MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie
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6 hours ago, Spring Rubber said:
Wow, another new development from the "How can we fill the schedule with more hours of prerecorded programming?" Department...
Tonight, for Fox Weather Live, they did they 6pm and 7pm ET hours live from Studio A as usual, but then at 8pm, they moved to Studio W not for a fully-live show, but rather, for a live-to-tape show that would then re-air at 9pm ET. Tonight's live-to-tape show brought former host Nick Kosir back into a more involved role, as he was featured in studio for discussion segments (a la Weather Command) at both :20 and :50 past the hour.
My take:
1) Not happy about even more erosion of fully-live shows.
2) If Nick being there for discussion segments is the new normal, I'm fine with that. He thrives at discussion segments, same way he thrives at reporting on fun segments in the field, and it would be cool to have him back on his old show with Marissa in this new capacity (with Steve in the middle).
3) If this live-to-tape thing is permanent for the 8pm and 9pm ET hours, then it's time to ditch the Fox Weather Live moniker for those hours, and they should revive the Fox Weather @ Night branding for this show instead.
Side note: The fully-live editions of Fox Weather Live at 6pm and 7pm ET now use the daytime graphics that are used on the weekend morning version of the show, while the live-to-tape editions of Fox Weather Live at 8pm and 9pm ET retain the nighttime graphics. I assume that will change back to the all-nighttime motif as we head into the fall/winter.
What I also find funny is that with all his extra free time, I see Nick on Tik Tok more than I see him on Fox Weather....
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I can't wait for the rest of the Qunicy stations to get this package... 1,000,000% better
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6 hours ago, Geoffrey said:
I wish they'd learn how to turn the caps lock key off.
When the font is that small, lower case letters tend to be harder to read...
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KTXL Chief Meteorologist Kristina Werner is no longer at the station. By the sound of her tweet, it wasn't her choice. She was given no on-air goodbye (She was there 23+ years). Adam Epstein is now the new chief.
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On 6/29/2023 at 8:47 PM, ATLNewsExpert said:
Let's hope they get new graphics along with the new set!
I'm sure it's almost inevitable... Those graphics needed to die 5 years ago
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Love the desk.. the rest is meh...
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Okay we're getting off topic -- we can continue this in the Weather Lab section
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15 hours ago, nycnewsjunkie said:
While that’s true, I don’t see any other way that they could’ve addressed the problems in that newsroom, given that some at the station already tried addressing their concerns to corporate (at least, according to Matthew Keys).
I understand that Nexstar has the legal right to fire them for publicizing that memo, and I suppose it’s not in the company’s interest to employ people who can’t be trusted with internal info. However, I think Nexstar also has a practical obligation to address the concerns that led to such a leak happening in the first place.
I'm trying to remember from which source(s) I'm referring to, but this started with Tang, then to GM Julie Brinks, then to 2 different levels of HR at Nexstar... So as far as I'm concenred, they had every right to publicize this... Granted, I'm sure they had clauses in their contracts or company policies barring them from doing this.. but man oh man did this hurt WOOD-TV bad...
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3 hours ago, Megatron81 said:
I was surprised that the leakers were outed I thought they wouldn't be outed for sending the memo to media websites.
The 2 producers definitely should not have been let go.. Tang and Fox definitely needed to go
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Update for the WOOD-TV fiasco: ND Stanton Tang, AND Amy Fox, and Producers Luke Stier and Madeline Odle were all let go from the leaked memo.
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Former Days of our Lives actor Kyle Lowder has signed on with Reno's KTVN as their new morning co-anchor. He begins July 1.
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5 hours ago, nycnewsjunkie said:
An update from WOOD-TV: Employees of the station have been complaining to Nexstar higher ups about bullying, harassment, and racism from the station’s news director, Stanton Tang, for months. The anonymous employees also state that many have been overworked, and the constant burnout has led to people taking multiple personal days or leaving the station entirely. WOOD-TV staff informed Nexstar corporate about Tang’s behavior, but their complaints were ignored.
https://thedesk.net/2023/06/wood-tv-stanton-tang-harassment-allegations-nexstar/
Furthermore, regarding the pride memo, Tang apparently instructed assistant ND Amy Fox to write the memo on his behalf. It is also allegedly not the first time Tang has used his personal politics to sway WOOD-TV’s news coverage.
https://thedesk.net/2023/06/stanton-tang-anti-gay-pride-memo-wood-tv/
This is so frustrating... WOOD-TV has had such a legacy in this market... Makes me wonder if he wanted to screw them over... I am a personal friend of 2 of the meteorologists there and they've been so frustrated by him since day 1...
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Heather Kovar is back! She is at KBTX in Bryan-College Station, TX. Here's the link to the video that was posted on YT
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According to an article I just read from a site I cannot link, WTVD is supposedly next in line
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I like this a lot... WABC needs this ASAP
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On 6/5/2023 at 7:24 AM, Megatron81 said:
Stadium also airs Minor League Baseball Wed, Sat, & Sun I'm guessing that WXSP will have to find something new on .2 channel 178 on Spectrum in Kazoo whenever the White Sox & Bulls owner takes over soon. WXMI Fox17 Kids Club Miranda was the face of Fox17 before their was a 10PM News in Jan 1999 and the show was Fast Forward I watched that from time to time Sat at 12PM. I met Miranda at Kalamazoo County Fair in summer of 91 she was handing out Garfield bookmarks going into the fair.
Miranda now works for Wood TV since 2005 or 2006 has a segment on 8 West Miranda Where You Live which was 30 minute show for many years on the weekends did daily for 2 or 3 years but Nexstar just cut to the final 10 minutes of 8 West in 2020 or 2021.
Maranda actually joined WOOD-TV in 2001!
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I grew up in Dorr -- half way between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. Before cable/satelitte came our way, I could always get WOOD-TV by antenna no problem. WZZM I got 90% of the time. WWMT I had a very hard time to get...
Kalamzoo/Battle Creek is one of those "sub-markets" were they can be serviced by a number of larger markets surrounding them... That's why I'm shocked to see WWMT at #2... Although I do see that WZZM and WWMT are struggling to find decent talent for mornings and evenings... The only name I recognize at WZZM now is Juliet Dragos and George Lessens... WWMT I only recognize Chief Met Keith Thompson... But I am curious to see if Byron can pull WZZM out of their rut.. I know in the early 2000s, they seemed to be giving WOOD-TV a run for their money...
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The logo has a "Gray-ish" look to it....
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On 6/7/2023 at 1:47 AM, Breaking News said:
Was WWMT beating WZZM under the current ownership?
IF they were, they won't be for much longer... WWMT is now down to 8 people I think? Christina Anthony left in November and they most likely won't replace her... Chief Keith Thompson is all over the place filling in... They have 2-3 reporters and focus way too much on Kalamazoo/Battle Creek for any GR viewers to care...
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WLUC in Marquette upgraded to these just a couple years ago... It's bad enough they can't decide on a temperature for the 7-Day... But heck anything that Gray offers now would be a vast improvement.. Especially since WJMN and WZMQ have better graphics...
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1 hour ago, Breaking News said:
Say what you will about Byron Allen. He's very much interested in buying
GannettTEGNA.https://www.npr.org/2023/06/04/1180059821/byron-allen-on-the-future-of-black-owned-media
https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2023/6/5/bryon-allen-wants-tegna
I just don't see good things happening... I wonder if WZZM cna stay in 2nd place with him...
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I just realized why the new 3 for KYW looked familiar... It's used by Sinclair's KTVO
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On 4/28/2023 at 2:59 PM, tyrannical bastard said:
Allen Media has a long way to go to decent respectability. Owning the Weather Channel is a good start, but the bottom line is Allen Media (and Entertainment Studios) are the slumlords of daytime TV with all of their cheap "court" shows.
When I think Byron Allen, I think of his Entertainment Studios show from years ago that would be on before the morning news. And those shows were meh at best.. So to consider him a top rate broadcaster would take some time...
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OMG ABC O&O has got to be the slowest ever in rolling out stuff... This has been going on for way too long. We've been talking about this for 2 frickin' years and barely 1/2 the stations have flipped to the new weather graphics...
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Local morning news--not as early anymore?
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I agree -- there aren't that many newsworthy things happening... Each half-hour is the same boring thing unless there is "breaking news or weather"