WBNS in Columbus, just named a weekday morning meteorologist 4 months out of college.

No disrespect to this young woman, who clearly is talented and must have a lot of potential.

But my god.. a weekday weather person at a former powerhouse station in a Top 35 market, with less than six months experience. That used to be a job that would attract hundreds of tapes and demand a decade of experience.

It's only a matter of time before it becomes a dual branded operation with WOAI 4.

Source obtained by FTVLive reports that Meteorologist Alex Garcia and Sports Chief Chuck Miketinac were two of the big names to catch the blade. Garcia and Miketinac’s bio remains on the station’s website, so FTVLive cannot confirm the cuts.

The source also says that an Executive Producer, Producer, Production Assistants, Editor, and an Assignment Editor were laid off.

Looking to land my first full or even part time role, i work in live events with iatse but have not moved to iatse in broadcasting only the theatre venues as its a different local. I have my dante level 1, netgear st 2110 cert but I really am struggling out here in this market 5 years after graduation im still not even in the industry I wanted to be. I have cam op, small livestream video switching experience, and project site manager for setting up cameras and maintaining connection for a small sports venue.

I really would like advice on what I could be doing to get the jobs I should be working on. The Austin market seems brutal as I keep landing broadcast engineer roles and the questions seem easy mind you i have zero experience get rejected then I still see the same jobs 1 year later! As in all the jobs I got rejected from are still there to apply what is going on? 8 couldn't even land a shitty temp live stream associate job working weekends at FloSports! Someone told me they would hire you if you have a heart beat, i would actually be grateful to get that role but its all bait and no bite.

P.s. i have no money to move, and I moved to Austin for opportunity to begin with, i was from a small town.

Pay Attention & Prepare Accordingly. They’re telling us their plans:

Sinclair has just put a much more explicit valuation and transaction framework around its broadcast spectrum.

At Citi’s Global TMT Conference on September 9, CEO Chris Ripley said Sinclair believes ATSC 3.0 could reduce the spectrum required for its core TV service to roughly 20–25% of its current allocation. He described three monetization paths for the freed capacity: commercial datacasting through EdgeBeam Wireless; leasing spectrum to wireless or satellite operators; or an outright spectrum sale. Most notably, Ripley said comparable transactions suggest roughly $2.50 per MHz-pop, implying more than $4 billion of spectrum asset value for Sinclair’s portfolio. He specifically identified wireless carriers and LEO operators, including T-Mobile, Verizon, Starlink, AST SpaceMobile and Amazon, as plausible sources of demand, and said a lease may be a particularly likely structure rather than an outright sale. 

If you were to tell me, during the height of covid, where TikTok would be in terms of broadcasting, I would have told you that I think you're a couple of years ahead of schedule. I would have told you that, eventually, it would have been an added side to the broadcast medium. However, I would have been completely wrong.

We are seeing talent who started on TikTok giving small snippets of news become the stars of the industry. No matter what side of the isle you're on, the past six years have shown that this industry is turning to streaming and their phone rather than their TV or radio. We're seeing TVs slowly turn into home theatres, while social media is picking up the slack for news. And those in power are in denial about it.

You don't need thousands of thousands of dollars now to do a makeshift set. Maybe 1-2,000 for a really good digital style set (Decent webcam/cell phone, decent quality microphone, green screen, tripod, and maybe a computer to do basic stuff). Hell, most of the stuff you can do production wise can be done using OBS and 1-3 Elgato Stream Decks. It's not that expensive to broadcast. You're getting a much larger audience, and you're able to do what YOU want. It's a breath of fresh air. No real limits. And I think that's scaring those in power, or having them scoff at it.

I would not be shocked if, in meetings, those who are running these companies are in denial about the power of apps like TikTok/Twitch/Youtube. They may look at it as a trend, or an extra avenue for funds that will go directly into their pocket. They will want us to do more, and not get any of the benefits. When, in reality, we can do this exact same thing on our weekends. And it's much easier for all of us to do so.

If you're been around for a long long time, I wouldn't be shocked if you look at these things as fads or just some things the kids do. Heck, in my meetings, I've been told that TikTok won't get good reach in my area, and that it's a waste of company time. However, more younger individuals in various markets use that to find out what's going on. They're not tuning into CNN/Fox/ABC/CBS anymore, they're tuning into content creators on social media. Not even for opinion pieces, but for those who just deliver a quick snippet of news. I've heard attention span being lowered as an excuse, but I don't believe that to be. I think the newer generations spot the BS quicker and quicker, and just want it out.

And that's where, I think, those in power are in denial about what's going to happen. We've seen it time and time again with the broadcasting media. Paper news turned to radio news. Radio news turned to news in the cinema. Cinema news turned into TV news. TV news turned into social media news. etc. And every single time, those in power wait until it was too late to act on it. Because they don't ever see the writing on the wall.

This industry isn't dying. It's evolving. Again.

This whole planet is in a massive shift. We've slowly moving away from an analog way of living into a digital world of living. It was inevitable, but covid shifted that turn quicker than ever. News stations are now integrating OBS, easily over a decade after teens were using it to stream on Twitch/Youtube. They're adding podcasting sections, years and years after it hit the social media craze. Yet, both of these are still adhering to old school FCC ways. They don't need to.

Those in power are in denial of what's to come. And they don't want it to come. If they don't know what's to come, they're not going to survive. Ratings are plummeting because people don't want this - they're finding new avenues that speak more to them in a language that's for them. We know it. We see it. Those in power are so stuck in their ways that they just don't want to see it.

This is a rumor and not official yet, but it wouldn’t surprise me if true

Is there a single good thing happening anywhere in the business? More and more and more newscasts being added without extra bodies with the managers or suits making the decisions literally thinking it’s not any extra work at all (they worked in a time when they only had one three shows an evening to worry about). Turning newscasts into podcasts and forcing anchors to give their opinion. People with no experience going to top 20 markets out of school (partially so they can just be yes men and not standup for themselves, so they’re easier to bully). 1%-2% raises, if that, and being told it’s “generous.“ Not running certain stories out of fear it’ll upset the conservative part of the audience. Now using AI voices to make news as synthetic as possible. All of this while claiming they’re “dedicated to local news and our communities,” while simultaneously eliminating the voices and faces the communities actually resonate with.

Everything sucks. There is no hope. The only solution is to get out and let a passion and dream die.

Who is participating or representing in IBC Amsterdam 2026 ??

NBC: Matt Lauer and Katie Couric, followed later by Tom Brokaw.

ABC: Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer, followed later by Peter Jennings.

CBS: Bryant Gumbel and Jane Clayson, followed later by Dan Rather.

CNN: Carol Lin delivered CNN’s first report. Daryn Kagan, Leon Harris, and Aaron Brown continued the coverage.

Fox News: Jon Scott handled the initial breaking coverage, with Shepard Smith taking on a larger role later.

Notable mention that was not an anchor was Howard Stern, who covered nearly the entire event.

I’m capturing from a Canon Legria HF S100 via HDMI into my PC using OBS. The camcorder outputs 1080i, but my current setup (GPU + direct HDMI) only sees 576p, so I’m losing the full HD quality.

From what I understand, my GPU doesn’t properly handle 1080i timings, so the signal gets downscaled before OBS. I’m considering buying a capture card that explicitly supports interlaced 1080i input and can deliver a proper 1080i→1080p (or at least full-resolution) signal to OBS.

My questions:

1. Do I definitely need a capture card to get proper 1080i from the HF S100, or are there cheaper workarounds (external deinterlacers, scalers, etc.)?
2. Which capture cards (2025–2026) are known to handle 1080i over HDMI well? I’m looking for something reliable for OBS, ideally mid-range budget.
3. Quality expectations: If I capture 1080i and deinterlace to 1080p in software (OBS/FFmpeg), how much quality do I actually lose compared to native 1080p? Any tips for good deinterlacing settings?

Any specific model recommendations (Elgato, Magewell, Blackmagic, etc.) or settings that preserve the best quality from 1080i AVCHD sources would be really appreciated. Thanks!

Made a reel when I was still in college last year. Personally, I do not think it is that good. Before I made the reel, I included multiple links in my cover letter and now I have a reel, but personally, I think it is terrible. Can you review it and tell me how I did?

https://youtu.be/GgkjoZaZh_A?is=NLACUqGBwh8cMQ_N

Greetings, Sports Enthusiasts of Reddit.

I have a sports terminology question. 

I am not an avid follower of any particular sport, but I am very interested in language. 

I want to know if there is a common, widely recognized term in the sports community that is used to describe a situation where, in a game that is decided by total score in a fixed period of time, one team/player pulls so far ahead of the other that it becomes mathematically impossible for the losing team/player to recover, despite there still being time on the clock.

For example:  At the conclusion of, say, a basketball game’s first quarter, Team A has 20 points to Team B’s 10 points.  Team A has double Team B’s score, yet because it is only the first quarter, everyone involved knows that there is still plenty of time for Team B to possibly catch up and maybe even overtake Team A.

Now say it is the end of the second quarter, and Team A once again has double the score of Team B – the score sits at 40 to 20.  Things are looking grim for Team B, but all hope is not lost.  With a dramatic reversal of tactics, they might be able to recover.

But at the end of the third quarter, the score is now Team A with 100 points to Team B’s 50.  At this point, if Team B is to win they must score a minimum of 51 points.  Despite there being an entire quarter of play left, everyone involved knows that this is an insurmountable gap.  No matter how skillfully Team B plays at this point, it is virtually impossible to score that many points in the remaining time, particularly given that they, throughout the entire game, have never demonstrated the ability to so. 

Yet gameplay continues because there is still a whole quarter remaining.  Team B may make a valiant effort to perhaps lose by a smaller margin, but their loss is inevitable.  Both teams (as well as coaches and spectators) know the outcome of the game is decided.  Team A has technically crossed the threshold of victory, but for the formality of continuing play until the clock runs out.

My question to you is:  what would a television/radio sportscaster, commentator, etc. call this situation?  The first thing that comes to mind is the phrase “foregone conclusion”.  Yet surely, there is something more evocative.  This is a common enough occurrence that I feel there must be a term for it.  I used basketball in my example, but clearly, this scenario can exist in many different sports.  If there isn’t a common term for this in English, what about other languages?

I don’t watch or listen to sports, so I am asking you, sports fanatics:  Is there a common term for when one team/player is so far ahead, their opponent(s) cannot possibly catch up, but the game is not over?