Stelly 2 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 According to this article in the Acadiana Advocate, KATC's (Lafayette, LA) main evening anchors are leaving the station as Scripps "will [reportedly] end the station’s live shows at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. and replace it with prerecorded shows with local reporters filling in content." https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/business/katc-anchors-leaving-amid-reported-end-of-evening-broadcast/article_77ce3476-5bbe-11ee-9518-2319ff3556ba.html#tncms-source=aca-featured-top This after the station recently got a studio overhaul and new set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnewsjunkie 1257 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 (edited) On 9/25/2023 at 12:45 PM, Stelly said: According to this article in the Acadiana Advocate, KATC's (Lafayette, LA) main evening anchors are leaving the station as Scripps "will [reportedly] end the station’s live shows at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. and replace it with prerecorded shows with local reporters filling in content." https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/business/katc-anchors-leaving-amid-reported-end-of-evening-broadcast/article_77ce3476-5bbe-11ee-9518-2319ff3556ba.html#tncms-source=aca-featured-top This after the station recently got a studio overhaul and new set. Welcome aboard. Just so you know, much of this was already discussed here. This all relates to Scripps’ new overall strategy for their small market stations. Anchor positions are being eliminated, and except for weather segments, most of those newscasts are pre-recorded, w/ segments from MMJs and Scripps News. KATC is the latest station to implement this strategy. Edited September 27 by nycnewsjunkie EDIT: KATC is not “lower-rated” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stelly 2 Posted September 25 Author Share Posted September 25 2 minutes ago, nycnewsjunkie said: Welcome aboard. Just so you know, much of this was already discussed here. Gotcha. Thanks for the heads-up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM42A 2 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 On 9/25/2023 at 1:14 PM, nycnewsjunkie said: Welcome aboard. Just so you know, much of this was already discussed here. This all relates to Scripps’ new overall strategy for their lower-rated small market stations. Anchor positions are being eliminated, and except for weather segments, most of those newscasts are pre-recorded, w/ segments from MMJs and Scripps News. KATC is the latest station to implement this strategy. This sounds kind of like EuroNews, where voice-over in several languages is used for the same video targeted to different audiences, with no anchor. I believe WCPO Cincinnati did something similar back in the day, with Al Schottelkotte doing voice-over with video and photographs, with minimal anchor-desk shots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1829 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 (edited) On 9/25/2023 at 12:45 PM, Stelly said: According to this article in the Acadiana Advocate, KATC's (Lafayette, LA) main evening anchors are leaving the station as Scripps "will [reportedly] end the station’s live shows at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. and replace it with prerecorded shows with local reporters filling in content." https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/business/katc-anchors-leaving-amid-reported-end-of-evening-broadcast/article_77ce3476-5bbe-11ee-9518-2319ff3556ba.html#tncms-source=aca-featured-top This after the station recently got a studio overhaul and new set. I'm bringing this back up because Marcelle and Jim are joining KADN/KLAF in the new year to anchor their 5:00, 6:00, and 10:00pm newscasts. https://www.kadn.com/news/the-switch-is-on-the-new-year-will-bring-a-new-station-for-2-familiar/article_059cee46-6c59-11ee-b689-e7532e6a4f7b.html Edited October 19 by TheRolyPoly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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