According to FTV Live, coverage of the Baltimore bridge collapse by Scripps' WMAR in Baltimore was absolutely pathetic. They provided minimal coverage during the scheduled morning newscast (other stations were wall-to-wall with coverage, and some even did away with commercial breaks) and ran GMA as...

Brian Abel leaving in May, next stop not yet announced. Memo went out to staff. Abel aside, its another example of how salaries have dropped so much, stations can’t keep talent for more than a few cycles. A 5/10pm anchor in this market used to make around 175-250K. You didnt need to “leave” to Chica...

charlie langton is THE most popular and well known reporter in the market. Research/recognizability on him is through the roof. Would you care to expound on how Research/Recognizably works. If this is some sort of likeability study, I'm particularly interested in how often a station does this for e...

charlie langton is THE most popular and well known reporter in the market. Research/recognizability on him is through the roof.

BirdieKingBobo wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:05 pm

IRS reports ..

Reporter Denver, CO $56,800
Lead anchor Cadillac Mi. $44,500

Just seeing this..
FYI.. reporters in Denver make 75K-100K. Not sure about cadillac salaries

Any idea of the total revenue Audacy generates annually in Detroit? Audacy Detroit generates a ton of revenue, and is one of the top performers in the company. Their stations are all top-rated and the most listened to, by and large. Its declining national ad revenue and corporate stumbles causing t...

Wait wait wait.. side note MW.. have you been to Rochester NY? Its a beautiful city! Nothing like Saginaw. Its downtown is full of lofts and coffee shops, restaurants, students etc. The Park Ave neighborhood is beautiful. The suburbs are high end and gorgeous. Its widely considered the best Upstate ...

Whats with all the anchor strife? Just growing pains? New folks.. some working out some not? Is Shaina happy? She was a main anchor in Philly. Moving to a start up has to be a bit of an adjustment.

Also, do they have plans to fill Jeff's role? Or go with this new solo anchor thing..

Yes. Promoted to mornings on WWJ. But a veteran traffic anchor for Audacy. Very well liked internally too (as are all their traffic people). Afternoons has someone new too I believe. Cant remember her name.

Say what you will.. WWJ has been seeing some of its best ratings in years, and is more than happy with its roster. People are listening. A solid new morning traffic anchor starts later this month.

WWJ more than doubles them in the ratings, and they are considered a non factor now. They really need a whole rebrand or format change.

The change in traffic is not budgetary

But yes, aside, the financial situation is what it is.

No.
The station has a good plan in place and all is good.

No

Indeed, the only reporter narrated story from the field on tonight's 6PM newscast came from Andres. The newscast was actually led with a reasonably well produced story about the Hamas - Israeli war from a CBS national reporter (who did provide a live shot). Most other news stories at 6PM tonight fe...