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Seriously? All that daytime news coverage from multiple stations and they still have an hour uncovered? ;)

 

For many years, KCAL had a 2pm newscast, plus a 3pm half-hour, with Inside Edition at 3:30; around the end of 2014, they re-arranged their daytime schedule (around the time that Queen Latifah's talk show cancellation was announced), and moved Judge Mathis to 2pm, and cancelled one of the afternoon newscast to make room. Now with Inside Edition (back) on KCBS, KCAL re-established their 4pm newshour.

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For a many years, KCAL had a 2pm newscast, plus a 3pm half-hour, with Inside Edition at 3:30; around the end of 2014, they re-arranged their daytime schedule (around the time that Queen Latifah's talk show cancellation was announced), and moved Judge Mathis to 2pm, and cancelled one of the afternoon newscast to make room. Now with Inside Edition (back) on KCBS, KCAL re-established their 4pm newshour.

 

The question is... will KCAL bring back the 2-5pm daytime news block they used to have years ago?

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Michigan is well covered by local stations.

 

And plus, in the Traverse City/Cadillac DMA, there's already a 24 hour news channel on Spectrum (WMNN)

 

Yep, even though Mid-Michigan, Detroit, Lansing and others don’t have access to a 24-hour news channel, whether local or statewide. I think Detroit should have one, considering that they have an all-news radio station in the area in 950 WWJ.

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I think Detroit should have one, considering that they have an all-news radio station in the area in 950 WWJ.

 

Detroit just needs a new news operation, period. It's strange to think in 2018, a market that large is controlled by three TV stations and the News/Free Press with little competition otherwise (and it's all tabloid, far away from the Bill Bonds era). I'm surprised they never launched any kind of local volley in St. Louis, either, where you have the same situation among three stations and the Post-Dispatch (outside of more competitive Cardinals coverage), but a 'hasn't really changed since the 90s' mindset (probably best they didn't try to match the billion dollar contract Fox has though for Cardinals baseball).

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The question is... will KCAL bring back the 2-5pm daytime news block they used to have years ago?

 

Doubt it. KTLA and KABC have news at 3pm. KCAL was gone back and forth many times at the 4pm hour. It goes a few years for an hour, then they scale back to only 30mins. KABC truly OWNs the 4pm hour. I'm not sure how much of a player KNBC is. No need for KCAL to get in the mix just to get a few scraps.

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There was News 24 Houston and News 9 San Antonio. San Antonio got theirs back but Houston is still waiting for a return.

Don't expect to see a Spectrum News channel in Houston - back a bit, during one of the cable consolidation activities Time Warner (most Texas Metro areas except D/FW) swapped systems with Comcast. Houston went Time Warner/RoadRunner to Comcast, Dallas went from Comcast to Time Warner.

 

Would be nice to see a full Spectrum News channel in Dallas, rather than a few Video-on-Demand pieces from Spectrum News Austin/San Antonio/Central Texas (a few random packages and an occasional political show, but no full newscasts...

 

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Spectrum recently posted a bunch of new positions on it's jobs website for "Spectrum News Wisconsin", based out of Milwaukee. After years of rumors, it seems like this is finally becoming a reality. Some listings refer to the station as "Spectrum News Wisconsin" and others "Spectrum News Milwaukee".

 

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/milwaukee/news-director/4673/8343111

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/milwaukee/anchor/4673/8161219

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/milwaukee/chief-meteorologist/4673/8161228

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/milwaukee/reporter-mmj-spectrum-news-wisconsin/4673/8538453

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/milwaukee/assignment-manager-spectrum-news-milwaukee/4673/8538445

 

There are also some jobs posted in Green Bay and Madison for Anchor/Reporter and MMJ.

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/madison/reporter-mmj-spectrum-news-wisconsin/4673/8538451

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/green-bay/anchor-reporter-mmj/4673/8171536

 

The Chief Meteorologist listing makes mention of a station owned Baron radar, which means it would basically be the only station in the market using it's own radar. I believe all the other stations gave up on their own radars years ago. WTMJ dropped theirs when they got WSI, and I don't recall seeing WITI or WISN's on air for a while.

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Spectrum recently posted a bunch of new positions on it's jobs website for "Spectrum News Wisconsin", based out of Milwaukee. After years of rumors, it seems like this is finally becoming a reality. Some listings refer to the station as "Spectrum News Wisconsin" and others "Spectrum News Milwaukee".

 

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/milwaukee/news-director/4673/8343111

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/milwaukee/anchor/4673/8161219

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/milwaukee/chief-meteorologist/4673/8161228

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/milwaukee/reporter-mmj-spectrum-news-wisconsin/4673/8538453

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/milwaukee/assignment-manager-spectrum-news-milwaukee/4673/8538445

 

There are also some jobs posted in Green Bay and Madison for Anchor/Reporter and MMJ.

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/madison/reporter-mmj-spectrum-news-wisconsin/4673/8538451

https://jobs.spectrum.com/job/green-bay/anchor-reporter-mmj/4673/8171536

 

The Chief Meteorologist listing makes mention of a station owned Baron radar, which means it would basically be the only station in the market using it's own radar. I believe all the other stations gave up on their own radars years ago. WTMJ dropped theirs when they got WSI, and I don't recall seeing WITI or WISN's on air for a while.

 

Here in Ohio, we’ve also got some listings too...

 

I wonder if Spectrum is making arrangements with regional “market-leaders” to house this operation? For example, WBNS would be a logical place for this operation in Central Ohio, seeing how much of the infrastructure from the old Ohio News Network is still in place at their studios.

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I do wonder how this will work in Wisconsin.

 

My first thought: Assuming this is a news station with a statewide focus (given a nearly statewide reach for Spectrum), will viewers in, say, Rhinelander or Eau Claire or Wausau sit through stories from Madison and Milwaukee? Or vice versa?

 

Also, Milwaukee is a heavily newsed market, and Madison nearly as much. The two tactics Spectrum could take to try and compete: go big, or go cheap. Going big is expensive with no guaranteed return. Going cheap is what Sinclair did with NewsCentral, and they had their butts kicked up one side and down the other because everyone in Milwaukee could see what a ridiculously cheap operation it was. Again, assuming that this is a statewide news channel, I guess they could attract enough eyes in some underserved areas of the state, and whatever they get in the big markets like Milwaukee or Madison is just a bonus.

 

Are there other markets that Spectrum or Time Warner Cable entered that are similar to Milwaukee? How well did the market embrace them?

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The North Carolina Spectrum News (née TWC News14 Carolina) runs a different feed for each market, but it’s all anchored out of the same studio in Charlotte I believe. They do have local stories relevant to each region, plus localized weather and traffic.

 

Don’t see any reason why they couldn’t do something similar in Wisconsin.

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There is an article in the LA Times about the operation Spectrum is setting up in LA. That one is supposed to go on the air in November.

 

http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-spectrum-tv-local-news-20180818-story.html

 

That means that "NBG" and Dave (Gonzo) Gonzales can't be too far away....

 

6 degrees from NBG....

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There is an article in the LA Times about the operation Spectrum is setting up in LA. That one is supposed to go on the air in November.

 

http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-spectrum-tv-local-news-20180818-story.html

Loser out of the gate. Los Angeles wants to see sensational Hollywood gossip, what freeways to avoid due to another crash or spill, the latest shootings and police chases...and more police chases. If you don't understand that, you won't be watched in L.A..
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Loser out of the gate. Los Angeles wants to see sensational Hollywood gossip, what freeways to avoid due to another crash or spill, the latest shootings and police chases...and more police chases. If you don't understand that, you won't be watched in L.A..

 

I would watch if it was a "Green & Sustainable" news product.

 

Such as...

*Covering stories by using mass transit, dockable rideshare bikes and scooters.

*Worshiping Government and idolizing public officials.

* A bio-diesel / electric hybrid news chopper LGBTQ "friendly" airship painted pink dubbed "Air Flamingo"

* Hire CMJ's...Criminal Media Journalist... Cut out the middleman stringers and have the criminals shoot the breaking crime stories by themselves!

*Cross-Train News Director to manage a Pizza-Hut in case you need Pizza to feed the reporters,MMJ's and CMJ's.

 

*Require a union...

Just to ruin it from the start.

 

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