KMGH: "7 News Now" 3pm Open (2011)

An example of the opening sequence of KMGH's new 3pm newscast, "7News Now". I think this is a new candidate for one of the worst news opens of all time, if not the sloppiest.

Normally anchored by Mike Landess and Anne Trujillo, this edition from May 27 is presented by John Ferrugia and Dayle Cedars.

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News & Politics

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• 7News
• ABC7
• Denver
• Colorado
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[samjarris]

In a late developing story The McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Group is being bought by the E.W. Scripps Company (subject to FCC approval). Can someone make an resynch with Scripps news music?

[char615]

@samjarris Aren't Scripps' graphics standardized too? If that's the case, then there really wouldn't be any point. Plus, anything would be better than KMGH's dated Hothaus graphics.

[samjarris]

@char615 Yes, the graphics are standardized @ Scripps stations. But I don't like Scripps graphics (or the Musikvergnuegen package) Orange!? Really??? Although when I surfed Scripps station's websites, I realized that, most likely, KMGH will be keeping 'The Denver Channel' slogan. And I hope there are only minor changes to the personalities. Who do you think will leave?

[char615]

@samjarris I'm hoping not much will change. Scripps emphasized that there were already a lot of similarities between the Scripps and McGraw stations, especially with regards to the focus on investigative reporting. If anything, we might see a little cost cutting, and perhaps some older anchors like Mike Landess or Bertha Lynn will leave in the next few years. As for the music and graphics, again, anything would be an improvement from what KMGH currently has.

[samjarris]

@char615 Local stations goal: have at least 10 hours of continuous local news broadcasting.... On another note, do you know how KTVD fills in station programming? They only have 6 shows in syndicate. According to the My Network TV website, primetime lasts only 2 hrs!

[char615]

@samjarris Don't forget KDVR at 5:30. And there's no local news at 3:30.

[samjarris]

@char615 7News at 3, CBS4 News and 9News at 4, CBS4 News, 9News and 7News at 5, NBC Nightly, CBS Evening and ABC world at 5:30, CBS4 News and 9News at 6, and KWGN news at 7. Oops, ok, 6 hours.

[char615]

@samjarris I'm not sure if Martino TV, Everyday, and Colorado & Company in the 9-11am hours necessarily count as "news". But I guess you could say that we do have 7 hours of local programming, at least.

[samjarris]

@hkfreak oh... We have 7 hours of nonstop news here!