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WWBT's Colleen Quigley will join WRAL in Raleigh next month as a reporter according to VARTV... WBOY's (North-Central West Virginia) Natalie Kalibat has joined sister station WRIC as the sports anchor. Speaking of WRIC, sports director Mitch Carr has left the station. [MEDIA=twitter]946030290232856576[/MEDIA] We have more sad news: Remember WNKY's popular Radar the Weather Dog? Sadly, the four-legged television personality passed away (or as we pet owners say, crossed the rainbow bridge) a couple days ago. He was 16. The Border Collie was introduced to South-Central Kentucky viewers back in 2005 after he was rescued by the local shelter and the rest was history. My condolences go out to the folks at WNKY in Bowling Green. http://www.wnky.com/story/37140670/in-memory-radar-the-weather-dog [MEDIA=twitter]945667844469149696[/MEDIA]

Meanwhile in Hampton Roads, WAVY reporters Erin Kelly and Liz Kilmer left the station. Kelly is heading to WVTM in Birmingham, while Kilmer is heading north but can't say where...yet (VARTV's words, not mine).

WCAV (Charlottesville) anchor/reporter Sefe Emokpae left the station last week, reported VARTV.com [MEDIA=twitter]938066466414448640[/MEDIA]

WSPA 7 in Greenville/Spartanburg has a brand-new slogan: Carolina's Family. Someone in that station likes KTVK...

From Hampton Roads: WVEC morning and noon anchor Andre Senior is leaving the station in mid-December... [MEDIA=twitter]935278828003430400[/MEDIA] ...meanwhile in Pittsburgh, WPXI weekend morning anchor Brittny McGraw is heading to Roanoke's WSLS 10 soon. [MEDIA=twitter]935986880071340032[/MEDIA]

A KPTV short close from 2008. Can't find an open but NMSA has audio of it. The NMSA listed it as "KPTV 2006 News Theme", but the theme is actually a production music track called "Up Front Now" by Megatrax, part of the "Broadcast News" disc (MX160).

Meanwhile in Buffalo, Brittni Smallwood is leaving WIVB after five years. http://buffalonews.com/2017/08/29/ch-4s-smallwood-exits-ch-4/ http://buffalonews.com/2017/08/30/smallwood-may-eventually-return-tv-news-buffalo-rochester/

Meanwhile in Nashville, WSMV's Rudy Kalis announced his retirement Tuesday. According to the Tennessean, Kalis will continue to work through the football season and then handle freelance assignments for Channel 4. http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/8/16/hanging-it-up-in-nashville http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/2017/08/15/sportscaster-rudy-kalis-retires/571064001/

WOW. All that's missing is a Scott Chapin voiceover. "12 News at 10 starts...NOW!" or "THIS... is 12 News at 10!"

Scott Levin is returning to Buffalo's WGRZ next month. Remember, Levin left the station less than three months ago for a job in the auto industry. Looks like he had a change of heart. http://www.wgrz.com/entertainment/television/scott-levin-to-return-to-2-on-your-side/463342321 http://buffalonews.com/2017/08/10/levin-change-heart-returning-ch-2/

WVUE's Newscene 8 from March 30, 1983. The open starts at 0:42

So KRON 4's gonna be the KCAL9 of the Bay Area...

WRIC had parted ways with their news director according to FTVLive today. http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/7/12/news-boss-bounced-in-richmond

WTWO (Terre Haute, IN) opens from the mid 1970s - 2011 WTCN (now KARE; Twin Cities) NewsCenter 11 open 1983 (ID & open starts at 1:22) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TwFvukO-uQ KMGH (Denver) affiliation switch promo from September 1995 featuring ABC News and KMGH personalities with Regis Philbin and Oprah Winfrey. KBTV (now KUSA; Denver) promo from ABC's "Come On Along" era (1982-83) via KUSA's promo YT account WWBT (Richmond, VA) "NBC: Let's All Be There" promo from 1985

I found some image campaigns from Nashville, Atlanta and Boston... WTVF's "Friends You Can Turn To" image campaign from 1984. The station aired this during their 50th anniversary special in 2004. WSMV's "The Diary" image campaign from 1992... WXIA's Hello Georgia promo from 1985 featuring the Commodores... WXIA's image campaign song from 1974! This promo includes a glimpse of the Pro News set. It's rare to find something from the station's pre-11Alive days. WBZ's The One For All promos from 1980

I watch WRIC sometimes, but I'll say this: REALLY?! *facepalm* Will other Nexstar stations be next?

More departures at WRIC...AGAIN: reporters Nakell Williams, Jonathan Costen and Candice Cole. Just last month (I mentioned it on this thread), morning anchor Amanda Malkowski left the station. http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/6/1/getting-the-hell-out-at-nexstar-station

We have another Nexstar departure: Morning co-anchor Amanda Malkowski is out at WRIC. http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/5/8/out-the-door-in-richmond

Meteorologist Mike Witcher is returning to Knoxville's WBIR in May. He left the station in 2014 to join WeatherNation in Denver. http://www.wbir.com/weather/meteorologist-mike-witcher-returning-to-wbir-in-may/430706193 http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/longtime-kbir-meteorologist-returns/189066

WKBW recently cut AM Buffalo from a hour to a half-hour and added a hour-long Saturday edition at 9am after GMA Weekend. Right This Minute now airs weekdays at 10:30am. http://buffalonews.com/2017/04/24/buffalo-quietly-cut-half-weekdays-adds-saturday-hour-edition/

WGRZ reporter Scott Brown passed away Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 59. http://buffalonews.com/2017/03/31/channel-2-reporter-scott-brown-dies-battle-cancer/ http://www.wgrz.com/news/two-on-your-side-remembers-scott-brown/427235252

Unbelievable. Dang, I'm surprised. Shocked but surprised.

He used to be the noon anchor at WWBT in the '90s. Speaking of WWBT, reporter Mike Valerio left the station to join WUSA9. I saw him on the evening news just recently.

Nexstar names Larry Cottrill GM & VP of Richmond's WRIC. Most recently, he was GM & VP of WBOY in Clarksburg, WV. http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/101375/nexstar-names-larry-cottrill-gm-of-wric KMGH (Denver) VP & GM Byron Grandy joins WNCN in Raleigh. http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/101498/byron-grandy-tapped-as-gm-of-wncn

WHTM anchor/reporter Dave Marcheskie is leaving the station later this month. http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/1/24/harrisburg-reporter-going-nuclear WXMI sports anchor Evan Beach is leaving the station for real estate. http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/1/24/getting-out-of-the-business