TheRolyPoly 2451 Posted Monday at 03:58 AM Share Posted Monday at 03:58 AM (edited) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS Pope Francis has died. He was 88, the Vatican has announced. Source... Sky News: https://news.sky.com/story/pope-francis-has-died-the-vatican-says-12890455 Edited Monday at 10:42 AM by 24994J 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21707-pope-francis-1936-2025/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2190 Posted Monday at 10:10 AM Share Posted Monday at 10:10 AM NBC News web feed on Youtube was in Sky News coverage before taking Craig and Savannah on the Today set at 4AM. 3 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21707-pope-francis-1936-2025/#findComment-305140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5585 Posted Monday at 10:45 AM Share Posted Monday at 10:45 AM (edited) I moved this to General TV, as this thread can be a catch-all for coverage and anchor plans. Precedent suggests that the funeral will happen 4-6 days after death. May he rest in peace, and may the college of cardinals choose a successor to continue Francis' legacy of humanity and compassion. Edited Monday at 10:46 AM by 24994J 1 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21707-pope-francis-1936-2025/#findComment-305141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatron81 263 Posted Monday at 01:09 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:09 PM R.I.P. Pope Franics. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21707-pope-francis-1936-2025/#findComment-305142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYAZSporty 131 Posted Monday at 03:56 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:56 PM It'll be interesting to see if any of the main evening news anchors are actually en route to Rome & considering the time of day the news broke here early in the morning, wouldn't be surprised if this is the case, that they're reporting from the Vatican in time for tonight's newscasts at 6:30 ET. 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21707-pope-francis-1936-2025/#findComment-305146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5585 Posted Monday at 04:43 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:43 PM 42 minutes ago, NYAZSporty said: It'll be interesting to see if any of the main evening news anchors are actually en route to Rome & considering the time of day the news broke here early in the morning, wouldn't be surprised if this is the case, that they're reporting from the Vatican in time for tonight's newscasts at 6:30 ET. David Muir was in Paris for spring break, but I don't know if he came back to New York before the pope's passing. 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21707-pope-francis-1936-2025/#findComment-305147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 685 Posted Monday at 05:53 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:53 PM 1 hour ago, NYAZSporty said: It'll be interesting to see if any of the main evening news anchors are actually en route to Rome & considering the time of day the news broke here early in the morning, wouldn't be surprised if this is the case, that they're reporting from the Vatican in time for tonight's newscasts at 6:30 ET. Network O&Os are sending anchors and reporters. WNBC is sending anchor David Ushry and reporter Gaby Acevedo. I believe WABC sent Mike Marza. I don't know about WCBS. 3 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21707-pope-francis-1936-2025/#findComment-305148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYAZSporty 131 Posted yesterday at 03:17 PM Share Posted yesterday at 03:17 PM On 4/21/2025 at 2:53 PM, NowBergen said: Network O&Os are sending anchors and reporters. I believe WABC sent Mike Marza. Yeah, and it looks like based off of this, he'll be involved with network coverage of the funeral of Pope Francis late tonight/early tomorrow morning along with fellow anchor from sister West Coast flagship KABC (Los Angeles) David Ono, which makes some sense & even more worth ABC sending them out to help the main network out with coverage. https://deadline.com/2025/04/how-to-watch-pope-francis-funeral-online-1236375052/ 1 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21707-pope-francis-1936-2025/#findComment-305206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2190 Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago (edited) 16 hours ago, NYAZSporty said: Yeah, and it looks like based off of this, he'll be involved with network coverage of the funeral of Pope Francis late tonight/early tomorrow morning along with fellow anchor from sister West Coast flagship KABC (Los Angeles) David Ono, which makes some sense & even more worth ABC sending them out to help the main network out with coverage. https://deadline.com/2025/04/how-to-watch-pope-francis-funeral-online-1236375052/ NBC: Surprisingly no Savannah. Notably they have Craig Melvin leading coverage from studio 1A not the Vatican. No Lester is understandable as it eases Tom Llamas into the main anchor role.... which makes me wonder why Llamas isn't leading coverage since he's at the Vatican. Interesting that NBC was the only network to stop live coverage as the Pope's body was brought into the basilica for burial. They went with Saturday Today from New York, with a funeral summary off the top. ABC and CBS broke about 20 minutes after. CBS: It's nice to see Nora co-anchoring with her successor John Dickerson. Networks often act weird when they (apparently) usher someone out of a prominent role, but they allowed Nora to anchor several major events before she left, and she's still a presence on the network. Noticing whenever one of the Evening News duo is chosen for major coverage, it's often Dickerson over Maurice. Edited 9 hours ago by MediaZone4K 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21707-pope-francis-1936-2025/#findComment-305220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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