Comments on: Lilly to ETN: TV news staffs merge on June 1

By: PR

PR — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:57:09 +0000

I would bet money that group will grow more in the coming days….regardless of what B. Lilly has claimed.

By: JG

JG — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:37:00 +0000

Considering Kevin MacDowell’s wife designed the Mornings Live set, why couldn’t it be reconstructed.

Interesting to note: There is a ‘Former Employees of WICU/WSEE group on Facebook.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:47:16 +0000

It would be nice to the WSEE Mornings Live set reconstructed at WICU, if possible. I like seeing something other than the news desk all the time…

By: PR

PR — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:38:21 +0000

I think you’ve got it….Lilly will merge everything to 35th & State and then sell it to Nexstar. Then they can run it into the ground like they’ve done at 24. In the end Lilly gets his money, laughs all the way to the bank, and Erie viewers get in the shorts.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:35:48 +0000

There is no reason to expect that the WICU/WSEE merger won’t end up like the WYTV/WKBN merger.

Morale among the WSEE employees is not very good at all. Several employees even report being told (after hearing of the 4 part time photographers being let go) that management could not guarantee their jobs “after the next few weeks.”

If Brian Lilly were serious about merging WSEE News with WICU News then why would he tell the on air staff that he couldn’t guarantee their jobs?

This is all just a smokescreen to ready WSEE for becoming a platform to air CBS Network programming and syndicated programs and infomercials….and nothing else. No News. No Sports. No Weather. No Newswatch. No nothing.

Looks like the big winner in this merger will be WJET-TV. At the rate Brian Lilly is working his magic Channels 12 and 35 will be destroyed in 5 years or less, leaving this possible scenario:

WJET 24.1 ABC
WJET 24.2 NBC
WJET 24.3 CBS

WFXP 22.1 FOX
WFXP 22.2 The CW

You never know?

By: hoodski699

hoodski699 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:16:47 +0000

Go to Wikipedia.org and type in WYTV or WKBN and read about how there “merge” has done so far. Hopefully WSEE and WICU won’t follow this path.

By: Tom Lavery

Tom Lavery — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:14:11 +0000

WKBN & WYTV no longer use mic flags since they share a lot of the same stories. Expect generic outcues from reporters.