[London Lite]

There's not much else I can add for the reasons I posted about Jim Gardner's replacement apart from the fact Action News has been discussed on the other tv presentation forums, such as the use of the legendary theme from the 1970s still in use today and Jim Gardner announcing his retirement previously.

As for the whole "niche" thing, I thought that was the whole point of the forum that we discuss topics that are more than skin deep about the industry in the first place?

[W. Knight]

Noticias Telemundo seems to have a new set of lower thirds and graphics package:
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A bit of step back with the bevels imo, considering they've been using a simpler underline previously:
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Also the dark blue reminds me of the new openers for CBC's The National:
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[Medianext.MX]

It just looks off. By comparison, here’s how the original 2018 version looked like. It looked really refreshing, with a really European touch to the graphics, and a set design made by Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia…

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To other news now… Nexstar’s Sacramento station KTXL (Fox 40) has been the latest to switch to their standard issue graphics packages from Rey Rodriguez (Linear Drift). KTXL took one of the better packs, the look created for WISH-TV until they sold it in the Tribune merger.

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Finally, an update on CBS News Detroit: their entire broadcast center has been fully remodeled in preparation for the big launch. Additionally, other CBS O&O one-man bands have been visiting the Motor City to prepare the new hirings for the launch.

[Medianext.MX]

KCAL's morning news has its first weekend anchor... Sheba Turk joins from Tegna-owned WWL-TV.

www.wwltv.com 

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Additionally, promotional material is already being shot for the new newscast. The new team of weekday anchors will be made of:



[*]4:00-4:30 - Kalyna Astrinos
[*]4:30-7:00 - Marci Lee, Chris Holmstrom, Amber Lee (weather), Kalyna Astrinos (traffic), Kristin Smith (sports)
[*]7:00-11:00 - Jamie Yuccas, Rudabeh Shahbazi, Amber Lee (weather), Kalyna Astrinos (entertainment and features)

[Medianext.MX]

An update on the KCAL news relaunch... The CBS Los Angeles duopoly has hired, alongside Sheba Turk, former KPIX chief meteorologist Paul Deanno, currently at WMAQ. He will be in the 7-10am part of the new morning news show. It has been announced Turk will co-anchor with Rachel Kim on weekends when the new morning show launches.

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In other news now, the Los Angeles Times is reporting KNBC veteran anchor Chuck Henry has accepted to retire early after accepting a buyout incentive from NBCUniversal. Additionally, Beverly White, Vikki Vargas, Kim Baldonado, and Angie Crouch have also accepted the incentive. Additionally, many station executives and employees are in the eye for layoffs, all caused due to the advertising downturn, increasing costs for content (specially sports) and the bust of the streaming wars.

www.latimes.com 

Chuck Henry, Beverly White, other KNBC vets exiting station - Los Angeles Times
The staffers departing, also including Vikki Vargas, Kim Baldonado and Angie Cro…
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[W. Knight]

To other news now… Nexstar’s Sacramento station KTXL (Fox 40) has been the latest to switch to their standard issue graphics packages from Rey Rodriguez (Linear Drift). KTXL took one of the better packs, the look created for WISH-TV until they sold it in the Tribune merger.

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Had some kind of OCD to move the Fox 40 box over with the headline edges Honestly, their horizontal symbol would have looked better in that position.

Also, I found it a bit strange to see the roller contains fully typed-out scripts, compared to the usual brief news headlines you'd see in lower thirds. Is this a US local TV thing?

[benzj]

American local TV is so complicated! Utterly fascinated but totally no clue. So many brands, so many brands within brands! It’s difficult to keep up.

As an American, I'd say the level of complexity is analogous to the state of the ITV network during the 1990s -- a brand for national programming to unite the network, but strong local identities for news and non-network airtime. (That said, the US will never have a Carlton-Granada merger moment, as FCC regulations on concentration of media ownership, where one station owner can only amass a total reach of 39% of the US population, effectively make it impossible.) Probably the quirkiest parts are the continued use of station call signs (which the UK has never really had) and our approach to channel numbering (there is no centralized set of LCNs, in contrast to UK DTT, and most stations continue to use their analog-era channel numbers for branding purposes).

[sky303]

Also, I found it a bit strange to see the roller contains fully typed-out scripts, compared to the usual brief news headlines you'd see in lower thirds. Is this a US local TV thing?

It depends on the station, some don't use them at all.  But it's not uncommon to see that. I remember nationally when Fox News Channel used one, it had longer story details too.

[London Lite]

The one thing that's interesting is how FOX have O&Os in smaller markets like Tampa and Phoenix which the big 3 haven't acquired and while Washington DC is the capital, it's not the largest market, so while FOX and NBC are O&O, Sinclair operate the ABC affiliate, Tegna the CBS and Nexstar is the CW station which recently acquired the CW network.

[Roger Darthwell]

American local TV is so complicated! Utterly fascinated but totally no clue. So many brands, so many brands within brands! It’s difficult to keep up.

As an American, I'd say the level of complexity is analogous to the state of the ITV network during the 1990s -- a brand for national programming to unite the network, but strong local identities for news and non-network airtime. (That said, the US will never have a Carlton-Granada merger moment, as FCC regulations on concentration of media ownership, where one station owner can only amass a total reach of 39% of the US population, effectively make it impossible.) Probably the quirkiest parts are the continued use of station call signs (which the UK has never really had) and our approach to channel numbering (there is no centralized set of LCNs, in contrast to UK DTT, and most stations continue to use their analog-era channel numbers for branding purposes).

I never understood why the FCC made this 39% rule, why did they decide to do this? And why the FCC won't allow NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX and the CW to own all of their affiliates