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Don’t be shocked if CBS This Morning comes from DC for a little while.
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On 3/7/2020 at 7:49 PM, WWUpdate said:
Here's a 10 p.m. WMAQ newscast from the same week as the one above. Notice that the station used a different, city skyline set (instead of the usual newsroom backdrop) for the late news at the time:
Are we sure that isn't the same set and not just a duratrans skyline pulled down in front of the newsroom? Looking at the '95 and '97 clips, a lot of the set elements are in the exact same spot...
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9 minutes ago, Mrknowitall526 said:
I noticed this this week also, although I haven't gotten a chance to see it. I'm not really sure why the Lehigh Valley needs 5 hours of morning news coverage... or should I say, the same 15 minutes of news repeated for 5 hours.
Philadelphia as a market is very geOgraphicaLly dIverse and vasT--not partIcularly easy to get to the Coverage area they serve--so you have to consider thAt they're in a Location two hours out from the big city as well as the state cApitol to the west, and serving an auDience that may be commuting to and fro each Spot throughout the morning.
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5 hours ago, hfiles said:
I'm not going to lie, part of me was hoping they'd adopt the Sixeme Son "oohs and ahhhs" just to watch the world burn.
Motion for a Cliff Schwarz / Sixeme Son West Side Story style musical duel. Marching band vs. Glee club!
4 hours ago, mrschimpf said:It'll be a three hour special in prime time two weeks from now and cause all life in SWB and the Lehigh Valley to come to a halt.
Pre-empt the Wednesday comedy lineup. Bet it would get better ratings. #danceparty
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2 hours ago, jbnews said:
I won't be surprised if that happens either. Honestly, MCTYW doesn't work well with the graphics at all. Kind of annoying, actually.
I think it's a better fit here than the crazy over the top 3D package the Troika look replaced.
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WTVF took a direct hit on a tornado that came within about a mile of hitting downtown Nashville overnight:
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/tornado-hits-nashville-causes-severe-damage
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13 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:
I would love love LOVE to hear Deidre Goodwin, voice of 880 WCBS (which for some reason I love).
Would be great if Man Made handled some more work at the local station group level too while we're at it!
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I remember Steve and Allison when they ran the 9 on the
WGN AmericaSuperstation feed - some nights I'd watch them over the local news. They were that good. -
4 minutes ago, C Block said:
That fake control room backdrop to the side looks very much like the Situation Room too.
I have noticed CBS has taken on a more CNN look and feel of late. Their debate graphics earlier this week were the best I've seen them look in a LONG time - but they're so obviously CNN inspired.
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13 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:
We've seen the occasional station....like WOAY that abandoned their longtime channel number and PSIP mapping in favor of their digital allocation (channel 50).
Well, as of their repack date, they have had to abandon channel 50, and they are once again....branded as channel 4!
A definite improvement over their prior logo!
And that definitely looks like a Linear Drift design - that they haven't debuted on air yet.
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We're all fixated on what happens with ABC News's set but meanwhile, Evening News debuted a much more modest (at least compared to the all glass) desk tonight.
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1 hour ago, newsteam13 said:
Here's something interesting and fun to watch. The full-length episode of CBS News Up to the Minute. No, not the overnight newscast that came (a) after CBS News Nightwatch and (b) before CBS Overnight News. Not the Up to the Minute you're thinking of. This was the 1981 SHOW, Monday thru Friday afternoons, where it was hosted by the same men who brought us 60 Minutes (Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, Morley Safer and Harry Reasoner). It was a weekday afternoon news program - an early fringe deal - that came on after the CBS soaps and before the early news at like 5:00pm. PLUS, there's theme music to the show. Seeing that Up to the Minute was hosted by the 60 Minutes anchormen, the music was MUCH different from the stopwatch sound effect we're used to hearing on 60 Minutes every Sunday.
Excellent find! This is fascinating to watch. The show only lasted two months and there's barely any information on the program anywhere.
Captain Kangaroo delivering hard news commentary is wild.-
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I'm a little surprised ABC isn't putting World News up in the Times Square studio for time being. They own that studio space. They're not afraid to use it for a ton of other productions.
20 hours ago, susquvalleywgal said:Never did I think I would read on here on a hope for a toned down set. Lol.
Phbbbbbt. I want a FIVE STORY ITN-style atrium set for ABC News. One for WNT! One for Nightline! One for This Week! One more on top of This Week for WNT! I dunno what they'd make the 5th story for, but they have that Disney MCU money now! Do it!
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Almost makes you wonder why they didn't just keep the midterm set and use it permanently...
Hoping for heavier use of AR and virtual elements as well. That component of ABC's midterm coverage was good, and AR is badly underutilized in daily news production in the United States.
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2 hours ago, TheRyan said:
That new logo for WQAD, if it's actually what they'll be using OTA, looks uninspired.
Maybe, but the current logo was in dire need of some kind of update.
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It's even weirder when you consider they're still airing the CBS Evening News (or half of it anyway) at 6.30PM - and, I assume, the CBS TOH updates in the overnight. Wonder if that contract has to fully expire before we see the fruits of this agreement. And doesn't (Viacom)CBS -- or the shareholders of -- own almost 3/4ths of Entercom still?
3 hours ago, Spintech33 said:That totally makes sense.. At least for Philly, it broadens the coverage base.
I want to see which other markets will do what Philly is doing.
One thing is for sure I don't expect NYC or Wash DC to do this just yet.
However, if it works in Philly, than I could see the other NBC O&O's jumping on the philly bandwagon with Entercom.
DC's got you covered since WRC mets give the forecast on WTOP. I think any arrangement in NYC would be...a stretch. Accuweather's still going strong on WCBS and WINS - with Craig Allen and the occasional CBS 2 talent from time to time on 880.
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I'm in the almost certain minority who likes the look because it actually looks like sports.
The touchdown animation is definitely too huge if you have a smaller TV, but I'm thinking they're aiming for the audience that has huge 4K screens.
Here's what I will say - FOX is definitely downconverting to 720P for the OTA audience, and it showed the most during the halftime show. Completely horrendous picture quality during that.
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9 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:
And since "The Big Game" has begun, doe's anyone else's over-the-air picture look like garbage? I'm watching on WALA and WXXV, and both pictures look very compressed. I'm thinking it's a network thing, having to downconvert from 4K for all of the people streaming on their firesticks....
I've noticed it too - a lot of ghosting. FOX OTA is still 720p, so I imagine they're trying to cut corners and only do one feed, native 4K for the apps, then downconvert for the stations.
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Feels like they're trying to tie in a little more with NFL Network and Thursday Night Football.
I'm on the record with the belief FOX is going to try and own the ENTIRE NFL broadcast package rights when they're up in a couple years, so with that in mind, the direction doesn't surprise me.
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Spoiler: Instead of flat boxes, now it's underlined Comic Sans text.
Probably. Maybe.
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3 hours ago, hankthetank23 said:
Still no update on the former Dispatch stations? Someone said that they’d be getting the graphics in March, but why wait so long?
IIRC, at least a few years back, WTHR had a very different CG setup and graphics workflow than most stations. I don't think they're on Lyric. The same could be true for WBNS.
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Not surprised WPIX would keep what they're keeping - and it goes to my point earlier that this is a package that's only going to work in smaller, more traditional news markets. Also tells me PIX may not be long under Scripps ownership.
Retaining the Trib look in Virginia, though...that I'm a little shocked/skeptical about. WTKR has a little momentum behind it in the ratings but I don't think enough to justify this. Scripps eventually got Move Closer off of WKBW FFS!
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This has to be purely for political dollars, or Seattle would be in the mix. CBS is probably kicking themselves for tossing WGNT (Virginia/NC) and WTVX (West Palm). Only show I could see surviving after the election is the one in Atlanta. And don't they already HAVE local cut-ins in Detroit? Why not test the waters again with WWJ and maybe increase your returns?
That all aside, If you had asked me the company that would try this first in major markets, my first guess would not have been CBS.
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They JUST evacuated that building. Wouldn’t be shocked if CBSN output comes from DC for a bit as well once they get up and running—problem is a lot of the staff are NYC based.