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NBC Miami’s “Sports Extra” To Return to the Air

Published by admin on 8/12/2010 in Local Media and come backs.

WTVJ canceled ‘Sports Final’ in July of 2009 amid the souring economy but GM Ardyth Diercks was quoted as saying that it could return eventually. Fast forward to today and we have WTVJ (sports) reporter Adam Kuperstein tweeting that the station’s Sunday sports wrap show is returning!

Kuperstein says ‘Sports Final’ will be back on the air starting September 12 for the Miami Dolphins opener and will be hosted by him and Joe Rose. In a follow up tweet Kuperstein’s adds that “the show will be shorter but EARLIER–about 15 minutes after the Sunday Night Football game on NBC. We can’t wait!”.

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Bob Mayer Signing Off WTVJ Next Week

Published by admin on 6/19/2010 in Local Media.

Bob Mayer Photo: NBCMiami.com

Long time WTVJ anchor Bob Mayer is leaving sometime next week. One of our regular readers said they mentioned it during the newscasts.

As per the announcement in May, Bob Mayer’s said he’ll be signing off WTVJ by July 1st which is this coming Thursday!

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New WTVJ “Community” Promo

Published by Alex on 2/17/2010 in Local Media, Videos and WTVJ.

In an apparent attempt to make the station feel more local to the viewer, WTVJ has started running new promo’s recently, that focus on the “Miami community and culture.” Interesting text at the ending, saying “NBC Miami News @ 11″

Video after the jump.
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WTVJ Re-brands Newscasts; NBC [Your City]

Published by Alex on 2/17/2010 in Local Media.

NBC6 Logo

It appears as if WTVJ (NBC6) has done some minor re-branding in the past few weeks, in an apparent effort to make the station feel more local to the viewer. Anchors and reporters have started to refer to the station as “NBC Miami” during general newscasts, where as reporters on assignment or from a live-shots refer to the station as “NBC [City filmed/reporting in].” This results in some interesting names for the station, such as “NBC Wilton Manors,” “NBC Davie,” and “NBC Hialeah.” At this point, no logo/voice over re-branding has taken place. Alert reader “Alain/TMBtD” points out that a recent promo refers to the 11 P.M. newscast as “NBC Miami News at 11.” Perhaps this is still in it’s experimental phase.

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Report: Layoffs at WTVJ Imminent

Published by Alex on 1/19/2010 in Local Media and departures.

Possible Layoffs at WTVJAccording to reports on FTVLive.com, layoffs may soon be on their way to all NBC O&O’s, including WTVJ. According to sources, NBC O&O’s are being asked to pay in excess of 10 million dollars together to help cover the reported nearly $40 million dollars being given to Conan O’Brien and his staffers as a severance payment. The alleged problem is there is simply no way to raise the money without layoffs. FTVLive says that in other words, more layoffs are expected to hit the owned and operated stations.

“The only way the O&O’s will be able to raise the money will be through layoffs.” A source tells FTVLive’s Scott Jones.

So what’s next to go at WTVJ? Better yet, what exactly can go at WTVJ? The once glorious station is running a skin and bones operation as it is; already dissolving it’s weekend morning news and sports.  What more can they get rid of? What (or who) do you think is next to go?

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