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by mtburb
Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:32 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: WTOL NFL game choices
Replies: 15
Views: 7757

Re: WTOL NFL game choices

This is happening again today. Instead of the Colts-Lions game, which WWJ is showing, WTOL got the Steelers-Ravens game instead. WUPW is showing Raiders-Browns. These rules are absurdly ridiculous.
by mtburb
Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:38 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Local 4 expands to 1 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2297

Local 4 expands to 1 PM

I'm not sure when this started, but Local 4's noon newscast has been extended to run until 1 PM. From what I saw of it, the second half-hour didn't have any rehashed stories. It was being referred to on-air as "a special edition", but could this become permanent?
by mtburb
Fri Jul 17, 2020 11:39 pm
Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
Topic: 30 Rock Special preempted
Replies: 6
Views: 1740

Re: 30 Rock Special preempted

Did any of the NBC affiliates in Michigan air it? I was wondering why WILX was showing Full Court Press at 8:00 on a Thursday. Ironically, despite being what started this thread, WEYI ended up airing it at it's normal time. Here's what the other NBC affiliates in Michigan, including out-of-state-ba...
by mtburb
Thu Jul 16, 2020 3:16 pm
Forum: Network & Syndicated Radio and TV
Topic: "30 Rock: A one-time special"
Replies: 12
Views: 3111

Re: "30 Rock: A one-time special"

WNWO is also preempting the special. In it's place will be additional reruns of Family Feud. WNWO won't be delaying it either.
by mtburb
Thu Jul 16, 2020 3:14 pm
Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
Topic: 30 Rock Special preempted
Replies: 6
Views: 1740

Re: 30 Rock Special preempted

WDIV and WNWO will not be airing the special either.

WDIV is airing the local special Something Good in it's place, while WNWO will be preempting the reunion/upfront with additional reruns of Family Feud.
by mtburb
Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:53 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: CBSDetroit62
Replies: 57
Views: 17583

Re: CBSDetroit62

Unlike today, where a corporation can share call letters among different stations it owns in different parts of the county. KCBS-TV in Los Angeles was initially KNXT because the KCBS call sign was already used by it's FM station in San Francisco. When the FCC relaxed the call letter requirement CBS...
by mtburb
Thu Jun 11, 2020 3:57 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: There's a moderate risk of severe weather today, and...
Replies: 31
Views: 6497

Re: There's a moderate risk of severe weather today, and...

Voyeur alert! At the bottom of a Detroit News story about storm damage, it reads: Send us your photos or videos of storms and damage in your area (only if it is safe to do so) at online@detroitnews.com. The story already had many such pictures, but I guess that wasn't enough... ...and so they went ...
by mtburb
Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:17 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: Toledo's most surprising event!
Replies: 13
Views: 3720

Re: Toledo's most surprising event!

RingtailedFox wrote:
Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:12 pm
I dunno.... ratings for both stations would probably increase if that were to happen :lol
That's for sure. XD
by mtburb
Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:48 pm
Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
Topic: Toledo's most surprising event!
Replies: 13
Views: 3720

Toledo's most surprising event!

I just read that WNWO will eliminate their affiliation with NBC after 25 years and become an independent station for the first time in 50 years. As a result, it will now air 22 1/2 hours of test patterns, with the rest of the day filled out with their preexisting out-of-state newscasts. Where will N...
by mtburb
Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:24 am
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: RePack Phase 8 started
Replies: 177
Views: 46802

Re: RePack Phase 8 started

I have confirmed that WWJ is indeed running a test pattern on RF21.
by mtburb
Sat Feb 22, 2020 11:44 am
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: RePack Phase 8 started
Replies: 177
Views: 46802

Re: RePack Phase 8 started

WXYZ is already running a test pattern on RF25, and WDIV is also running their test pattern on RF32.
by mtburb
Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:12 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: WDIV in Ireland
Replies: 6
Views: 2179

Re: WDIV in Ireland

It was carried in the strangest of places, so it wouldn't surprise me. According to the 1994 TV Factbook (posted on americanradiohistory.com), WDIV may have been carried in the following communities outside of Michigan (these communities are all in counties where WDIV had a 5% or higher net weekly ...
by mtburb
Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:21 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: WDIV in Ireland
Replies: 6
Views: 2179

WDIV in Ireland

It was brought up on a Discord server today that at one point WDIV was carried in, of all places, Ireland. However, very little is currently known about this. There aren't even any mentions on if it was carried on NTL or Cablevision, which were two of the major cable companies in Ireland back around...
by mtburb
Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:32 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Three CBS-Owned CW Stations Add Nightly News
Replies: 67
Views: 15670

Re: Three CBS-Owned CW Stations Add Nightly News

Who did they wrangle in to be their MMJ? It’s definitely bad but I have to say... Karen Carter makes Hank Winchester’s lisp look like the queens English... I hadn’t bothered to see the 11pm weather hit since Maddus retired. Everu S is a TH... Yikes. It says 10-11pm on my guide but at 1028 it appear...
by mtburb
Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:13 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: "News Now with Kevin Dietz"
Replies: 12
Views: 4553

Re: "News Now with Kevin Dietz"

MWmetalhead wrote:
Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:22 am
For some reason, the Oakland Press and Macomb Daily associated themselves with that abortion. Not sure why.
I also remember the Downriver News-Herald being part of that association.