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  1. 21 hours ago, MetroCity said:

     

    At WABC, the afternoon (4PM) anchor’s day starts around 10AM. The evening (5/6/11) anchor’s day starts at 2:00PM. Their time is spent in story meetings, writing some of their own copy, doing newsbriefs, writing or recording for online platforms, prepping for and recording public affairs shows, working on sweeps projects, mentoring interns, and yes, anchoring.

     

    Anybody who doesn’t understand how a newsroom workday actually works should get a job in one and stop watching Mary Tyler Moore Show reruns.

    When did the WABC evening anchors quit taking 2-3 hour dinners?

    Last night?

     

    (pssst...don't tell those new kids over at Scripps, they might only get 1/2-1hr lunch)

     

     

     

     

  2. 23 hours ago, oknewsguy said:

    This is in reference to this article regarding the sale of KFMB's radio stations 

     

    https://radioinsight.com/headlines/182739/local-media-san-diego-acquires-kfmb-am-fm/

     

    Not a surprise to see Tegna sell it's radio stations, it was likely known for quite some time that Tegna was going to sell the Radio stations

    Like we used to say in Lone Grove, Ok...

    "Just take it behind the barn and shoot it...and hurry back inside to watch the end of Dallas on tv."

     

    Not really much in the way of "closure" for us in that deal.

     

    That makes me sad just to see it die like that.

     

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  3. 17 hours ago, hmaxhanson said:

    But those Filipinos don't care. As long as they have access to streaming American TV news for free, they'll be happy, regardless of quality. 🤣

     

    The Philams in my neighborhood are all sharing ID's on the VPN's so they can watch "TV Patrol" for free...

     

    Lumpia and TV Patrol just seem to go together around here.

     

     

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  4. `Tis the time for Holiday and Christmas cheer here at KBEX-TV

     

    This year we took a survey of TVNT members and asked "what should KBEX broadcast on Christmas day?"

     

    Well this year it won't just be another Yule Log (tm)...or a piece of flaming poop.

     

    This year KBEX-TV Presents...

     

    Yule Boris- 2019

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    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at KBEX-TV Surfridge/Socal

     

     

    And from the KBEX-Interns...

     

     

     

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  5. 54 minutes ago, wabceyewitness said:


     

    huh?  That move is about 4 years away. 

     

    Plans, Permits etc...

     

    It's NYC for God sake.

    Yup I would actually say 5-6 years given the process and delays that will be involved.

     

    Make NO mistake, the planning has already begun.

     

    Of course ABC could take a quicker route...

     

     

     

     

     

     

  6. 25 minutes ago, MorningNews said:

    I was just coming here to comment on that. Wasn’t sure if they have made the move recently and I missed it but interesting to see them there years after moving away.

    I would expect all kinds of strange "musical chairs" at all the ABC production/ news studios in the NYC area.

    The reason is the upcoming move at Columbus square and all the tech craziness that will be part of it.

     

    ABC and WABC will need to improvise over the course of the move.

     

    IE: EWN being able to work out of Times Square if needed for an hour, week or month. There will need to be some redundancy practiced "just in case"...

     

    You plan for the worst, and hope for the best.

     

     

     

     

     

  7. 36 minutes ago, Weeters said:

     

    90% of their content comes from CNN Newsource (which is a bizarre arrangement itself.) If CNN gets worried, they can essentially kill the network by yanking their access to Newsource. Newsnet wouldn't have anything left to broadcast.

     

    I agree that's a whole lot of eggs in one basket, but the folks funding this operation must be aware of that possibility. Do you think CNN even considers them a remote threat? Heck No!

     

     

    I don't have a clue who is really behind the whole deal, but the funding seems to be there for now. There must be some timetable for the growth, and a aggressive business plan. This could easily migrate via OTA into a solid diginet once it get a bit more polished.

     

     Viewers sure don't seem to care about visual and audio quality much anymore as you of all people know (winky guy emoji).

     

    But does anyone (here) remember that first year of CNN?

     

    The first year of CNN they would take anything...and air everything, no matter how bad it was, or where it was produced.  A bunch of real crappy TV from all over the USA flowed into Atlanta. Taped packages arrived by  Greyhound bus ,mail, Federal Express or Airborne Express.    A bunch of small time reporters also got some huge breaks when CNN aired those packages from those small markets.

     

    CNN also aired some real gems during that time, including portions of one reporters resume tape by mistake one late evening.

     

    Train up these kids and their network, and In a few years maybe Sinclair or Byron will buy them.

     

    I'm paying very close attention to them.

     

     

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  8. The entire channel is "training". The goal right now should be perfecting the format, and newsgathering processes.

    It's also about the growth.

     

    Notice the new digs?

    Who is paying for that?

     

    My guess is that once this gets to a certain size with OTA footholds, then prospective buyers and investors might  follow.

     

    They don't need to be great yet...they just need to get a little better and better each day.

    They might not have a lot of viewers yet...but the viewers they DO have, are paying attention very closely.

     

    If I was CNN, I would be watching my rear view mirror.

     

     

     

     

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  9. 11 hours ago, GoldenShine9 said:

     

    What happens when there are no sister stations in the market though? For example, if something happened in Chattanooga...it's the one Tennessee market that Nexstar is not in.

     

    Well since it's the south"... they probably just find a willing cousin.

     

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  10. 19 hours ago, TheRyan said:

    Slightly off-topic, but I'm curious how they deal with moving master controls.  Do they need to take the station off the air while the switch is made?  Or can it be done internally without interrupting the signal or programming?

     

    You shouldn't have to take the station off the air (or get knocked off the air) with a little proper planning.

     

    Don't Try This At Home or Without proper Adult Supervision.

     

    Pretty simple actually...

    Your video,audio and data links all (presumably) have active back-up paths and circuits, that are used for maintenance or emergencies..

    They are extra channels or spare "pipelines".

     

    On the big day, all you do is switch to the back-up circuits while you shut down the "main feeds" and establish and test the new signals.

     

    Once you are happy with the new signals...you just switch back from the back-up line to the main lines.

     

    ...and since you did a secret "test of the test" a few hours or days before...you are certain all will be fine once it's all "official".

     

    Practice Safe Engineering for a Green Planet.

     

     

     

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  11. 12 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

     

    Yes! The WPIX Yule Log.

     

    It will be interesting this year as to how its handled as its the first with Nexstar on most Tribune stations but with WPIX taking over from Scripps.

     

    Yup...

    They ALL fall for that trick in the first year...

     

    "Yule Log, My Butt!"

     

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  12. 10 hours ago, TheRyan said:

    Wouldn't they want to make a big switch like that at the start of sweeps?

    No,

    You want to work out all the little bugs that will occur live on the air anyway.

    Best to have it perfected before sweeps begin....because there WILL be problems.

     

     

     

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  13. 5 hours ago, TheRob said:

     

    Tribune had a build it/break it attitude. Nexstar strikes me so far as much more like a corporation, conservative but strategic, placing value in documentation and accounting for every penny. I also suspect Nexstar and Los Angeles will clash more often in the future.

     

    I will up that $100, and say that Nexstar and Hollywood are about to hit 'head -on" in the middle of Sunset Boulevard...

     

    "Oh The Humanity!"

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  14. 6 hours ago, rkolsen said:

    There just goes any credibility the network had with one of their anchors(?) hanging out with that guy. 

     

    Who would be acceptable to be seen "hanging out" with?

     

    Milo probably takes 500 selfies a day, with all types of people.

     

    Would you approve if it was Rachael Maddow?

     

    Most tv types who spend all day in the field are gonna have photos and selfies from all kinds of newsworthy folks.

     

    I'm gonna side with Ellen on this one.

     

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/10/08/ellen-degeneres-george-bush-times-shes-addressed-critics/3906283002/

     

    ...and just "who" determines credibility of a news organization?

     

    Some group of pointy bearded types?

    Or does the viewer decide?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  15. On 9/5/2019 at 10:52 AM, Chopper4 said:

    I wonder if the move to Washington DC will stop the bleeding?

     

    Nope!

    This show is bleeding out fast...

    Remember that uncle Walter used to play to 29 million viewers each evening. That was in 1976, and the population of the USA was only 200 million people.

     

    Nora barely gets 5 million viewers per show.

     

    https://nypost.com/2019/10/20/cbs-anchor-norah-odonnells-ratings-in-freefall/

     

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  16. On 10/17/2019 at 11:33 PM, tvtime07 said:

     

    I'm curious to know where here career will take her and if she plans leave the industry. After the blackface incident, she is now damaged goods,...

     

    She is no longer considered  damaged goods with that blackface thing...that was like 2 years ago.

    The Governor of Virginia has at least 2 pics in blackface...and the PM of Canada was also exposed with pics..

    Both men are still in office.

    Kelly had NO pics.

    It was a bunch of 'cancel culture' fake outrage, that most sane people now see right through.

     

    I think Kelly is gonna bounce back...Big time. There are a whole bunch of suburban tv news watching mommy's just looking for a new moderate/conservative idol to follow.

     

    Her return is being carefully plotted right now, and will be sprung in time for the elex fun.

     

    What could be a better way to score points with conservatives then to say...

     

    "NBC Screwed Me Too".

     

     

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  17. On 10/18/2019 at 12:26 PM, TheRob said:

     

    Our big art museum has giant birdies on the front lawn.

     

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    Here at the KBEX-TV Museum of News History ..we have an active display of vintage "Lawn Darts".

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    Wayyyyyyy more fun!

     

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    But one day the adults ruined it...

     

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    I miss lawn darts.

     

     

     

     

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  18.  

    An undercover video released by Project Veritas on Monday shows a CNN staffer saying network president Jeff Zucker has a “personal vendetta” against President Donald Trump.

    PART 1: CNN Insider Blows Whistle, Secretly Records Staff, Execs and Network President Jeff Zucker’s "Anti-Trump Crusade" and "Personal Vendetta" Against POTUS.

    #ExposeCNN

    Full video uploading now…sign up now to get each new tape first: https://t.co/kDe3HDdX2r pic.twitter.com/KKfaK6hvgW

     

    — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) October 14, 2019

     

     

     

     

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