In the Bay Area, at least, KPIX does pretty well with reasonably hard local news (especially in the context of competing with the Comical), and while I wouldn't call any of the reporters or anchors "veterans," the on-air personnel is pretty stable. They are (seemingly) short-staffed, since poor Da Lin seems to cover every story on the weekend, but I come away from a broadcast feeling like I know what's happening locally.
That said, they can't seem to keep a weatherperson in place for more than a few months (they currently have three or four who rotate -- including one of the weekend anchors) and the sports staff is TERRIBLE (but that's true for all the stations in the area). Thinking back to my days in LA, I remember the reporters and anchors were relatively stable, but with a difference: people stayed in the market, but rotated stations (with notable exceptions like Jim Brown, who's been at KNXT/KCBS since the Ice Age, and Fritz Coleman and Fred Roggin, who despite evidencing any humor or talent, were virtually glued to their spots at KNBC). The last time I was in town, I was surprised to see Colleen Williams, still plugging along at the anchor desk, and was delighted to see her. --Dave Sikula On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 2:21:20 PM UTC-7 Mark Jeffries wrote: > What's interesting is that CBS is going back to having News control the > owned stations' local news shops--something they and NBC did back in the > 50s and 60s, until the ABC-owned stations, which news shops weren't > controlled by the news department, changed local news forever with the > "Eyewitness News" format (and what was called disparagingly back then > "happy talk"). Eventually, News let go of the local departments and CBS > and NBC-owned stations continued to have soft ratings while ABC's stations > continued to dominate in those markets (although "happy talk" per se at its > worst eventually disappeared). Is CBS going to try to rebuild the local > shops as serious news outlets like in the Cronkite days? > > Mark Jeffries > [email protected] > > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 2:53 PM Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dan Rather and Connie Chung? >> >> Seriously, this is the first I've heard about Zirinsky leaving. Sounds >> like it was not the smooth match that had been expected. >> >> >> On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 3:26:34 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Take a look at this story from the Poynter Institute >>> https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2021/cbs-news-names-a-new-president-and-its-actually-two-people/ >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ec028554-b959-4d8d-ac61-7a5850f3fa6en%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ec028554-b959-4d8d-ac61-7a5850f3fa6en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/30f89c1e-2594-405b-b3f5-1c21213e1fa6n%40googlegroups.com.
