tyrannical bastard 3410 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 8 hours ago, FiveNews said: Lets say the reporter does a back to back live shot...from KRON to WIVB. Would Buffalo viewers even notice that the mic flags weren't switched out? WJW and WGHP are nearly identical logos. I'm sure the average viewer couldn't tell the difference. Even the variances both stations use make them virtually identical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 741 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 17 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said: Why is WATN there? What station represents the First News at 9:00 mic flag? I don't remember that one. Not sure why, considering they're a TEGNA station now, but Jeez Louise does KTXL need some new mic flags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3410 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) There's also two identical WJBF mic flags, and two ones for KSNT's Fox affiliate (FOX 43) next to each other with one in white plastic, and the other with black plastic. Unless I'm missing some other FOX 43 somewhere (it's not WVBT and definitely not WPMT).... And since "The Big Game" has begun, doe's anyone else's over-the-air picture look like garbage? I'm watching on WALA and WXXV, and both pictures look very compressed. I'm thinking it's a network thing, having to downconvert from 4K for all of the people streaming on their firesticks.... Edited February 2, 2020 by tyrannical bastard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1046 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: And since "The Big Game" has begun, doe's anyone else's over-the-air picture look like garbage? I'm watching on WALA and WXXV, and both pictures look very compressed. I'm thinking it's a network thing, having to downconvert from 4K for all of the people streaming on their firesticks.... I've noticed it too - a lot of ghosting. FOX OTA is still 720p, so I imagine they're trying to cut corners and only do one feed, native 4K for the apps, then downconvert for the stations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2034 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 32 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: There's also two identical WJBF mic flags, and two ones for KSNT's Fox affiliate (FOX 43) next to each other with one in white plastic, and the other with black plastic. Unless I'm missing some other FOX 43 somewhere (it's not WVBT and definitely not WPMT).... That's KTMJ in Topeka, part of their triopoly in that market where KSNT is the main newsgathering station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 4 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: There's also two identical WJBF mic flags, and two ones for KSNT's Fox affiliate (FOX 43) next to each other with one in white plastic, and the other with black plastic. Unless I'm missing some other FOX 43 somewhere (it's not WVBT and definitely not WPMT).... And since "The Big Game" has begun, doe's anyone else's over-the-air picture look like garbage? I'm watching on WALA and WXXV, and both pictures look very compressed. I'm thinking it's a network thing, having to downconvert from 4K for all of the people streaming on their firesticks.... 4 hours ago, TSSZNews said: I've noticed it too - a lot of ghosting. FOX OTA is still 720p, so I imagine they're trying to cut corners and only do one feed, native 4K for the apps, then downconvert for the stations. I thought the OTA feed looked bad as well. Fox is producing the “4K feed” by upscaling a 1080p production and for the OTA broadcast downscaling from that 1080p production Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3410 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, rkolsen said: I thought the OTA feed looked bad as well. Fox is producing the “4K feed” by upscaling a 1080p production and for the OTA broadcast downscaling from that 1080p production Jeez....at least the other two networks are in 1080i that carry the Super Bowl, so there's less "conversion" involved....the interlacing is not as bad as the outright scaling of the picture down to 720 while keeping the same frame rate. I had two sources to watch the game live on....WALA in Mobile and WXXV in Biloxi/Gulfport. WALA has 3 other subchannels in SD, and WXXV has two others in 720p. I used to complain that WXXV had an AWFUL picture quality trying to broadcast two 720p streams and a 480i (FOX & NBC and CW). They've since made CW HD and the encoding has made all three streams much better. I just hope we're not getting into a world where Broadcast TV loses the Super Bowl. It's so prevalent in our daily lives, it's like our tax dollars are paying for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 742 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Two things of note: * WDRB anchor Lindsey Allen is leaving the station after 10 years to focus on taking care of her children; she is in her ninth month of pregnancy with her second child, and will depart the station on Valentine's Day (February 14). * Longtime KOTV anchor/reporter Lori Fullbright is being inducted into to the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame for its 50th inductee class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bsean 138 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) KSWB sent Heather Lake on a cross country trip to Miami. But also, there were reporters there with their mic flag. That pic probably wasn't all of them. Edited February 3, 2020 by Bsean Forgot quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 WCPO is no longer 'On Your Side' after 20 years but it does have a new logo and look in homage to WCPO being owned by Cincinnati-based Scripps. https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/wcpo-9-unveils-inspiration-for-new-logo-and-creative-campaign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdude 108 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Former KDKA-TV (2) reporter, Christine D’Antonio announced today that she is returning to the air at WPXI (11) effective next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 555 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, T.L. Hughes said: Two things of note: * WDRB anchor Lindsey Allen is leaving the station after 10 years to focus on taking care of her children; she is in her ninth month of pregnancy with her second child, and will depart the station on Valentine's Day (February 14). * Longtime KOTV anchor/reporter Lori Fullbright is being inducted into to the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame for its 50th inductee class. I noticed that WJZY’s Diana Alvear has now returned from maternity leave with her second baby. Also today was Brigida Mack’s official debut on Good Day Charlotte. Edited February 4, 2020 by Nelson R. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Its amazing that nothing can happen to you over your career (i.e. various things like buyouts, layoffs, firings, etc.) and yet, its something health-related that can take you off for good. But its true sadly and here in this case, its the vocal chords that'll take Gayle Guyardo off-the-air for good. February 28th is her last day at WFLA/WTTA after working there for 26 and a half years. https://www.wfla.com/8-on-your-side/news-channel-8s-gayle-guyardo-leaves-morning-news-to-rehab-her-vocal-chords/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jero23 105 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, Nelson R. said: I noticed that WJZY’s Diana Alvear has now returned from maternity leave with her second baby. Also today was Brigida Mack’s official debut on Good Day Charlotte. Yeah, WJZY via Fox is definitely upping their stock in the news product. Good Day Charlotte seems to be more like their sister station WAGA's Good Day Atlanta, where there is aim to have contemporary music played particularly Billboard Hot 100 songs during the newscast bumpers. Brigida is definitely a relatable personality and seems to bring appeal to the growing number of black professionals that are relocating to Charlotte. It's going to be interesting how GDC evolves with Brigida there as well as Nick, Paige, and Jason are very relatable to younger viewers (25-45 year olds) in general. This might be the right mix for the station to accelerate ratings growth for WJZY in the mornings. This is also giving credence to the second thoughts because Charlotte is a significant growth and very competitive media market with growing household incomes. Edited February 4, 2020 by jero23 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottJ 134 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 WTEN morning forecaster Jess Briganti is leaving the Albany station when her contract ends next month. Her last day on-air will be March 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 529 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, east-tx-tv said: Would be nice to know what their plans are for those stations, including KFWD. I can't really imagine much else. They'll just put their programming and try to make it an international news hub. They'll also add a few randoms subchannels in the mix to reel some people in...and that's about it Edited February 6, 2020 by Yankees4life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFTV 476 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 On 2/4/2020 at 9:12 AM, jero23 said: Yeah, WJZY via Fox is definitely upping their stock in the news product. Good Day Charlotte seems to be more like their sister station WAGA's Good Day Atlanta, where there is aim to have contemporary music played particularly Billboard Hot 100 songs during the newscast bumpers. I wish KTVU was like that in the mornings. They only play music on the 9am newscasts. However, during the evening newscasts around the :43 mark of the hour, they tease a story and then a toss to the final weather check with a camera shot outside while using a song related to the story. For example if it’s a water skiing squirrel story, they will use like “Surfing USA.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3054 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 hour ago, SFTV said: I wish KTVU was like that in the mornings. They only play music on the 9am newscasts. However, during the evening newscasts around the :43 mark of the hour, they tease a story and then a toss to the final weather check with a camera shot outside while using a song related to the story. For example if it’s a water skiing squirrel story, they will use like “Surfing USA.” KTVU's always had a business-oriented, no-BS format when it comes to morning news. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLETVFan 363 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Laura Caso is joining WKYC in Cleveland from WAVY in Norfolk. She will be joining Russ Mitchell on the 6pm newscast, and might pickup some more anchoring duties once Sara Shookman goes on maternity leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ttvn2000 313 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 4 hours ago, CLETVFan said: Laura Caso is joining WKYC in Cleveland from WAVY in Norfolk. She will be joining Russ Mitchell on the 6pm newscast, and might pickup some more anchoring duties once Sara Shookman goes on maternity leave. Another slap in the face to the more experienced anchors they already have in-house. Also feels like an obvious demotion for Shookman, since they could’ve simply paired a new coanchor with Jim Donavan at 7. (Or enlisted Danielle Serino, but I’ll stop repeating myself.) And that press release? How many times do we have to say the 7pm broadcast is a “front row seat” to what’s happening...what’s new or what’s next?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spintech33 126 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I'm probably 3 months late but Jeff Rossen from Today went to Hearst TV for their newly Consumer Reports unit in New York City. Just seen his first report today on WBAL TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3054 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 LA Times did a profile on WMUR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ttvn2000 313 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Kristi Leigh is leaving WTOL after three years - leaving her hometown for the first time in her career for KMPH in Fresno, CA. https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/tv-radio/2020/02/10/wtol-anchor-kristi-leigh-headed-to-new-job-in-fresno/stories/20200210092 Now would be the time to hire someone with gravitas for their newscasts, but I fear they'll just go young and cheap (new hire Carla Bayron?). At least with Leigh, there were local connections - and she certainly improved in the role. Big loss for WTOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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