kshow 167 Posted July 26, 2010 Posted July 26, 2010 Just saw this on Broadcasting Cable. CBS is launching CBSNewYork.com in the coming weeks, which will combine its local TV and radio outlets; the latter include WFAN and WINS. The station is considering a 4:30 a.m. news, too. “We’ll see if it’s needed,” says Dunn. “If it is, we’ll do it.” Interesting... Back to the CBSNewYork.com Name.
bostonmediaguy 124 Posted July 26, 2010 Posted July 26, 2010 It's part of an overall corporate strategy, combining local media... http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2009/12/15/daily.4/ http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/453684-Ezra_Kucharz_President_Of_Local_Digital_Media_CBS.php?rssid=20065 In short, those markets with CBS television and radio stations will combine their sites...
Jess 1116 Posted July 26, 2010 Posted July 26, 2010 If I'm thinking right, it should look like the sites being rolled out for CBS Radio, which kind of look like this (and evidently run on a WordPress back end): http://www.kyw1060.com/ http://www.kcbs.com/ All redirect to x.cbslocal.com. There seems to be a definite CNET influence behind the new radio sites as well. And yes, it's part of an initiative to tie the local TV and radio stations closer together, which has been underway for awhile. I know I've heard some of the CBS newsradio stations use reports from the TV O&O. The TV station also provides weather for the radio stations (here, WPHT/Talk and WIP/Sports use CBS 3 Weather; KYW 1060 does a cutin on one of their afternoon half hours but the rest is AccuWeather). It's in sharp contrast to what NBC did when their sites went to "NBC.com" and became less local...
anchorman 96 Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 Interesting. The CBS2@11 news anchors have been doing 11pm sports updates on WFAN to promote the 11:25 sports report for a few months.
bostonmediaguy 124 Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 If I'm thinking right, it should look like the sites being rolled out for CBS Radio, which kind of look like this (and evidently run on a WordPress back end): And yes, it's part of an initiative to tie the local TV and radio stations closer together, which has been underway for awhile. I know I've heard some of the CBS newsradio stations use reports from the TV O&O. The TV station also provides weather for the radio stations (here, WPHT/Talk and WIP/Sports use CBS 3 Weather; KYW 1060 does a cutin on one of their afternoon half hours but the rest is AccuWeather). I'm not sure how the new sites will look. I'm sure it will be some combination of the existing television and radio templates. The tie-ins, as noted in the article, are not one-size-fits all. In Boston, WBZ-TV adopted the AccuWeather branding that WBZ-AM has used for 25+ years. The sports reports are now branded WBZ Sports Hub, which is WBZ-FM's brand. Using radio reporters on television; and vice-versa has been done for at least 15 years; it began when the two newsrooms were combined in the early to mid-90s.
kshow 167 Posted July 29, 2010 Author Posted July 29, 2010 Looks like CBS 2 is now implementing the site as CBSNEWYORK.COM instead of WCBSTV.COM. The url under the bug now says cbsnewyork.com. The only thing is that its the same site with no changes as of now. Maybe some changes will take place later today. The last time the WCBS website was CBSNewYork.com was in 2002 (correct me if I'm wrong). I think I like CBSNewYork.com better anyway.
NYNews 54 Posted July 29, 2010 Posted July 29, 2010 I wonder if the HD at the end of the logos on CBS stations was implemented to even out and adjust for the planned longer URLs?
stevieboy247 42 Posted August 1, 2010 Posted August 1, 2010 The last time the WCBS website was CBSNewYork.com was in 2002 (correct me if I'm wrong). Make that 2005.
Geoffrey 873 Posted August 1, 2010 Posted August 1, 2010 Sneak peek at cbsnewyork.com's beta page: http://newsbyte2.blogspot.com/2010/08/cbsnewyorkcom-beta.html
kshow 167 Posted August 1, 2010 Author Posted August 1, 2010 Great concept in all but, it looks a little cluttered. Don't you think?
kshow 167 Posted August 1, 2010 Author Posted August 1, 2010 Looks VERY similar to the NBCNewYork.com It does... the only thing is that I think CBSNewYork.com will be what NBCNewYork.com should have been... The beta site still has a lot of glitches though...
Jess 1116 Posted August 2, 2010 Posted August 2, 2010 NBCNewYork.com doesn't have news on it. CBSNewYork.com does. Advantage? CBS.
C Block 1566 Posted August 2, 2010 Posted August 2, 2010 This is just for O&O stations that also have CBS-owned radio stations in the same market, right? I like the current CBS O&O site the way it is; I hope the TV stations without radio get to keep it.
kshow 167 Posted August 3, 2010 Author Posted August 3, 2010 The site is now up. CBSNEWYORK.COM now redirects to http://newyork.cbslocal.com/
wabceyewitness 827 Posted August 3, 2010 Posted August 3, 2010 I like the new WCBS website... looks really nice. Clean, fresh, easy to navigate and, most importantly, loaded with local, relevant news. Kudos to CBS.
Jess 1116 Posted August 3, 2010 Posted August 3, 2010 All of CBS' NYC news properties now redirect to CBSNewYork.com. Interesting change, this. Especially since their newsradio twins are traditionally kept somewhat separate from each other, and have much different styles of news presentation. (WINS is more of a radio equivalent of WPVI Action News, WCBS is a radio version of WABC Eyewitness News...) Also looks like they got rid of live streaming links on the site for now. The video player is much improved.
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted August 3, 2010 Posted August 3, 2010 The website isn't too bad, but I prefer the old version. My only complaint is the picture quality on the videos and live stream, so I hope they resolve that soon.
bostonmediaguy 124 Posted August 3, 2010 Posted August 3, 2010 The website isn't too bad, but I prefer the old version. My only complaint is the picture quality on the videos and live stream, so I hope they resolve that soon. I echo your comment. The quality is terrible!
tw-804 194 Posted August 3, 2010 Posted August 3, 2010 I agree with the posters above me. The site looks very nice. See, NBC Universal, THAT is an O&O site!
kshow 167 Posted August 3, 2010 Author Posted August 3, 2010 All of CBS' NYC news properties now redirect to CBSNewYork.com. Interesting change, this. Especially since their newsradio twins are traditionally kept somewhat separate from each other, and have much different styles of news presentation. (WINS is more of a radio equivalent of WPVI Action News, WCBS is a radio version of WABC Eyewitness News...) Also looks like they got rid of live streaming links on the site for now. The video player is much improved. The live stream link is on the side. Also, im going to co-sign with that comment about the video quality. It's pretty bad, hopefully they will improve. Other WorldNews video streams aren't that bad. (check out http://www.cbs8.com)
IceManNYR 240 Posted August 3, 2010 Posted August 3, 2010 Watching the video clips on newyork.cbslocal.com is like going back in time before DTV. The source for the clips looks like an analog recording with some of the clips having wavy lines of video interference. Audio is also not high quality.
detroiter313 181 Posted August 3, 2010 Posted August 3, 2010 Will this be rolled out to other CBS O&O's and CBS Radio stations soon?
kshow 167 Posted August 4, 2010 Author Posted August 4, 2010 Will this be rolled out to other CBS O&O's and CBS Radio stations soon? Yes, it will Les Moonves says expect similar sites to be released...
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