KTLA 5 News Thread

[GraphicsMan 109]

2 hours ago, SFTV said:

SAM RUBIN AW MAN! 
 

https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/10/sam-rubin-ktla-entertainment-reporter-dead-dies-heart-attack/

Just go it on TVNewscheck, god this is shocking this man was LA’s morning entertainment guy, some people tell me he do reports from LA to the San Diego audience. This was completely unforeseen mean we all go but this was very untimely.

[MorningNews 1437]

Goodness. This is unbelievable.

[MediaZone4K 2158]

On 5/10/2024 at 9:31 PM, MorningNews said:

Goodness. This is unbelievable.

What makes Sam's passing all the more unbelievable is its absolute randomness. This was someone on our screens everyday, still very much relevant, had no visible signs of illness, and he wasn't that old. RIP to Sam. 

Edited May 12, 2024 by MediaZone4K

[FJ2000 6]

I am still shocked and saddened by the passing of Sam Rubin. As Frank Buckley said, Sam was KTLA. 

 

He had a genuine quality every time he was on air. I admired how he would call as he saw it, even at the risk of getting in trouble. If anything, I thought he gave the best insider perspective of the television news business by reporting on the comings and goings at rival stations. 

 

I remembered this particular story that he shared on his Facebook page about the time KABC's GM squashed his live interview with Regis and Kelly on KTLA's air. Nobody did more to lift up the curtain on the news business, and it seemed that he genuinely felt that the viewers deserved transparency when it comes to the people they invited into their homes regularly.

https://www.facebook.com/samrubinktla/posts/pfbid0BfA7XYxxkwqTFx6bacpcaz6tBaxuCH7WZXFF5f8kwnWraY6oZGjBH3NwgadkmaAil

 

On a personal note, I had the honor to meet him briefly at the LA Festival of Books at the KTLA booth and get a personalized autograph that I will cherish forever. I'm thankful I got to shake his hand and thank him for brightening up my mornings.

 

RIP Sam.

[Georgie56 3292]

I'm still shocked and saddened by this, as well. He was one of the entertainment reporting greats. RIP.

[CraigViewer 77]

It still feels surreal that Sam Rubin has passed away.  As a viewer of the "KTLA Morning News" since the 1990s, he was always one of the main reasons that I watched that newscast.  I will continue to watch, but it won't feel quite the same anymore.

[trustno1 5]

Sam was a presence on Australian TV as well.  He used to file reports here on the goings on in showbiz.

[MediaZone4K 2158]

7 hours ago, trustno1 said:

Sam was a presence on Australian TV as well.  He used to file reports here on the goings on in showbiz.

Yes! I didn't realize how many countries he had an entertainment segment in.

[GraphicsMan 109]

51 minutes ago, MediaZone4K said:

Yes! I didn't realize how many countries he had an entertainment segment in.

He had one on ITV, channel 10 in Australia, here in the US he was on WGN Chicago and KSWB in San Diego. Among other networks he was huge.

[FJ2000 6]

Well, thank goodness Mark is going to be okay. Seems to say he'll be back soon. Wishing Mark, one the originals from the KTLA Morning News still going strong, a speedy recovery.

 

https://ktla.com/morning-news/ktlas-mark-kriski-recovering-from-mild-stroke/

[FiveNews 371]

Wishing Mark a speedy recovery. The month of May has not been kind to the KTLA team.

[Encore 323 23]

Surprisingly, Liberté Chan came back to fill in for weather on the 11am show not too long ago. It’s been a while since she’s been on KTLA but I know she’s done some traveling and commercials for IQAir.

[JTT 111]

I saw her on the 3pm show as well.

[J.W. Rodriguez 14]

Sam Rubin's cause of death has officially been declared as a heart attack.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/ktla-reporter-sam-rubin-cause-of-death-revealed-after-being-rushed-to-hospital/ar-BB1pHmHA?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=acaa1e29567945f4be570da7372f25d6&ei=10

[Encore 323 23]

KTLA started using a remix of the morning theme of their Connect package on the weekend morning news today and I was very surprised by it. I guess they are trying differentiate the weekend opens from the weekday opens to give it its own identity.

[CraigViewer 77]

On 8/17/2024 at 4:16 PM, Encore 323 said:

KTLA started using a remix of the morning theme of their Connect package on the weekend morning news today and I was very surprised by it. I guess they are trying differentiate the weekend opens from the weekday opens to give it its own identity.

I caught the new show open today.  The new music is subtlety different from the "Morning News" music that had been used on the weekends (the old music will probably stick around on weekday mornings) for many years.  The visual effects in the new weekend morning show open also match the animation that have been in the backdrop of the weekend morning co-anchors for several months now.

 

I personally like the new show open.  It is long overdue, and for whatever reason, I have never really enjoyed the old "Morning News" open at all.  Whether or not the new open makes it to weekdays remains to seen.  From having a looser and lighter feel, to having distinct segments, the weekend show is indeed trying to differentiate themselves from the weekday morning broadcasts.

Edited August 19, 2024 by CraigViewer

[Reweivvt88 46]

Starting September 16, KTLA is launching a new half hour 7pm newscast "KTLA News at 7"  LA Unscripted will move to 7:30pm replacing Two and a Half Men. 

 

KTLA is all new and local every weekday from 4:00am to 8:00pm. Plus weekends live from 6:00am to 11:00am, 4:00pm to 7:00pm, and 10:00pm to 12:05am, although sports will impact the weekend schedule on some dates. 

[Georgie56 3292]

39 minutes ago, Reweivvt88 said:

Starting September 16, KTLA is launching a new half hour 7pm newscast "KTLA News at 7"  LA Unscripted will move to 7:30pm replacing Two and a Half Men. 

 

KTLA is all new and local every weekday from 4:00am to 8:00pm. Plus weekends live from 6:00am to 11:00am, 4:00pm to 7:00pm, and 10:00pm to 12:05am, although sports will impact the weekend schedule on some dates. 

 

Local news and information from daybreak to primetime. Not even one OTA station in NYC or any other top-10 market does this. 

 

KTLA should change their calls to KNX-TV or become a Gray station.

[nathannah 2401]

You have to wonder if the wear and tear on a set in use for 18½ hours can really be justified with only six hours of downtime on weekdays. LEDs certainly make a difference in keeping talent cooler than incandescent lighting, but just overuse is going to wear down displays much faster than your regular Spectrum news channel or network affiliate and on other things such as seating, plugs and adapters, teleprompters, flooring, and production equipment.

 

It may be cheap on the talent side, but for set dressers it's an absolute deal-breaker if the only downtime is third shift, and for the equipment budget. Hopefully some standards organization and the various manufacturers are getting wear and tear data with such a heavily-used set, because KTLA's data is unlimited.

[SDHIll1980 99]

2 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

 

Local news and information from daybreak to primetime. Not even one OTA station in NYC or any other top-10 market does this. 

 

KTLA should change their calls to KNX-TV or become a Gray station.

 

...or make KTLA+ an over-the-air subchannel, and move some of the newscasts exclusively there.  I know that the syndication market is pretty barren these days, and it's wishful thinking regarding my first statement, but it's also pretty much overkill to have that much local news on one station everyday.  And before someone wants to ELI5 me about KTLA's news product...I live and grew up in Los Angeles, and have been watching this station for a couple of generations (I'm 44), including many of their newscasts when I'm home.  I've always liked their news presentation, and they're in my regular rotation of local newscasts between them, KABC, KNBC, and sometimes KTTV.

 

Give it some time, and the 11pm newscast will be expanded to a full hour...

[SFTV 525]

All those hours of news, it better be covering every city and county

[FiveNews 371]

1 hour ago, mrschimpf said:

You have to wonder if the wear and tear on a set in use for 18½ hours can really be justified with only six hours of downtime on weekdays. LEDs certainly make a difference in keeping talent cooler than incandescent lighting, but just overuse is going to wear down displays much faster than your regular Spectrum news channel or network affiliate and on other things such as seating, plugs and adapters, teleprompters, flooring, and production equipment.

 

It may be cheap on the talent side, but for set dressers it's an absolute deal-breaker if the only downtime is third shift, and for the equipment budget. Hopefully some standards organization and the various manufacturers are getting wear and tear data with such a heavily-used set, because KTLA's data is unlimited.

 

They have another stage that is used for "Frank Buckley Interviews" and has subbed as a temp set when the last 3 sets were being build. They should gut the secondary stage and create a new set for some of these newscasts to minimize wear and tear on the main set. I know the 4pm news broadcasts from a little nook in the main studio.

[CraigViewer 77]

14 hours ago, mrschimpf said:

You have to wonder if the wear and tear on a set in use for 18½ hours can really be justified with only six hours of downtime on weekdays. LEDs certainly make a difference in keeping talent cooler than incandescent lighting, but just overuse is going to wear down displays much faster than your regular Spectrum news channel or network affiliate and on other things such as seating, plugs and adapters, teleprompters, flooring, and production equipment.

 

It may be cheap on the talent side, but for set dressers it's an absolute deal-breaker if the only downtime is third shift, and for the equipment budget. Hopefully some standards organization and the various manufacturers are getting wear and tear data with such a heavily-used set, because KTLA's data is unlimited.

When I switched on the "KTLA Weekend Morning News" at around 7am on a Saturday or Sunday a few weeks ago, it was mentioned at the top of the broadcast that they were starting one hour late due to studio maintenence.  There were a handful of other times that I have tuned in on weekdays when the "Morning News: Early Edition" also started at a later time, and perhaps for the same reasons.  But yeah, with a crowded schedule of newscasts, it leads to less time to maintain their expansive news set and studio.  Thus, doing studio maintenance at odd times.

Edited September 11, 2024 by CraigViewer

[Jase 1042]

17 hours ago, SFTV said:

All those hours of news, it better be covering every city and county

 

To your point, they could easily take the resources they're putting into these newscasts and go out into the communities and report on issues that effect said communities. I'm sure there are enterprising stories they can come up with (aside from the standard/generic feature and/or entertainment stuff) and turn those into programs to help fill the void. Too bad they don't seem interested in doing that.  

Edited September 11, 2024 by Jase

[GraphicsMan 109]

On 9/10/2024 at 5:39 PM, Georgie56 said:

 

Local news and information from daybreak to primetime. Not even one OTA station in NYC or any other top-10 market does this. 

 

KTLA should change their calls to KNX-TV or become a Gray station.

Well with CW programming and limited syndies there practically an independent station so basically yeah they can fill those hours with station programming like news and in house shows like LA unscripted. Wont be surprised if the weekend become news all day either with CW not having a lot of sports programming.