Guest cfif Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 http://flnewscenter.com/?p=2606 Our friends at NewsBlues.com report that Gainesville triopoly WGFL/WNBW/WMYG has signed a deal with the Independent News Network to produce their local newscasts, entitled “The Gainesville Television Network” (GTN). As Florida News Center first reported a few weeks ago, the Gainesville duopoly announced a new newscast for the market to challenge rival WCJB (who has the only local newscast in the Gainesville market). The Independent News Network (INN) produces newscasts for several other small market stations from Indiana to Alabama, via the studios of Davenport, IA’s KLJB FOX 18. INN will produce newscasts to air Monday through Friday at 5:30 and 11pm on WGFL, 6pm and 11pm on WNBW and 7pm and 10pm on WMYG. The stories will be gathered by reporters and videographers and then edited locally in Gainesville. The stories will then be sent to INN for the GTN newscast to be produced and anchored 1,100 miles away in Iowa. Am I the only one who thinks INN is an absolute joke, and that it's just dishonest and a huge waste of time to pipe in news from another end of the country? Yeah, I know they use local reporters, but it still reeks of cheapness and viewers like local anchors they can connect with, which is hard to do when they're in a whole different state. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/6623-gainesville-tripoly-will-use-inn-for-newscasts/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugnuts6 91 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Well that was a shocker ....sheesh! another INN hybrid! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/6623-gainesville-tripoly-will-use-inn-for-newscasts/#findComment-60273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I'm sure WCJB is shaking in their boots. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/6623-gainesville-tripoly-will-use-inn-for-newscasts/#findComment-60274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseyfla 207 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 And the rumor was that former WCJB sports guy Joe Girvan was going to anchor it. I'm sure Gainesville residents aren't dumb and they're all going to still tune in to WCJB or WOFL err..WOGX. Even they just stuck to only having a little 6 and 11pm newscast that would've sufficed. During football season WGFL won't have the 6pm news on weekends due to CBS's SEC schedule and the NFL on most Sundays. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/6623-gainesville-tripoly-will-use-inn-for-newscasts/#findComment-60276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 335 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 The concept is scary. I hope it fails. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/6623-gainesville-tripoly-will-use-inn-for-newscasts/#findComment-60310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ib-td 1 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I'm sure WCJB is shaking in their boots. slight correction---with the mass exodus hitting CJB, they might be sh*tting in their pants Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/6623-gainesville-tripoly-will-use-inn-for-newscasts/#findComment-60387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandNewsInsider 0 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I think the'll do ok. Most people don't notice or (care) about the INN setup, I think it might challenge WCJB somewhat, the crap with staff they've been pulling lately. PS: I didn't realize Lisa Wolf was with them (I still remember her at Beartooth NBC!), but she hasn't been there long enough to be a long-timer as WCJB is saying. Thoughts: It's too bad that the ND there is a tyrant, I have a very good friend there (he's an on-air guy, he's staying btw.) The owners generally cared about there stations in the past. Too bad they've gone downhill but there actually HD so go figure. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/6623-gainesville-tripoly-will-use-inn-for-newscasts/#findComment-60446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Oh, I've seen an INN broadcast before. Apparently, KCDO in Sterling, Colorado uses them. We just got the station and I didn't know the news was produced elsewhere. The production values are still awful though. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/6623-gainesville-tripoly-will-use-inn-for-newscasts/#findComment-60447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroiter313 180 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Here in Detroit, WMYD (the Granite-owned MyNetworkTV affiliate) once had its newscasts (which premiered July 14th 2008) produced by INN. The music was not good, the graphics was not good either, and the anchors were not great. As of August 2009, its newscasts are now produced by its sister station, ABC-affiliate WPTA in Fort Wayne. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/6623-gainesville-tripoly-will-use-inn-for-newscasts/#findComment-60456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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