For those that worked in the business, just how much of the local broadcasts are scripted and how closely do the anchors have to follow the script? I know the actual stories are written and they mostly follow the teleprompter for those (which makes sense), but how much of the banter and transitiona...

I did a new scan today. I usually get 40 channels. Today I got 39 and that got me wondering and I discovered WKBD-TV airing bars and tone on Channel 34.1. I expect for reasons this entire forum knows about we will see a lot more of this in the months to come. Keeping doing a scan at least twice a w...

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Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:52 am

Thanks,SixPlusOne. ( Are we the only posters whose height is in our username ?) I'll just stay in my lane.

SixPlusOne as many have guessed adds up to the Channel I worked at. For the record I am just 5'8".

It was an O&O until 1984, not sure how ABC News used the property or local news department for covering national stories in the midwest. CBS News rented space at Broadcast house in the early 2000's for one of it's bureaus for a few years. I was there as an employee when they were an O&O. There was ...

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Courtesy: The Guardian America's Rural Radio Stations Are Vanishing – And Taking The Country's Soul With Them "Small-town radio is fizzling nationwide, as stations struggle to attract advertisement dollars. And as station owners are forced to sell, media conglomerates snap up rural frequencies for ...

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Grand Rapids Station Unveils New Set

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WMYD To Host Detroit’s First ATSC 3.0 Signal

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Amazon May Join Sinclair In Bid For Regional Sports Networks

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If they do more local they really need to get rid of Beckmann and Albom, They both suck. I agree with getting rid of Albom and you can add Guy Gordon as well which would make room for Hannity as someone else has suggested. Acquiring additional local talent instead of syndicated programming would me...

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Sinclair Broadcasting Seen As Top Bidder As Fox Regional Sports Network Auction Comes To A Close

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West Michigan native, Emily Schuitema, joins WOOD TV from WSAW-TV in Wisconsin. Schuitema grew up in Grand Rapids and graduated from Grand Rapids Christian High School in 2013. https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/meteorologist-emily-schuitema-joins-storm-team-8/1936386341 Courtesy: TVNewsCheck...

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Courtesy: TV Technology ATSC 3.0 To Be Deployed In 40 U.S. Markets By End Of 2020 "Station groups involved in the deployment include Fox Television Stations , NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations, Univision, Spectrum Co. (includes Sinclair) and members of the Pearl TV Group, a coalition of broadc...