tw-804 190 Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 (edited) Meanwhile at Buffalo's WKBW, GM Michael Nurse and two members of its station's sales department were released from their duties by a Scripps representative today. https://buffalonews.com/2019/08/06/wkbw-tv-staff-stunned-as-gm-nurse-and-two-key-members-of-sales-team-are-let-go-by-scripps/ Edited August 7, 2019 by tw-804 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Give kudos to Mike Nurse for staying there that long, five years after the Lighthouse took over. I strongly don't believe any changes in management is going to change the status quo. Viewership habits are hard to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1508 Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 14 hours ago, CircleSeven said: Give kudos to Mike Nurse for staying there that long, five years after the Lighthouse took over. I strongly don't believe any changes in management is going to change the status quo. Viewership habits are hard to change. Even though the other two stations aren't exactly doing that well either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1173 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 KLKN has announced a new general manager. Kern Dant will replace Roger Moody who has been with the station since 1997 (KLKN signed on in 1996) and is a member of the Nebraska Broadcasters Hall of Famw. Kern Dant's father was the first GM in '96. https://tvnewscheck.com/article/237671/kern-dant-named-general-manager-of-klkn/ The Standard Media sale, by the way, is expected to be completed early September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1250 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 14 hours ago, MidwestTV said: KLKN has announced a new general manager. Kern Dant will replace Roger Moody who has been with the station since 1997 (KLKN signed on in 1996) and is a member of the Nebraska Broadcasters Hall of Famw. Kern Dant's father was the first GM in '96. https://tvnewscheck.com/article/237671/kern-dant-named-general-manager-of-klkn/ The Standard Media sale, by the way, is expected to be completed early September. It looks as if Deb McDermott wants to return KLKN to its roots (which that makes sense considering that McDermott has a history in Lincoln) I'd be very interested to see what McDermott does with WLNE (which that station out of the 2 stations Standard acquired is in need of some serious work) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 6 minutes ago, oknewsguy said: It looks as if Deb McDermott wants to return KLKN to its roots (which that makes sense considering that McDermott has a history in Lincoln) I'd be very interested to see what McDermott does with WLNE (which that station out of the 2 stations Standard acquired is in need of some serious work) Both could use some serious work, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I figured this would happen, WTVR will launch a 4pm newscast in September to replace Steve Harvey. This newscast will compete against WWBT's longtime 4pm newscast, which recently expanded to an hour earlier this year. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2019/8/9/adding-more-news-in-richmond 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3048 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Demetria Obilor leaving WFAA in October. https://unclebarky.com/dfw_files/be35da029a1613cb3bf87c093c94718c-4443.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1250 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 12 hours ago, AJClementeFan69 said: Both could use some serious work, really. Exactly. KLKN needs serious work too (and hiring a new GM is a start, still got a long way to go though) but I think WLNE out of the 2 that are in the bigger need of work done to the station Going back to KLKN though, I don't think it would matter what Standard does with KLKN because isn't KOLN a 100-lb gorilla in Lincoln? If so then Standard for sure has their work cut out in Lincoln Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 1 hour ago, oknewsguy said: Exactly. KLKN needs serious work too (and hiring a new GM is a start, still got a long way to go though) but I think WLNE out of the 2 that are in the bigger need of work done to the station Going back to KLKN though, I don't think it would matter what Standard does with KLKN because isn't KOLN a 100-lb gorilla in Lincoln? If so then Standard for sure has their work cut out in Lincoln KOLN and Gray Television are the 100-lb gorillas in Lincoln. It's not just KOLN in the market that Gray has, but seems like a gazillion stations in that area they own, including KSNB, KCWH and god what else they got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 869 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Gray's whole strategy is to buy up the massive gorilla stations, so. Though I've heard that Gray doesn't really build market leaders from within anymore, like they apparently used to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS-IL-IA 40 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 3 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said: KOLN and Gray Television are the 100-lb gorillas in Lincoln. It's not just KOLN in the market that Gray has, but seems like a gazillion stations in that area they own, including KSNB, KCWH and god what else they got. Back in the '70s, KOLN's 10p news had the highest market share of any CBS affil in the nation. KLKN has taken a little dent, but it should be interesting with Deb Mcdermott's (former KOLN PD) company. KSNB is owned by Gray but has a completely different newscast, focusing on Kearney-Hastings-Grand Island. If you're referring to KWCH, that's Wichita, a fur piece (as we say in Kansas) away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, KS-IL-IA said: Back in the '70s, KOLN's 10p news had the highest market share of any CBS affil in the nation. KLKN has taken a little dent, but it should be interesting with Deb Mcdermott's (former KOLN PD) company. KSNB is owned by Gray but has a completely different newscast, focusing on Kearney-Hastings-Grand Island. If you're referring to KWCH, that's Wichita, a fur piece (as we say in Kansas) away. No. He meant the new LP they lit up last year. KCWH-LD, The CW affiliate in Lincoln (repeated on KNHL (formerly KHAS) 5.3). Gray has that Cornhusker state locked from Omaha to Scottsbluff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 918 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Sad news from WHNT: https://whnt.com/2019/08/09/remembering-whnt-news-19s-ivy-anderson/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 190 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, TriangleTriadMediaNews said: I figured this would happen, WTVR will launch a 4pm newscast in September to replace Steve Harvey. This newscast will compete against WWBT's longtime 4pm newscast, which recently expanded to an hour earlier this year. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2019/8/9/adding-more-news-in-richmond 4pm news for WTVR? WHAT?!! Wasn't expecting that news! Edited August 10, 2019 by tw-804 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1250 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 9 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said: KOLN and Gray Television are the 100-lb gorillas in Lincoln. It's not just KOLN in the market that Gray has, but seems like a gazillion stations in that area they own, including KSNB, KCWH and god what else they got. I think out of the 2 markets that Standard got from Citadel I think they will have a MUCH easier time in Providence than they will in Lincoln Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 8 hours ago, channel2 said: Gray's whole strategy is to buy up the massive gorilla stations, so. Though I've heard that Gray doesn't really build market leaders from within anymore, like they apparently used to? Yeah, and then completely strip them to the bone. (WDBJ, WCAX, KYTV, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 13 hours ago, AJClementeFan69 said: Yeah, and then completely strip them to the bone. (WDBJ, WCAX, KYTV, etc.) And yet, those three stations you've mentioned as examples are still #1 in their markets and by longshots too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, TheRolyPoly said: And yet, those three stations you've mentioned as examples are still #1 in their markets and by longshots too. Even WSAZ has been #1 for many years. Under Lee Enterprise, Emmis and Gray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1250 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 25 minutes ago, TheRolyPoly said: And yet, those three stations you've mentioned as examples are still #1 in their markets and by longshots too. And that is also despite the fact that Gray shuttered and merged KSPR's news department into KYTV's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 38 minutes ago, TheRolyPoly said: And yet, those three stations you've mentioned as examples are still #1 in their markets and by longshots too. Viewer loyalty isn't easy to break. Most of the bloodbaths happened behind the scenes, and viewers are a lot less likely to notice if the anchors remain the same and most viewers aren't going to really notice lower-quality MMJ content. It's just a shame how Gray operates, that's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 In terms of the race at 4:00 p.m. in DFW, between KXAS, WFAA and KTVT, the winner is... NEITHER. Instead, it goes to KXTX. Winners in July REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE. Another Telemundo station taking another win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1250 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, TheRolyPoly said: In terms of the race at 4:00 p.m. in DFW, between KXAS, WFAA and KTVT, the winner is... NEITHER. Instead, it goes to KXTX. Winners in July REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE. Another Telemundo station taking another win. That's just like peoiple would rather watch the World Cup in Spanish than in English, same thing here in this case I guess people don't like KTVT, WFAA, and KXAS so much they'd rather watch Telemundo for news at 4pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 1 minute ago, oknewsguy said: That's just like peoiple would rather watch the World Cup in Spanish than in English, same thing here in this case I guess people don't like KTVT, WFAA, and KXAS so much they'd rather watch Telemundo for news at 4pm Probably a mix of there being only two Spanish news-producing stations versus four (less ratings dilution) and perhaps more Spanish-speakers watching TV news than anglophones. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveNews 322 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 6 hours ago, oknewsguy said: That's just like peoiple would rather watch the World Cup in Spanish than in English, same thing here in this case I guess people don't like KTVT, WFAA, and KXAS so much they'd rather watch Telemundo for news at 4pm Your analogy of World Cup soccer and TV news makes zero sense. Telemundo 39 is #1 in Dallas because of the growing Hispanic population. It's the same here in LA, KVEA is usually at the top of the heap due to demographics. When you watch soccer in Spanish, you get the gist of the game just by watching the action on the field. That comparison does not happen with TV news. You need context and you need to be able to understand the language to get the true background on what is being reported. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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