USNewsie 49 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 2 hours ago, DirtyHarry said: Does anybody in Broward really care about what's going on in Miami-Dade? Broward County alone has a population of almost 2 million people. Sounds to me like a Broward-focused news operation might be worth trying, like some stations in other large DMA's do. What about a tri-county newscast? After all we're a tri-county region. I've always wondered why Palm Beach county is not in the Miami DMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg41386 107 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, USNewsie said: What about a tri-county newscast? After all we're a tri-county region. I've always wondered why Palm Beach county is not in the Miami DMA. Because it’s in the West Palm Beach DMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 418 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 3 hours ago, DirtyHarry said: Does anybody in Broward really care about what's going on in Miami-Dade? Broward County alone has a population of almost 2 million people. Sounds to me like a Broward-focused news operation might be worth trying, like some stations in other large DMA's do. I live in Broward and we kinda do but wish we had something more in focus to Broward. That is why the sun sentinel is still around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRyan 556 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, USNewsie said: What about a tri-county newscast? After all we're a tri-county region. I've always wondered why Palm Beach county is not in the Miami DMA. 1 hour ago, cg41386 said: Because it’s in the West Palm Beach DMA. The West Palm Beach TV market also includes several counties to the north. While West Palm Beach could work in being in Miami's DMA, it wouldn't make logistical sense north of there. But I like the idea of a tri-county newscast. I do think Scripps could just simulcast "The Now South Florida" from WPTV, with localized weather inserts for WSFL. Using that scenario, they could get news on WSFL by the end of 2019, if they wanted. Then launch WSFL newscasts in other time slots in 2020 or whenever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 325 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Broadcasting & Cable says WSFL will start news in the spring. With a timeline that aggressive, they’re absolutely going to be relying on WPTV. Anchor the show from West Palm, throwing to a handful of reports from MMJs based in Miami. Mix in statewide content from the various Scripps Florida properties and you’ve got a (pre-recorded?) hour at 10 to get them started. Build from there with the eventual goal of being fully based in Miami and offering shows in the morning and possibly the late afternoon/early evening, as well. https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/scripps-to-add-local-news-to-station-in-miami-market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRyan 556 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, Greggo said: Broadcasting & Cable says WSFL will start news in the spring. With a timeline that aggressive, they’re absolutely going to be relying on WPTV. Anchor the show from West Palm, throwing to a handful of reports from MMJs based in Miami. Mix in statewide content from the various Scripps Florida properties and you’ve got a (pre-recorded?) hour at 10 to get them started. Build from there with the eventual goal of being fully based in Miami and offering shows in the morning and possibly the late afternoon/early evening, as well. https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/scripps-to-add-local-news-to-station-in-miami-market From the few video clips I sampled on YouTube, they could use the room where they tape Inside South Florida (albeit they would need to add an actual anchor desk and at least a couple of decent sized monitors). The windowed backdrop might actually be a nice change from the other sets the Miami stations use. I'm assuming they still have the control room from their "The Morning Show" days. But yeah, it's hard to envision a scenario without WPTV being heavily involved on that timeline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1665 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Greggo said: Broadcasting & Cable says WSFL will start news in the spring. With a timeline that aggressive, they’re absolutely going to be relying on WPTV. Anchor the show from West Palm, throwing to a handful of reports from MMJs based in Miami. Mix in statewide content from the various Scripps Florida properties and you’ve got a (pre-recorded?) hour at 10 to get them started. Build from there with the eventual goal of being fully based in Miami and offering shows in the morning and possibly the late afternoon/early evening, as well. https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/scripps-to-add-local-news-to-station-in-miami-market Since this appears to be a cash grab for political ad revenue, this is probably the best and cheapest way to do it. This could very well be Scripps' entry into remotely-produced newscasts. I wouldn't be shocked if the WPTV and WFLX deal is up at the end of the year. They could just reassign staff to the new WSFL newscast and call it a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRyan 556 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 What are the ratings like for WFLX newscasts? Do you think Gray Television would want to end their arrangement with Scripps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnewsfan03 59 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Weeters said: Since this appears to be a cash grab for political ad revenue, this is probably the best and cheapest way to do it. This could very well be Scripps' entry into remotely-produced newscasts. I wouldn't be shocked if the WPTV and WFLX deal is up at the end of the year. They could just reassign staff to the new WSFL newscast and call it a day. 1 hour ago, TheRyan said: What are the ratings like for WFLX newscasts? Do you think Gray Television would want to end their arrangement with Scripps? It would be interesting to see WFLX going in-house. Not sure how big the WFLX facilities is and whether it could house a news department (studio and newsroom space). It'd remain to be seen whether Gray wishes to build a news department from scratch, assuming the arrangement with WPTV is to end, and if WPTV is tapped to produce WSFL newscasts. Hopefully we learn more soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRyan 556 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 49 minutes ago, atlnewsfan03 said: It would be interesting to see WFLX going in-house. Not sure how big the WFLX facilities is and whether it could house a news department (studio and newsroom space). It'd remain to be seen whether Gray wishes to build a news department from scratch, assuming the arrangement with WPTV is to end, and if WPTV is tapped to produce WSFL newscasts. Hopefully we learn more soon. Honestly, I almost hope WFLX goes in-house...that would give the Palm Beach market one more competitor (and competition is always good). If WPTV decided to stop producing WFLX newscasts, they can use that set for WSFL newscasts (assuming Gray doesn't own the set pieces). They would just need to update the duratrans--pretty much. Even the anchor desk could be used--as is. Going that route would certainly keep costs to a minimum for the launch. In that scenario, I see it as a win-win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1824 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, atlnewsfan03 said: It would be interesting to see WFLX going in-house. Not sure how big the WFLX facilities is and whether it could house a news department (studio and newsroom space). It'd remain to be seen whether Gray wishes to build a news department from scratch, assuming the arrangement with WPTV is to end, and if WPTV is tapped to produce WSFL newscasts. Hopefully we learn more soon. Not happening because WFLX is inside WPTV's building. When WPTV took over WFLX's newscasts from WPEC in 2012, WFLX moved into WPTV's building and every team, including sales (in a separate area of the building), are at WPTV's building. WFLX used to be in Riviera Beach but vacated it and is now at the Baynan. So, unless Gray Television wants to invest into a new building and resources and talent and a studio, you can say FORGET it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1246 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 10 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said: Not happening because WFLX is inside WPTV's building. When WPTV took over WFLX's newscasts from WPEC in 2012, WFLX moved into WPTV's building and every team, including sales (in a separate area of the building), are at WPTV's building. WFLX used to be in Riviera Beach but vacated it and is now at the Baynan. So, unless Gray Television wants to invest into a new building and resources and talent and a studio, you can say FORGET it. How big of a facility WFLX would need in order to start an in-house news department? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4720 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 3 hours ago, oknewsguy said: How big of a facility WFLX would need in order to start an in-house news department? How big is your budget? 1 person? 50 people? How much money can I spend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1246 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Eat News said: How big is your budget? 1 person? 50 people? How much money can I spend? Can you afford to build the news department from within? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4720 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 4 hours ago, oknewsguy said: Can you afford to build the news department from within? Depends on how much they are willing to spend. I can build a news department with 1 person....more money gets you more toys and people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 512 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 They're back again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1904 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Scripps has assigned one of its corporate directors, Bill Siegel to be the new VP & GM of WSFL. Siegel has been the Senior Director of Content Strategy for the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNewsie 49 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Bumping this because WSFL hired Nicole Wolfe as the news director. Previously, she was the assistant news director at sister station WFTS in Tampa. https://tvnewscheck.com/article/243469/wsfl-names-nicole-wolfe-news-director/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNewsie 49 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Sorry for double posting but from this recent update it seems like everything is on pause for now https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2020/5/15/so-what-about-that-scripps-startup-in-soflo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 2952 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 WPLG will produce a 7-9am newscast and a 10pm newscast for WSFL in June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVLurker 149 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Georgie56 said: WPLG will produce a 7-9am newscast and a 10pm newscast for WSFL in June. well at least it's a viable option compared to starting a news operation from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 1781 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 And they're outsourcing to WPLG for now instead. Probably best in the long run, honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin 118 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 11/16/2019 at 2:15 PM, DirtyHarry said: I don't see why they can't do a Broward-focused newscast relying heavily on WPTV. They don't really have to cover Miami-Dade, do they? Put another way, if Sinclair can do the Toledo nightly news cast from South Bend, why can't WSFL do it from West Palm Beach? A station in my city the Raleigh-Durham Fayetteville DMA, used to that. WKFT (Now Univision Owned WUVC) when was owned by Capitol Broadcasting or maybe before used to produce an hour-long 10 P.M. focused on Fayetteville and lower counties years ago. And a noon newscast in conjunction with the now defunct All News Channel, but it got cancelled it didn't last long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3183 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 15 hours ago, Georgie56 said: It’s too bad COVID likely thwarted Scripps’ plans for an in-house news operation on WSFL. I wonder if this could be a prelude to Scripps buying WPLG from BH Media. Given the Miami market, it's an easy duopoly to form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 512 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 12 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: I wonder if this could be a prelude to Scripps buying WPLG from BH Media. Given the Miami market, it's an easy duopoly to form. They can't. Too many conflicts in SW Florida and WPB on top of already being on the cap limit due to scooping up ION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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