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They are hiring a weekend anchor/reporter.

She’s been passed over so many times for a weekday gig.. she’s probably just phoning in most of the weekend work at this point.

agree - the 10am talents are great and not cluttered

The issue with the set is that WABC is not using it to its full potential. You can see just from the 10am show how versatile the set and the lighting elements are.. but it took them over 10 years to try anything different. Even the secondary area with the big screen for weather/traffic and interviews can look dramatically different with the flip of some switches. That said, I’m glad they made the switch to cleaner, brighter and better background images. It does give the set a minor but nice facelift to match the new graphics. As for @Vlad’s wish for the new HQ set to be a street side studio — sorry, there will be no street side studios at Disney/ABC’s Hudson Square campus.

yes. Look likes it’s linked to live conditions.

Sade is back on air today, filling in for Liz right now on the 4pm news. Lee gave her a quick welcome back at the top of the show as she tossed to him for a report on the upcoming storm.

Yes, the skyline backdrops have been updated.

Finally! It’s great to see on air at WABC. The news brief opens are better than the main opens that were made for the group. Also looks like they updated the backdrops to crisper images.

Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eeO_nJqoRg

That is pretty bad for a news program. They should pretape these shows, have the on-duty anchor give a news update and fill the bulk with recycled and evergreen content.

For the ones scheduled to work, it might be nice for them to have the ability to work from home in a separate room and then be with family in between shows and/or not have to worry about commuting to and from work.

https://x.com/raeganmedgie/status/1736569971931541712?s=46&t=xFY1RyohB4JwE0gUNj8TeA

The whole concept of a live shot is deceptive 99% of the time. A reporter is “live” somewhere hours after the actual news event has occurred. Nothing newsworthy is shown to the viewer in a live shot. All the newsworthy content is shown in the prepackaged report with footage from hours ago. Whether they are live at the scene, on a generic street outside the studio, or at a place somewhat related to the location of the news story, the whole concept gives a deceptive sense of presence and urgency.

They have had a few other days in recent months where the 4:30am half hour or hour was anchored solo. It’s not so much out of the ordinary these days.

They had a 4pm long ago — “From the heart of the tri-state area, street level on 5th Avenue, with Dana Tyler and Stephen Clark…” — that was replaced by Judge Judy.

It’s just how the schedule worked out this time. David and Liz have filled in at 11pm before.

It is more likely that he gives up the 11pm.

Liz is on at 11, too, along with Joe. They have not just the weekend morning and noon issue, but the expectation that Bill will soon scale back and give up at least one newscast.

Agreed. A majority of people going to Times Square are NOT going to see the Good Morning America studio and a majority don’t even realize that’s where Good Morning America is. WABC is also not an attraction in Lincoln Square. Lincoln Center is the main attraction. The street side WABC studio is kind of cool walk by for some, most others don’t even care or know that it exists there. I’m sure the local residents and business owners will miss seeing the staff from ABC and WABC each day, but that’s about it.

I’m surprised that the GMA staffers are surprised! Yes, Disney originally said GMA would remain in Times Square but, with a brand new Disney/ABC building being built downtown, how long did they really think that would last?

Radio could be it! Bill Evans just posted a photo of him and Ken together. Perhaps Ken is jointing Bill’s radio station in Sag Harbor?

If his social media is any indication, former WABC anchor Ken Rosato is gearing up for a return to TV. We’ll know soon where he’s headed.

Good.

Cool to see Rhiannon on WABC at 10am. Guessing they are short staffed today for fill in anchors from local. Also to note — the 10am set was lit in breaking news red/blue for the A block before reverting to yellow/blue later in the show. Nice to see, 12 years later, how versatile they realized their studio is.

too bad that he is leaving… I am assuming he approached station management and asked for different hours but they did not offer it or could not reach an agreement.