I thought I heard rumblings that WKYC is considering adding a 4PM newscast. Anyone else hear this rumour?
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Irony? WKYC was one of the last NBC stations to add a five o'clock newscast. In my book, the pandemic sort of derailed it as I was too used to the coverage of 5, 8 and 19. {You remember. When Dan Deroos would point at the 'big board' about pandemic numbers on WOIO, basically telling us it's time to switch to WJW}.
I can't help to think if WKYC is thinking about 4 p.m. News. It's because they don't have enough syndicated programming to throw at us. We need more news here, about as much as Blue Oyster Cult's "Reaper" needed 'more cowbell'. Personally, I'd rather see ONE half-hour, old time type newscast. No flashy Graphic's, "You Heard it Here First(s)", or "Let's talk about next weeks weather (But not today or tomorrows)".
Irony 1.2? WKYC was one of the first to try 5'ish/albeit 5:30 news (A talk/news format cleverly titled "5:30" in the early 1980's.) It was also the era when they had a lineup consisting of Doug Adair, Judd Hambrick, Mona Scott and Al Roker...and NBC carried Browns games.
I can't help to think if WKYC is thinking about 4 p.m. News. It's because they don't have enough syndicated programming to throw at us. We need more news here, about as much as Blue Oyster Cult's "Reaper" needed 'more cowbell'. Personally, I'd rather see ONE half-hour, old time type newscast. No flashy Graphic's, "You Heard it Here First(s)", or "Let's talk about next weeks weather (But not today or tomorrows)".
Irony 1.2? WKYC was one of the first to try 5'ish/albeit 5:30 news (A talk/news format cleverly titled "5:30" in the early 1980's.) It was also the era when they had a lineup consisting of Doug Adair, Judd Hambrick, Mona Scott and Al Roker...and NBC carried Browns games.
WKYC had 5:30, but that lasted a few years in the early to mid-1980's. Then they tried The First Report in 1990 as an hour. It would shrink to a half-hour in 1991 and was cancelled in 1992.
The station was considering a 5pm newscast in the late 1990's and was looking to hire Roy Weissinger from WEWS to anchor. Instead, they expanded the 6pm newscast to an hour around 1999. In 2000, however, they split up the newscasts to a half-hour at 6pm and another half-hour at 7pm. That continues to this day.
The station was considering a 5pm newscast in the late 1990's and was looking to hire Roy Weissinger from WEWS to anchor. Instead, they expanded the 6pm newscast to an hour around 1999. In 2000, however, they split up the newscasts to a half-hour at 6pm and another half-hour at 7pm. That continues to this day.
WOIO tried a different approach with the 11pm news last night. It was done at a different news desk than from its regular news set and was called 19 News Now.
Looks like they introduced an updated graphics package and possibly a new set? I don't watch their news enough to know.
On the morning show "Go!" this morning, the crew were all sitting at the desk together like normal (4 people).
I believe this may be a Russ or Laura personal preference thing depending on circumstances, because they've gone back and forth a lot in the last year (sometimes they're side by side, other times they have the monitor between them)
WEWS also has waffled in the last year between sitting together and distancing.
WJW and WOIO/WUAB, once they went back to sitting together last summer, have by and large stuck with it
19 News Now is the name they use for their streaming newscasts.
This morning, the morning team were at the regular set with the regular graphics
So they just stuck a HDTV in between them so that they could have a pretty picture of the skyline, much like what the other stations do, except everyone else has a much bigger display that extends to the ends of the desk.
WEWS was doing the social distancing approach on set during the 5pm news.
As for WKYC, one big change is them doing away with the weather temps on the far left side of the screen.
As for WKYC, one big change is them doing away with the weather temps on the far left side of the screen.
Apparantly we do, now that NBC News will be replacing Days Of Our Lives in the afternoon as the latter will be exclusive to Peacock TV come September.
Thing is though, they have waffled back and forth between sitting next to each other and distancing since like June of last year.
When they sit together, they remove the monitor...TV is there just to fill the gap when they are in distance mode.
On the morning show, they all sit together like normal.
This is why I'm thinking this is a personal thing with either Russ or Laura...not as in a feud or fight, but more of a "depends how I feel" thing.
On WEWS It's either all in or all out with the distancing thing, and they too have waffled since last summer.
WJW and WOIO/WUAB since last summer have stuck with everyone sitting together like usual
This sounds like a move to boost Peacock more than it is a desire to have more news...they think people will be willing to pony up a coupla bucks to keep watching their "stories".
As you're both watching one of the 6 daily episodes of Family Feud on WBNX come SeptemberIf I was working with Laura, I would want her to be very close.
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Do we think it's going to be actual news (like NBC News Now, but maybe live daily), or something along the lines of ABC's GMA3, like an infotainment sort of program?
Given that there will be 4 hosts/panelists (Kate Snow, Aaron Gilchrist, Vicky Nguyen and Morgan Radford) it looks something along the lines of GMA 3 (or to keep it in house, the 3rd Hour of the Today Show)
Could the launch of NBC News Now pave the way for WKYC to once again bring local news back in the Noon hour, even replacing Good Company? I don't see the 12:30 infomercial very compatible.