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10’s Taxi Retires

Author admin on 9/15/2006 in Local Media.

That was a cool segment but it has come to an end. WPLG has retired the yellow cab, a 1967 Chevy Marathon.

Fortunately it didn’t go into a junk yard, Todd Tongen who also reported the segment and drove the taxi bought it for $510 bux. Cool!

Last September I got a tip from an insider who said that due to WPLG dropping the 5pm newscast Todd Tongen will be one of the people who will leave the station at the end of his contract.

Miami Herald – Joan Fleischman/Talk of our town
WPLG’s ‘10 Taxi’ finds a loving home

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7’s Style File Has New Graphics

Author admin on 9/14/2006 in Local Media.

They have updated the graphics to “Style File” to something very glassy/reflective and shiny but that logo, again, looks a bit weird like it does in those ‘See it on 7′ promos. And I wish they’d drop that swoosh line, it’s overdone already - not cool.

They are getting very techy-looking over there, if the latest promos and bump graphics are any indication the new graphics package for 7 will be very shiny and CGI heavy, more so than it is now. 

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Official: Sunbeam Buys WLVI

Author admin on 9/14/2006 in Local Media.

The guys over at BTVN got the scoop first and now have confirmed that Sunbeam TV have indeed bought WLVI – CW56 in Boston, creating a duopoly, and will be moving 30 staffers over to the WHDH Newsplex.

More at the BTVN page

Miami Herald:
Sunbeam enters duopoly in Boston

Boston Herald:
End of a TV era – Ch. 7 owner buys Channel 56 for $114M

South Florida Business Journal:
Channel 7 owner buys third TV station

WCVB – ABC5 Boston:
Boston TV Station Sold

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NBC To Stream Prime Time Shows. Free!

Author admin on 9/13/2006 in Local Media.

We are getting there. Slowly but surely cutting out the local stations and making it easier for people to watch the shows they want whenever they want.

Couple that with all big-box retailer PCs coming pre-loaded with Windows Media Center operating system by default, and soon Windows Vista, and a video-out connection which only needs a cable it’s getting ever easier to plug the PC to the TV and display that streaming content.

/via Lost Remote/ NBCU Press Release on Streaming Full Episodes Online

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Elita Loresca in FHM

Author admin on 9/13/2006 in Local Media.

If you haven’t heard by now Elita Loresca won a vote for America’s sexiest newscaster and did a few photos for FHM and an interview.

This would be the second time a WSVN weather gal has made it to the top of the poll, in 2004 Jackie Johnson was voted Sexiest Weather Gal in Playboy.

I’d rather see some of the guys but to me Elita’s photos aren’t as sexy as I thought they would be, I think I thought they would be something like Maxim. Still not bad – my favorite would have to be photos #1 and #3

Now when are some of the dudes going to do a Matt Lauer one? :D

FHM
Elita Loresca

 

What do you think?

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Today Show in Hi-Def Tomorrow

Author admin on 9/13/2006 in Media Headlines.

Meredith Vieira debuts on 9/13 and so will a new Today set/studio all broadcast in HDTV goodness

TVNewser
Meredith debuts

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Ratings for Monday

Author admin on 9/12/2006 in Local Media.

Some nice tipster sent the ratings for Monday 9/11.

Dr Phil was last in it’s time slot, even WTVJ beat him! Ouch

7News First at 4 fared better than I expected. Something else I didn’t expect to see is 7 beating Katie Couric and Brian Williams at 6:30!!!

ratings points/share
1 ratings point equals 15,386 households
Share = percentage of households tuned in

4pm

WFOR 4.3/8 – Oprah
WTVJ 4.2/8 – Ellen
WSVN 3.8/8 – 7News First at 4 – 4p-4:30p
WPLG 3.6/7 – Judge Judy

 

5pm

WFOR 5.5/10 – News
WTVJ 4.2/7 – News
WSVN 5.0/9 – News
WPLG 3.8/6 – Dr. Phil

 

5:30p

WFOR 6.0/10 – News
WTVJ 4.4/8 – News
WSVN 5.0/8 – News
WPLG  – n/a (Dr Phil)

 

6p

WFOR 4.5/7 – News
WTVJ 4.1/7 – News
WSVN 5.2/8 – News
WPLG 5.1/8 - News

 

6:30p

WFOR 3.9/6 – CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
WTVJ 4.3/7 – NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
WPLG 5.0/8 – ABC World News with Charlie Gibson
WSVN 4.7/8 – 7News/Lynn Martinez – Tom Haynes  

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Today: No More Local10 News at 5; 7News First at 4 is On

Author admin on 9/11/2006 in Local Media.

Today is the day WPLG’s great experiment – dropping the local news at 5pm and putting Dr. Phil on instead – is going live. I am almost positively sure the suits at 10 are crossing fingers and toes hoping Dr. Phil survives 3 newscasts.

7News on their part are taking a pretty big risk with their 5pm newscast as well, leaving it without a strong lead-in. 

Starting a half-hour 4pm newscast followed by low-rated ‘Geraldo At Large’ neither of which has the Judge Judy lead-in pull means WFOR, with Oprah on at 4pm, has nothing to worry about. At least for the time being.

‘7News First At 4pm’ and ‘Geraldo’ will be going against ‘Oprah’ on WFOR, ‘Judge Judy’ on WPLG and  ‘Ellen’ on WTVJ!

Should make for an interesting November sweeps. I wonder if 10 will get attacked by the other stations for dropping the newscast!?

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Boston Globe: WHDH Is Trying To get WLVI

Author admin on 9/8/2006 in Local Media.

The Boston Globe, citing an “executive involved in the deal”, says Sunbeam TV is in negotiations to buy WLVI Channel 56 in Boston. The station is owned by Tribune and is now the CW affiliate in the market.

Boston Globe
Miami owner of WHDH in talks to acquire WLVI

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7’s New Site

Author admin on 9/4/2006 in Local Media.

Some very very clever 7News viewer stumbled on the finished design of 7’s new website. And was just too nice to send it over so we can have a gawk at it!

click and see

I think the site looks sexy, they finally brought to the year 2006 even though I would have liked 7 to really set themselves apart and create something unlike what the other stations have without going outside of the station and without turning the site into a portal and try to be more than just news.

I hope they didn’t scrap live streaming of the newscasts!!!

What do you think?

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