FJ2000 2 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Over the past few months, I noticed KYW-TV phasing out "Eyewitness News" in favor of "CBS News Philadelphia". It was very gradual, but now it seems like the Eyewitness News name is completely gone after nearly 60 years. The news opens I saw last week said "This is CBS News Philadelphia". As recently as last month, the news desk still said "Eyewitness News". 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg41386 108 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 (edited) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqOT78SOWnb/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Meteorologist Grant Gilmore and his wife Liz Crawford (both from WTSP St. Petersburg/Tampa) have accepted positions at KYW. Edited March 25 by cg41386 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 724 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 KYW broke into basketball coverage with the weather alerts. (Screenshot from the web. Guessing the normal CBS 3 bug is being used on TV.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg41386 108 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 They were really struggling with the audio on the split screen. They had both the audio from the game and the weather coverage going at the same time for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyWatch 238 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 It's a wrap on the Eyewitness News era today as the full "CBS News Philadelphia" brand and (green!) graphics have launched today 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scranton 23 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Whoa. What is this 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyWatch 238 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 11 minutes ago, scranton said: Whoa. What is this 3? It's the new silent 3 of CBS Philadelphia and CBS News Philadelphia. Screenshots and video are in the O&O graphics thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVForward 91 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 6 minutes ago, scranton said: Whoa. What is this 3? Some have suggested elsewhere it is a reworking of the pre-KYW 3 from 1963-65 (thank you logopedia for the image). Maybe? I think - keeping with Eagles green theme - it looks the goal posts fell over - or a 2 prong plug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmasters1 358 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Something I'd like to know-- do you think the new titling of the news on the CBS O&Os reminds you somewhat of when Sunday Morning used to have that panel of places around the world where CBS News has had bureaus (which said "CBS News Rome," "CBS News Nairobi" and "CBS News Johannesburg", among others) above a TV monitor at which Charles Kuralt sat when he was speaking to another CBS News correspondent-- to wit, this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 55 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 (edited) I don't know if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but it looks like the Sat & Sun 10PM CBS/CW news is no longer on. It's been replaced with SEAL Team & Magnum, PI reruns. Edited July 17 by SF1964 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyWatch 238 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 I had read that the weekend editions of the "News NOW" centralized newscasts had been discontinued but was surprised to see that KYW didn't revert to a local half-hour and instead dropped news altogether. The belief is that once the CBS stations drop The CW, they'll be adding more newscasts, so I'm optimistic that come Fall weekend news will be back. I always preferred their half-hour option at 10. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 703 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Anyone know what’s going on at 3?: https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2023/7/20/going-from-bad-to-worse-in-philly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg41386 108 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 The Patreon story doesn't really have much in the way of details, but there is this: "Longtime employees at KYW say morale and abuse at the station are at its worst in decades." 1 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 55 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Sports Director Don Bell is co-anchoring on the early morning news today. Alicia Roberts anchored Sports Sunday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb542 13 Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Looks like CBS3 will launch their 8pm newscast on Ch57 starting September 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 55 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 19 hours ago, jb542 said: Looks like CBS3 will launch their 8pm newscast on Ch57 starting September 5 Will Natasha Brown be anchoring that newscast as well? She only anchors 9AM, occasionally at noon, 4PM and fills in at 5PM a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5125 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 40 minutes ago, SF1964 said: Will Natasha Brown be anchoring that newscast as well? She only anchors 9AM, occasionally at noon, 4PM and fills in at 5PM a lot. No? Not without giving up the 9am. News anchors work normal, 8-ish hour shifts, like most people, but that doesn't mean 8 hours on-air. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 55 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 (edited) I like Natasha. I just find it odd that her "on-air" day seems like it's stretched out. The station has sports anchors filling in for news anchors and regular news reporters doing sports. Having some anchors sitting in chairs at the desk, others standing awkwardly. The other stations in the city have many anchors/reporters that can do both well and can fill in on any newscast and don't have to use the same 5-6 anchors every day. Edited August 24 by SF1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 703 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 3 hours ago, SF1964 said: Will Natasha Brown be anchoring that newscast as well? She only anchors 9AM, occasionally at noon, 4PM and fills in at 5PM a lot. 2 hours ago, 24994J said: No? Not without giving up the 9am. News anchors work normal, 8-ish hour shifts, like most people, but that doesn't mean 8 hours on-air. 43 minutes ago, SF1964 said: I like Natasha. I just find it odd that her "on-air" day seems like it's stretched out. The station has sports anchors filling in for news anchors and regular news reporters doing sports. Having some anchors sitting in chairs at the desk, others standing awkwardly. The other stations in the city have many anchors/reporters that can do both well and can fill in on any newscast and don't have to use the same 5-6 anchors every day. Surprised they didn’t give the morning team the 9am, and the 4pm team the 12noon. That would’ve made more sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5125 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 3 minutes ago, TVNewsLover said: Surprised they didn’t give the morning team the 9am, and the 4pm team the 12noon. That would’ve made more sense. WBBM did that (early AM & 9, and 11 & 4), but they still added a solo anchor for their 7-9am stream. I don't know if KYW goes into the 7 o'clock hour, but adding in some solo anchor somewhere in the day might help with expansion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 2972 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 (edited) 13 minutes ago, 24994J said: WBBM did that (early AM & 9, and 11 & 4), but they still added a solo anchor for their 7-9am stream. I don't know if KYW goes into the 7 o'clock hour, but adding in some solo anchor somewhere in the day might help with expansion. KYW has a streaming/WPSG 7am with regular morning anchors Jim Donovan and Janelle Burrell. Edited August 24 by Georgie56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleWXYZ 159 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 On 7/23/2023 at 6:55 PM, cg41386 said: The Patreon story doesn't really have much in the way of details, but there is this: "Longtime employees at KYW say morale and abuse at the station are at its worst in decades." The last remnant of the Dunn era?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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