Hmmm,is the news drought at CBS62 about to come to an end?

[Deleted User 7620]

WWJ-TV just hired a journalist named Andres Gutierrez from Kansas City. He comes from KSHB, the NBC affiliate in KC. Looks like he’s both a journalist and an anchor. His first day on the job was today, according to his Instagram.

We are getting a lot closer to launch date.

[tivoking]

NBC is thinking about cancelling 10 PM programming, so 2, 4, 20 will have 10 PM news. Lame.

[SixPlusOne]

Courtesy: NewscastStudio

CBS News Detroit Prepares For The Elements With Next Weather Tracker

https://www.newscaststudio.com/2022/09/ ... r-tracker/

[MWmetalhead]

Lame.

[Editorcj]

The other 3 stations have had that same type of vehicle for 10 years. Not an advantage but it looks pretty.

[MWmetalhead]

It can be placed at the top of the list for moronic gimmicks.

[Rate This]

It can be placed at the top of the list for moronic gimmicks.

So you’re gonna have this leapfrog the Rant Van with Ronnie Dahl?

[km1125]

They need to step up and get something rolling. If what they're doing on CW50 is an indicator, then I probably won't be watching much. I'm seeing myself less and less able to stomach a whole half-hour as it is.

[MWmetalhead]

To answer Rate This - yes, I think so.

As idiotic as the "Rant Van" was, at least it resulted in some on-air content (albeit bad content).

[thekman]

Why do I feel like this thread about the 62 news might last longer than the newscast eventually will? Once it starts, someday. Eventually. Supposedly.

My 85-year old dad loves the news though. Between Fox 2 and Local 4, he will watch 12 hours about storm coverage. He’ll probably watch this one too. He still reads 3 newspapers every day too.

[drew10219]

Once it starts, someday. Eventually. Supposedly.

they have to have it up by election time

[MWmetalhead]

The new CBS prime time lineup launches this coming week. I figured local news would launch concurrently. Looks like I'll be wrong about that.

I cannot help but wonder if they've had some difficulty filling all the positions.

[Newsman123]

Likely. Pay sucks. 80K for OMB reporters. That doesnt attract stars. And Detroit is still a hard sell.

[MWmetalhead]

Very few on-air talent announcements have been made relative to the number of hours of daily news content this operation will churn out.

I think we've only read about three on-air anchor hires so far - two females; one male.

There's an election in just over six weeks, yet a launch date hasn't even been announced. Are we witnessing a trainwreck?

Sounds like they cannot even drum up enough interest to poach experienced staffers from West Michigan, Toledo, or Lansing. They've only managed to hire a few folks from Sinclair's dumpster fire in Flint plus a handful of folks from out of state.

Perhaps someone with actual newsroom leadership experience should've been hired as ND, and I also think See-B.S. screwed up by committing to launch so many hours of local news all at once.

In 1995, WWJ-TV was planning to do local news, even hiring a news director, only to abruptly cancel those plans.

[conelrad]

I'm highly skeptical of the success of a CBS 62 news product --- but we'll see.