Nine will launch a nightly late news bulletin.
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But would it be called Nightline, like the good old days? Or just Nine News: Late?
Personally Iâd like to see the Nightline brand return. Weâve already seen Sports Tonight be revived on Ten but itâs not the same as it used to be.
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Good to see! A little bit of competition doesnât hurt.
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Regional bulletins will be suspended from tomorrow. Resources from these bulletins will be put into the late night news.
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And they wont returnâŚ
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I believe itâs only for a couple of weeks. Will be simply branded 9News.
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thatâs very strange.
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Reporters from the regional bulletins will called upon to metro areas for reporting.
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Disappointing that the regional bulletins are the thing to give, but given the unpredictable and serious situation with COVID-19, a late night bulletin is arguably a better investment for 9 at this stage. Iâll be interested to see who presents this bulletin - will it be a random presenter in studio 23 like the 5am news, a national Peter Overton bulletin like last night or a state based edition with the regional presenters? I canât see any reason to suspend regional bulletins unless the talent and behind the scenes crews will be utilised.
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With the developments within Channel Nine Sydney of late, itâs a miracle that Nine News Sydney is remaining on-air (rather than 4pm & 6pm becoming combined services for Sydney & Melbourne) let alone the regional bulletins!
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They should be state based late local news, do it can be more directed to whatâs happening locally.
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No itâs not, affected staff went into isolation, and things carried on, theyâve been on air all week. Rita Wilson didnât lick the newsroom/studio.
Just doesnât make sense to relocate regional staff to the capital cities, you have to put them up somewhere etc, take them away from any responsibilities they have at home. Just seems very strange, not to mention it means theyâre not complying with their requirements.
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The reporters, producers and camera operators, yes. But the control room crews and presenters should, imo, be utilised to present local late bulletins. Most likely we will see a Peter Overton bulletin or one similar to the 5am news though.
Are there any exceptions to the regional news quotas during times of a significant national emergency (not sure if the Coronavirus pandemic would count as one just yet, but it surely has the potential to) that would allow broadcasters to temporarily suspend usual local bulletins in favour of a broader state/national product?
Either way, I wouldnât mind predicting that Nine havenât made the decisions to temporarily suspend production of regional & local 4pm news in favour of special late night bulletins based on a whim - there surely wouldâve been many discussions in recent days about how theyâre going to keep the main metro bulletins on air if any key presenters/reporters (as we should all know by now, there are several particularly at TCN/GTV/QTQ who are over the age of 50 with some even 60+) have to temporarily go into isolation for two weeks.
I think they might be doing local updates in regional areas. But no bulletin. Pretty similar arrangement to WIN in Northern NSW.
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EDIT: I just saw that Jo Hall confirmed it so apologies for doubting you. I just seems nonsensical.
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Is there a release or more info on this?
This has got me thinking, if Nine are pulling so many resources from the regional newsrooms so that they can seamingly launch a late night bulletin, surely there must be bigger plans somewhere?
Could they perhaps be gearing to do (close to) 24/7 rolling coverage for the Coronavirus over the next few weeks?
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We donât need it.
They are literally just gonna cause additional panic and more unnecessary stockpiling at supermarkets.
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While I would agree, it just seems weird that they are pulling regional and NBN bulletins off the air all so that they can air one late night bulletin!
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