Chris Clausen WPTV voice over, and also the voice over to WSVN’s segment sponsor passed away yesterday after suffering a stroke last week.
Clausen was the voice over for many stations across the country including WFTV in Orlando, stations in Memphis, St. Louis and others. He was 63
/thanks Adam/
Jon Stewart takes a look at CNN’s American Morning and their use of songs to introduce stories
Tipster tells me WHDH’s video server crashed last night at 9pm and WSVN had help them by feeding them stories until everything was back on.
Couple years ago they had to scrap a whole newscast when everything crashed then
While keeping an eye on WTVJ’s on-again off-again problems this afternoon I notice that Blake Burman who joined WSVN from NBC2 in Ft. Myers, Florida is now at 7. He started July 7th.
Blake Burman WSVN
WTVJ has been knocked off the air. Nothing is being broadcast at the moment but snow
update: just a second ago they switched to MSNBC
update 4:12pm: WTVJ is in the middle of a meltdown. They keep going back and forth between MSNBC and Access Hollywood. When AH was on a while ago the sound kept cutting out then went back to MSNBC.
As of now Access Hollywood is on but the sound again keeps going out
Update: 4:15pm Paul Deanno is on audio keeps cutting out but he said it’s the weather causing the issues. AH is back on without sound
WHDH finally fliped the HD switched at Noon today.
This is a pretty good preview of what to expect from WSVN whenever they get around
/hat tip Andy from Boston/
more video, the embeding feature and player have not been officially released so you might have to try and play the video more than once.
Breaking News bump
updated news desk
developing story bump
TVNewsday points to an FCC filing seeking approval for the sale of WTVJ to Post-Newsweek, which shows that the station was sold for $205 million. Way below the estimated $350 million.
Last time WTVJ was sold it was to NBC in 1987 when the network acquired it for $270 million dollars cash.
update:
here’s the filing on the FCC website. Documents require PDF reader
There are some redacted parts. Mainly the employee matters, NBC affiliation
/hat tip Bill/
NBC has a new graphics package that should be disbursed around all NBC-owned stations before teh Olympics. KNTV in San Francisco already has it and someone posted videos on YouTube.
An interesting note, with the new graphics and HD came a re-brand. The station is now known as simply NBC Bay Area and the bug in the lower right displays only NBC. There’s no mention of channel number at all.
Below an open, a bit dizzying me thinks, with former WSVN-er Jessica Aguirre who’s also Louis Aguirre’s sister.
Coming up tease
‘The Morning Showoff’ is, we guess, the name for WSFL’s new morning show which the station says will re-invent morning TV.
They’ve announced a casting call for on-air talent and content producers that will take place on August 9th at 10am at Nova Southeastern University and online until August 6th.
From the site:
Are you the next Jon Stewart?
Do you live, eat, sleep, and breathe news and pop culture?
Can talk about it endlessly without boring your friends?
Or, would you like to work behind the scenes?If so, then the WSFL Morning Show talent search could be your shot at TV Superstardom.
It’s not very clear what the on-air talent will be showing off exactly that early in the morning but with a title like that they’ll get at least a few eyeballs to check it out.
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