Your Thoughts on Changes in Local News

Its been a week and a half since the anchor switch at KXLY 4 HD News. How are Derek Deis and Robyn Nance doing on Good Morning Northwest? Are viewers enjoying Nadine Woodward and Mike Gonzalez on the evening shift?

KXLY also introduced new openings to their newscasts and new anchor bumps. KHQ also updated their graphics recently. Does any of this make a difference to viewers? Does anyone really notice?

KREM added a half hour to their 6pm newscast the same day Nadine moved to evenings. Who are you watching, Randy on 2 or Nadine on 4?

What do you think?

KXLY Adds Sunday 5pm Newscast

As of today, Sunday September 11th KXLY is returning to news at 5pm. Colleen O'Brien anchors. This is in addition to the 6pm and 11pm newscasts already airing on Sunday evenings.

KXLY News Premieres the "Saturday 411"

Saturday evening KXLY 4 HD News premiered the "Saturday 411" at 11pm. Its a quick ten minute show with a complete weather forecast from weekend weather anchor Aaron Luna and a sports wrap up with Ben Kaplan. First thoughts and impressions? Could this be the first step in KXLY moving back to a full newscast at 11pm Saturday nights?

KXLY 4 HD News Website

Rick Lukens New Web Sports Site

Former longtime KXLY anchor Rick Lukens has started a new website.
LukensatLarge.com officially went online Monday.

In a video welcoming people to the site Lukens says he will "cover sports the way it deserves to be covered, with all of the drama, the emotion, the inspiration the humor, everything that goes into a good story."

We all wish Rick well in his new venture. The link to the site is below.

Lukensatlarge.com

KREM Expanding 6pm Newscast

According to my sourse inside the KREM 2 newsroom. Starting in mid September, KREM 2 News at 6pm will expand to one hour weeknights. KREM will join KXLY in broadcasting local news at 6:30pm. Any coincidence that Nadine Wooodward will be making her evening news debut around the same time over on KXLY?

**Update 09/03/11**
The new hour long KREM 2 News at 6pm will debut September 12th.

Anchor Shuffle at KXLY 4 HD News

As of Sepetmber 12th Nadine Woodward and Mike Gonzalez will debut as the new primary anchor team for KXLY 4 HD News. Nadine and Mike will anchor the 5pm, 6pm and 6:30pm newscasts. Robyn Nance and Derek Deis will move to co-anchor Good Morning Northwest the same day. Kris Crocker remains chief meteorologist and Mark Peterson will continue to forecast for "GMNW". Kalae Chock will continue to anchor the weekday 11pm newscasts. Ben Kaplan moves from weekend sports anchor to Sports Director. The link to the press release is below.

Anchor Switch Press Release

Mike Gonzalez Named Primary Evening Anchor at KXLY

According to the website TVSpy.com, Mike Gonzalez has been named primary anchor at KXLY 4 HD News. Gonzalez has been co-anchor of Good Morning Northwest for 4 years. No word yet on who will replace Gonzalez on "GMNW" and whether Gonzalez will anchor all the evening newscasts. If no further changes are made Mike would join Robyn Nance at 5pm, 6pm and 6:30pm and his former "GMNW" co-anchor Kalae Chock at 11pm. This begs the question, could Nadine Woodward be joining her AM anchor on the PM shift anytime soon?

TVSpy On The Move 08/05/2011

**UPDATE 08/12/2011**
According to a well placed source inside the KXLY 4 HD newsroom, there are more changes coming. The source says "big changes are in the works" at channel 4. As soon as I know more information, I will pass it along.