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I chalk it up to how traffic in DC is hell (and the Metro frequently has problems). Probably the same reason why WSB still runs World News Tonight at 7.

If I'm not mistaken, the plan for 660 10 years ago was to join the then-new CBS Sports Radio after WFAN went to FM. But there was enough listener outcry to stop that, as their AM signal is listenable in places where 101.9 isn't.

This whole thing just seemed inevitable as it's been nearly 5 years since 92.3 went back to alternative rock and has had no ratings traction whatsoever. I do recall WINS on 92.3 for a day right after Sandy almost exactly a decade ago (and WFAN on 101.9 started that same week). As for KFWB, CBS only sold it because they were above the cap in terms of combined AM/FM/TV holdings.

So the new sports format at KGO is a mix of Audacy's BetQL Network and CBS Sports Radio. That makes it 3 sports stations Cumulus owns in the Bay Area (if you count KNBR AM and FM as one station): https://radioinsight.com/headlines/243796/sports-betting-is-spread-across-kgo/

I think it ended because in 1982 TBS was going to show the Braves coverage nationwide and the courts put a stop to that. Had it continued in 1984 there would've been the same dilemma with WGN and the Cubs.

From what I've heard over the years, sports radio is good at generating revenue. Like WFAN was never near the top of the ratings, but there was a period where it produced more revenue than any other station in the country. Nowadays, all the gambling stuff is grabbing on to the latest trend, with the Supreme Court letting the states allow sports gambling on a case by case basis. And KGO was doomed between the introduction of PPMs exposing their actual listenership and all of it's post-Disney ownership.

Didn't hear about this until today, but after 61 years on WRC-TV, It's Academic is moving to WETA-TV:

WJLA's 75th anniversary special: Also from earlier this year, WRC-TV's 75th anniversary special:

Without warning, Disney-owned channels were pulled from Dish/Sling in the middle of the night:

This article from 2019, written on the eve of the Disney merger, says it is worth something to Fox: https://deadline.com/2019/02/mynetworktv-10-years-after-strategic-pivot-is-a-quiet-but-steady-engine-for-fox-1202566142/ But in any case, this is all the end result of something hastily put together after Fox's UPN stations were shut out of the creation of the CW.

Official:

Also Saturday Today moved to NBC's new DC bureau a couple of years ago.

KNBC Newscenter 4 from September 18, 1980, with Pat Sajak doing weather (starts at 20:59):

WCBS-TV Channel 2 News at 11 from January 22, 1986 (starts at 9:00):

And he released a statement on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CisvOvMO_ME/?hl=en

Another example I see is that on WXIX in Cincy (a Fox station) they only have 3 hours of syndicated programming between 4:30 AM and 7PM, followed by Wheel and Jeopardy. And KVVU (Fox in Vegas) now has only 2 hours of syndicated shows from 4AM to 7:30 PM. So yeah, I do see the endgame for the larger Grey markets is to go all-local programming during non-network time.

Nope. And to think KCBS and KABC also has had weekday morning anchor turnover in the past year, and they were resolved a lot quicker.

WSB started a temporary 3pm newscast this week, lasting until the midterms are over. As a result, Tamron Hall is bumped until 1:36am. And they outright admitted it's for political ad revenue: https://www.ajc.com/life/radiotvtalk-blog/wsb-tv-newscast-temporarily-pre-empts-tamron-hall-talk-show-at-3-pm-until-midterm-elections/K2M3KLB4FVHATB5U33ZICKY53M/

According to this, her and meteorologist Shanna Mendiola are working 3pm Wednesday-Friday: https://www.instagram.com/p/CigMq0OvG9R/

I noticed that starting next week WDCA's 9PM newscast is moving to 8:30. So between Fox and DC News Now there's news on anytime between 4PM and Midnight.

On October 10th, WTIC will add an hour-long 6pm newscast: https://www.fox61.com/article/about-us/fox61-news-at-6pm-connecticut-launch/520-68233db5-6688-44b5-a568-35c2e176af5b

DC: WRC: The post-Days/post-Ellen early afternoon lineup is 12pm: NBC News Now, 1pm: Access Daily, 2pm: Kelly, 3pm: Dateline. So unlike the other O&O's they didn't move Kelly to 3pm. And Days aired at 1pm. WTTG: A late-morning spinoff of local 7pm show Like It or Not airs at 11am. Then it's Sherri at 12pm and Jennifer Hudson at 1pm. Just like in Orlando, I still see Nick Cannon scheduled, staying at 2pm. Tamron Hall, which aired at 1pm, is now on at 2pm on WDCA. WJLA: The first half hour of Drew Barrymore stays at 3pm while the second half-hour is at 1:36 am. Daytime Jeopardy will air at 3:30. WUSA: No changes.