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Monthly Archive for July, 2008

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WHDH in High Definition

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

California Quake KNBC Live Video

NBC Lost Money on WTVJ Deal

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/

How NBC6 Might Look Very Soon

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

WSFL’s New Morning Show Talent Search

‘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.