The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric at 6PM Eastern??????

[MarcB]

Does CBS feed The CBS Evening News at 6PM Eastern as well? The reason I ask is because here in Hartford the US Open was bounced over to Channel 3.3 the 24 News and Weather station from WFSB. When CBS ended its coverage of the tennis match at about 6:26PM the station went black for a moment and then came back on with Katie Couric concluding a news broadcast. That ended. The screen went black again. Then at about 6:29:50 a 10 second countdown to The CBS Evening News started. Then the CBS Evening News Started. (Which ran about 2 mins before WFSB switched Channel 3.3 back over to their regular loop of News and Weather).

 

[searadiofreak]

Special events and/or sporting events that go longer will always change the sked. But normally, the nets send their net news at a set time, it used to be 6:30 eastern live, with updates for western zones if needed. I also remember a western/eastern edition of the CBS evening news in the 80's. Not sure if that is still being done, my guess is only if warranted.

 

[sandiegoinexile]

Does CBS feed The CBS Evening News at 6PM Eastern as well?

I imagine that Monday was a pre-taped news, ready to be fed at various times, since the expectation was that tennis would pre-empt the regular 630PM ET feed. (And perhaps a CBS affiliate or two was broadcasting ESPN football -- KFMB San Diego had the Chargers on Monday Night, although they are West Coast, of course).

Sure, most of the time, the 630PM feed is the live, original feed, but over the past few years, I've noticed that various segments (interviews with experts, chatty repartee with field reporters) is often pre-recorded. You can usually notice the sound quality shifting somewhat or the darkness/lightness of the reporter's location not being in sync.

Not that it really matters to me. I have been a Left Coast viewer for two decades. We get used to 2- to 3-hour old news. It's always fun when we get the original 330PM PT feeds due to primetime sports/events preemptions. Of course, I usually tape those too and watch later on anyway......

 

[bpatrick]

I haven't heard of any network airing its newscast at
6 (ET) since ABC discontinued the practice in 1982.
However, on weekends ABC makes its newscast available
at either 6 or 6:30 (the Saturday one is off now due to
football), and CBS does the same on Sundays when there's
no NFL doubleheader.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I haven't heard of any network airing its newscast at
6 (ET) since ABC discontinued the practice in 1982.
However, on weekends ABC makes its newscast available
at either 6 or 6:30 (the Saturday one is off now due to
football), and CBS does the same on Sundays when there's
no NFL doubleheader.

I remember this. I had two ABC affiliates, and each one had a different newscast on Sunday. It wasn't just a tape at 6:30 because it was defintely different.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

I remember this. I had two ABC affiliates, and each one had a different newscast on Sunday. It wasn't just a tape at 6:30
because it was defintely different.

There must have been real "breaking news" in the 6:00 half hour that caused
ABC to do parts or all of the 6:30 feed live.

 

[necrat123]

Does CBS feed The CBS Evening News at 6PM Eastern as well?

No. From 6-6:30 it's color bars on the east feed. (Which is what WFSB would be tuned to)
Except on Sundays when the newscast actually airs at 6pm and local is always 6:30.

What searedfreak said was correct, it was probably a special feed due to tennis.