ChiCubsFan 33 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 For one, it's summer so they likely want to take off right after GDC is over to do other things. I can't blame them. Second, Corey is often on assignment taping his 'Chicago Kitchens' thingy or whatever it's called. Plus, unless something major is happening, they (and other stations too) really don't need two people. As unconventional as it may seem, having solo anchors is common place with them (whether it's @ Noon or on the weekends). Heck...my DirecTV only list Corey @ Noon and they still list Darlene as a reporter on the web site. They don't care much about being consistent about things. Knowing how bad The ratings are, it's the smart thing to do and not waste time using two anchors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 The news at 9 tonight is beyond painful to watch. Beyond horrible! POOR. LARRY. YELLEN. He's trying so hard but the glitches are just unbearable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 839 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 The news at 9 tonight is beyond painful to watch. Beyond horrible! POOR. LARRY. YELLEN. He's trying so hard but the glitches are just unbearable. What's glitching this time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Dear Lord, every video, live coverage, graphics, you name it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Put it this way YELLEN said something along the line of: those fireworks live are about the most organized part of the show we've seen all night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Also Elizabeth Matthews works pretty much 7 days a week even though she's freelance. Typical WFLD way - Get a rid of two reporters (Helms and Lewis), hire one freelancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 839 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Good lord... At least the fireworks went off without a hitch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 It took 3 minutes to load and they kept changing the background music every two sec and the screen was a green tint during them. So it looked like alien invaded fireworks but that's a pretty successful day for WFLD! Js Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 839 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 It took 3 minutes to load and they kept changing the background music every two sec and the screen was a green tint during them. So it looked like alien invaded fireworks but that's a pretty successful day for WFLD! Js What was with the green tint? It was just a normal live shot right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Yep. No clue. That place is such a clusterf**k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 818 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I happened to catch a bit of the Noon newscast and in the middle of a story Darlene was talking about, the video/audio feed switched to one of the cameras in the studio. For nearly 3 minutes, we got to see Tammie working at the weather center practically in the dark because of the lighting upgrade (or whatever they're doing) in the studio. Then out of the blue, some guy (an electrician maybe) steps into frame, looks up at the ceiling and walks away before they cut to commercial. Of course they don't mentioned this incident after the break as this stuff is the new normal apparently. I can't understand why they keep having so many technical issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 839 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I happened to catch a bit of the Noon newscast and in the middle of a story Darlene was talking about, the video/audio feed switched to one of the cameras in the studio. For nearly 3 minutes, we got to see Tammie working at the weather center practically in the dark because of the lighting upgrade (or whatever they're doing) in the studio. Then out of the blue, some guy (an electrician maybe) steps into frame, looks up at the ceiling and walks away before they cut to commercial. Of course they don't mentioned this incident after the break as this stuff is the new normal apparently. I can't understand why they keep having so many technical issues. I love WFLD and hope they never change :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs2worksforyou 35 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Saw maybe a 5-10 second commercial that showed the WFLD logo being hoisted by a construction crane the other night. There was no voiceover or anything. Not sure if that meant anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 839 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 The TV equivalent of a pardon our dust sign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 291 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Maybe it was supposed to be an ident, like how WKYC had their 3 logo being "built" during their "Building Our Station around You" era in the mid 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 That promo has been airing for the past six months. They have another animated one like that, that hangs outside a theater. It lights up like a motel looking sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Was thinking about this, do you think WFLD will end up becoming the modern CLTV but NOT 24 hours. I mean they dont have much more staff then CLTV sad to say. Also, does anybody know what the ratings are at CLTV compared to WFLD? I'm just curious thats all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5262 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Was thinking about this, do you think WFLD will end up becoming the modern CLTV but NOT 24 hours. In terms of irrelevancy? Not quite, but I don't see how they ever make any movement from 5th place. WBBM is weak, but they have to completely implode for WFLD to have a chance at 4th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I agree. I think the downward spiral has gone on for so long where its to the point where their not going to be able to turn it around.. At least not for a long time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex979 118 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Was thinking about this, do you think WFLD will end up becoming the modern CLTV but NOT 24 hours. I mean they dont have much more staff then CLTV sad to say. Also, does anybody know what the ratings are at CLTV compared to WFLD? I'm just curious thats all... Actually I do think there are similarities between CLTV and WFLD. I doubt that CLTV's ratings are anywhere close to WFLD, because no one who has satellite or U-verse has access to it. But still, both are basically irrelevant hangers on to relatively successful enterprises. CLTV just sits in a corner of the WGN newsroom while management, for whatever reason, continues to not give a crap about it. 'FLD rots while FOX, for whatever reason, does nothing to fix it. Both have a lot potential, but no one's interested, because apparently it's not worth the risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 291 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Actually I do think there are similarities between CLTV and WFLD. I doubt that CLTV's ratings are anywhere close to WFLD, because no one who has satellite or U-verse has access to it. But still, both are basically irrelevant hangers on to relatively successful enterprises. CLTV just sits in a corner of the WGN newsroom while management, for whatever reason, continues to not give a crap about it. 'FLD rots while FOX, for whatever reason, does nothing to fix it. Both have a lot potential, but no one's interested, because apparently it's not worth the risk. On a somewhat related note to that, I recently read an article from a back issue of Broadcasting Magazine which said that around 1990 WFLD was going to launch "Chicago Cable News" alongside TCI and John Coleman, who apparently had just fled WMAQ at that point. One wonders what happened there that made it fall through and if this inspired WGN to go ahead with CLTV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5262 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 They're back on the regular set. I haven't seen the whole thing yet, but the lighting is definitely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 818 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 They're back on the regular set. I haven't seen the whole thing yet, but the lighting is definitely different. The lighting is a huge improvement. It looks like they left no stone unturned replacing/upgrading everything everywhere. However, they haven't shown (to my knowledge) the interview/performance space nor the area where the touchscreen tv monitor lives, so it's unclear what's going on on that side of the set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago News Boy 33 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 There are lights everywhere there. Mark showed it on his Facebook page. It's all in tact, they just need to finish replacing those lights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 173 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Natalie Bomke got married to the winner of the Bachelorette Season 5 Ed Swiderski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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