CBS News and Stations - General Thread

[J.W. Rodriguez 28]

Since there isn't a thread for the CBS O&O's yet, I thought of creating one here, especially with all the speculation regarding their parent company Paramount Global's potential merger with Skydance, which as of this moment, appears to be on life support if I'm not mistaken.

 

Former O&O's (KEYE, KMOV, KUTV, WGNT, etc.), as long as they're still CBS affiliates or former O&O's that were part of UPN and/or The CW and are still affiliated with the latter even after Nexstar took over the network, can also be covered under this thread. Replies of CBS/Paramount purchasing or selling a station, a new graphics package being adopted, etc., or anything else that's related, can also be included.

[24994J 5888]

18 minutes ago, J.W. Rodriguez said:

Since there isn't a thread for the CBS O&O's yet, I thought of creating one here, especially with all the speculation regarding their parent company Paramount Global's potential merger with Skydance, which as of this moment, appears to be on life support if I'm not mistaken.

 

Former O&O's (KEYE, KMOV, KUTV, WGNT, etc.), as long as they're still CBS affiliates or former O&O's that were part of UPN and/or The CW and are still affiliated with the latter even after Nexstar took over the network, can also be covered under this thread. Replies of CBS/Paramount purchasing or selling a station, a new graphics package being adopted, etc., or anything else that's related, can also be included.

 

Respectfully, we don't really encourage the creation of general threads, anymore, especially if it's being started with no particular headline or reason. The long, drawn-out process of this merger doesn't really count as so much is just currently in limbo. No matter their past, lumping in other groups' stations here is also unnecessary, as those companies likely already have pre-existing threads.

 

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• Threads should have a targeted discussion topic: Creating threads that have no real topic of discussion (such as a "general" thread about a particular company or station) is not allowed without permission from the administration. Though threads of this nature exist from before this rule was put into effect, we discourage posting in them, as it makes it harder to find discussions about a particular topic, or causes numerous parallel conversations to take place at once.

 

While not updated in several months, there is already a thread about the Paramount-Skydance merger. https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21444-skydance-to-buy-paramount-global/
If you're looking to discuss the political issues involved with keeping CBS's journalism independent while trying to get federal approval, there's a thread for that. https://localnewstalk.net/topic/21709-60-minutes-in-the-age-of-trump-20/

 

For better or worse, this thread has also already been used as a CBS O&O catch-all. https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19633-eight-cbs-stations-to-ditch-cw-and-go-independent-this-fall/

Edited May 18, 2025 by 24994J

[J.W. Rodriguez 28]

Not sure if this belongs on here, but Scott Allen Brown on YouTube (who as some of you know runs his Mashup Museum and Pittsburgh Penguins-esc channels) sent me this clip via WeTransfer.

 

This was an owl ID as seen on New York's WCBS-TV (and possibly the other CBS O&O's) during the Grammys last Sunday. Can anyone on here figure out what it's about?

 

It looks like a promo for a show on Nickelodeon or something.

Edited February 7 by J.W. Rodriguez

[24994J 5888]

44 minutes ago, J.W. Rodriguez said:

Not sure if this belongs on here, but Scott Allen Brown on YouTube (who as some of you know runs his Mashup Museum and Pittsburgh Penguins-esc channels) sent me this clip via WeTransfer.

 

This was an owl ID as seen on New York's WCBS-TV (and possibly the other CBS O&O's) during the Grammys last Sunday. Can anyone on here figure out what it's about?

 

It looks like a promo for a show on Nickelodeon or something.

 

It's the mascot owl for the language-learning app Duolingo. Not an ID, just a 5-second ad buy, Wouldn't be shocked if it was a teaser for a Super Bowl ad.