The temporary digs of Tegna’s KHOU in Houston, made necessary by the unwelcome visit of Hurricane Harvey in September 2017, are soon to become a memory. The station moved into its new home over ...
When original host John Fugelsang stepped away from the syndicated “Page Six”, the producers tried out guest hosts for the next seven weeks, and came up snake eyes. So it allowed its trio of ...
CBS News is now fully up-to-date in its DC studio. It’s redone its flashcam! The new look features a blue wall with a world map inspired by the Cronkite-era map used as an element ...
If you watched “Face the Nation” over the weekend on CBS, you saw the debut of its new home. The set is located in the new CBS News bureau in Washington. The new set ...
Halfway through the May sweeps, it was Tegna’s WFAA’s time to take a turn at unveiling its version of the corporate graphic package. Which, according to blogger Mike McGuff’s sources, means the station moved ...
Seamless. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Get yourself a seamless giant video wall and they will flock to you. That appears to be the operative philosophy at NBC O&O KXAS in Dallas. The new video ...
Well we certainly get the notion of station groups sharing good stories – especially to help punch up newscasts during sweeps periods. But sometimes the pitfalls are obvious. Like on Tuesday, when Scripps’ WEWS ...
More dramatic lighting enhances the standard Tegna design for the KPNX version of the new news set. And let’s up the number and size of video panels – you just can overdo ‘em can ...
Tribune’s KTLA anchors Lu Parker and Glen Walker have added an 11 AM news hour to their daily 1 and 3 PM anchor duties Jason Ball, station vice president and news director helpfully pointed ...
On Monday, Telemundo’s KTMD in Houston took the wraps off a new set which will make the rest of May go SO well. The new set mirrors looks used by other Telemundo and NBC ...
The speed with which Tribune’s WGNO replaced its morning team of Jacki Jing and Anne Cutler makes you wonder. Cutler and Jing announced back-to-back departures from the “Good Morning New Orleans” anchor desk about ...
This deserves to become a trend that would do far more good than on-air proposals and coverage of anchors’ baby deliveries. Cox-owned WFTV in Orlando is another station that has gone the route of ...
And as the May sweeps kick off, stations continue to unveil new logos, new promos and, most of all new sets. Tegna’s WUSA went with the “in the round” Tegna look and the omnipresent ...
Devlin Design Group has presented Meredith’s WNEM in Saginaw, MI with a new studio set that, coupled with the CBS O&O graphics package and a brand new production music library, means the station should ...
You know sweeps are right around the corner when stations spruce up their sets (if not outright replacing them) and spiff up their graphics. Hearst’s KMBC in Kansas City, MO is not immune. The ...
Meredith’s KTVK in Phoenix AZ is using a temporary set, displaced while work is being done on the principal studio home. The temporary newscast setup includes a backlit cityscape, round pod anchor desk and ...
A New England source eagerly pointed out to us a rather uncomfortable situation in which Sinclair’s NBC10 (WJAR, Providence, RI) is crowing about its February rating victory over ALL competitors in every news time ...
While the “Today” gang was away at the Winter Olympics, the set at 30 Rock got a makeover. Most impressive is the gargantuan weather set that Al Roker now calls home. Not one, not ...
So we should get to see if there is such a thing as the “Ogle effect” for the next couple of days as anchor Kelly Ogle returned to the 10 PM anchor desk last ...
The high cost of healthcare is the focus of a unique content partnership between Disney’s WPVI and the “Philadelphia Inquirer.” The Philly Health Costs project (www.philly.com/Healthcosts), is underwritten by the first grant targeting health ...
10 seconds too long for a reader? Miss the top of the newscast? Want more video and less facetime from your anchor? The “NBC Nightly News”, following the lead of CBS’ “Evening Newsfeed” is ...
And before the sweeps period goes away, let’s take a look at the new set gracing the setudio at Raycom’s WMC in Memphis, TN Video walls galore, stonework and metal pillars adorn the FX ...
It was just last week that longtime KARE news director Jane Helmke announced she was stepping down. Now a flurry of changes are happening at the Tegna station in the Twin Cities. For the ...
Oh, look at this. “The CBS Evening News” is adding some zest to its look with full-screen images replacing the old boxy look. And Jeff Glor now has a place to sit. Breath-taking. In ...
We have to hand it to Edward Egros, sportscaster for Fox O&O KDFW in Dallas. He knows how to play the social media game to maximum effect. This week, he managed to pick a ...
They’re on your side, looking out for you and now they want to welcome you to where “this is home.” Meredith’s WSMV in Nashville is rolling out a new image campaign to make viewers ...
Mariel Ruiz is the newly-named co-anchor and morning meteorologist for “KTHV This Morning” She’s been with the Tegna station in Little rock, AR since June 2016. Previously, she appeared on various newscasts, namely its ...
OK, we’re in the thick of the February book, but take a moment and read about how Hubbard’s WHEC in Rochester, NY won the 11 PM race in November with an entirely new team ...
Here’s a ratings stunt we can get behind. Jesse Jones, a reporter for Cox-owned KIRO in Seattle, WA, announced that he and the station had bought up the medical debt of 1,000 viewers, totaling ...
And because it is sweeps, we leave you with this sure ratings grabber, as Bob Herzog co-host of “Good Morning Cincinnati” on Sinclair’s WKRC shares his morning makeup routine. Don’t try this at home. ...
What will they think of next? NBC o&o KXAS in Dallas-Ft. Worth is building up quite a fleet of specialized vehicles for its weather efforts. The latest addition is the “Texas Lightning” truck which ...
Even viewers know the importance of sweeps to local teevee news, so when the 10 PM anchors at Graham Media’s KSAT in San Antonio were MIA for the first week of the February book, ...
The NBC-TELEMUNDO duopoly in Los Angeles is showing its newsgathering muscle in a new promo. 2 choppers, 58 news vans. A small army of reporters and photographers. KNBC and KVEA want you to know ...
So how many of Chris Cuomo’s CNN primetime specials did you watch last month? Thought so. Too late for you. The limited run, which focused on the first year of the Trump Administration, ended ...
There will be no February book results for WRAL chief meteorologist Greg Fishel. Not that he is subject to them after nearly 37 years at the Capitol Broadcast station in Raleigh-Durham, NC, almost 30 ...
“KARK News at 4” made its debut Monday on the Little Rock Nexstar station. Ashley Ketz anchors the hour which we are assured is “news-centered” focusing on “content and news stories that matter… “We’ll ...
It has the scent of sweeps stunt on it, but at the same time, we can’t help but be drawn to the search for her birth mom by weekend sports anchor Jessica Morrey of ...
In the absence of the departed Sarah Lucero, Tegna’s KENS in San Antonio is turning to a familiar face to carry the 10 PM newscast through the February book. Deborah Knapp will add the ...
Jenny Milkowski is OUT after three years as traffic anchor for “Good Day Chicago” on Fox-owned WFLD. IN is Michelle Alegria, who previously was a ten-year veteran of Disney’s WLS on its “190 North” ...
Just in time for the February book, Tribune’s San Diego outlet KSWB inevitably took the wrapping off its new set yesterday. It’s “anchoring in the round” as it were and as many as six ...
“The Van Jones Show” debuts on CNN this Saturday, January 27th in its regular, twice-monthly slot and the network is going all out to get us to watch. And if you believe the quotes ...
If video walls are your thing, Heartland Media’s KEZI in Eugene, OR is right up your alley. It’s recently-unveiled news set is stocked with plenty of video walls and panels that allow the station ...
As temporary sets go, the one now housing the anchor team at Tribune’s WXIN in Indianapolis, IN looks pretty good. The station has used a working newsroom set background for some time now, so ...
We think we’d like watching the revamped version of “The National” from the CBC. The Canadian nightly news just unveiled a new set that is fairly monochromatic with minimal gew-gaws cluttering up the ...
