IceManNYR 221 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnews 344 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 7 hours ago, IceManNYR said: Why are the anchors off center? Also, why use those hideous desktop teleprompter operators? If you don't want to bring in your human teleprompter operator yet, at least buy the ones that go under the desk or super small handheld ones (which they do make). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5262 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, jbnews said: Why are the anchors off center? Seating them this way allows them to distance while maintaining a video wall behind each anchor. Pretty simple. 1 hour ago, jbnews said: Also, why use those hideous desktop teleprompter operators? If you don't want to bring in your human teleprompter operator yet, at least buy the ones that go under the desk or super small handheld ones (which they do make). Under the desk, like a foot pedal? The desktop one is probably easier to operate, and frankly, the handheld ones you suggest are more hideous, if you will. When anchors hold those, it's so obvious, and it looks like they're doing the weather or playing a video game. The model WCBS is using looked like a mousepad to me, at first glance. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnews 344 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) 48 minutes ago, 24994J said: Seating them this way allows them to distance while maintaining a video wall behind each anchor. Pretty simple. Under the desk, like a foot pedal? The desktop one is probably easier to operate, and frankly, the handheld ones you suggest are more hideous, if you will. When anchors hold those, it's so obvious, and it looks like they're doing the weather or playing a video game. The model WCBS is using looked like a mousepad to me, at first glance. The handheld ones are more hideous, if they are big. KOIN uses super small ones that are hardly noticeable. That's what I was referring to. You can see them at around 2:56 below... Edited June 23, 2020 by jbnews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 431 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) On 6/23/2020 at 12:14 PM, jbnews said: Why are the anchors off center? On 6/23/2020 at 1:56 PM, 24994J said: Seating them this way allows them to distance while maintaining a video wall behind each anchor. Pretty simple. Actually there's no chair in the weather position because there's no base for the chair. There's only room for 3 chairs on a normal day, whoever does weather stands on the black box. Edited June 24, 2020 by RGSJenkins Link on original picture wasn't loading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5262 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 1 hour ago, RGSJenkins said: Actually there's no chair in the weather position because there's no base for the chair. There's only room for 3 chairs on a normal day, whoever does weather stands. https://www.newscaststudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/wcbs-new-set.jpg I thought that was the case, but couldn't recall for sure. My O&O's set has 4 chairs all around, so that's my most familiar version. That said, my thought about the video walls stands. The weather stand-up area isn't as versatile as the monitor array. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc485 79 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 CBS 2 News at Noon is back today, with Dana Tyler anchoring from the CBSN New York studio and Elise Finch with weather from her home. I missed the beginning so I’m not sure if Dana said she was in for Chris and Mary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs2idiots 21 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/24/2020 at 12:11 PM, bc485 said: CBS 2 News at Noon is back today, with Dana Tyler anchoring from the CBSN New York studio and Elise Finch with weather from her home. I missed the beginning so I’m not sure if Dana said she was in for Chris and Mary. Dana anchored again at noon yesterday. She didn't say she was in for Chris and Mary. I know at the end of the 6pm newscast, she said see you tomorrow at noon and at 6pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 221 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 The Saturday morning newscast is Cindy anchoring solo from the CBSN New York studio. The bottom graphic is frozen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spintech33 126 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 I've been off the grid for a while but just noticing that every CBS O&O except NYC has laid off part of their staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Morning anchor Mary Calvi has been appointed as new weekend anchor of Inside Edition. She will still anchor the morning & noon broadcasts on Channel 2. But she will also fill-in for Deborah Norville on the weekday IE broadcasts. Channel 2 airs IE Weekend Sunday mornings at 4:30am. Maybe they should move it up to 5:30am, leading to the local show at 6am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 173 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshow 163 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Wow. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1138 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 6 hours ago, CircleSeven said: Morning anchor Mary Calvi has been appointed as new weekend anchor of Inside Edition. That's a big come-up for Calvi, and a big get for IE. Congrats to both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 1472 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) On 6/23/2020 at 8:25 PM, RGSJenkins said: Actually there's no chair in the weather position because there's no base for the chair. There's only room for 3 chairs on a normal day, whoever does weather stands on the black box. Best looking set in the market! I like the idea of separate anchors from the morning crew doing the noon news. I've brought this this up before, but it seems like a lot for the anchors to have to be at work from pre 4/4:30am to post 12:30/1pm (if it exceeds 8-9 hours basically) Edited July 9, 2020 by iron_lion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 173 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc485 79 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, brianpr3 said: An amazing accomplishment no matter what the field, but especially in television news, and especially at WCBS, which has historically had a lot of talent turnover. I hope they have a tribute to Dana tonight at 5 or 6. With Dana celebrating her 30th anniversary, Cindy Hsu is celebrating her 27th, also this month. Truly remarkable, given WCBS’s history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from Maspeth 33 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I find it highly unusual that CBS2 chooses to have a solo anchor (Cindy) on weekends. I believe that Andrea Grimes is out on maternity leave, but why not a sub? I guess it's easy to blame Covid, but if CBS2 can have dual anchors socially distanced on weekdays, they can do it weekend mornings. I don't compare this to the weekend evening newscasts because they are only 30 minutes long at 6 & 11. I just feel their news department is very low budget, even lower than channels 5 & 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc485 79 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Just now, Bill from Maspeth said: I find it highly unusual that CBS2 chooses to have a solo anchor (Cindy) on weekends. I believe that Andrea Grimes is out on maternity leave, but why not a sub? I guess it's easy to blame Covid, but if CBS2 can have dual anchors socially distanced on weekdays, they can do it weekend mornings. I don't compare this to the weekend evening newscasts because they are only 30 minutes long at 6 & 11. I just feel their news department is very low budget, even lower than channels 5 & 11. I agree. This definitely makes the station seem low budget. I also do not like how they’ve been using the secondary CBSN studio for noon and 6 weekdays with Dana Tyler, and for all weekend newscasts. It is unclear whether Dana is permanently at noon, or if Chris and Mary will return at some point. Andrea Grymes has been back from maternity leave for at least a month, if not more, but seems to only be reporting. It is unclear whether she will return to the anchor desk weekend mornings. Also, Cindy Hsu posted on her Facebook page recently that she will be having knee replacement surgery soon, so it will be interesting to see if Andrea returns to replace Cindy while she’s presumably out on medical leave. I also wonder if they’ll bring in a co-anchor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsjunker95 26 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 WCBS Reporter Nina Kapur passed away from a moped accident https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/07/19/cbs2-reporter-nina-kapur-dies-following-moped-accident/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 1472 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 2:45 PM, bc485 said: An amazing accomplishment no matter what the field, but especially in television news, and especially at WCBS, which has historically had a lot of talent turnover. I hope they have a tribute to Dana tonight at 5 or 6. With Dana celebrating her 30th anniversary, Cindy Hsu is celebrating her 27th, also this month. Truly remarkable, given WCBS’s history. Noticed that too. There are a lot of unknown generic feeling faces at WCBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liugrad2020 80 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 On 7/19/2020 at 11:09 PM, Newsjunker95 said: WCBS Reporter Nina Kapur passed away from a moped accident https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/07/19/cbs2-reporter-nina-kapur-dies-following-moped-accident/ It’s too bad that this didn’t get more coverage. I know Nina wasn’t the star at WCBS although she was a reporter there who was way to young to pass away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealNews18 122 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 News 12 gave a bit more of an extended tribute with staff on Instagram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Even her former station in Virginia (WHAG/WDVM) did a small tribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc485 79 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 11 hours ago, Liugrad2020 said: It’s too bad that this didn’t get more coverage. I know Nina wasn’t the star at WCBS although she was a reporter there who was way to young to pass away. WCBS had extensive coverage on Monday. See a story by Lisa Rozner that aired at 5:00, followed by genuine thoughts by Kristine Johnson and Dick Brennan (in for Maurice) here: https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/07/20/remembering-nina-kapur/ The same package aired at 6:00 that night, with comments from Dana Tyler thereafter. The video of Dana’s comments appears at the bottom of the story linked above. Lisa Rozner also reported another story yesterday, this one with more details about Nina’s passing, and facts about Revel: https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/07/21/revel-scooters-new-york-city-cbs2-nina-kapur-death/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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