mrschimpf 2287 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) All stations are pretty much live and you can expect the first network prime time back after the holidays is not happening for the O&O's. This is where you see everyone on high alert. (Nine-box image from Geo on Discord) ETA - KABC deferred to WNT at 6:30, came back at 7, with the game shows moving to Localish. Fox 11 saying 'all night' with their coverage. 8pm, nobody went to network and KTLA is now simulcasting on NewsNation. FNC and CNN have been in and out, MSNBC more out than not. Edited January 9 by 24994J 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveNews 357 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 All stations are/were wall to wall. It's pretty bad out here right now. I'm in the Inland Empire area of SoCal and the winds haven't been this bad in years. I was in Riverside this afternoon when the Palisades fire broke out. Turned my iHeart app on KTLA who started breaking coverage at that time. Got home (I usually WFH) around 1pm and all stations were in rolling coverage. Thus far, all stations are definitely serving the public. Coverage has been top notch. Grades, ratings don't matter when lives are in danger, but KTLA and KNBC have been top notch. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 1937 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2025 is pulling out all the punches just 7 days into the new year!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodfreyGR 591 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 58 minutes ago, FiveNews said: Grades, ratings don't matter when lives are in danger, but KTLA and KNBC have been top notch. Agreed! And KLTA has been phenomenal tonight (Just what I've left the TV on at this point... Tired of clicking around) But... Get rid of the NewsNation bar- With all of the life and death info right now that needs to be displayed on the L3 and ticker- this is just distracting clutter and to be honest, no one in LA is watching NewsNation tonight when the headline is their own backyard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanErrorist 132 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) KTLA's coverage included an on-the-scene interview with Steve Guttenberg, who the reporter did not recognize: https://ktla.com/entertainment/actor-steve-guttenberg-helping-fire-crews-by-moving-cars-near-pacific-palisades-brush-fire/ Edited January 8 by AmericanErrorist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reweivvt88 33 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 5 minutes ago, GodfreyGR said: Agreed! And KLTA has been phenomenal tonight (Just what I've left the TV on at this point... Tired of clicking around) But... Get rid of the NewsNation bar- With all of the life and death info right now that needs to be displayed on the L3 and ticker- this is just distracting clutter and to be honest, no one in LA is watching NewsNation tonight when the headline is their own backyard. KTLA is always so good at providing extensive breaking news coverage. They were also great covering the 2017 fires with live non-stop coverage all night long right into the morning. They are basically by default an all news channel and spend more time covering actual news than any of the cable news channels. Couldn't agree more about NewsNation. I doubt very few if anyone in LA watches NewsNation to begin with, but this is the worst time for Nexstar to force promote the channel. If NewsNation actually had something of value for LA viewers then I could understand, but this is not the time. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 1937 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) Kttv also had pretty good dramatic pictures of a medical facility evacuation. Dare I say it was concerning how up close and personal some of the Fox 11 reporters were to the fire, especially the interview one of the reporters did with two people who tried to evacuate a horse. Edited January 8 by MediaZone4K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVVTV12 108 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 KCAL/KCBS coverage is on CBS News 24/7 and on CBS News Boston and Colorado. I’m sure the other CBS News locals, mainly Bay Area and Sacramento, will be added during the overnight hours. KABC coverage is also on ABC News Live. NBC News Now (as of 1:20am CT) is showing Dateline. Why? Don’t know. Also speaking of “why?”, Fox Weather and The Weather Channel are staying with regular overnight programming instead of simulcasting or doing their own coverage since this is also a major weather event. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Encore 323 19 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 FOX 11 was entertaining Rick Caruso’s crazy statements 15 minutes ago but otherwise they and the other stations have been doing a good job covering this fire. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reweivvt88 33 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 5 hours ago, EVVTV12 said: NBC News Now (as of 1:20am CT) is showing Dateline. Why? Don’t know. Also speaking of “why?”, Fox Weather and The Weather Channel are staying with regular overnight programming instead of simulcasting or doing their own coverage since this is also a major weather event. I would think, especially for the streaming channels, that moments like these would be when they get the most viewers. How many people are making a habit to regularly tune into a bland streaming newscast at a certain time every weekday? Especially when they are competing directly against so many other newscasts on other channels. Major news happens after hours. Lots of news happens on weekends when the major networks are pre-empting all their newscasts all day for non-stop sports all day/night. There is a major over saturation of news on weekdays during the day and then there is a massive void of live news available on weekends and west coast primetime. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodfreyGR 591 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 11 hours ago, EVVTV12 said: NBC News Now (as of 1:20am CT) is showing Dateline. Why? Don’t know. Worth noting that it appears to be that NBC NewsNow is going about their normal day- Cali Fires easily the Top Story, but they're also showing New Orleans Terror Attack and Space Shuttle in their 2E/1C Headline run. NBCnews.com front page is streaming KNBC-TV's Live Feed though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2287 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 All of the stations (including Spectrum News 1) are streaming on YouTube right now so simulcasting the same feed on the national streaming nets is pretty well duplicative, so that can be justified. And I think NBCNN is trying to stay in-format as much as possible for that same reason as they know the local folks are doing a better job covering everything than anyone in New York can. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bsean 144 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I'm watching KNBC right now and they mentioned they are committed to 24 hour coverage and they are borrowing reporters from across the country to help with coverage. Right now they have Dave Summers from KNSD reporting in Altadena. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD TV 233 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 44 minutes ago, Bsean said: I'm watching KNBC right now and they mentioned they are committed to 24 hour coverage and they are borrowing reporters from across the country to help with coverage. Right now they have Dave Summers from KNSD reporting in Altadena. I've seen reporters from KGO and KFSN reporting for KABC's coverage. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2053 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 What a terrible situation Angelinos are going through. Just completely awful. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 1937 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) 13 hours ago, Reweivvt88 said: I would think, especially for the streaming channels, that moments like these would be when they get the most viewers. How many people are making a habit to regularly tune into a bland streaming newscast at a certain time every weekday? Especially when they are competing directly against so many other newscasts on other channels. Major news happens after hours. Lots of news happens on weekends when the major networks are pre-empting all their newscasts all day for non-stop sports all day/night. There is a major over saturation of news on weekdays during the day and then there is a massive void of live news available on weekends and west coast primetime. NBC was also pretty late coming into Jimmy Carter's *lying in state* coverage with a special report. NBC News now was just running it as a headline but not doing full-blown coverage until a Special Report at about 4:00 p.m. Eastern. In all fairness ABC and CBS were covering it, so there were options, but it was still surprising. Overall fantastic and compelling coverage from all stations especially KTTV and KABC. This is more dramatic than any hurricane coverage I've ever seen. Edited January 9 by MediaZone4K 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 834 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, MediaZone4K said: NBC was also pretty late coming into Jimmy Carter's funeral coverage with a special report. That wasn’t Carter’s funeral, it was his lying in state service at the Capitol; his funeral takes place Thursday (January 9). 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 1937 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Just now, T.L. Hughes said: That wasn’t Carter’s funeral, it was his lying in state service at the Capitol; his funeral takes place Thursday (January 9). Correction noted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigViewer 76 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 As a lifelong resident in the Los Angeles media market, the past 30-plus hours has been some of the best coverage from all L.A. local television stations I've seen ever! Essentially, all local stations have had continous coverage and have bypassed network programming since the morning hours Monday. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 1937 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) 5 hours ago, CraigViewer said: As a lifelong resident in the Los Angeles media market, the past 30-plus hours has been some of the best coverage from all L.A. local television stations I've seen ever! Essentially, all local stations have had continous coverage and have bypassed network programming since the morning hours Monday. I wonder if this will break 9/11's record for longest continuous coverage. I really hope this tragic event underscores to the public the importance of broadcast local news, and local tv journalists, and why would not necessarily serve us to have institutions like these go away. Edited January 9 by MediaZone4K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD TV 233 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 10 minutes ago, MediaZone4K said: I wonder if this will break 9/11's record for longest continuous coverage. I really hope this tragic event underscores to the public the importance of broadcast local news, and local tv journalists, and why would not necessarily serve us to have institutions like these go away. KABC did take a break from 2-4am PST and is airing commercials now during their regularly scheduled newscast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodfreyGR 591 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, MediaZone4K said: I really hope this tragic event underscores to the public the importance of broadcast local news, and local tv journalists, and why would not necessarily serve us to have institutions like these go away. It should, and perhaps in the short term it will; but overall it's wishful thinking unfortunately. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfiles 79 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, MD TV said: KABC did take a break from 2-4am PST and is airing commercials now during their regularly scheduled newscast. Did they have a "Previously Recorded" on the broadcast? There wasn't one on the live stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 1937 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) Has anyone else had trouble accessing KTLA's coverage online? I'm getting a whole bunch of commercials and a logo screen on their webstream, and I'm not seeing a live stream on their YouTube like the other stations. I wonder if this is Nexsar being Nexstar. Around 7:43 AM PT, I noticed GDLA anchors Melvin Robert and Jen Lahmers getting openly opinionated and frustrated with LA Mayor Karen Bass about the lack of support for firefights and the predictability of this catastrophe. Edited January 9 by MediaZone4K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodfreyGR 591 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 2 hours ago, MediaZone4K said: Has anyone else had trouble accessing KTLA's coverage online? I'm getting a whole bunch of commercials and a logo screen on their webstream, and I'm not seeing a live stream on their YouTube like the other stations. I wonder if this is Nexsar being Nexstar. I had that late Tuesday night on their website and FireStick app... And briefly this morning on their website. Could it be crashing from increased traffic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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