KNBC - NBC 4 News (Los Angeles) Thread

[JTT 111]

This is my opinion of what their anchor lineup should look like

 

Today in LA be the same

 

Midday Report & 3PM

Annabelle Sedano 

 

4 & 6pm

Carolyn Johnson & Robert Kovacik 

 

5 & 11pm

Colleen Williams & Michael Brownlee 

 

7pm

Robert Kovacik 

 

Weekend mornings & evenings remain the same

 

The station should add a new newscast on the weekends.   

 

A new sports show with Mario Solis & Olivia Garvey should be created and air after sports programming on weekends usually at 3pm local & should last about an hour.  

 

The station should also create a new subchannel called knbc + airing a combination of news & locally produced programs. 

[JTT 111]

Why hasn't the station try to create a local sports show on weekend afternoons regularly?  For example,  most sports programming from the network ends at 3pm local time.  The station usually have infomercials right after sports programming.  Instead of that, why not just air sports related programming locally between 3-4pm.  Then have their regular programming afterwards.   Or they should start their afternoon / evening news early then.

Edited Tuesday at 03:08 PM by JTT

[SDHIll1980 99]

On 3/14/2025 at 8:09 AM, JTT said:

The station should also create a new subchannel called knbc + airing a combination of news & locally produced programs. 

 

They more or less tried that early in the digital subchannel era, it was called "News Raw", on channel 4.4; it lasted for at least a year or two before KNBC eventually did away with it.  Now with the NBC 4 Los Angeles News streaming channel, they don't necessarily need to create a new subchannel for news & locally-produced shows, although it could be a better replacement than the redundant American Crimes channel.

 

2 hours ago, JTT said:

Why hasn't the station try to create a local sports show on weekend afternoons regularly?  For example,  most sports programming from the network ends at 3pm local time.  The station usually have infomercials right after sports programming.  Instead of that, why not just air sports related programming locally between 3-4pm.  Then have their regular programming afterwards.   Or they should start their afternoon / evening news early then.

 

They could try to expand The Challenge to be a year-round show, and have it air weekend afternoons after network sports coverage.  However, at the same time, there's really no time to air such a show (consistently), certainly on Sunday afternoons during NFL season without bumping whatever syndicated show they have at 3pm and Nightly News at 3:30; often times, NBC would run a live sports event as a direct lead-in to Football Night in America.  It'll be even moreso once the NBA returns back to the network next season, where they will be Sunday night games weekly after the NFL season.  There is also still an outside possibility that NBC could go after ESPN's Sunday Night MLB package, although ESPN can still renew.

[JTT 111]

They may not need sports related programming on both Saturdays & Sundays every weekend,  but I believe it's better to have that than infomercials after network sport's programming.  

 

KCBS doesn't have their sports central show consistently either.  They have it when they have no other programming & it's better than airing infomercials at that time.

[MediaCriticLA 7]

On 4/1/2025 at 10:47 AM, JTT said:

They may not need sports related programming on both Saturdays & Sundays every weekend,  but I believe it's better to have that than infomercials after network sport's programming.  

 

KCBS doesn't have their sports central show consistently either.  They have it when they have no other programming & it's better than airing infomercials at that time.

I think the main issue is cost.

 

First, you have to subtract the amount you're getting for the infomercial. So this venture is already in the hole.

 

Then you need to add talent costs; the KABC and KCBS shows have outside talent in addition to the sports anchor.

 

Then you have to sell it to an advertiser or two. KCBS and KABC seem to have a couple of car dealers they can call on when they want to do additional programming. I haven't seen anything consistent on KNBC.

 

So, it's a tough ask.

 

Additional opinion that no one asked for: "The Challenge" is bad enough 17 weeks a year, expanding it would benefit nobody.

[SDHIll1980 99]

1 hour ago, MediaCriticLA said:

Additional opinion that no one asked for: "The Challenge" is bad enough 17 weeks a year, expanding it would benefit nobody.

 

Was this a dig at me?  I don't care all at much for The Challenge...just merely offering it as a suggestion.

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JFC

[MediaCriticLA 7]

21 hours ago, SDHIll1980 said:

 

Was this a dig at me?  I don't care all at much for The Challenge...just merely offering it as a suggestion.

No. It was a dig at "The Challenge." They'd need to come up with a better format if they want to make something work on a weekly basis.

[SDHIll1980 99]

5 hours ago, MediaCriticLA said:

No. It was a dig at "The Challenge." They'd need to come up with a better format if they want to make something work on a weekly basis.

 

My apologies then.  I do agree with you as far as the current formatting of that show...the old format with Fred Roggin and Petros Papadakis (an acquire taste for some) was better.