More Info About The New WLNY

[DToTheJ]

So, apparently, "The Couch" was only a working title for the new WLNY morning show. The full title has now been confirmed: the even cheesier "Live From The Couch" and it will be co-hosted by former Z100 alum Carolina Bermudez:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/486036-WLNY_New_York_Debuts_Morning_Show_in_July.php

[ansky212]

One thing that still doesn't seem clear - are these news/talk shows going to be primarily focused on Long Island news, or will it encompass the entire tri-state area?  I would think they would want to cover the entire area to gain a larger audience.

[DToTheJ]

IMO: If they're going to bring in talent like Carolina Bermudez, I doubt "The Couch" is going to be a Long Island-centric show.

[luperm]

There's no way this is going to be a LI-centric station.  Maybe their news will have 1 or 2 more LI based stories per day, but they are going to treat this as a full NYC market "compliment" to Channel 2. No question.  It will be run out of the CBS Broadcast Center on W. 57th Street.

[ansky212]

Do they have any plans to add a translator for better OTA coverage in NYC and the western suburbs? 

[BiggieFats]

Do they have any plans to add a translator for better OTA coverage in NYC and the western suburbs? 

CBS would've bought the translators that had already existed if they wanted to extend OTA coverage.

[ansky212]

Do they have any plans to add a translator for better OTA coverage in NYC and the western suburbs? 

CBS would've bought the translators that had already existed if they wanted to extend OTA coverage.

Not necessarily.  The translators that existed, particularly the one in Morristown, were extremely weak and useless to any OTA viewer.  I'm thinking more like a translator on top of ESB that would cover the 5 boroughs and immediate suburbs.

[luperm]

They could stick it on a subchannel of WCBS-TV...

[ansky212]

According to the WLNY facebook page, Directv does not plan to add WLNY-HD until February 2013.

[NYC viewer]

One thing that still doesn't seem clear - are these news/talk shows going to be primarily focused on Long Island news, or will it encompass the entire tri-state area?  I would think they would want to cover the entire area to gain a larger audience.

WCBS does have two Long Island-based reporters plus Richard Rose who, I think, will also focus on island events. 

With the new news programs starting on Monday, any word if they will be simulcast on 2.2?  Seems as if they are truly limiting themselves if they will only be on WLNY.