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WBZ's Saturday morning newscast pre-dates its switch to CBS in January 1995. They have delayed every iteration of CBS' Saturday morning news program since it launched in 1997 (8:00 AM). I believe they actually truncated their morning newscast to accommodate. It was recently pushed back an additional hour (9:00 AM) when the FCC relaxed its E/I programming requirements.
In essence, as @Abraham J. Simpson stated, it works better for them.
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2 minutes ago, CoopInTheHouse said:
It’s time for another “What the hell?”
WJAR (an NBC affiliate) in Providence, RI airs the first, second, and third hours of Today at regular times, but inbetween, WJAR airs Live with Kelly and Mark at 10:00am (effectively joining the central time feed, despite the city being in eastern time), and then airs Today with Hoda and Jenna.
They have done that for over 20 years!
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On 8/27/2023 at 6:37 AM, bostonmediaguy said:
Beginning September 11, WBTS/Boston will cut-back its morning news from a 4am start to a 5am start. Early Today will run from 3:30am-5am.
It appears that they are diverting resources. On September 11, WBTS/Boston will debut "Boston News Daily" at 2pm. The Gracenote description reads, "A look at New England's news, sports, and more."
The station airs NBC News Daily at Noon, Access Daily at 1pm and The Kelly Clarkson Show at 3pm.
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Just now, Geoffrey said:
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I don't know that there's anything we didn't already know, but here's a release detailing the transition: https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and-stations/releases/?view=108406-cbs-to-transition-eight-company-owned-stations-from-affiliates-of-the-cw-to-independents-on-friday-sept-1
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Beginning September 11, WBTS/Boston will cut-back its morning news from a 4am start to a 5am start. Early Today will run from 3:30am-5am.
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boston38.com was purchased in 2006.
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5 hours ago, Nelson R. said:
I can remember several years back, didn’t WFXT move their morning news from 4-10am to 5-11am?
Yes, during the height of the pandemic, they replaced the 4am-5am hour with a 10am-11am hour.
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33 minutes ago, MediaZone4K said:
I'm surprised the CW is still a tv network with ratings as low as they are. Again, this begs the question, what will local station lineups look like with stations going independent and less syndication options. It cannot simplify be news overkill.
In the major markets it certainly can. It's two hours of programming. This is not akin to losing a major network affiliation with numerous time periods to fill.
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50 minutes ago, patsx3 said:
It’s strange, if the plan is to eventually rebrand all stations as CBS (city name) then I wonder why WBZ is now promoting their website as wbz.com. The bottom of the screen reads “The news is always on WBZ.com. It’s the first time their website has been promoted as anything but cbsboston.com in probably a decade.
KCAL is doing the same thing. I believe KDKA and WCCO do, too. It has never appeared as though this was a one size fits all approach to the brandings.
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36 minutes ago, Myron Falwell said:
Where's the evidence that it ISN'T transitional? If it wasn't transitional, they would have renamed the streaming side as "KCAL News Los Angeles" and dispensed with the "CBS" part entirely! You wouldn't have disparate brands between on-air and streaming!
CBS and Paramount+
NBC and Peacock
Fox and Tubi
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41 minutes ago, Myron Falwell said:
Which is why they took the "KCAL" brand and ran with it for the transitional phase to "CBS News Los Angeles". In due time, they will be marketing "CBS" and "KCAL" as one and the same, then all they literally need to do is swap out "KCAL" with "CBS" on the set on the set and in the graphics system.
Other than pure speculation, is there any evidence to indicate that the KCAL branding is transitional?
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Even if @Midnight were to run for thirty minutes, I would imagine CBS might run a rebroadcast of CBS Evening News at 1:07am and not return the time to affiliates.
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It is, indeed, a crazy era. But why not use the medium to creatively tell a story. Look at what WBZ NewsRadio's Matt Shearer is up to:
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2022/08/12/matt-shearer-wbz-tiktok/
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I'm curious how the legacy stations will (or in KPIX's case, do) brand outside of news.
Does KPIX's syndicated programming bug or top of the hour legal ID have the CBS eye? Or is it simply the same box with the call letters?
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WBZ has the same thing leading into their 9am broadcast.
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Other than the weather icons, they look great.
Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday look like there's nothing there!
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According to the program schedule on their website, WWJ debuts a newscast at 6pm and at 11pm tomorrow.
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7 hours ago, bogusabc7breakingnews said:
Just saw a promo on KCBS, then new KCAL Morning News debuts this Thursday, 1/5. TV listings seem to confirm this with the broadcast starting at 4am and CBS Mornings airing live at 4am on KCAL.
To clarify...
KCAL
4am-11am--KCAL Mornings
KCBS
4am-6am--CBS Mornings
6am--KCAL Mornings (simulcast)
7am-9am--CBS Mornings
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WMUR has a unique package.
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Is the headline ticker present on the KPIX feed; or is it just on the OTT streaming feed?
I'm also confused by the lack of weather, sports scores, etc. from the ticker. What's the point?
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The FCC does not require stations to relay weather alerts. They are only "required to provide the capability for the President to address the public during a national emergency." (https://www.fcc.gov/emergency-alert-system)
You can make the argument that relaying alerts from the National Weather Service is in the public interest, but it is not required.
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Does anyone have any insight into the timeline for a graphics package change?
Is it tied to when KCAL launches their morning news block sometime next month?
...or when WWJ launches its newscasts? (Any estimated launch date?)
One thing to note (though perhaps unrelated), WBZ/Boston has not used the CBSN graphics package on its CBS News Boston OTT stream newscasts in several months, instead using the O&O graphics package.
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1 hour ago, iron_lion said:
For example CBS has two soaps. Y&R would air Mon to Wed from 1 to 1:30 and B&B would air Thu-Fri from 1-1:30. Give the affiliates that empty 30 minutes.
(If this were a different time period I would say repeat that same pattern with As the World Turns and Guiding Light in that empty slot.)
I don't think that affiliates are clamoring for additional inventory when the syndication market is barren and the advertisers for noon newscasts is dearth. Both Young and the Restless and Bold and the Beautiful remain profitable.
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WBRC now has SEVEN meteorologists!
in The Weather Lab
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I would say it's seven with an asterisk. AJ Burnett and Michael Page are producers who occasionally appear on-air. Harvey Leonard is their retired former-Chief who occasionally appears.