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  1. "Pittsburgh is not a sports town." Yeah, and New Yorkers aren't picky about their pizza. If these are the kind of people CBS are hiring to run their stations, some of you might have a point about a possible sale down the road. These are the actions of a company that doesn't see broadcasting as a priority.
    6 points
  2. I'll bet they're still paying Hagerstown salaries, though.
    3 points
  3. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-calls-off-twitter-deal-amid-misconduct-allegations/ss-AAWtuEW?ocid=chromentpnews
    2 points
  4. It starts to make me wonder if CBS will put some of their stations on the sale block.
    2 points
  5. Near complete WIIC (now WPXI) Noon newscast from March 7, 1975.
    2 points
  6. I use my Apple TV all the time and not having it on there (as niche as it is) is a severe oversight. Not even a browser to AirPlay option. I have a Fire TV, but it's just too slow and, Roku's video standards and overall UX are years behind. Like the horrible situation where the private equity vultures forced apart the TV Guide channel and the magazine and it took revolt to bring them and proper listings back together, the entire situation with the Weather Channel's breakup has been a complete strikeout; I'm more apt to ignore the Weather Channel completely because Spectrum never upgraded their local headend for HD (thus I get the same feed as DirecTV in HD), so it's either watch local coverage in 4:3 SD (which I simply won't in 2022), or cue up the Spectrum app and watch the Milwaukee headend's data (with Cleveland ticker advertising for some reason) over reality glurge in primetime the vast majority of the audience doesn't give a damn about.
    1 point
  7. Today in New York did not start until 4:07 AM. There was no mention from the anchors of the delayed start. The lower thirds were not displaying and they were not using the graphics for the news intro and tease before the commercial breaks. The other graphs were working. At 4:35 AM they were able to get the lower thirds working. They’ve been using a two shot of the anchors at the desk.
    1 point
  8. So Tanchek gets on the air to warn everybody that he's going to create a First Alert because bad weather will be here in two days. Two days later the First Alert fizzles into a small storm with showers. They have made the weather on WOIO unwatchable especially when they almost shout it at you.
    1 point
  9. Former Grand Rapids and Kansas City meteorologist joins KSDK in St. Louis.
    1 point
  10. The Buckner name returns at KTHV as Ed's daughter Brooke joins the station.
    1 point
  11. KENS 5 Has the Updated Graphics as well.
    1 point
  12. When's the last time they had any stability at night? Dawn Stensland and Dave Huddleston? It seems like ever since 3 and 6 decided to stop letting them have the entire 10pm pie, their bottom has dropped out. With those two other options and 29's hardcore tabloid turn, I've got no reason to watch the pioneer of the 10 o'clock news in Philly. Also, to nitpick some graphics- during their 11pm show (which has a separate open [or at least rejoiners]), they're still using the "10 at 10" graphic in their bug. And on the bug- they have a thoroughly unnecessary "PM" wedged in next to the time, and yet the temperature isn't fully aligned to the right edge of the box, leaving a weird gap.
    1 point
  13. I've always assumed networks have a certain threshold for special coverage depending on the situation, and time of day. I distinctly remember the news of John McCain's death coming down during a Saturday College Football game. I'm unsure about other networks, but CBS ran what might have been a pre-taped Special Report during a 1st half commercial to announce his death, and then a long-form Special Report during halftime where they went into his life, legacy, etc. Otherwise, I think networks do everything they can to avoid blowing out any portion of Primetime programming. During Trump's Impeachment Trial, CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox all aired short and sweet wrap-up Special Reports at the very bottom of the hour before local programming on the East Coast. The only time I recall primetime programming getting trampled on is when Obama made his late evening announcement on the death of Bin-Laden, and the debacle that was network coverage after the Boston Marathon Bombings. I'll never forget every major network taking air to announce arrests had been made, only to find out minutes later that the rumor was untrue. ------ Also, a small bit of history: I'm a huge NASCAR fan, and one of my first racing memories is a post-9/11 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. NASCAR was minutes away from starting a race when Operation Enduring Freedom started/was announced. In the immediate chaos, the race was put in a hold, NBC's track team tossed to the network, and it took about 30 minutes for the race to get back on air on TNT and pre-race ceremonies to begin. NBC came back to the race with about 20 laps to go, marking the first (and only time that I know of) a race had been simulcast on two separate networks at the same time. I'd be curious to know if any other sports had the same issue. I assume NFL Sunday's was as big in 2001 as it is now, so how did CBS, FOX, etc handle it all?
    1 point
  14. Primetime was interrupted in the Eastern/Central timezones this past Tuesday for President Biden's remarks on the Uvalde, Texas school shooting. Fox slid back local news so that Name that Tune could air in it's entirety. NBC did not finish their airing of Young Rock so that the finale of This is Us could start on time at 9pm/8 central.
    0 points
  15. Merri Dee, the trailblazing anchor, reporter, and host, has passed away at 86. https://wgntv.com/news/former-wgn-tv-anchor-reporter-merri-dee-dies-at-86/?fbclid=IwAR2kIFjw8uKd_JvAuITatp_EO07-UlZ8KWe8Fb-hjj3mtcZl3n_U_TqAjI4
    0 points
  16. I saw that NBC and ABC broke into prime time to announce the suspected invasion of Ukraine. NBC even aired the rest of chicago pd in its entirety at about 10:40/10:45 pm ET on my local station which delayed the local news until about 11:10pm. I suppose they did so because the show has decent ratings and this was on of the season's best episodes? Plus there was a decent amount of push back against the interruption on social media, many of the commenters calling to report "rambling speculation". NBC was the last to return to regular programming. I remember at one point Tom Llamas asked a reporter to describe the explosions she heard to which she looked for words then replied "it was essentially a loud boom". My ABC also finished IIRC "A Million Little Things" in its entirety which also delayed local news.
    0 points
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