Its why I'm on this forum. Haha. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
east-tx-tv 121 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Would be interesting to see if Local-ish is eventually made available to other ABC stations besides the O/O's. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3942 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 ...and if it was 20 years ago, it would be... Who Wants To Be A Millionaire-ish... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsMaster 226 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Little off-beat, but since we're talking about the ABC O&O's, I'll put this out: most of the ABC O&O's meterologists met for a summit in NYC: https://twitter.com/abc7dallas/status/1220061479715721216?s=20 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 776 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 1/23/2020 at 3:43 AM, NewsMaster said: Little off-beat, but since we're talking about the ABC O&O's, I'll put this out: most of the ABC O&O's meterologists met for a summit in NYC: https://twitter.com/abc7dallas/status/1220061479715721216?s=20 Expand Surprised Cecily was only one from WPVI as it’s only an hour and half trek up the NJ Turnpike. Whose the guy in front of Jeff Smith? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5568 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 1/23/2020 at 9:01 AM, TVNewsLover said: Surprised Cecily was only one from WPVI as it’s only an hour and half trek up the NJ Turnpike. Whose the guy in front of Jeff Smith? Expand Drew Tuma, weekend evenings at KGO. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 429 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) WNYT has found their replacement for Greg Pollak, and has made history in doing so. Allison Finch, a current senior at UAlbany graduating this May, is the first woman meteorologist that WNYT has ever had, a good 25ish years since WRGB and WTEN did similar. Edited January 23, 2020 by scrabbleship Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2393 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/23/2020 at 10:55 PM, scrabbleship said: WNYT has found their replacement for Greg Pollak, and has made history in doing so. Allison Finch, a current senior at UAlbany graduating this May, is the first woman meteorologist that WNYT has ever had, a good 25ish years since WRGB and WTEN did similar. Expand Really? I find that hard to believe. It took WNYT until 2020 to finally take that plunge? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 12:01 AM, TheRolyPoly said: Really? I find that hard to believe. It took WNYT until 2020 to finally take that plunge? Expand They came from the same school of thought as KTVU and the 5 day forecast I guess... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
d247 43 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Longtime KOTV anchor/reporter Rick Wells is retiring tonight after 30 years with the station. A career retrospective. Aired during tonight 6pm news. https://www.newson6.com/clip/14991764/rick-wells-stories-through-the-years And his final piece for the station, one of his trademark "Hey, What's the Deal" segments. https://www.newson6.com/story/41605128/rick-wells-final-story-hey-whats-the-deal-with-baby-yoda 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 429 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 12:16 AM, ns8401 said: They came from the same school of thought as KTVU and the 5 day forecast I guess... Expand On 1/24/2020 at 12:01 AM, TheRolyPoly said: Really? I find that hard to believe. It took WNYT until 2020 to finally take that plunge? Expand It's not that hard to believe. WNYT is a station which is still stuck in the 90s in many ways - that they kept their 1995 vintage set until 2018 is probably Exhibit A. They never have had a ticker at any time of the day, their morning newscast still starts at 5:00 versus 4:30, their use of WNYA pales to that of WRGB's of WCWN or WTEN's of WXXA even. Much of this is at the feet of their longtime GM, Steve Baboulis, who has been GM since Hubbard took over at 1996, was ND during their worst-to-dominant period, and has been at the station in some form since 1977. For all of the "when (Benita/Jim/Elaine/Bob/Rodger/et Al.) retires 13 will not be the same" talk, when Steve calls it a career you know that stuff's going to go down at the hands of Hubbard...or whoever ends up with WNYT down the road. The "one of the newest members" caption makes me wonder if something else is going to go down. Bob finally calling it a career and someone new doing noon/4:00? Neal Estano re-calling it a career and someone new going on mornings? This could get interesting. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/399/#findComment-239373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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