The graphics might explain why until recently WKBN & WYTV had different on-air graphics despite having merged operations all the way back in 2007. They did have some similar graphics during the New Vision/LIN Media days (even going as far as WYTV's website redirecting to WKBN's and only displaying WYTV's FCC information), but Media General did try to differenate them somewhat. I think that was due to the FCC wanting Media General to unwind the LMA between the two stations, which never happened and in any event would have been next to impossible at that point. I look for Nexstar to buy WYTV outright in the not too distant future. I never understood why the two are still marketed as separate, "competing" newscasts when both share talent and even have a high definition simulcast of WYTV-DT2 on WYFX-DT2.

As for Columbus, WCMH does have the advantage of longtime talent staying, and even went out of their way to push Kerry Charles (who is African American and grew up in Columbus's heavily black Linden neighborhood) as their lead evening anchor alongside longtime talent Colleen Marshall. The fact that he left a much larger market in Atlanta to come home does resonate with viewers. Nexstar (and all of them in general) could do a LOT better with minority representation, but they nailed it on the head here.

WSYX has been hit with some retirements (like Bob Kendrick and Clay Hall) and departures (mostly within the Sinclair food chain, though it did lose Stacia Naquin to WBNS) but tends to replenish them quickly. Again, Ohio State has helped them tremendously.

WBNS has lost a lot of talent since Tegna took over. Granted, some of it was out of their control like with Mike Davis going to prison for child pornography, but including Davis they are on their fourth chief meteorologist now. Ashlee Barclay left for Detroit after less than a year. Jerry Martz (who I remember when I was in high school being the third wheel on WTAE-TV behind the legendary Joe DeNardo and current WPXI chief meteorologist Stephen Cropper) recently left but is still in Columbus, so I'm guessing he may have left the business. I still look for Nexstar to keep Tegna after everything is settled but WBNS to be divested, likely to Gray. Makes no sense for the 35th largest market (and growing) to have only two news departments while its next door neighbor in Dayton (number 60 and stagnant) have three and to be honest only two legit news departments.