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"What Americans don't care much about is the piffle we put on TV these days, what they don't care about is boring, irrelevant, badly told stories, and what they really hate is the presumption that they're too stupid to know the difference."
Christiane Amanpour

Did Christiane Amanpour really visit the OMI site. This place is more influential than I thought.

Not a day goes by that I don't visit OMI. By the way, that rhymes. -Walter Cronkite

Remember, this annoucement was made to a newsroom and other KGW staffers. The typical Newsroom employee has no concept of word usage. Remember, they are in the moving picture business. Words get in the way.

Doesn't look fixed to me.

"It'll be a new-news."

When old news just won't do.

you r a jerk. the ch. 8 people try something new in news and you mock it. what can you do that is better?

KATU had a live shot with some sort of interview.

"What's the point of watching past the local late-late Channel 8 news then?"
Submitted by Freelancer on Sat, 08/16/2008 - 12:40am

There seems no point at all.

Actually the news portion is nice, because I don't want to switch channels and miss the Olympic coverage.

But I question the Olympic sports coverage, if you are watching the Olympics you already know what happened -- and spoiling the upcoming sports is just silly.

I know you were being snarky 5:36 a.m. -- someone get up too early?

Given the paucity of any "real" news in PDX, fluff will lead.

Of course fluff will lead. Not much else to talk about except the human condition.

You can expect there to be some fluff. After all, it is the 7PM Access slot, normally chockablock with fluff. Anything KGW does will be better than most fluff now available.

Fluff @ 4,5,5:30, 6 and now at 7PM

In the old Powell's Travel Books space. SE corner of the square, Yamhill & 6th, facing towards the Pioneer Courthouse and Macy's. Opposite corner from Starbucks. Directly east of and somewhat below the steps. Studio is slightly below surface level.

Is that the old Tri-Met office that was underneath the waterfall thingie? Haven't been to the square in years (I think the last time was in 2002 when the Olympic Torch passed by) so wasn't sure where Powell's was.

Looking at a map, it's not the Tri-Met office but still "underneath" the square so to speak.

Putting on makeup...for HD...at 1501 SW Jefferson...then, what, all hopping in a van together for the Square? At 4:00 AM?

Still I think it's pretty cool. I know the space well..the old Powell's Travel store in the SE corner, right at 6th and Yamhill, stones-throw from the old courthouse, umbrella man, and elephant ears...

My suggestion: kick it off on tree-lighting night.

Steph's going to rock on that show.

"Steph's going to rock on that show."

Rock might be a bit over-stated, don't you think?

"My suggestion: kick it off on tree-lighting night."

My suggestion-take a breath buddy. It is a TV show, not the Second Coming.

"I know the space well..the old Powell's Travel store in the SE corner, right at 6th and Yamhill, stones-throw from the old courthouse, umbrella man, and elephant ears..."

After reading your comment, I remember that you were that wino dude who was always hanging at the Square. If I recall, you got busted for exposure to a group of boy scouts from Raleigh Hills.
You rock!

They were girl scouts.

Why anyone in their right mind would put that bubblehead on a show is beyond comprehension.... Did you see her segments during the olympics ????

You mean the "I can't do anything with my hair so I'll wear the same cheap black headband thingie"? The national people that KGW used were miles above Stephanie, it's not even funny.

Steph's 7pm show will NOT be a traditional newscast. Look for something that will focus on local nightlife, etc. You don't need a strong Journalist for that kind of show - just a lot of personality.

Are you Rifleman?

Let's just say she wouldn't have been my first choice to send to Beijing. She has her strong points though, the health blog/side of the news is fantastic.

Per your map it appears the studio is shaped as a bike? How Portland of them.

LOL! (Methinks you should take a break from the Starbucks!) But an excellently Portland comment.

When everyone is working it will look this way I think.

4-5 Wayne and Kim and Mark

5-6 Shauna and Kim and Mark

8-9 Wayne and Shauna w/ Drew weather

10 Wayne and Shauna w/ Mark

11 Kevin Coari solos (don't know if it's Mark or Drew)

Is this anchor lineup confirmed or just a guess? Just wondering, because it seems interesting that Kevin would move to weekdays just to anchor a single half-hour newscast at 11pm... unless he'll also be serving as an evening reporter.

He's moving M-F. Well deserved. He'll report for most of the evening shows, in house, and anchor the 11pm. He'll also be the first fill in when Wayne, Shauna, or Kim are off.

Let's start with KPTV's new 5pm. Will it beat either KATU or KOIN by November? I say not quite, but it will get a 3 or so. How about KGW's 7? Since there are no newscasts to compare it to, will it do as well as the show it replaces? Not that it really has to I'd guess. How about KPTV's 8pm? Will it beat the 0.8 that its past My Network Prime got? I think it will, but maybe not by much. I think it's a good move but will need time to find an audience. 3 years from now it could be pulling a decent number.. maybe a 3.0. But by then, that might hurt its 10 O'Clock News product.

And finally can KPTV hold onto 2nd place at 11 in November? Again, I say no but maybe 3rd. First run programming will have to help KOIN. If I'd have to guess, I'd say KATU barely nips KPTV in November giving FOX 12 a 4th place finish.