TheRolyPoly 2627 Posted May 24 Posted May 24 KCTV's weather team is reeling. They're now down to three at the moment as Greg Bennett has left KCTV for Spectrum News 13 Orlando last month, and now this week, it was Savannah Tennyson who has decided to leave the business altogether. This just leaves the Chief Luke Dorris plus Melissa Meeder and Warren Sears. Before I even post an edit, I forgot that Mike Nicco joined them after getting cut by KSHB. So technically, they're at four, but still... all this talent leaving at rapid succession (with Carolyn Long's upcoming retirement as well) makes you think and question what is going on at KCTV? Here's Greg's sign off last month: https://www.kctv5.com/video/2025/04/26/meteorologist-greg-bennett-says-goodbye-kansas-city/ 1
tyrannical bastard 4055 Posted May 24 Posted May 24 On 4/23/2025 at 6:19 PM, TheRolyPoly said: It looks like WTVY has taken up the last 10 or so minutes of their weeknight 10pm news in favor of... First Alert Weather Extra. No, this is not a separate half-hour program like WBRC or a weekly program like KWTX, its included into the weeknight 10pm news and for a small market like this, it works considering they find enough content to fill the time. I still can't wrap my head around how Gray has decimated this uber-dominant station. Have they really fallen that far to where the once non-existent WDHN is actually making a dent in viewership? Then again, I realize that it's probably a true dollars and cents move since ratings and revenue don't matter. Gray just thinks the station costs too much money for the retransmission revenue it brings in and the viewers of Dothan be damned.... 1
Megatron81 289 Posted May 26 Posted May 26 Seems that KCTV under Gray is still a mess that no one can fix from the Meredith days maybe it has been that way for decades at KCTV. 1
TheRolyPoly 2627 Posted June 8 Posted June 8 We have another Gray-owned regional sports network coming. This time... focused on Minnesota (this was posted on KEYC's Facebook page). 1
GoldenShine_10 113 Posted June 8 Posted June 8 14 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said: We have another Gray-owned regional sports network coming. This time... focused on Minnesota (this was posted on KEYC's Facebook page). Even though they are missing the biggest piece of the state (the Twin Cities)... 1 1
TheRolyPoly 2627 Posted Thursday at 01:34 AM Posted Thursday at 01:34 AM (edited) Hear me out. KVVU no longer has one sports-related channel... now they have TWO. One is the Silver State Sports and Entertainment Network, but now they've recently launched 5DRVtv (5 Drive TV). Outside of Local News LIVE from 4-6 am, 11 am-12 pm, and 4-5 pm (7-9 am, 2-3 pm, and 7-8 pm ET; which seem to be the main newscast timeslots for that streaming network), the schedule is devoted to all things cars and motorsports with programs such as Moto America, Race Central TV, Music City Trucks, Detroit Muscle, PowerNation Builds, etc. Some of these programs are also seen on SSSEN, but that's more aimed towards general sports, whereas 5DRVtv (KVVU-DT 5.4 by the way, which replaced Dabl) is focused on cars and motorsports. This may be the first such local digital subchannel I've heard of. EDIT: Another thing... Despite Gray not having a Telemundo presence in Las Vegas (because you have O&O KBLR Channel 39), KVVU went ahead and launched Spanish-language news and weather content anyway with Vegas Hoy. https://www.vegashoy.tv/ Edited Thursday at 01:37 AM by TheRolyPoly 1
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