...Following that, WKBD did air an in-house morning newscast that launched in 2011 and was cancelled in 2012. First Forecast Mornings with Syma Chowdrey, Randy Bihrdo and ? The morning show launched on WWJ-TV in May 2009, as a collaborative effort with the Detroit Free Press. Anchor was Mike Brookb...

"Whoa! We got a wobbler!...That's what the extra menu's for!"
- Geico "Like your Parents"

While they still have the digital noisemaker turned on, I've noticed a significant improvement in WWJ's audio quality (analog). They've backed off quite a bit on the audio compression and the weird distortion I've noticed for years in their audio seems to be mostly, if not completely gone. They're ...

Yet another new thing at 10 P.M.
Oh, WADL.

Veteran Detroit reporter Kevin Dietz back on TV following WDIV controversy

Bring back Amyre Makeupson and Roger McCloy, Ray Lane sports, and Jim Madus Weather. :razz Last heard McCoy was at Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, teaching journalism and doing documentary production. Lane and Madaus are retired, not about to return. Amyre was until recently one of the hosts of CW50 "Str...

non-anon bob wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 17, 2020 12:45 pm

Anyone heard anything about local air-talent (anchors/reporters) being hired for the "CW 50 10pm News?"

At least one locally-based multimedia journalist has been hired so far to create news or feature content. Current local talent will handle weather segments.

50.5 Circle live now. (Jan 14)

bmw wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:21 pm

...Sound quality is EXCELLENT (far better than an old analog unit I own) and while the sound level is somewhat lower than braodcast FM even when turned to the highest possible level without clipping, it still sounds great. ...

Just curious, in what way is this device not also an analog unit?

wtfdetroit wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 06, 2020 4:22 pm

I tried rescanning my antenna yesterday and didn't see 50.5, I'm guessing it's not up?

It is listed on the TitanTV grid now, though.

Splouge wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 06, 2020 4:14 pm

WADL specifically told Comcast not to carry their subs

That might have been so Comcast would at least carry the main channel, which I don' t think they were going to do early on.

WDIV was actually promoting COZI 4.4 as new addition to their over-the-air lineup during this morning's "Live in the 'D'." WADL's PSIP is still not updated to show as QVC in Cozi's old slot. No telling what the cable services will do. Comcast/Xfinity didn't carry any of WADL's subs, but maybe they'l...

From NorthPine.com : Longtime CBS Radio affiliate WCCO/830 (Minneapolis) has dropped hourly CBS newscasts but continues to be an affiliate of the network. The News/Talk station, which has Minnesota’s largest commercial radio newsroom, had already exited the hourly national newscast at :03 past to be...

mmg wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 02, 2020 12:13 pm

Splouge wrote:Cozi's website now confirms WDIV 4.4!

COSI is on RabbitEars as 4-4 now

It might be listed at cozi and on rabitears, but it's not on WDIV 4 dot anything, yet. Just did a rescan to check.

The Saturday tropo maps at Hepburn's Tropospheric Ducting Forecast site showed a "fair" amount of ducting over the Great Lakes area. Warm air, cold ground, interesting signal paths.

I was watching WADL 38.4, and a locally inserted (emphasis on locally) screen crawl stated the following, or at least something similar "COZI TV WILL NO LONGER BE BROADCAST ON THIS CHANNEL STARTING JAN 1, 2020. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT COZI TV DIRECTLY." Shitty move, WADL. Shitty fuckin...