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Channel 7 News at 4pm (KGO)

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1069_KIFR

Heard the promo on the radio yesterday. The 4pm edition will be anchored by Carolyn Johnson and Larry Beihl. (sp?) But here once again, a sports anchor is being moved to a news anchor slot. Is this because in the future stations will trim the sports segments so much that they have no need for a dedicated Sports Anchor?
 
1069_KIFR said:
Heard the promo on the radio yesterday. The 4pm edition will be anchored by Carolyn Johnson and Larry Beihl. (sp?) But here once again, a sports anchor is being moved to a news anchor slot. Is this because in the future stations will trim the sports segments so much that they have no need for a dedicated Sports Anchor?
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Your topic title uses the dirty word "channel." Shouldn't that be "ABC 7 News at 4:00?"

Switching sports anchors to news has happened in the past (Van Amburg, Jan Hutchins), and it seems to be a mini-trend lately, but I wouldn't read anything more into it. I'm sure viewers still want to see sports highlights - why would they "trim" sports segments? Whether or not they need a dedicated sports anchor to do it - that's another question. Anchor Diane Dwyer did the sports report last weekend on KNTV, but that may be because the sports anchor went sick..or whatever.
 
Lkeller said:
1069_KIFR said:
Heard the promo on the radio yesterday. The 4pm edition will be anchored by Carolyn Johnson and Larry Beihl. (sp?) But here once again, a sports anchor is being moved to a news anchor slot. Is this because in the future stations will trim the sports segments so much that they have no need for a dedicated Sports Anchor?
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Your topic title uses the dirty word "channel." Shouldn't that be "ABC 7 News at 4:00?"

Switching sports anchors to news has happened in the past (Van Amburg, Jan Hutchins), and it seems to be a mini-trend lately, but I wouldn't read anything more into it. I'm sure viewers still want to see sports highlights - why would they "trim" sports segments? Whether or not they need a dedicated sports anchor to do it - that's another question. Anchor Diane Dwyer did the sports report last weekend on KNTV, but that may be because the sports anchor went sick..or whatever.
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Look at Bill Weir he started out on KABC-7 as sports before he went to ABC News as GMA host in 2004. The question here is how did KABC managed to succeed have a 4pm newscast to last 30 years while the other ABC O&O's are still pending for the 4pm newscast.
 
recto101 said:
Lkeller said:
1069_KIFR said:
Heard the promo on the radio yesterday. The 4pm edition will be anchored by Carolyn Johnson and Larry Beihl. (sp?) But here once again, a sports anchor is being moved to a news anchor slot. Is this because in the future stations will trim the sports segments so much that they have no need for a dedicated Sports Anchor?
Click to expand...

Your topic title uses the dirty word "channel." Shouldn't that be "ABC 7 News at 4:00?"

Switching sports anchors to news has happened in the past (Van Amburg, Jan Hutchins), and it seems to be a mini-trend lately, but I wouldn't read anything more into it. I'm sure viewers still want to see sports highlights - why would they "trim" sports segments? Whether or not they need a dedicated sports anchor to do it - that's another question. Anchor Diane Dwyer did the sports report last weekend on KNTV, but that may be because the sports anchor went sick..or whatever.
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Look at Bill Weir he started out on KABC-7 as sports before he went to ABC News as GMA host in 2004. The question here is how did KABC managed to succeed have a 4pm newscast to last 30 years while the other ABC O&O's are still pending for the 4pm newscast.
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KRON tried at 4:00 newscast back in the late 70s - maybe into the early 80s. I think they called it Live on 4 at 4. It didn't get good ratings, so KRON then made it more casual - with more in studio interviews and features, with less hard news - but nobody watched that either.

But there are so many more hours of news on TV these days and viewers are used to tuning in and finding local news at all sorts of odd hours. So it just might work now.
 
KOVR-CBS 13 Sacramento has been doing a 4:pM news with much success, so not surprised.
 
1069_KIFR said:
Is KOVR still on Early Primetime?
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Yes. It seems to be CBS' wild inherited experiment. (It was probably also the last O&O to preempt a network show with Guiding Light.)
 
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