whatchano 0 Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 Found this interesting. http://www.allbusiness.com/entertainment-arts/broadcasting-industry-television/15369379-1.html https://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2010/11/30/47353/weigel-makes-bold-news-move-in-south-bend The ABC affiliate for South Bend, IN has never had a local news gathering team or newscasts since it became the ABC affiliate in 1995. South Bend, IN has slid in the DMA rankings from 89-93 in the last 2 years. As stations around the country are laying people off and cutting back, this station has chosen to invest in starting a newscast from scratch...and in HD to boot! I really hope this pays off for them.
Samantha 2902 Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 This is the first from-scratch Big 3 operation in two years (WMBF in 2008). At a time when news is getting cut (in Idaho Falls, KPVI cut weekend news, and KIDK merged into KIFI for a lot of its operations), it's so nice to hear of a NEW news operation being started.
Weeters 1969 Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Weigel can afford to drop 2 to 3 million dollars on their low power station in South Bend, but WDJT has to use studio cameras from 1989 on broken pedestals and a GVG-200 that's about 10 years past it's prime. Thanks, Weigel!
ProButtonPusher 230 Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 ...GVG-200 that's about 10 years past it's prime... You have to be kidding. Isn't that a 2 MLE switcher?
Weeters 1969 Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 You have to be kidding. Isn't that a 2 MLE switcher? Yep.
ThatSowislander 52 Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Weigel can afford to drop 2 to 3 million dollars on their low power station in South Bend, but WDJT has to use studio cameras from 1989 on broken pedestals and a GVG-200 that's about 10 years past it's prime. Thaat's Milwaukee for ya. I have realized that over the years that it's not just WDJT that has problems.
WickedYoungMan 0 Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 This is the first from-scratch Big 3 operation in two years (WMBF in 2008). At a time when news is getting cut (in Idaho Falls, KPVI cut weekend news, and KIDK merged into KIFI for a lot of its operations), it's so nice to hear of a NEW news operation being started. It certainly is. It should be noted that WFFT in Fort Wayne, Indiana (not far away from South Bend) started up a brand new newscast in 2009 which was covered by the NBC Nightly News. It's definitely an effort that deserves a bigger budget because those guys really do a good job for a small operation, at least I think. It even received an Emmy nomination for "Best Newscast" last year. It's ran by Jim Blue who anchored in Toledo for a while.
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