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11 hours ago, jase said:
Could be worse... (i.e.... KCAL News Sports).
KCAL's sports department is branded on air as "Sports Central."
12 hours ago, NewEgg00 said:Another note too. "CBS News Texas Sports"???
Long name for a local sports division. When CBS was developing this entire local strategy as part of the national rebrand, didn't they thought of a division combining CBS Sports and the locals that cover it? Or....just simply asking stations to brand sports coverage based on it?
SB: Nice to see Andy Adler from her (W)PIX 11 days.
...and her KNBC days!
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1 hour ago, Myron Falwell said:
KCAL is a temporary situation; Wendy explained outright it was a much stronger brand than “CBS 2” ever was and they had to reconcile both brands (which prior regimes never did) before starting the process of streamlining everything. Odds are impressively high that “CBS Los Angeles” will ultimately subsume the KCAL brand in less than a year, and KCAL itself becomes “CBS Los Angeles+”.
It’s like everyone in this thread is just trying to grab a straw at something—the temporary KCAL branding anomaly, the colors in the KDKA newsroom, the temporary usage of WBZ’s full logo in the temporary box logo—just trying to find some exception to this massive rebrand when it was fully laid out to the general public by Wendy herself well over a year ago. And she’s going to wave a magic wand and carve out exceptions to this effort she herself initiated? Please.
Next there’s probably going to be something WCCO does that’ll be slightly different from the other stations and people will go, “a ha! Channel numbers and call letters are still alive and well in Paris!” But in the real world, time marches on.
Not to belabor this topic, but this is a terrible hot take. KCAL is the dominant, more recognizable brand in LA, compared to KCBS/CBS 2. I live in the market. Not sure why KCAL would fade into the background in a year or so in favor of the less recognizable CBS Los Angeles brand. KCAL is synonomous with car chases, breaking news coverage and Pat Harvey. From where I sit, KCAL is doing a great job with their rebranding and I hope they have a new resurgence in the ratings.
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FTV reports Kareen Wynter is the new weekend co-anchor with Rick Chambers. Courtney Friel will anchor on Thursday/Friday at 4 and 5pm when Pedro is off as he will be filling in on the weekend morning news until June. Station is still working to finalize weekend morning assignments, but Lauren Lyster is already confirmed as one piece of the weekend morning anchor puzzle. Sounds like someone might be coming in from out of market and they are waiting for their contract to run out....or could be a non-compete situation.
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Congrats to Sam!
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Dang! AM news not until 5:30? I know they are the new shop in town, but 5:30am start time is very 1999.
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Still think this is related to ND Pete Saiers. He came from Seatte, along with GM Janene Drafs. I don't think Saiers has the chops to lead a big market legacy newsroom and we are seeing the effects of that now. KTLA seems to go thru these cycles of poor leadership. Anyone remember the reign of GM Vinne Malcolm? This was during the KTLA Morning Show/Prime News days. Malcolm was jettisoned and replaced by GM Don Corsini, formerly of KCBS/KCAL and ND Jason Ball and the station saw a strong resurgence. It will be interesting to see how and where the Drafs/Saiers paring takes the station.
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5 hours ago, JTT said:
Since Amber Lee went on maternity leave, is that why the station hired Mary Yoon? If that's true, once Amber comes back, what will happen to Mary?
Mary was hired for weekends. My assumption is the odd ones out will be Carlson and Markina Brown.
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7 hours ago, CraigViewer said:
Both Alex and Olga were great in that 7am-10am time slot indeed.
I wonder if Deanno will only be in the 7am block temporarily until Amber Lee, who was the weather forecaster on CBS2 in the 4:30am-7am slot, returns from maternity leave.
With Deanno coming on board, that will be a total of seven weatherpersons (Evelyn Taft; Markina Brown and Alissa Carlson are the others) on KCAL News, which in my view is excessive for a region that is relatively uneventful from a weather perspective year-round in Southern California.
Alissa is freelance. She lives in the Bakersfield area. She was previoulsly a met at one of the Bakersfield stations.
My assumption for permanent KCAL WX lineups are:
4-7am: Amber Lee (after maternity leave)
7-10 and 11am: Paul Deanno
12pm/4pm: rotation of Alex, Olga, Markina and Mary Yoon
5-6pm KCBS: Evelyn Taft
8-10 KCAL: Evelyn Taft
11pm: Evelyn Taft
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It will be interesting to see how he fits in. Alex and Olga have done a great job on weather duties. Sad to see Alex back on weekend AMs.
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Kolk was originally hired as a general assignment reporter. He slid to nightside entertainment within the last few years.
KTLA isn't doing themselves any favors with weekend musical chairs. Cher and Pedro are ok on the weekday 5pm. Seems like a demotion or Nexstar (KTLAs parent company) being cheap and not wanting to hire another fulltime weekend AM anchor.
Sam Cortese and Rick Chambers anchored together tonight. I could dig seeing Sam as the permanent replacement for Courtney Friel.
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Stale indeed. I actually watched a lot more KCAL vs KTLA this morning.
Speaking of 5Live, Andy Riesmeyer had a live shot all morning from Knott's Berry Farm. As you mentioned, I hope the weekend spot is temporary. I'd like to see him and Sam have a prominent role on the 4pm news.
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Does anyone know if the Weekend Morning News has settled on Doug Kolk and Lauren Lyster as the new permanent anchors? I ask because I notice the Weekend Morning News mugs were updated today. In addition to Doug and Lauren, regulars Megan Telles and Kacey Montoya were on the mugs as well.
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I'm really liking how the chemistry is coming together with the KCAL Mornings anchor team. Jamie Yuccas is off this week. I think she brings a spark to the 7am block. Social Desk anchor Kristin Smith is filling in for Jamie. She slid right in to Jamie's role and has done a terrific job anchoring. Marci Gonzalez is off today (not a huge fan) and 10am/noon anchor Amy Johnson was filling in. Amy anchors the 10am and noon solo so there is never any co-anchor interaction. The way she connected with Rudabeh was amazing. Truly job well done by KCAL management. Give this team some time to grow a following and I truly believe they will be a force to be reckoned with in the mornings in LA.
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AFAIK. No full cut in, just weather and traffic on CBS Los Angeles.
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if we can keep it real, channel 2 hasn't been relevant in Los Angeles since April 1984. That was when KNXT became KCBS. The station that "revolutionized" local news was the former KNXT. I don't think KCBS has ever revolutionized anything in LA.
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3 hours ago, CircleSeven said:
Fox 11 announced that Extra hosts Jennifer Lahmers and Melvin Robert will join the morning program Good Day L.A.
The changes will be in effect starting February, as the ratings period begins.
- 4-6am - Brooke Taylor & Bob DeCastro
- 6-9am - Jennifer Lahmers & Melvin Robert
- 9-11am - Araksya Karapetyan & Sandra Endo
Araksya, Bob, Brooke, Jennifer & Sandra "will contribute enterprise news content throughout all seven hours" of the show. And Melvin and Jennifer will keep their roles on the syndicated newsmagazine.
Almost forgot to mention that Lahmers is no stranger to the Fox family, as she spent several years as an anchor and reporter at Fox 5 in New York.
I am curious to see how this arrangement will work out. Extra (ET/Access) have to tape early in order to feed early to east coast affilliates. I don't see Jenn and Melvin hanging around in the event of breaking news. They will do their 6-9 slot and be gone by 10am. Not knocking their additional side hustles, but seems like this can't be a sustainable way forward for KTTV.
I think KTTV should have placed weekend refugee from KTLA Christina Pascucci on weekdays. She has the following, has the news chops and knows the area. USC graduate, raised in LA.
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13 hours ago, MorningNews said:
Those are significant losses for the network. I’m hoping Amy stays on but I’d also like to see them elevate Rachel Scott, Will Reeve, Gio Benitez profiles. I enjoy each of them as fill-ins as well as Whit and Janai.
Rachel Scott was recently promoted to Senior Congressional Correspondent.
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10 hours ago, SoCalLocal said:
Rumor: KTLA joining the likes of KABC, KNBC and KCAL to add a 4PM newscast.
Likely there was no room in their streaming newscast since there adding a 4pm newscast. Desperate KTLA didn’t gone to a 2 hour delay like other Nexstar stations excluding WGN and KRON.
KTLA didn't go to the delay because they are under a Nextstar exemption due to their KTLA+ app. KRON and WGN are under the same exemption for the same reason.
9 hours ago, CraigViewer said:Like "Off The Clock" at 2pm weekdays, which used to exclusively be online, I am surprised that "5 Live" wasn't moved to television, as well. The 4pm hour in the Los Angeles market is saturated with local newscasts on weekdays already.
I hope they integrate some of the 5 Live elements into the 4pm show. The 5 Live set is pretty legit, TBH. Sam Cortese anchored the AM and PM newscasts during the holidays, so my bet is that she gets an anchor slot at 4pm.
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GDLA aired on KCOP during the World Cup. I'm sure it's not outside of the realm of possibility.
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I've been dipping in and out of KCAL Mornings. The product has improved, but I'm still loyal to KTLA. One thing I'm a little confused with is the weather lineups. Olga has been starting off from around 4-8am. Then Alex Biston or Mary Yoon will come in for a few hits during the 8 and 9am hours. Olga returns for the 10 at 10. I know Paul Deanno is coming to the station in February. Just seems a little odd for Olga to return on the back end. I'd like to see one consistent weather personality for the early AM and another consistent person for the later news block.
The 7am-10am block with Jamie Yuccas and Rudabeh Shahbazi is the strong suit of the new launch so far. As they continue to solidify their brand, Jamie and Rudabeh can defintiely be a solid #2 in local mornings. I really like their chemistry.
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1 hour ago, caliwxdude said:
Yes, that's what they're doing, titled "KCAL News on CBS Los Angeles." The primetime news on KCAL remains:
KCAL and KCBS have always been one news operation since 2003, but with separate on-air brands (visual identities were basically the same). So nothing has changed with who "produces" the news, but now it's just all unified under the KCAL News brand.
THIS! Couldn't have simplified the transition any easier than this.
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2 hours ago, SFTV said:
When I saw the morning graphics, I thought they’re still working out the kinks.
Looking at this picture, it’s still the same. When KPIX debuted the look. They sticked with the color schemes….The Breaking News is in Red as so as the CBS Los Angeles bug should be red too.
SKYCAL? You would think SkyEYE
SkyCAL isn't a terrible name. It's different. 2/9 and KTLA had "Sky XX." Plus "Chopper XX" or "Air XX" is a little stale. Lest we forget 7 SkyForce down in Miami?!
There's mixed emotions as it relates to the new brand. I like it personally, as someone who was raised in SoCal. KCAL was definitely the stronger brand. Anyone remember when KTTV did KCOPs 11pm news with Carlos Amezcua and Christine Devine? The FOX management knew the FOX11 brand was stronger compared to KCOPs historically dead branding. KCBS/KCAL is doing something similar. Although the KCAL to KCOP comparison is apples to oranges as KCAL has historically had the stronger brand recognition.
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2 hours ago, Daybreak said:
So KCAL Morning News will be the main morning newscast? Wow that’s crazy to see for a city like LA. The CBS affiliate will not have a morning newscast dedicated solely for that channel.
KCAL Mornings* will be the main morning newscast.
Good Morning America
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@JustinH I don't think that is quite accurate regarding Demarco Morgan. In his KCBS farewell video below at around 6:10, he says he was offered an extension by station management. Him leaving KCBS was on his own decision.