dialhoang 8 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Video from WINK's Chief Meteorologist, showing water in the studios and newsroom. https://www.facebook.com/MattDevittWeather/videos/421190560165246/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recovering Producer 218 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 The owners of WINK are damn lucky nobody inside the building died. Charley in 2004 was a warning of what would happen. While they were able to stay on air through that storm, nerves were high about this exact scenario. There was never a contingency plan. Never a backup broadcast site planned. Just "our building is strong and can handle any storm" despite being all but surrounded by water. The SHADE retired Chief Meteorologist Jim Farrell throws at WINK leadership at the end of this interview with (long ago WBBH alum) Shepard Smith says it best. I wish the current employees of WINK the best as they rebuild their lives after Ian. I hope it includes new jobs, in or out of the business, for all of them. I hope the insurance company doesn't pay the owners a single penny for their reckless decisions and endangering the lives of their employees. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublejman69 124 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 This is WINKs last few hours on air, this might include when WINK was cut off or shortly before. After 62 hours of simulcast coverage NBC2 and ABC7 will do its own coverage starting today. Edit: looks like the nbc2 and abc7 simulcast continues. Edit 2: Fox4 came back to its building and studio some time this afternoon, coverage has been getting somewhat better in the last 12-24 hours Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 937 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dialhoang 8 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 15 hours ago, doublejman69 said: This is WINKs last few hours on air, this might include when WINK was cut off or shortly before. After 62 hours of simulcast coverage NBC2 and ABC7 will do its own coverage starting today. Edit: looks like the nbc2 and abc7 simulcast continues. Edit 2: Fox4 came back to its building and studio some time this afternoon, coverage has been getting somewhat better in the last 12-24 hours Judging from WINK's archived live stream on Facebook, the video you posted does appear to end the moment WINK lost the ability to broadcast. The WINK article on the recovery says that they are at their transmitter in Babcock Ranch. https://www.winknews.com/2022/09/28/wink-news-off-air-due-to-hurricane-ian/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DENDude 217 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 NBC2 Says there is some minor roof damage on the main building that houses ABC7 (wzvn), but both stations seem to have come out of it okay. WINK Though, yikes!!!! Sun Broadcasting's WARO-FM is still off air. And does anyone know about WXCW TV ??? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnewsjunkie 1439 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 31 minutes ago, DENDude said: NBC2 Says there is some minor roof damage on the main building that houses ABC7 (wzvn), but both stations seem to have come out of it okay. WINK Though, yikes!!!! Sun Broadcasting's WARO-FM is still off air. And does anyone know about WXCW TV ??? AFAIK, WXCW is down. WINK was doing a makeshift broadcast of sorts for a while, but they essentially signed off at 11:30pm and are supposed to be back at 6am. This frozen picture is what WINK’s channel on YouTubeTV is showing now (sorry I don’t have it in better quality). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaman 14 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 WFTX is getting a significant amount of help from fellow Scripps stations outside of the state, namely from WXYZ, KGTV, and others. Here’s a post from WXYZ’s news director Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3948 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Depending on the outcome of damage and insurance coverage, could spell the end of WINK-TV's longstanding local ownership. It's amazing that Fort Myers has gone on as long as it has with two local ownership groups owning most of the stations in the market, leaving Scripps as the lone corporate owner there. The family that owns (and signed on) WINK is tied to the founder of the Cleveland Browns, Mickey McBride. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1513 Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 On 10/1/2022 at 1:11 AM, tyrannical bastard said: Depending on the outcome of damage and insurance coverage, could spell the end of WINK-TV's longstanding local ownership. It's amazing that Fort Myers has gone on as long as it has with two local ownership groups owning most of the stations in the market, leaving Scripps as the lone corporate owner there. The family that owns (and signed on) WINK is tied to the founder of the Cleveland Browns, Mickey McBride. Are there any old big box retail areas or unoccupied office areas in the parts of Fort Myers that were unaffected by the flooding, say near I-75? An old retail complex could be quickly converted to a temporary studio and might be a short-term solution. Long term, I think the McBride's will have to sell, and I posted that in a bumped Speculatron thread. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny NYC 31 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 One note about WINK, it appears they are sending the NFL on CBS and SEC on CBS to WXCW Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recovering Producer 218 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Looks like someone trespassed into WINK. It is difficult to tell how high the water went. Still a major mess. Unclear what equipment is salvageable. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1915 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 There's a water line visible on the big monitor cart. The big problem is going to be what's under the raised flooring in the technical areas seen when the person who recorded this walks out of the studio. The safe bet would be to replace everything that is down there, which is a huge undertaking. The studio is probably mostly a loss. Those poor camera pedestals. The good news is, you can see the upper level of the control room isn't dirty at all, meaning water never got more than a few inches off the raised floor. Most of their core equipment survived. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 178 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Looks like wink went back home Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2428 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 On 9/30/2022 at 11:37 PM, nycnewsjunkie said: AFAIK, WXCW is down. WINK was doing a makeshift broadcast of sorts for a while, but they essentially signed off at 11:30pm and are supposed to be back at 6am. This frozen picture is what WINK’s channel on YouTubeTV is showing now (sorry I don’t have it in better quality). WINK is actually the one down as WXCW-DT1 is currently airing that schedule. And I'm not ready to call them down and out and ready to be Nexstared or Apolloed. They've been in acquisition mode radio-wise, they're still a runaway #1 for news, and have a large number of radio stations (though I think their subsidiary taunted Happy Fun Ball by naming their radio stations 'Hell Yeah' and 'RIGHT All Along' ). And I'm sure they're well-insured enough to do a studio rebuild. These days you can easily build an interim setup that's acceptable for most viewers on a YouTuber budget. And the building only undertook low-level flooding damage; this isn't a KPLC/KVHF situation where they had roof damage, or when KHOU got flooded out. But I'm relieved they're back in-studio in some form. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-278662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 178 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 They rebuilt their set and are really back in studio from the newsroom Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19195-hurricane-ian-coverage/page/2/#findComment-281070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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