I assume you are talking about the frequencies they use for discussing news events and assignments, and not the frequencies they use for actually transmitting remote broadcasts. Around Dallas-Fort Worth, they all just use cellphones for general chit-chat about assignments. The assignments desk sends out assignments by alphanumeric pager, so as not to clue off the other stations to breaking stories. There is still a lot of talking on the news frequencies though. Frequently, the reporters or pilots or even the desk is so impatient that they go ahead and blurt it all out over the air. What I hear here most often is something like, "Fort Worth desk to Sky4, head towards North Arlington. I'm sending info to your alpha." Then all you have to do is tune in Arlington public safety to figure out what's going on and where. Usually they will say what the incident is on the news freq without revealing the exact location though.
But yeah, you hear a lot less on those channels than you used to here. The newspaper stopped using radio altogether quite a few years back.