TheRolyPoly 2449 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 WNYT welcomes its second female meteorologist in two days. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3307 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) WDJT is expanding their weekend 10pm news to one hour and adding a one hour extension of their morning news at 7am on WMLW. Edited January 25, 2020 by Georgie56 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 347 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Georgie56 said: WDJT is expanding their weekend 10pm news to one hour and adding a one hour extension of their morning news at 7am on WMLW. Wisconsin is an all important swing state! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBucc 29 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 8:42 AM, scrabbleship said: 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. This is a really good take on WNYT and even if you look at the new set they got a few years ago, it still resembles the old one in many ways and I do wonder how long before it starts to look dated especially with what WTEN & WRGB have. The lack of WNYT produced content on WNYA is shocking compared to what the others do on their sister station, though they do produce local sports shows on Saturday AM highlighting college sports teams for WNYA. Outside of this, their newscasts still place a much greater emphasis on national news than what WTEN produces, where 98% of the time national news/politics isn’t covered. The 2 new meteorologists will split Saturday and Sunday mornings and during the week, which is about the same shift Greg had before he left, according to posts from WNYT on social media. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFTV 527 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Transitioning to Super Bowl. Recognized some WFOR B-Roll shots of Miami used in some opens for KPIX promos turning Miami into Red and Gold Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgsports 0 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) Also all Sports Directors from Bay area were already in Miami maybe Also ESPN didn't have any of their main 11pm Anchors in to cover it but did have Scott Van Pelt in. Edited January 27, 2020 by mgsports Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin2kx 237 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 M&A Alert: Ion Media acquires KMCC from Entravision, recently affiliated with Azteca America, now owned by HC2 Station Group. This makes it a new O&O. https://www.rbr.com/entravision-bails-on-its-third-sin-city-tv-property/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Okay. The Sinclair/Nexstar settlement talk is in this thread. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLETVFan 367 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Terrence Lee is leaving WEWS, and is headed for Chicago. His final newscast on Good Morning Cleveland is February 7. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBC 5 Chicago 191 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 20 hours ago, CLETVFan said: Terrence Lee is leaving WEWS, and is headed for Chicago. His final newscast on Good Morning Cleveland is February 7. I wonder where in Chicago he is headed? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5585 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, NBC 5 Chicago said: I wonder where in Chicago he is headed? If it's as a reporter, it could be anywhere. If as an anchor, WBBM and WFLD have had job listings for awhile, though the former has recently taken down the position, implying that CBS 2 may have filled the position. Edited January 29, 2020 by 24994J Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 356 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 5 hours ago, NBC 5 Chicago said: I wonder where in Chicago he is headed? WFLD maybe? They've got a fresh opening after booting the previously suspended Rafer Weigel earlier this week. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsbot 271 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) WSBK/Boston has launched a one-hour 10PM weekday newscast, produced (as always) by sister station WBZ. The newscast is simulcast on CBSN Boston. This creates a four-way battle for supremacy in the time slot, with longtime leader WFXT and WHDH already vying with WCVB's half-hour newscast on its MeTV subchannel. Edited January 30, 2020 by newsbot Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2449 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 hour ago, newsbot said: WSBK/Boston has launched a one-hour 10PM newscast, produced (as always) by sister station WBZ. The newscast is simulcast on CBSN Boston. This creates a four-way battle for supremacy in the time slot, with longtime leader WFXT and WHDH already vying with WCVB's half-hour newscast on its MeTV subchannel. Going back to its pre-2016 days. Plus, there's no weekend edition too. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottJ 134 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Brittany McHatten is leaving WRGB/Albany after 4.5 years, most recently as the sports director, to join WABI in Bangor, Maine. She got married since joining WRGB, and she has been living apart from her husband, who works in communications at the University of Maine. She'll be a morning anchor at WABI, starting next month. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 282 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 ABC News has suspended Matt Gutman for his big erroneous reporting on Sunday's tragic helicopter crash which he said that all 4 of Kobe Bryant's kids were killed. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttvn2000 320 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 19 hours ago, Greggo said: WFLD maybe? They've got a fresh opening after booting the previously suspended Rafer Weigel earlier this week. WFLD - but not clear if he's a direct replacement for Weigel: https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/01/30/robservations-anchor-terrence-lee-reporter-brittany-garzillo-headed-fox-32/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin2kx 237 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 The only executive ever in the industry who ran ABC, CBS + NBC in a television landscape that was run basically by those aforementioned networks has passed away thursday at age 82. Fred Silverman was also a TV Producer with a life only some hotshots could only dream of. Who knew the infamous 'rural purge' could lead to programming greatness? I could list a slew of hit shows he launched but I could list some bombs as well. (Hello, Supertrain, Pink lady + Jeff?) Deadline explains it all below. There aren't many of his like out these days, let alone any executive. Godspeed, Mr Silverman: https://deadline.com/2020/01/fred-silverman-dies-legendary-tv-executive-producer-was-82-1202847035/ 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, justin2kx said: The only executive ever in the industry who ran ABC, CBS + NBC in a television landscape that was run basically by those aforementioned networks has passed away thursday at age 82. Fred Silverman was also a TV Producer with a life only some hotshots could only dream of. Who knew the infamous 'rural purge' could lead to programming greatness? I could list a slew of hit shows he launched but I could list some bombs as well. (Hello, Supertrain, Pink lady + Jeff?) Deadline explains it all below. There aren't many of his like out these days, let alone any executive. Godspeed, Mr Silverman: https://deadline.com/2020/01/fred-silverman-dies-legendary-tv-executive-producer-was-82-1202847035/ While most of his NBC efforts were his kryptonite (and not out-sucked until Jeff Zucker was in charge), he was a legend who redefined CBS and brought ABC into prominence in the 70s. He had a mess at NBC to clean up after some costly bombs before his tenure and losing the 1980 Summer Olympics to the US not participating. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 347 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 9 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: While most of his NBC efforts were his kryptonite (and not out-sucked until Jeff Zucker was in charge), he was a legend who redefined CBS and brought ABC into prominence in the 70s. He had a mess at NBC to clean up after some costly bombs before his tenure and losing the 1980 Summer Olympics to the US not participating. NBC got The Facts of Life out of the deal! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdude 108 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Silverman sowed the seeds that led to the big turnaround. The network was such a mess, it wasn't going to ve a quick fix. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) It definitely was at it's nadir when Silverman was there. But several of the shows he greenlit including Hill Street Blues began to thrive when Grant Tinker and Brandon Tartikoff took over. Semi-related was the implosion of SNL at time, with Lorne Michaels leaving and Jean Doumanian replacing him. Only Eddie Murphy survived the total recasting, and Al Franken lampooned Silverman in the infamous Limo for a Lame-O monologue, which cost him any chance of helming the show. The death knell was Charles Rocket dropping the F-Bomb on air which got Doumanian and most of the cast ousted. And perhaps the most infamous piece of Silverman's tenure was this.... (As an aside, broadcast tv has fallen so far that any network would kill to have an 18 rating/14 share these days) Edited January 31, 2020 by tyrannical bastard 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin2kx 237 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 36 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: And perhaps the most infamous piece of Silverman's tenure was this.... the only network campaign of all network campaigns that got enhanced by an epic parody. Ever. And to have it aired on Imus in the morning back on WNBC radio at that time. Mind you it was meant to be circulated to just network staff + local affiliates on cassettes as a joke for holiday parties. I would be remiss not to mention the real jingle had the late, forever great Luther Vandross on the leading vocals. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam MadMan 285 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 3 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: And perhaps the most infamous piece of Silverman's tenure was this.... (As an aside, broadcast tv has fallen so far that any network would kill to have an 18 rating/14 share these days) God, I love that song. As an animation nut, I myself will mostly remember him as the guy who greenlit Scooby-Doo, which has gone on to become one of the longest-running franchises in the history of television, with new incarnations coming out to this day. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) NBC did try to promote themselves like the other networks by the late 70s. Looking at the stuff they were putting out in the early to mid 70s, it was very plain and boring. The first sign of any real effort (aside from the trapezoid "N" logo) was in 1978 and NB-See-Us, followed by several years of Proud As A Peacock, which brought back a simpler peacock, combined with the "N" to create the "Proud N" which would last into 1986. Silverman's tenure at CBS and ABC included a conceited effort to rebrand virtually every year and generate excitement for their programming. NBC's lax efforts combined with stale and unfocused programming led to their fall and cratering, which Silverman was recruited to try and fix. Unfortunately, many of these risks were even costlier and performed worse. It said something when Redd Foxx was lured back to do a reboot of his original show, minus Demond Wilson. Edited January 31, 2020 by tyrannical bastard Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/400/#findComment-239898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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