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Network Upfronts – ABC
Day three of the upfront season brings us ABC. ABC is bringing back several tried and true hits, losing some shows that most expected to be canceled. ABC also had a really good season this year, especially when it came to their Wednesday night comedies. Some of my personal favorites like The Middle, Modern Family [...]
19May2010 | Brian Harris | 1 comment | Continued
ABC 32 News Update
I know I reported on this blog that ABC 32 would kick off a 30 minute news cast on April 1. Then it was pushed back later in the month. Well now the date I have heard is May 10. My understanding is that equipment updates and waiting for the staff to be completed have [...]
24Apr2010 | Brian Harris | 1 comment | Continued
Good Morning Montgomery
While I was flipping around for a logo to include with another story I ran into this article from back in August 2009 that I had never read. I thought it was a great article that talks about a local TV program that we all love to love, or love to hate…Good Morning Montgomery, currently [...]
15Feb2010 | Brian Harris | 0 comments | Continued
Full Newscast Back at ABC 32 WNCF
WAKA received notice recently that they no longer will be producing the 9pm news cast for the CW. Why is this big? Because the CW will still have news and a big part of it will be produced at the Harrison Road facilities of WNCF ABC 32…the station that owns the local CW affiliate. The [...]
15Feb2010 | Brian Harris | 0 comments | Continued
Friday Poll
It seems like every local station has a local weather sub channel these days. Are these really necessary? Also, there are rumors abound that WSFA will stop carrying RTN or that RTN will stop producing content completely. CBS 42 Birmingham uses its 42.3 as a sports/outdoors channel. What about repeats of newscasts and breaking news [...]
18Dec2009 | Jason Trippe | 11 comments | Continued
The OTA Beat: My First Time
Hello and welcome to the first installment of the OTA Beat. This is my first article so forgive me if it lowers your expectations. (Didn’t MadTV have a skit called “Lowered Expectations?”) Anyway, I digress. This first post will cover some basics and tell you about my setup. I am an over-the-air (OTA) semi-pro. I [...]
9Sep2009 | Jason Trippe | 0 comments | Continued
Protest at ABC 32 WNCF
Check out this news article from WSFA.com:http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=10591776 This link was supplied by a reader. During Wednesday nights Obama program on ABC, outside of our local ABC 32 on Harrison Road were Members of the Montgomery and Wetumpka Tea Parties there to protest the biased coverage. The reader who supplied the link apparently did not agree [...]
25Jun2009 | Brian Harris | 0 comments | Continued
Making The Right Network Choice
The following is pure opinion and speculation from myself: When NBC changes the 9:00 p.m. CT hour this fall by canceling all scripted shows and introducing a earlier version of the Jay Leno Show…how will it affect WSFA News and the Montgomery market? I have been thinking about this a lot and have some ideas [...]
25Apr2009 | Brian Harris | 0 comments | Continued
Cable Companies vs. Local TV
WCOV – Fox 20 issued a press release this morning about their ongoing battles with Charter over the rate that Charter pays them. Basically they granted a one week extension so that Alabama fans will be able to watch the Sugar Bowl on Friday evening along with other big bowl games and the NFC wild [...]
2Jan2009 | Brian Harris | 0 comments | Continued
Finally! After almost a year and a half since Montgomery locals were turned up on Direct. Picture quality is great. ...