[rkolsen]

WPVI’s helicopter crashed in a wooded area of NJ last night at 8PM. It was embargoed until 4AM. Just an hour ago they confirmed that both their pilot and photographer were deceased.

6abc.com 

6abc Action News' Chopper 6 crashes with 2 crew members onboard in Washingt…
An investigation is underway after Action News' helicopter Chopper 6 crashe…
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[London Lite]

I believe this is the first mention of the crash on WPVI this morning.

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www.youtube.com 

[interestednovice]

I think moving closer to Sunday Morning in terms of branding and content was a good move for CBS Mornings. For me, it strikes the right balance between the traditional pace of weekday morning shows and the more thoughtful, in-depth Sunday Morning format.

I personally still prefer the warmth, 'family' feel and faster pace of the Today show, but I'd take CBS Mornings over GMA any day.

On of the other changes of CBS Mornings was to try to replicate some of that warmth to an extent, without sacrificing the slightly more thoughtful tone you mention - too warm, of course, and the programme ends up with no serious news substance; too serious and there is no warmth.

CBS This Morning was arguably too serious in a market when cable news outlets like CNN This Morning & Morning Joe already cover the more serious end more successfully, so going for a middle ground with CBS Mornings is probably a smart move.

[mouseboy33]

Totally agree. I really dont like GMA at all. Never warmed to it. NBC Today was alway my favourite. Back it in the it was even better. But GMA is too much for me.

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I believe this is the first mention of the crash on WPVI this morning.

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www.youtube.com 

Absolutely horrific news. WPVI is the leading station the Delaware Valley (Philly). Must be devastating for the newsroom. Cant imagine when they arrive for work this morning.

[W. Knight]

NewscastStudio has done a quite lengthy write-up of the new sets, which were designed by Jack Morton PDG. The article also tells this is the first phase of the renovation, with a second phase involving a larger renovation of the former NBC News bureau newsroom ongoing, under the supervision of Gensler.

www.newscaststudio.com 

WRC's newsroom has been renovated, according to their LinkedIn post (shared here: www.linkedin.com ).

Scott Williams on LinkedIn: Amazing new look! As if you needed another reason to…
Amazing new look! As if you needed another reason to want to work there.
  Source: www.linkedin.com

forums.tvnewstalk.net 

forums.tvnewstalk.net 

(Photos courtesy of TVNewsTalk)

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WNDU South Bend has switched to GrayOne - kinda cluncky with their existing News Now branding.
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Meanwhile, another case of network branding removed: NBC Nebraska is no more across KNOP and KSNB, as they updated to another old graphics template. This is the KNOP version:
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And KWQC's "Hello Quad Cities" sting seems to be replaced by generic Gray animation, plus a change in their symbol:
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[rkolsen]

WRC's newsroom has been renovated, according to their LinkedIn post (shared here: www.linkedin.com ).

forums.tvnewstalk.net 
forums.tvnewstalk.net 

(Photos courtesy of TVNewsTalk)

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They’re redoing the building in stages. I’d post pics but many were from private instagram pages. There’s this long beautiful staircase with a picture of their longtime anchor Jim Vance at the end, all the meeting rooms are named after parks, they replaced Keurigs with Nespresso and installed a chilled water (still and sparkling) dispenser. The private offices look nice but their glass opened. Each desk in the newsroom has a 21:9 monitor.

It’s honestly one of the most beautiful newsrooms or even offices I’ve seen. Supposedly the remaining area is going to be for town

Edit: On the first picture you see a large black space on the second floor, that’s the largest conference room and where the second picture was taken. I’d also have expected flash cams to be overhead so they would shoot the logos of above the news desk. But there appears to just be two or three cameras in the bottom right with a monitor wall of the first picture.

[Medianext.MX]

The new graphics for WINK News soft launched at 3pm ET today.

The new WINK News graphics have been designed by Vivid Zero (the motion design branch of consultancy SmithGeigner, and the designer of the new ABC O&O package).

vividzero.com 

WINK NEWS REBRAND
Skip to main content Menu HOME WORK LOCAL ABOUT CONTACT NEWS SMITHGEIGER GROUP f…
  Source: vividzero.com

[Charles]

The new WINK News graphics have been designed by Vivid Zero (the motion design branch of consultancy SmithGeigner, and the designer of the new ABC O&O package).

vividzero.com 

Very cool. It's so rare these days to see a bespoke graphics package made for just one TV station. That used to be so commonplace 10-20 years ago.

[sky303]

MSNBC is changing their weekend line up.

Saturdays
8-10am ET The Weekend - hosted by Alica Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steel (replacing Katie Phang and The Saturday Show)
10-12pm Velshi (no change)
12-1pm Katie Phang (Replacing Alex Witt Reports
1-4pm Alex Witt Reports (expanding to 3 hours, replacing Yasmin Vossoughian Reports at 2 and 3pmet )
4-5pm The Best of the Beat (Replacing Symone)
5-6pm PoliticsNation
6-7pm Saturday Show with Johnathan Caphart (replacing American Voices with Alicia Menendez)

7-9pm Ayman (first hour replacing American Voices)

Sunday
8-10am The Weekend (replacing The Katie Phang Show and The Sunday Show)
10-12pm Velshi
12-1pm Inside with Jen Psaki
1-4pm Alex Witt Reports (Witt has gone from being reduced to 1 hour on Sundays to having 3)
4-5pm Best of MSNBC Prime (replacing Symone)
5-6pm PoliticsNation
6-7pm Sunday Show (replacing American Voices)
7-9pm Ayman (Replacing repeat of Inside with Jen Psaki and The Mehdi Hasan Show) (Ayman will be 2 hours on Sunday instead of 1)

Hasan will still be with the network, but his streaming and TV shows will end.

www.adweek.com 

www.msn.com 

New Line up starts next Saturday 13/1


also, Mehdi Hasan's final MSNBC was tonight, and he has chosen to leave the network

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[W. Knight]

KDKA+/WPKD is launching an 8pm news, Primetime News on KDKA+, on January 8 next year. It'll be fronted by current weekend news presenter Jessica Quay.
www.nexttv.com 

Here's a look at KDKA+'s new primetime news.

Contrary to the tease graphic, the open uses standard CBS O&O graphics, right down to the abstract eyemarks. Their newsroom set is also present during the headlines.
up.metropol247.co.uk 

up.metropol247.co.uk 

up.metropol247.co.uk 

The presentation from the newsroom is by design, in their own words:

“What I love about that is, if need be, we can literally turn right around from the (anchor) desk and be like, ‘What was that?’ What’s happening?’ (to the assignment desk),” [Shawn] Hoder said. “I love that flow of communication, that old-school way where someone would walk up and hand a note (to the anchor). That can actually come back, and I love that.”

(Quoted from triblive.com )

TV Talk: KDKA+ launches 8 p.m. news; Very Local debuts Pittsburgh dating show | …
On Monday, Pittsburgh’s first 8 p.m. newscast launches on WPKD-TV, Cha…
  Source: triblive.com

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Meanwhile, KUNS is running a new morning show, also under the ARC brand:
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Bumping from another thread: Sinclair's KUNS is now Seattle's CW affiliate, and launched a new ARC brand. In addition to being the new name for outgoing CW station WWMT, it's also KUNS' new breakfast programme.
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