KPIX 5 today has been moving their morning newscasts to their newsroom aka the CBSN Bay Area Newsroom. Because some of their feeds have been going to national CBSN and WCBS-TV.
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KPIX 5 today has been moving their morning newscasts to their newsroom aka the CBSN Bay Area Newsroom. Because some of their feeds have been going to national CBSN and WCBS-TV.
Reminds me of the anthrax scare of 2001.
For the past two years, CBS News Radio has been syndicated by Skyview Networks. So the distribution is likely passing through Skyview, and not the Broadcast Center.
Yes I remember in the past 20 years we had 6 pathogen scares they are Anthrax, SARS, H5N1 Bird Flu, H1N1 Swine Flu, Ebola and Measles prior to COVID-19 that caused world wide panic.
Pence was just asked about the Google website, and said they'll have an announcement tomorrow. He seemed to point to the HHS Secretary for that.
Our ma and pa owned standalone FM has 2 events in April.. a home/garden show in mid april and a health fair a week later.. we are waiting till at least april 1st to make a call. WE refuse to contribute to panic and over-reaction while also being realistic.
If anyone is at home in refuge, bored, and wants to see how an epidemic was dealt with several hundred years ago, there is a free read of "Journal of the Plague Year" by Daniel Defoe at:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/376/376-h/376-h.htm
This was written almost 300 years ago, but the concern, fear and feeling of helplessness has not changed.
A synopsis, which sounds frighteningly contemporary, is available at:
https://www.londonfictions.com/daniel-defoe-a-journal-of-the-plague-year.html
Defoe, of course, was the creator of "Robinson Crusoe" and one of the most famous and enduring authors of his era.
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https://radioinsight.com/headlines/185177/your-radio-station-emergency-talent-contact-list/
Now radioinsight has released talent that are looking for a spot in an emergency to fill in for shows during this emergency.
Now radioinsight has released talent that are looking for a spot in an emergency to fill in for shows during this emergency.
http://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-591/
If you want a reasonable way to understand the COVID-19 then This week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello of Columbia University is a great show if you want to understand COVID-19 from the Virologist point of view.
If you want a reasonable way to understand the COVID-19 then This week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello of Columbia University is a great show if you want to understand COVID-19 from the Virologist point of view.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/03/today-show-coronavirus-al-roker-craig-melvin
https://www.ksat.com/entertainment/...s-al-roker-and-craig-melvin-take-morning-off/
NBC is reporting that one of their staff members has COVID-19. Expect MSNBC, NBC's Today, NBC Nightly News to air from other places such as Washington D.C. and Los Angeles as the COVID-19 affects NBC's New York Operations. Also expect WNBC-TV to have their Local News done by the other NBC O&O's such as KNTV, KNBC, WTVJ, WRC, KNSD or WMAQ-TV.
https://www.ksat.com/entertainment/...s-al-roker-and-craig-melvin-take-morning-off/
NBC is reporting that one of their staff members has COVID-19. Expect MSNBC, NBC's Today, NBC Nightly News to air from other places such as Washington D.C. and Los Angeles as the COVID-19 affects NBC's New York Operations. Also expect WNBC-TV to have their Local News done by the other NBC O&O's such as KNTV, KNBC, WTVJ, WRC, KNSD or WMAQ-TV.
And when no safe place is left for origination ... the end of television news and complete government takeover of the medium?
They're all looking to see who can originate video from home. A lot of pundits have been working from home already. It will all look like YouTube.
Small TV markets will suffer greatly when the national lockdowns start. They may be forced to abandon local news and have their viewers rely on the network. Hell even medium markets may suffer.
Dire times right now. I believe TEGNA ordered 3 weeks of syndicated programming at the ready for their television stations.
Dire times right now. I believe TEGNA ordered 3 weeks of syndicated programming at the ready for their television stations.
Wait isn't Smaller and medium markets local newscasts mainly produced by Sinclair, Nexstar, Scripps, Tegna and Gray. Probably neighboring markets might have to take over local news if one of their offices are hit. Its similar to how NBC New York Operations is dealing with right now where WNBC 4 News would have to be done by other NBC O&O's and Today, MSNBC, and NBC Nightly News might have to be done from Washington DC or Los Angeles for some time though now that theres a report that a staff member within NBC got tested positive for COVID-19.
KIMA would have KEPR as option #1, KOMO as option #2, and I assume KATU as option #3. But with WA and OR under the threat of worse times to come, perhaps they could feed into KBOI-TV in Boise?
KNDO's sisters are KHQ and KULR.
KAPP would have KXLY as the #1 standby and possibly as far away as WISC for further options.
Could newscasts start to unite for a region if things get very dire? Ala United Broadcasters of New Orleans post-Katrina, but with 4 stations in two states sharing the newscast? I could see personalities from KING, KGW, KREM and KTVB banding up for a 3-state newscast ala the old NWCN.
KNDO's sisters are KHQ and KULR.
KAPP would have KXLY as the #1 standby and possibly as far away as WISC for further options.
Could newscasts start to unite for a region if things get very dire? Ala United Broadcasters of New Orleans post-Katrina, but with 4 stations in two states sharing the newscast? I could see personalities from KING, KGW, KREM and KTVB banding up for a 3-state newscast ala the old NWCN.
For KIRO-TV if they get hit by COVID-19 then the nearest group that can take over KIRO-TV News would be WHBQ-TV Memphis or WFXT Boston and also KCPQ-TV operations would have to come from KTVU and KTTV in California if they were told to evacuate in the Seattle example.
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KSL radio can originate from either the AM transmitter site, or the FM transmitter on Farnsworth Peak. KSL-TV has a small system up there as well, where talent could anchor coverage temporarily. Both stations have access to remote-pickup links from anywhere in the valley, so they could go live from a hotel or another station's studio or a production house.
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