WTVQ ABC36 News at Noon (Full), 10/28/2022

JOIN BROADCAST PLAZA TODAY, DISCORD'S MEDIA DISCUSSION COMMUNITY — http://bit.ly/S31MA Complete 12pm newscast from the Morris Network-owned ABC affiliate based in Lexington, Kentucky. Recorded on Friday, October 28, 2022. This is their noon show which is anchored by husband-and-wife duo Doug and Lyssa High. It also has a bit of an identity crisis as the station can't decide if it's "ABC36 News at Noon", "News at Noon", or "High Noon", as all three brandings seem to be used interchangeably. The newscast is obviously focused on lighter content and features. It used to be a straight-ahead newscast with pay-for-play "Midday Kentucky" following right afterwards, but "The Lee and Hayley Show" being added to WTVQ in 2020 sealed its fate (it made no sense to produce two separate shows that were basically doing the same thing) and it was gone later that year. So "News at Noon" is now followed by an additional episode of "Family Feud" (which they already air during the 10am hour, because I guess people can't get enough Steve Harvey). Also around that time is when the noon show evolved into what it is now with a mix of hard news, interviews, and features, or a cut down version of their 9am newscast, "Good Day Kentucky". Also of note, the same week this was recorded, WTVQ dropped Eric Gordon as their voiceover after 14 years (in use since 2008) and replaced him with Jeff Rechner, who is neither an upgrade nor a downgrade. I get the station is trying to change things around and make some noise in the market, but they would have been better off getting someone like Brian Lee or Steve Kamer to really help elevate their imaging as opposed to Jeff, who I assume is cheaper. It's Morris though, so my expectations shouldn't be high with them, but there's new competition in town (Fox 56), so they really should step it up (after all, they did hire their new news director from there). For now, Gordon can still be heard in a few promos, as not everything has been re-recorded yet. Open graphics are clearly an in-house job and music is "This Is The Place" from Stephen Arnold, but it sounds like they went for some updated cuts I've never heard before. Also for whatever reason, in the topical at the beginning, "News Matrix" can be heard. I'm guessing the station still has the discs for it lying around (they used the theme from 2004-2006) and decided to break it out — I highly doubt they re-licensed it, but I could be wrong. Anchored by Doug High and Lyssa High with weather from meteorologist Dillon Gaudet. Includes reports from Annie Brown and Erica Bivens, as well an in-studio interview with Dr. Melissa Carver. Commercials are edited out, station promos have been retained. ©2022 Morris Network and WTVQ-TV, no copyright infringement intended. For educational and historical purposes only. We do not profit off of this video. open, news open, news close, close, tease, sting, bump, rejoin, stinger, topical, talent rejoin, talent sting, talent bump, talent open, logo, promo, promotion, ident, legal ID