CraigViewer 38 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 50 minutes ago, FiveNews said: Kolk was originally hired as a general assignment reporter. He slid to nightside entertainment within the last few years. KTLA isn't doing themselves any favors with weekend musical chairs. Cher and Pedro are ok on the weekday 5pm. Seems like a demotion or Nexstar (KTLAs parent company) being cheap and not wanting to hire another fulltime weekend AM anchor. Sam Cortese and Rick Chambers anchored together tonight. I could dig seeing Sam as the permanent replacement for Courtney Friel. Oh, that's right. I stand corrected about Kolk. Based on what I've seen in recent months, Cortese and Chambers make for a good co-anchor duo. Karren Wynter, who I have also seen co-anchoring with Chambers over the past few weeks, would be a fantastic successor to Friel, as well. I suspect that it's the latter of what you were mentioning, with regard to Nexstar (or possibly KTLA) being frugal in tapping someone from in-house rather than hiring from the outside to fill these weekend morning anchor positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Encore Emp 8 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 It seems like the new KTLA 5 News at 4 will be premiering next Monday, 2/20 according to my guide and Karamo will be pushed away to overnights. So I guess that means they will have continuous live news in the evening from 3-7pm Monday to Friday. All they care about is that money nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 4764 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 3 minutes ago, Encore Emp said: All they care about is that money nowadays. Unlike the good old days, when they didn't care about money. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTT 21 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Will KTLA air news from 4am till 8pm and then from 10pm till midnight, then air taped news from midnight till 4am during the weekdays? In addition to that, add more "live" news during the weekends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 945 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 On 2/10/2023 at 8:24 PM, Encore Emp said: All they care about is that money nowadays. They always did, except now it's at the expense of quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveNews 283 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Still think this is related to ND Pete Saiers. He came from Seatte, along with GM Janene Drafs. I don't think Saiers has the chops to lead a big market legacy newsroom and we are seeing the effects of that now. KTLA seems to go thru these cycles of poor leadership. Anyone remember the reign of GM Vinne Malcolm? This was during the KTLA Morning Show/Prime News days. Malcolm was jettisoned and replaced by GM Don Corsini, formerly of KCBS/KCAL and ND Jason Ball and the station saw a strong resurgence. It will be interesting to see how and where the Drafs/Saiers paring takes the station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigViewer 38 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) I am not sure what the ratings have been for "Korano" on KTLA at 4pm weekdays, but I suspect that they are lackluster. Although it is unoriginal to have yet another hour of a station news broadcast, in an effort to have a stronger lead-in to the station's late afternoon and evening programming, this move to have a 4pm newscast may be related to it in many ways. I guess we may never know, unless station management were to be interviewed though. Edited February 14 by CraigViewer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveNews 283 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Congrats to Sam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigViewer 38 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 1 hour ago, FiveNews said: Congrats to Sam! Well-deserved for Sam! Directly after the re-airing of her "My Life Story" package on the 5pm broadcast today, it was announced by Sandra Mitchell that Pedro Rivera will be Sam's co-anchor on the upcoming 4pm newscasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveNews 283 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 FTV reports Kareen Wynter is the new weekend co-anchor with Rick Chambers. Courtney Friel will anchor on Thursday/Friday at 4 and 5pm when Pedro is off as he will be filling in on the weekend morning news until June. Station is still working to finalize weekend morning assignments, but Lauren Lyster is already confirmed as one piece of the weekend morning anchor puzzle. Sounds like someone might be coming in from out of market and they are waiting for their contract to run out....or could be a non-compete situation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simrox9 0 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 8 hours ago, FiveNews said: FTV reports Kareen Wynter is the new weekend co-anchor with Rick Chambers. Courtney Friel will anchor on Thursday/Friday at 4 and 5pm when Pedro is off as he will be filling in on the weekend morning news until June. Station is still working to finalize weekend morning assignments, but Lauren Lyster is already confirmed as one piece of the weekend morning anchor puzzle. Sounds like someone might be coming in from out of market and they are waiting for their contract to run out....or could be a non-compete situation. More than likely they are waiting for a contract to run out as non-competes are illegal in California. Based on the email FTV provided, it does seem they have a candidate for the weekend mornings as it was fairly firm that Pedro would only fill in until June on weekend mornings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigViewer 38 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) 13 hours ago, FiveNews said: FTV reports Kareen Wynter is the new weekend co-anchor with Rick Chambers. Courtney Friel will anchor on Thursday/Friday at 4 and 5pm when Pedro is off as he will be filling in on the weekend morning news until June. Station is still working to finalize weekend morning assignments, but Lauren Lyster is already confirmed as one piece of the weekend morning anchor puzzle. Sounds like someone might be coming in from out of market and they are waiting for their contract to run out....or could be a non-compete situation. Indeed, it is plausible that KTLA is temporarily installing Pedro as co-anchor on weekend mornings, who, again, in my opinion, is a better fit than Kolk in that position, until someone permanent that KTLA has likely hired joins the station around June of this year. Edited February 18 by CraigViewer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigViewer 38 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) Some screenshots of the new KTLA 4pm weekday newscast that just debuted today. Much like how the 5pm broadcast used to originate on the side of the studio back on the old set in its first several months, the 4pm show does here in the new studio, as well. Edited February 21 by CraigViewer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupwfan 93 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 6 hours ago, CraigViewer said: Some screenshots of the new KTLA 4pm weekday newscast that just debuted today. Much like how the 5pm broadcast used to originate on the side of the studio back on the old set in its first several months, the 4pm show does here in the new studio, as well. Noticing the 2009-16 era "5" logo on the mugs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1800 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/11/2023 at 4:16 PM, JTT said: Will KTLA air news from 4am till 8pm and then from 10pm till midnight, then air taped news from midnight till 4am during the weekdays? In addition to that, add more "live" news during the weekends? Right now, its 4am-2pm, 3-7 and 10-11:35pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 945 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) On 2/21/2023 at 8:21 AM, TheRolyPoly said: Right now, its 4am-2pm, 3-7 and 10-11:35pm. Those 2-3 pm and 7-7:30 slots are entertainment news shows produced by KTLA 5 so 7:30 pm is truly their only free daytime slot. All Live! Not even NY 1 is live all day. Edited February 23 by iron_lion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1800 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 2/22/2023 at 12:43 AM, iron_lion said: Those 2-3 pm and 7-7:30 slots are entertainment news shows produced by KTLA 5 so 7:30 pm is truly their only free daytime slot. All Live! Not even NY 1 is live. Yep. Off The Clock from 2-3, L.A. Unscripted from 7-7:30 and right now, the only syndicated show before 8pm is Two and a Half Men at 7:30pm. It also looks like they're trying to up their game with KTLA+ by airing repeats of their locally-produced programs from 7:30-10pm there to keep it a 24/7 local operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myron Falwell 3896 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 2/10/2023 at 8:28 PM, 24994J said: Unlike the good old days, when they didn't care about money. You’re talking about the late 1910s, when people were actively experimenting on radio transmissions before AT&T realized you could make money off of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Encore Emp 8 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 KTLA was pre-recording the weather forecasts for the 5 and 6pm news tonight instead of a live forecast as normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogusabc7breakingnews 37 Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 KABC does this during the 11am show sometimes; I find it annoying because this is market 2. Yes it’s actually raining rn, but how much can the weather change over the course of a couple hours? If we were in Chicago where the weather really does change and alerts need to be issued, the taped forecast would be unbelievable. Hopefully KTLA has a live report tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveNews 283 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Seems like they may have been short staffed. Vera Jimenez, who is the defacto "chief" did the late morning/afternoon shows (11-2, 3 and 4pm). Kaj Goldberg must have had a last minute emergency/sick as he is scheduled Wed-Sun. He does middays Wed-Fri and nightside on the weekends. Kirk Hawkins, who fills in for all weather shifts, may have been off or had a conflict. He has a highly publicized real estate side hustle. I doubt Mark Kriski would stay beyond his 7-11am shift. Might be in his contract. He's been at KTLA since 1991 and he is rough to watch in recent years. I have seen him fill in for Henry on the 6am hour, but he is usually in the building at that time so it's not a huge inconvenience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveNews 283 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 **10pm news update. Kaj Goldberg was live off the top of the 10pm news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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