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Ukee's statement about the scandal.

Very interesting and I wonder what exactly NBC has lined up for him. He should be very careful. Just ask Josh Elliott and Sam Champion, both were promised to be featured across all their platforms when they moved to the NBCUniversal family. Elliott had a lot of pushback from the Today show club and wasn't actually utilized well on NBC Sports while Champion sort of flopped with his own morning show at The Weather Channel. I understand the idea of wanting a new challenge and professional growth, but Llamas had a really great role and had great visibility at ABC News.

KRON had the big boy Hambrick as anchor in 1977: KRDO in 1995, is this a Gari theme? And ewjxn now has footage from Green Bay:

I was thinking about that today. The RSNs were first rebranded as Fox Sports Net on 11/1/96. So the networks used the Fox Sports/FSN branding for just shy of a quarter-century. An entire generation of viewers know the networks as only that, having never experienced the SportsChannel/Prime Network brands that preceded FSN. Once the rebrand officially happens it really will be the end of an era in sports television.

It's already been announced. Here's the release from Sinclair/Bally's.

My thoughts... this color scheme works well for KOAA... especially well in these clips given the fact it looks as though winter weather was the big story of the day... blue works well for that. I think opening a newscast with the weather stinger is a little bland... needs to be more urgent. it still looks like they’re using a lot of elements of their old graphics package, like the “5” transition between headline stories. I don’t think these graphics work well with their set, which consists of a lot of blue, but a lighter blue shade. Also, they have elements of their old graphics package permanently printed as the duratrans design, so it’s kind of a weird mix. Also noticed watching their sports block that the sports open no longer includes a VO... too bland IMO. Also they still use an old sports ticker that blocks the bottom of the new L3s. Anyway, compared to some Scripps stations, I think this package fits KOAA decently. I worry for WLEX. They already are using the most perfectly fitting graphics package for them and it’ll be a shame when they switch. Hey KRIS and KATC... you’re on the clock now!

Such a class act. We shall overcome, Ukee. Blessed be my friend.

It's a perfectly acceptable package, but I still can't forgive how the 2 shades of blue clash so badly.

No one's saying to celebrate Lauer, but he was a part of the show's history. The show had no problem keeping him around when ratings were good, they should also have to bear the weight of his disgrace. When you're guilty of enabling, you don't get to erase him from historically important material and act like he never existed. Like 9/11, for example. He was there. Deal with it.