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Sinclair adds website for its The National Desk service feed
Sinclair Broadcast Group launched a companion website for its national news stream, The National Desk Dec. 6, 2021. First look at Sinclair’s ‘The National Desk’ ahead of mid-January debut The website,...
View ArticleNew ‘CBS News Detroit’ brand likely a hint at the future
CBS Television Stations has announced it will be bringing back local news to Detroit station WWJ. Currently, the station is the only network-owned station in the United States that doesn’t have a full...
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Gray’s WLBT overhauls studio with new set, lighting grid
Gray Television’s WLBT has debuted a top to bottom update of its Jackson, Mississippi, studio. “With this upgrade our team will have the capabilities and the technology required in today’s high-tech...
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Dallas station’s windowed studio is officially going offline
WFAA in Dallas will officially shutter its Victory Park studios the weekend of Dec. 18, 2021. NewscastStudio first reported of the relocation in August, with the station noting the newscast move to...
View ArticleLexington Fox affiliate teasing upcoming changes
Fox 56 News, WDKY, is teasing a series of changes set to debut on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2022. The updates include the launch of additional news programming, including four hours of morning news,...
View ArticleCharlotte station to drop Fox name from news branding
WJZY, the formerly Fox owned “stepchild” station in Charlotte, North Carolina, will rebrand in January 2022 as “Queen City News” and debut a new set and graphics package. The Nexstar Media Group...
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El Paso ABC debuts new set
El Paso’s ABC affiliate, KVIA, has debuted a new set from FX Design Group as part of a larger investment into the station from owner News-Press & Gazette Co. “For the first time in a...
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WNBC, WNJU set to move into together at 30 Rock
NBC-owned WNBC and WNJU are slated to move in together at 30 Rockefeller Center come 2023. WNBC is the flagship NBC station and WNJU is the Spanish language Telemundo affiliate, both serving the...
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Chattanooga’s WRCB drops ‘Eyewitness’ for ‘Local 3,’ new look
Chattanooga’s WRCB has dropped its long-time “Eyewitness News” branding in favor of “Local 3 News,” along with debuting a new logo and graphics package. Owned by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc., WRCB notes the...
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Louisville station rides the ‘WAVE’ back to its past for new logo design
WAVE, the NBC affiliate in Louisville, Kentucky, has switched to an updated logo design that draws on the station’s history and has a bit of fun with the word that its call letters spell out. The new...
View ArticleNBC launching local news streams on Peacock in six markets
NBC is launching local channels on its Peacock streaming platform. Starting Jan. 20, 2022, Peacock users will have access to four free feeds of regional news, weather, sports and lifestyle programming...
View ArticleOhio station emphasizes heading out safely in weather promo
WBNS, CBS affiliate in Columbus, Ohio, is using a simple approach to promoting its weather app and forecasts as a way to get where viewers are going safely. The spot centers around three different “lay...
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CBS launches CBS News Miami streaming service
Along with the relaunch of CBSN as the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS-owned WFOR rolled out its streaming news channel, CBS News Miami. The local offering becomes the 13th of 14 local news streaming...
View ArticleABC owned stations launching local streams
Fresh off the announcement that the national ABC News Live feeds will see a talent and programming update, ABC has announced that its owned TV stations in eight markets will launch local streaming...
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NBC Boston goes ballistic with blizzard 15 box
Boston TV stations were in full winter weather mode over the weekend of Jan. 29, 2022 after much of the northeast got walloped by a major winter storm — and that means it’s time for another round of...
View ArticleLocal content to generate more traffic amid globalization
The media industry tends to scrutinize the variable metrics of the audience in the discussion of traffic. During the pandemic, media companies found an unprecedented opportunity to reassess the...
View ArticleKMOV goes behind the slogan in news promo
KMOV, the CBS affiliate in St. Louis, Missouri, is airing a promo that aims to explain to viewers the meaning behind one of its slogans. The station has used the tagline “Watching Out For You” (and the...
View ArticleChicago anchors joke someone forgot to pay the power bill during video wall fail
NBC Chicago anchors were left standing in front of a black video wall after a technical glitch. At the tail end of WMAQ’s 4 p.m. newscast Feb. 1, 2022, co-anchors Marion Brooks and Stefan Holt moved...
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St. Louis station completes the ‘arch’ in 75th anniversary logo design
St. Louis’ NBC affiliate KSDK is marking its 75th anniversary with a special logo that’s similar to how KTLA in Los Angeles reimagined its channel number as part of its big milestone year. KTLA marks...
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Local CBS streaming networks promo adopts network brand look
Select CBS owned stations are running a promo that showcases their new local streaming branding. In the example from KPIX in San Fransisco, which has popped up on other CBS owned stations with slight...
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