mre29 1519 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Because why not? First up: Sunbeam-Owned WSVN Miami, WHDH Boston Add Hour of Morning News Quote WSVN Miami and WHDH Boston, both part of Sunbeam Television, are adding the 10-11 a.m. hour to their morning news block. Both stations will have local news from 5 to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday starting June 26. [...] WSVN will air 12 hours of local news on weekdays, while WHDH will air 12 1/2 hours. That's a lot of news. Quote “Our loyal viewers continue to turn to 7 News as they start their day,” said Paul Magnes, co-president and general manager, Sunbeam Television. “Our Today in Florida morning show consistently outdelivers the competition. Adding the extra hour builds on our success.” [...] “WHDH’s Today in New England continues to demonstrate ratings success, as the second most watched newscast amongst local and national morning newscasts,” said Jimmy Rogers, VP and general manager, WHDH. “The expansion of news, especially in the morning, fits in perfectly with what viewers expect from the trusted brand of 7 News.” Wait... they have a general manager for each station and one for the company as a whole? 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnewsjunkie 1441 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 8 hours ago, mre29 said: Because why not? First up: Sunbeam-Owned WSVN Miami, WHDH Boston Add Hour of Morning News That's a lot of news. Wait... they have a general manager for each station and one for the company as a whole? That has to be a typo or something. Magnes is WSVN’s GM. 12 hours a day is certainly overkill, but if any stations are going to follow the KVVU model of filling up more than half the day’s schedule with news, it’s these two. 7 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1519 Posted May 18, 2023 Author Share Posted May 18, 2023 1 hour ago, nycnewsjunkie said: That has to be a typo or something. Magnes is WSVN’s GM. That's what I figured. Heck, Sunbeam probably doesn't have much of a corporate office beyond an office for Andrew Ansin. 5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 890 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, mre29 said: Because why not? First up: Sunbeam-Owned WSVN Miami, WHDH Boston Add Hour of Morning News That's a lot of news. When I first read this, I thought, "they should really be expanding their morning newscasts into the 4:00 a.m. hour, not the 10:00 a.m. hour." It doesn't make sense for a top-50-market station to not have their morning news start before 5:00 a.m. these days. (I still think it's weird KOKH is the only English-language news operation in OKC that starts its morning news at 5:00, while the Big Three affiliates start theirs at 4:00 or 4:30 a.m.) Edited May 18, 2023 by T.L. Hughes 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 559 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 At this point, you might as well gut syndicated programming and just run news outside of network times. Go nuts 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 937 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Getting off-track a bit, I would not be surprised if more stations diverted 4:00 a.m. resources to middle-of-the-day newscasts instead. Sunbeam has much more flexibility, of course, with one station independent and one station only giving up two hours a day to FOX. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286699 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnewsjunkie 1441 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 9 hours ago, T.L. Hughes said: When I first read this, I thought, "they should really be expanding their morning newscasts into the 4:00 a.m. hour, not the 10:00 a.m. hour." It doesn't make sense for a top-50-market station to not have their morning news start before 5:00 a.m. these days. (I still think it's weird KOKH is the only English-language news operation in OKC that starts its morning news at 5:00, while the Big Three affiliates start theirs at 4:00 or 4:30 a.m.) Funny you mentioned that; my first thought was “thank God it’s 10am and not 4am.” I know it’s become conventional for stations to start at 4 or 4:30am, but is there really that much of an audience there? Granted, most people are at work by 10am, but you can at least get stay at home moms/workers and people in waiting rooms to watch you. 5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3304 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 11 hours ago, T.L. Hughes said: When I first read this, I thought, "they should really be expanding their morning newscasts into the 4:00 a.m. hour, not the 10:00 a.m. hour." It doesn't make sense for a top-50-market station to not have their morning news start before 5:00 a.m. these days. (I still think it's weird KOKH is the only English-language news operation in OKC that starts its morning news at 5:00, while the Big Three affiliates start theirs at 4:00 or 4:30 a.m.) KTVT, KPIX and KPRC all cut their 4:30am newscasts during the pandemic. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD TV 258 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 KGO starts at 5am. Plus WFXT moved from 4-10 to 5-11 during the pandemic (they've since restored 4:30). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2176 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 (edited) IMO it's better they don't start the newscast at 4 AM, at least from the talent's point of view. I like that they rerun the 11pm broadcast at that hour. If this pushes Sherri Shepherd down one hour hopefully it knocks Byron Allen's fake Justice with Judge Mablean off the schedule---(even though I love her). It's strange that a market with such leisure and culture as Miami/Ft Lauderdale doesn't have a lightweight morning newscast. Even the 9am hour on WPLG and WFOR are straight news. (Not counting Deco Drive or 6 in the Mix). Looking at the quieter overlapping market West Palm, Fox 29 is straight news from 7-9. WPEC and WPBF are also strictly news at nine. Thats five hard newscasts at 9am in South Florida. Edited May 19, 2023 by MediaZone4K 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1519 Posted May 20, 2023 Author Share Posted May 20, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 10:32 PM, nycnewsjunkie said: Funny you mentioned that; my first thought was “thank God it’s 10am and not 4am.” I know it’s become conventional for stations to start at 4 or 4:30am, but is there really that much of an audience there? People who work nights? I know if I was working nights, I'd prefer early morning news over infomercials any day. 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnewsjunkie 1441 Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, mre29 said: People who work nights? I know if I was working nights, I'd prefer early morning news over infomercials any day. You know what, that’s a good point actually; I’m sorry it skipped my mind. To be fair though, WSVN does air a repeat of the late news during that time, so those viewers do still get relatively (depending on the story) up to-date news, even if it isn’t live. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3304 Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 19 hours ago, MediaZone4K said: It's strange that a market with such leisure and culture as Miami/Ft Lauderdale doesn't have a lightweight morning newscast. Even the 9am hour on WPLG and WFOR are straight news. (Not counting Deco Drive or 6 in the Mix). Looking at the quieter overlapping market West Palm, Fox 29 is straight news from 7-9. WPEC and WPBF are also strictly news at nine. Thats five hard newscasts at 9am in South Florida. I think it may be due to the successful culture WSVN has built through the decades in Miami/Fort Lauderdale. Many of their English-language rivals in the market have taken key elements from them or in the case of WPLG, flat out copied them completely. 5 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2176 Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 (edited) On 5/20/2023 at 8:24 AM, Georgie56 said: I think it may be due to the successful culture WSVN has built through the decades in Miami/Fort Lauderdale. Many of their English-language rivals in the market have taken key elements from them or in the case of WPLG, flat out copied them completely. Agreed. Looking at WTVJ around 1992, you really see the 'SVN effect. In my own bias..As someone who got up really early mornings for work, and hearing many journalists talk about the negative sleep effects of 2 AM wake ups, I'm not so set on early morning live broadcasts. Edited May 21, 2023 by MediaZone4K 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatron81 258 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 I thought that Sunbeam would've been sold when Ed passed away a couple of years ago the family must like being in the media business. Sunbeam was all news before the other major broadcast groups followed suit 10 to 15 years ago when Sunbeam was all news in the 90s. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 On 5/20/2023 at 8:24 AM, Georgie56 said: I think it may be due to the successful culture WSVN has built through the decades in Miami/Fort Lauderdale. Many of their English-language rivals in the market have taken key elements from them or in the case of WPLG, flat out copied them completely. And, in the case of ratings, has failed and backfired IMO on WPLG tremendously. 2 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 829 Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 On 5/23/2023 at 1:24 AM, Megatron81 said: I thought that Sunbeam would've been sold when Ed passed away a couple of years ago the family must like being in the media business. Sunbeam was all news before the other major broadcast groups followed suit 10 to 15 years ago when Sunbeam was all news in the 90s. Why would you assume that once Ed passed they would sell? Ed never had no reason to sell, and he said it himself. i'm sure he told his kids not to give in to corporate pressure. Yes, the family has other business properties. The small family own stations are trying to hold on to their business holdings, and they come from an old school generation. 3 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-286987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatron81 258 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 22 hours ago, Breaking News said: Why would you assume that once Ed passed they would sell? Ed never had no reason to sell, and he said it himself. i'm sure he told his kids not to give in to corporate pressure. Yes, the family has other business properties. The small family own stations are trying to hold on to their business holdings, and they come from an old school generation. Why I assume was maybe the family wasn't interested in the TV media after Ed passed away is all. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-287005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1519 Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 I noticed that WHDH is covering Trump's arraignment in Miami. Anyone know if it's a straight simulcast of WSVN? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-287467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3304 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 17 minutes ago, mre29 said: I noticed that WHDH is covering Trump's arraignment in Miami. Anyone know if it's a straight simulcast of WSVN? Nope. It’s their own coverage. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-287468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1519 Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 40 minutes ago, Georgie56 said: Nope. It’s their own coverage. I assume that's so that WHDH's anchors and reporters are who viewers see on-screen. Did they have to bring their own equipment (cameras, mics, vehicle, etc.)? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-287469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2176 Posted January 11, 2024 Share Posted January 11, 2024 On 5/29/2023 at 12:17 AM, TheRolyPoly said: And, in the case of ratings, has failed and backfired IMO on WPLG tremendously. Out of curiosity, during which time period was this? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-292874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted January 12, 2024 Share Posted January 12, 2024 19 hours ago, MediaZone4K said: Out of curiosity, during which time period was this? If I remember correctly, it was the entire day with the worst in the morning. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-292912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2176 Posted January 12, 2024 Share Posted January 12, 2024 2 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said: If I remember correctly, it was the entire day with the worst in the morning. I mean Time Period as in year Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-292917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2176 Posted July 8, 2024 Share Posted July 8, 2024 (edited) Watching WSVN's 10pm Sunday newscast. I'm noticing the anchors tracking multiple packages throughout the newscast. I haven't really seen this on any other station. From observation a lot of those packages seem to be regional, not local stories. Perhaps this is how they have to do it because Sunbeam only has two stations, so they simply track wire service stories. Moreover, I haven't seen them run many Fox News packages. Edited July 8, 2024 by MediaZone4K Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19651-sunbeam/#findComment-298487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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