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The new Fox News @ 10

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TheREALJM1

I figured there would be a lot of postings by this time about Fox 31's "new and improved" news at ten (Tuesday night).
I guess my opinion is that it was pretty good. Certainly a vast improvement over News Central. It was professional and moved right along. I like that it is only a half hour. The content was typical Fox with brief hard news and a lot of fluff. But that's ok. After all it is Fox and it wasn't a big news day. There were a couple minor technical problems but that can be forgiven on the first night. I liked seeing the people from WROC. The weather and sports segments were done by Ch 8's personal so it was smooth. I liked the new anchor too, but maybe they could use a co-anchor.
The only drawback I saw was at the end when they ran an editorial comment from some Bozo from News Central. I thought news Central was dead. It was a bad reminder of what was.
 
> The only drawback I saw was at the end when they ran an
> editorial comment from some Bozo from News Central. I
> thought news Central was dead. It was a bad reminder of
> what was.

The night after the earth is destroyed in complete nuclear armageddon, Mark Hyman will still be doing "The Point" on TV explaining to an audience of cockroaches why the destruction of the world was a good idea.

(Remember, Sinclair still owns the station; they've just hired Nexstar/WROC to run it for them. "The Point" is a fixture on Sinclair's WSYT in Syracuse, too, which has never had News Central, and which contracts out to WTVH to do its news.)

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I caught the broadcast too. I like the fact that they got rid of the anchor desk and the set looks rather simplistic. But the one thing I noticed was the graphics- (text and otherwise) they looked like they were from News Central. Could that be a left over from News Central days?
 
The graphics you are referring to are from Sinclair. WLOS in Asheville, NC uses a similar set of GFX.

You can view WLOS in action by going here: http://www.flnewscenter.com/beyondcf/carolina.htm

My take on the new FOX First at Ten:
I like it. While watching last night I had almost forgotten that I was watching a local newscast. It definitely has a more FOXy feel to it and gets the job done nicely. Besides the launch promos, I am quite curious as to why I am not seeing any cross-promotion between FOX First at Ten and News 8 Now.

Interesting choice of music... same stuff WTVH uses.
 
> The night after the earth is destroyed in complete nuclear
> armageddon, Mark Hyman will still be doing "The Point" on TV
> explaining to an audience of cockroaches why the destruction
> of the world was a good idea.

...and why it was all Bill Clinton's fault and that the president of the roaches will be doing the hard work necessary to protect the other roaches from liberal ACLU roaches.

How nice to know the political water bucket brigade continues to be forced on Sinclair owned stations in their never-ending effort to earn enough extra bonus points to get their regulatory agenda rubber stamped in Republican Washington.

I wonder what happens when the Democrats inevitably get back into power... it would be amusing to see deregulation handed out to all broadcasting companies, as long as their CEOs were never arrested for doing it with a hooker while driving around in a company car on company time. Oops... no regulatory relief for you Sinclair, despite your endless efforts to remind us you are a "family values" company.

The best news about this is that The Point appears to be crammed at the very end of the newscast, allowing viewers a chance to abort the newscast before State Television signs on to deliver the propaganda of the evening. As long as The Point is a part of Sinclair's transparent interference in news programming, I won't be watching no matter who puts the newscast together.
 
I think most of us would agree that your local cable access channel is a vast improvement over News Central.

As for the “new” Fox 31 News, the only technical “glitch” I noticed the first night the program aired was some audio distortion. And that’s because anchor Lia Lando’s mic was too hot. (Okay now that some of you have made your snide remarks about the “hot” comment, shall we continue?)

Lando obviously had first night jitters. She needed to slow down her delivery just a tad; otherwise she did a decent job. Hetsko and Kucko are veterans and there was never any question about their contribution to the 10:00 news.

Several postings ago I made the comment that this “partnership” between 8 and 31 made good business sense, and I still believe that. 31’s old “News Central” format was going no where. 31 now has the talent and resources of the Channel 8 news staff. 8 meanwhile can feature their news to a brand new, and younger, audience who watches FOX, versus those older viewers who normally watch CBS.

Here is the ironic thing. One has to wonder just how far FOX 31’s News would have gone had Sinclair not purchased WUHF, cannibalized the local news operation, and replaced it with News Central?
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> I think most of us would agree that your local cable access
> channel is a vast improvement over News Central....
> Here is the ironic thing. One has to wonder just how far FOX
> 31’s News would have gone had Sinclair not purchased WUHF,
> cannibalized the local news operation, and replaced it with
> News Central?

Actually, we already know. The oeiginal Fox 31 10 O'Clock News (the Dedee/Burdette/Gouldrick/DiTullio newscast) was a proven success within 12 months of its launch, greatly exceeding all its ratings projections, and it had become a profit center for the station. When Baltimore took over the newscast the numbers and ad billing cratered.

News Cantral was probably the worst business decision in Rochester's recent local TV history. The concept also failed in other Sinclair markets like Pittsburgh and Buffalo.
 
> The original Fox 31 10 O'Clock
> News (the Dedee/Burdette/Gouldrick/DiTullio newscast) was a
> proven success within 12 months of its launch, greatly
> exceeding all its ratings projections, and it had become a
> profit center for the station. When Baltimore took over the
> newscast the numbers and ad billing cratered.

Thus the birth of the credo..."If it works, break it."

One has to give Donna Dedee kudos for putting together a creditable news operation several years ago from scratch. She hired some talented individuals, both in front and behind the camera, with the concept of being a competitive local news organization. Which you correctly pointed out Channel 31 was for a few years until Sinclair and News Central arrived.

Like the Phoenix, perhaps FOX 31 News can rise from the ashes once again, this time with the assistance of Channel 8’s news department, and at least come close to its potential.

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> The only drawback I saw was at the end when they ran an
> editorial comment from some Bozo from News Central. I
> thought news Central was dead. It was a bad reminder of
> what was.

"The Point" with Mark Hyman ran on WUHF before New Central made its Rochester debut, so it made sense to me to still see it there. As other posters have noted, it is a fixture on all Sinclair stations. Personally, I don't have a problem with it. It is clearly presented as an editorial (not news), and editorials are supposed to be opinioned. If Sinclair wants to use a fraction of their broadcast time to give their opinion an any topic, it's their right. It's their station. It's like any other programming decision. If I don't like it, I don't have to watch it!
 
>
> The only drawback I saw was at the end when they ran an
> editorial comment from some Bozo from News Central. I
> thought news Central was dead. It was a bad reminder of
> what was.
>

He certainly was the irritating pimple on what was a Buttock of a Broadcast to begin with,..but I digress.

Unfortunately "Buster" Hymen was part of the deal, and 8 which produces the news has no choice but to run it because Sinclair still owns Ch. 31.

I think the folks at 8 are well aware that this guy is poison, and they wisely positioned him after the credits. I'm sure as soon as they can they will jettison the jerk to 3am,..or during Ernest Angly or something
 
> It's like any other programming decision.
> If I don't like it, I don't have to watch it!

You're absolutely right and considering the dismal ratings The Point and the Wal-Mart of news brought to Sinclair newscasts, it's a POINT well taken by most viewers who fled their newscasts like a hurricane evacuation.
 
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