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Original post corrected to mention that it's Saturdays only (for now, anyway.)

With the most highly-contested US Senate race in the country underway, WMTW is adding a 7PM Saturday newscast on its CW-affiliated sister station WPXT starting August 31. Gotta grab as many of those sweet 2020 campaign dollars as you can...

It makes a lot of sense. Comcast makes NECN available to competing cable operators in New England, so this isn't unprecedented.

And before them Dish was the outlier for playing hardball with broadcasters and other content suppliers.

If you missed it, it's available on demand here: https://www.wbtv.com/video-gallery/community/ I was thrown by the use of Howdy Doody in the retrospective until I remembered that WBTV was a secondary NBC affiliate for the first several years of its existence.

WSVN's Bob Leider obit https://wsvn.com/remembering-bob-leider/

WABI sports director Tim Throckmorton is retiring after nearly 40 years https://bangordailynews.com/2019/04/23/sports/channel-5-sports-director-retires-after-39-years/

Tegna's NewsCenter Maine and New England Sports Network announce partnership to provide weather forecasts for Northern New England markets. In addition, NewsCenter Maine's Jessica Gagne will regularly appear on Red Sox pregame shows. https://nesn.com/2019/04/nesn-and-news-center-maine-announce-partnership/ https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/sports/nesn-and-news-center-maine-begin-exciting-new-partnership/97-6679408f-caab-43d5-8786-ceb7d9d5c2a2

Legendary WGME anchor Kim Block is still recovering from a concussion sustained when she fell on ice in early January, just days after celebrating her 38th anniversary as co-anchor of the 6PM newscast https://wgme.com/news/local/cbs-13-wishes-kim-block-the-best-during-concussion-recovery

Sure would be nice to have her back in Boston - Channel 7 is slowly imploding.

NBC Sports Boston has told Red Sox reporter Evan Drellich his services are no longer needed; it appears the network will have no dedicated reporter covering the defending World Series Champions going forward. https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2019/02/12/nbc-sports-boston-parts-ways-with-its-red-sox-reporter/y5tqVazaR1xhiaqdl8lkhJ/story.html

Chris Wayland, who cut his teeth at Ed Ansin's crosstown Sunbeam before moving on to Tribune, will head up NBC Boston https://tvnewscheck.com/article/more-news/230055/chris-wayland-named-wbts-wneu-necn-station-manager/

Longtime WBZ TV-Radio anchor/reporter Gary LaPierre has died aged 76 after battling leukemia https://ipswich.wickedlocal.com/news/20190205/gary-lapierre-legendary-journalist-dies-at-ipswich-home

I suspect that if KDKA wasn't a CBS O&O the producer might have gotten off with a suspension.

WGME had to evacuate their studios due to flooding; they're doing their newscasts out of a makeshift newsroom set.

Here in Portland, WCSH morning co-anchor Lee Nelson and evening co-anchor Cindy Williams have been married for 30 years. Another marital union between morning co-anchor Sharon Rose (now Sharon Rose Vaznis) and reporter Chris Rose ended in divorce. Chris Rose eventually left the station and is now with the University of New England.

Another WHDH veteran jumps ship as Nicole Oliverio joins WFXT https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2019/01/02/nicole-oliverio-switching-stations/KhB5gjOGQYBrSmDLivhIaO/story.html

As clarification, of the 4P-630P block, only the 6PM portion would be available on-demand on their own website if they follow their usual protocol. Currently, the 4P and the 5P-630P newscasts are available on-demand during the window between newscasts up until about ten minutes before the next one. That doesn't apply to NewsON, where all of their newscasts for the current and previous day (but not Chronicle) are available. Curiously, their 7PM newscast isn't available on demand on the WCVB site, but Chronicle is.

An apparent overdose, subject to confirmation by the coroner's office. In addition to his colleagues at KTLA, he leaves behind a wife and daughter. https://ktla.com/2018/12/27/ktla-anchor-chris-burrous-death-investigated-as-possible-overdose-glendale-police/

This likely means that only the 6PM newscast will survive as being available on demand on the WCVB website due to Hearst's bizarre policies (their on-demand newscast availability maxes out at 90 minutes.)

To absolutely no one's surprise, WCVB is going to bump Inside Edition to 1:05 AM (after Nightline) in the New Year to make way for a 4:30PM weekday newscast https://www.wcvb.com/article/wcvb-channel-5-announces-newscast-changes-in-the-new-year/25684775

Yep, and Escape is still at 51.4. It's an OTA coverage upgrade for MeTV and a PQ upgrade for an overstuffed WPXT.

Former WGME anchor Doug Rafferty has died at 66. His death was mentioned in passing at the end of the A block in their 5PM newscast and wasn't mentioned again during the 5PM-630PM news block. The exact same script (and video montage) was recycled for the 11. Curiously, Rafferty was seen but not heard (his booming baritone was a noteworthy aspect of his presentation.) https://wgme.com/news/local/former-wgme-anchor-reporter-doug-rafferty-dies A possible reason for the cursory mention of Rafferty's passing: After an on-air stroke in 2006, he was relegated to mostly behind-the-scenes work at a sharp reduction in pay. He left WGME, took a job with the State of Maine and subsequently reached an out-of-court settlement with Sinclair on an age discrimination claim. https://www.pressherald.com/2013/11/25/settlement_reached_in_ex-tv_anchor_s_suit_against_wgme_/ The Indy Star had a writeup on Rafferty focusing on his stint at WTTV https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/10/31/former-wttv-channel-4-anchor-doug-rafferty-dead/1830295002/

That honor went to Laff, which moved over from the WPXT multiplex.

After ten years at the Fox affiliate, meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski heads across town from Cox's troubled WFXT to CBS O&O WBZ, where she began her career https://tvnewscheck.com/article/more-news/224018/meteorologist-sarah-wroblewski-returns-wbz/