wabceyewitness 767 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Wow. Either she's just filling in or perhaps Sandra is getting mornings ans Shrileen is getting weekends and maybe Diana's Williams is getting noon. Diana I don't think wanted that in 2015 due to her husbands health at the time. Nobody is getting anything yet. It's literally been less than two weeks since anyone inside and outside WABC knew Lori was leaving. Testing will go on for weeks and most of what you're seeing now is long-planned substitutions for the late August vacations that are squeezed in before the fall season starts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Here's an unlikely outside the box idea for EWNTM: Have Sam Champion and Lara Spencer co-anchor. Unlikely because it's awful or was there another reason? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 839 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Unlikely because it's awful or was there another reason? Are either of them actually at WABC currently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Are either of them actually at WABC currently? Nope. Lara is with the network for GMA and has a side deal with HGTV hosting and producing shows. Sam was with the The Weather Channel until leaving at the end of 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Another idea is to move the weekend evening team to weekday mornings and the weekend morning team to weekend evenings since they seem to like to keep teams together. Joe and Sandra are great anchors but definetly not morning people. If they were going to do that they'd move Rob and Michelle to weekdays. As someone said testing will go on with Ken for weeks to come. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from Maspeth 33 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Shirleen was on with Joe at 6pm tonight. Same thing today (Sunday). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 839 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Nope. Lara is with the network for GMA and has a side deal with HGTV hosting and producing shows. Sam was with the The Weather Channel until leaving at the end of 2016. Then that's why it's unlikely. You have to hire them both first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Then that's why it's unlikely. You have to hire them both first. No it's highly unlikely because WPIX would then beat them in that time slot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 No it's highly unlikely because WPIX would then beat them in that time slot. Exactly, thank you. I guess my original response of "it's awful" wasn't clear enough for others lol. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 839 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 No it's highly unlikely because WPIX would then beat them in that time slot. Never mind.... you missed my point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryFlick 26 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Noticed that too. However, both Michelle and Sandra were off this weekend so it's likely vacation playing a factor. I really don't see Toni as a lead morning anchor though. We could also see someone completely unexpected to replace Lori. Remember when Steve was fired no one expected Ken to get the spot. Weren't the top contenders originally Phil Lipof, Jeff Rossen and Joe Torres? You are right about the original contenders for Steve's spot. In fact, I remember reading comments from Jeff Rosen saying that not getting that gig contributed to his decision to leave the station. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriston Lewis 2 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Josh Einiger is down in Houston to help KTRK with their coverage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 272 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Josh Einiger is down in Houston to help KTRK with their coverage. Yeah that was interesting to see them down there apparently there are a lot of reporters from different ABC O&O stations lending KTRK a hand. That was nice to see. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nydem2015 51 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 https://www.mediabistro.com/jobs/description/361333/anchor-reporter/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 https://www.mediabistro.com/jobs/description/361333/anchor-reporter/ Saw that, too. It's also been posted to abc7ny.com for a while now. Wonder which outside candidates they will do internal testing with. When Steve Bartelstein was fired, they tested Lori with Don Dahler who was with the network at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadgeek Adam 170 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 I assume it was due diligence posting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 https://www.mediabistro.com/jobs/description/361333/anchor-reporter/ Don't they have to post when there's an opening? Even if they are planning on filling internally? (Legal stuff...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Don't they have to post when there's an opening? Even if they are planning on filling internally? (Legal stuff...) Yes, that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daybreak 269 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Yes, that too. This can also back fire like it did at a station I worked at. The weekend anchor was basically poised for an evening position for 4 and 6 but the station found someone else that they liked better. This caused a lot of animosity towards the anchor and station and when she left, she dissed the station in an interview at her new station. That's why nothing is set in stone. (P.S.: I'm not going to give any personal information on the anchor and station for personal reasons) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 530 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Amy Freeze has been part of the ABC News network coverage of Irma for a large part of today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 482 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Amy Freeze has been part of the ABC News network coverage of Irma for a large part of today. NBC has been using Dave Price (during the week he was on MSNBC as well, often shuttling between the two studios). MSNBC has had Rafael Miranda. Basically, with the magnitude of this storm, and covering from different parts of Florida and NY, it has been all hands on deck. Remember, at the end of the day, WABC staff are ABC/Disney employees, WNBC are NBC employees etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadgeek Adam 170 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 WABC was nice enough today to post the 9/11/2002 roundtable featuring Michelle Charlesworth, Jeff Rossen, Anthony Johnson, Joe Torres, Nina Pineda, Glenn Mayrose and two other photographers. http://abc7ny.com/video-eyewitness-news-roundtable-on-09-11-02/291417/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/9/12/complaint-filed-against-wabc-news-director 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchorman 93 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/9/12/complaint-filed-against-wabc-news-director This is not surprising about Camille. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 530 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Dray Clark is departing for NBC Philadelphia. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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