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Re: New OCM: Steve MacLaughlin
« Reply #30 on: August 15, 2010, 10:12:02 PM »
Awww. Steve was a cool guy. Best of luck to him.  :itsok:
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Former OCM: Steve MacLaughlin
« Reply #31 on: August 15, 2010, 10:25:43 PM »
I guess it's now Former OCM Steve MacLaughlin  :P

this probably means a new position is now open, for freelancing i guess.

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Re: New OCM: Steve MacLaughlin
« Reply #32 on: August 16, 2010, 12:47:19 PM »
That's too bad that's he's no longer at TWC. I enjoyed watching him in Dallas and then at TWC, but now it looks like I won't see him anymore at all :itsok:

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Re: New OCM: Steve MacLaughlin
« Reply #33 on: August 16, 2010, 01:16:58 PM »
He is possibly on TWC the shortest time (for like almost a month) than any other OCMs.

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Re: New OCM: Steve MacLaughlin
« Reply #34 on: August 16, 2010, 01:39:16 PM »
Seeing him with the title as a freelancer doesnt mean he only did stuff for TWC :no: he was on TWC cuz they needed someone to fill in and i can assume he was granted a full-time job by the station and for more money
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Re: New OCM: Steve MacLaughlin
« Reply #35 on: August 25, 2010, 04:17:48 PM »
Wow, that was a short time, though...

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Re: New OCM: Steve MacLaughlin
« Reply #36 on: August 25, 2010, 04:19:23 PM »
Yeah, prior to the deal, TWC used live shots courtesy of KDKA (CBS) and KDKA reporters during severe weather events in the Pittsburgh area. Now they always use the WPXI (NBC) towercam.
Sometimes TWC shows live shots of Detroit from WDIV, which is an NBC station.

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Re: New OCM: Steve MacLaughlin
« Reply #37 on: August 25, 2010, 04:21:28 PM »
Yeah, that's the general idea apparently. TWC has featured live shots from (and mentioned) KXAS many a time, so I am not at all surprised to see someone from that station coming on-board.
Well I would hope they are getting live reports from NBC affiliates and not CBS or ABC affiliates since after all they are owned by NBC.

I believe that when NBC took ownership, TWC discontinued any agreements with non-NBC affiliates.
I could have sworn I saw some ABC affiliate in the past but perhaps I was wrong.

There's only been one case I can think of on MSNBC (which is similar in policy) where they used a non-NBC affiliate: when the Binghamton, NY shootings happened, they used WBNG's resources. (WBNG is a CBS affiliate.)

But I've seen a mix of Big Fours on TWC in the past...I seem to remember either WSB or WGCL was used for an Atlanta report (even after the TWC buyout), and of course TWC had larger deals with WSB and WCBS in the past.
Maybe there were no NBC stations in/near Binghampton.

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Re: New OCM: Steve MacLaughlin
« Reply #38 on: August 25, 2010, 04:25:49 PM »
http://www.hdreps.com/talent/stephen-maclaughlin.html

It seems that Steve is just a freelancer for TWC according to the above site, so there's no telling how long he'll be around.

Thanks for that...even further evidence that Warren Madden and/or Ryan Goswick are gone.

I didn't see Warren much in 2007-2009, so I thought he became an OCM fill-in...

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Re: New OCM: Steve MacLaughlin
« Reply #39 on: August 25, 2010, 04:28:59 PM »
I saw him quit a few times in 2009... :unsure:
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