Some people on here have been posting rumors for KATU in 2008 such as new people, new sets and new news casts.
Here are my predictions for KATU in 2008:
- KATU will in fact have a 4:00 news cast.But will be "canceled" later in the year to be replaced by a new afternoon show that will replace AMNW (see below)
- Fall 2008 ABC News will extend Good Morning America to 3 hours (Might extend to 4 in 2009 or 2010) This will move up The View to 11:00 (as it is with many other locations) and Have some sort of snyc. talk show on at 10:00
-KATU News midday will extend to 1 hour. (complete with the other 12:00 newscasts)
- Full HD will launch on October 17th, one year after the new graphics package and wide screen format.
- a new afternoon show will launch and will feature some new people. It will use the "new" AMNW Studio. The show will pick back up the whole "spirit of the Northwest" theme, and will feature touching and heart warming stories locally and clips from other shows and networks as well as internet articles. "2 the outdoors" will be a regular segment on the show. during the summer months the show will be live from various locations around the Portland area. Such as the air show in Hillsboro, the Jazz festival, County fairs and even the state fair. This will be sort of like 2 @ 4 but will have more family oriented segments and be more exciting then AMNW and will feature at least one thing for everyone in the family. I also have felling that this could be on at 7:00 intime for the entire family, and be ready for abc's nightly programs instead of 4. Jeopardy! and whell may move to the 4 and 430 or may be even the 6:00 news cast may be canned. But my hunch is 4:00. This is weekdays only.
-KATU's new set will be a mix of "CNN/Fox 12/GMA. will feature plasmas, new enhanced "storm tracker weather center" a "traffic" center for the traffic reports and a new news desk, but will only be used half of the time as most of the time segments will be featured either in front of plasmas, a green screen or someplace else. The new set will occupy half of the old amnw set and extend all the way around to its current "west" location. (west from our point of view on the tv)
-Fisher and KATU will look for a new studio. Downtown Portland or even complete with KPTV and get one in Beaverton or Hillsboro. Date for the move in wont be for another few years, (2010 or 2011 at the earliest)
Thats about it. Fell free to add and comment on the list...
clearly you're an insider. Otherwise, you wouldn't know so much about the set and plans to find a new building.