They had that set for 12 years? It held up really well.

That's Locals Only - not Indie Band.

Really interesting that these changes are happening in the absence of a VP of News at the station.

In a way, Aerial does come close to the IC 4-note sig...

And WCAU is carrying IndyCar Racing and NHL Playoff Hockey tomorrow anyway. (EDIT: I saw the promo too. I guess they mean as a PKG after Sunday Night Football?)

I distincTly remember that it waS first Commissioned by tHe junior partnEr in a duopoly in the south - An indePendent, if memory serves right.

Maybe where Harry's talk show used to shoot?

Maybe it was just me - but I didn't see a lot of social media being plugged throughout the newscast, not even with talent - which is an optimistically curious decision.

"Hi! We produce two-thirds of the programming seen on PBS television affiliates across the country and it will always be one of our main revenue streams, but you're streaming video on your television now and just not calling it television anymore...so F@*& television! Welcome to our new DIGITAL MEDIA age where we, too, will unsuccessfully wage a battle with Google and Facebook for ad dollars!" Gag.

They did--updated branding included--and it didn't work and they went back to the original logo pretty quickly. There's literally no reason to mess with the WGBH brand OR the mark. It is the most recognizable brand in public television and one of the most iconic symbols in media. This reeks of WGBH paying an ad agency six figures to find a solution for a problem that didn't exist - and that solution is the equivalent of PVI getting rid of Move Closer. It's just not necessary. If you have to answer a dozen theoretical questions as to why you changed your brand - as that above URL does - you shouldn't have changed your brand.

They're following the WPHL model - their own stuff in the morning with a skeleton crew, and KTRK at night. The AM still appears to be branded Morning Dose. It sounds like they may be using Canvas, too...

"What will our new set look like?" Gee, I wonder, newly minted Nexstar station.

I don't think there's any "evolution" about it - I think that's the point and purpose. To say network streaming news is covering anything meaningful right now beyond politics and the pandemic would be a bit of a stretch. That void is being filled by local news. Nexstar now has the resources, distribution model, and name recognition (WGN) to farm that local content out as a viable alternative to the net models, and give a broader picture of what's happening across the country.

I'm guessing any need for Tammie to fill in on KYW would be either from her home (looks like she moved back to Chicago), or pre-taped from WBBM.

Not anymore. When the ViacomCBS merger happened, ownership transferred to the new entity's international division. Basically 10 is now run by the same people who run Channel 5 in the UK. I have serious doubts CBS as a standalone entity would have OK'd these kinds of cuts.