CBS Pulls Video (Patreon)

Yesterday, FTVLive pointed you to a video that was posted by the Creative Services Department at CBS O&O KYW.  

The video posted on their YouTube channel was a news open for a simulcast newscast of both KYW (Philadelphia) and KDKA in Pittsburgh. 

Shortly after FTVLive posted the story, CBS took the video down off its public YouTube channel. 

Insiders tell FTVLive that the duel newscast open was to be used if KDKA or KYW had a COVID outbreak and had to shut down one of the two stations. That way, the other station could do news for the entire state and the duel open was made. 

But, after FTVLive posted the video of the open and CBS pulled it down, some inside CBS are wondering if the company might have other plans to possibly merge the stations into one newscast in a cost-saving measure?

You would not think that would be the case. Then again, you would not have thought that the CBS Evening News would be farming out their weekend newscasts in the middle of a Global Pandemic. But, that is exactly what they are doing. 

So in other words, stay tuned as CBS might be looking to take a page out of the Sinclair handbook.