NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Rachel Frank has made the decision to leave WPIX after she has her baby and return to her home, that is FOX CT. I wonder if Chris Knowles will get the spot, or will Linda take all four hours? You can read her full blog post here: http://rachelforecasts.blogspot.com/2014/09/back-to-connecticut-starting-family.html EDIT: just read the full post, and apparently she is starting back in CT Monday for the evening newscasts. So I guess today was her last day at PIX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1149 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 https://twitter.com/DanMannarino/status/517671302891847680 From a post on his Twitter page, Dan Mannarino has announced that he will fill in for Kori Chambers on the Morning News with Sukanya Krishnan tomorrow and Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 PIX has extended their 5pm newscast to an hour tonight..I don't think it's a permanent change, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Kaity Tong and Craig Allen were on at 5. James Ford and Chris Knowles are on at 10. Apparently Kaity & Craig are BOTH sick. Hope they feel better. James is doing a very good job so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upallnight 2 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Mark Effron has finally left the building. With ratings going up and the anchor team settled in, you gotta wonder....is this the best time for fresh upheavals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Mark Effron has finally left the building. With ratings going up and the anchor team settled in, you gotta wonder....is this the best time for fresh upheavals? Craig Allen just confirmed that WPIX's weekend 5pm newscast is now a full hour. He also said Jay Dow was at the desk, is Kaity still not feeling well? Edit: Kaity tweeted that she'll be back tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Craig Allen just confirmed that WPIX's weekend 5pm newscast is now a full hour. He also said Jay Dow was at the desk, is Kaity still not feeling well? Edit: Kaity tweeted that she'll be back tomorrow. In that case they need a second anchor. Kaity is great but it's very dull watching a single anchor for an hour. It's not easy on the anchor person either. I say Marvin Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Craig Allen just confirmed that WPIX's weekend 5pm newscast is now a full hour. He also said Jay Dow was at the desk, is Kaity still not feeling well? Edit: Kaity tweeted that she'll be back tomorrow. In that case they need a second anchor. Kaity is great but it's very dull watching a single anchor for an hour. It's not easy on the anchor person either. I say Marvin Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 In that case they need a second anchor. Kaity is great but it's very dull watching a single anchor for an hour. It's not easy on the anchor person either. I say Marvin Scott. Does anyone know what happened to former WWOR anchor Harry Martin? If they wanted to bring in someone external, he'd be perfect. And I think it was you who also thought he'd be great with Kaity. Another person who I think PIX should look at is Teresa Priolo, if FOX 5 was smarter she would be anchoring and not Dari or Juliet (and I'm not saying pair her with Kaity, I just think that they should look at her as a potential anchor in some capacity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Does anyone know what happened to former WWOR anchor Harry Martin? If they wanted to bring in someone external, he'd be perfect. And I think it was you who also thought he'd be great with Kaity. Another person who I think PIX should look at is Teresa Priolo, if FOX 5 was smarter she would be anchoring and not Dari or Juliet (and I'm not saying pair her with Kaity, I just think that they should look at her as a potential anchor in some capacity Juliet isn't going anywhere. The ratings for that show are good. I like her. So do a lot of others. I don't think Taresa would go to PIX.. Eventually she'll either be promoted or move to one of the big 3. PIX has no stability I don't blame anyone if they turn them down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Craig Allen just confirmed that WPIX's weekend 5pm newscast is now a full hour. He also said Jay Dow was at the desk, is Kaity still not feeling well? Edit: Kaity tweeted that she'll be back tomorrow. It's actually only an hour on Sat. for the time being, but they could expand the 5pm on Sundays too soon. But then again, they may put the Saturday 5pm newscast back to a half hour, so we'll have to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 On Friday Dan Manarino tweeted he's done with the evening shows and will be back on mornings in 2 weeks.. I wonder if he'll anchor in some sort again or just report.. It took John Muller about 2 weeks of rehearsal before going back on air.. Just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 PIX used a new kind of open tonight at 10:30, it was similar to this: The custom theme was used, but the graphics looked more like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMziY13BRRI It's actually perfect, because instead of using the full open, or not using any open at all, they just use a short little open to reassure us of which program we're watching. We'll have to watch to see if we see more changes in the coming weeks with Waldman and Carter at the helm of the ship instead of Effron. I don't think there will be any major changes until a permanent ND is hired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Well apparently WPIX made a bit of a last minute decision to not cover the Greenwich Village Halloween parade this year. It's a bit of a shame, events like this look great for a station's image. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/wpix-halts-broadcast-village-halloween-parade-article-1.1978378 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Just saw a promo saying that "Home Free Friday" is back. I think it starts next week. So I guess PIX will be trying to throw cash at viewers every sweeps period? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Chris Knowles is now doing general assignment reports in addition to his freelance meteorology duties. He was their lead reporter this morning on the Ebola case. I guess PIX is leaning in the direction of WCBS, as they have Vanessa and Elise do general assignment reports in addition to their weekend meteorology duties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I just happened to be flipping channels before when WABC went on a commercial and turned to PIX for a quick second.. Mr.G was on. I've never seen anything so weird from an on air person. His jacket was in buttoned.. His tie was tucked into the front of his pants and he was holding the clip on mic. I don't know what happened or if he didn't realize it was time to go on but it was very strange. If he was that in prepared they should've given him 30 seconds to get together. It was very sloppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I just happened to be flipping channels before when WABC went on a commercial and turned to PIX for a quick second.. Mr.G was on. I've never seen anything so weird from an on air person. His jacket was in buttoned.. His tie was tucked into the front of his pants and he was holding the clip on mic. I don't know what happened or if he didn't realize it was time to go on but it was very strange. If he was that in prepared they should've given him 30 seconds to get together. It was very sloppy He's like this ALL of the time. He's always in the middle of buttoning his shirt, fixing his mic, etc. Today at 5 I also noticed that he was holding his mic, I don't think it was clipping on well. Either way, Mr. G's presentation is always so sloppy. That's only the beginning. I can't stand how he stands in the middle of the screen, and mumbles, and barely gets the point across. He's what turns me away from PIX. Everything else is fine. I would watch their newscasts more if any other weather personality was on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 He's like this ALL of the time. He's always in the middle of buttoning his shirt, fixing his mic, etc. Today at 5 I also noticed that he was holding his mic, I don't think it was clipping on well. Either way, Mr. G's presentation is always so sloppy. That's only the beginning. I can't stand how he stands in the middle of the screen, and mumbles, and barely gets the point across. He's what turns me away from PIX. Everything else is fine. I would watch their newscasts more if any other weather personality was on. But they're just so smart they have Chris Knolwes who'd do great with that team out in the field reporting. Go figure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Mr G retired from CBS fm this morning....maybe he'll retire from PIX soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 157 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 If he does, i nominate Craig Allen as G's replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1149 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I agree, Craig is fantastic on the weekends, and would be fantastic on weekdays too. He'll be a great successor to G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TellyGenic 32 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Craig looks terrible with that grey beard he's growing. One hopes it's only for Movember, and will be gone at month's end... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Noticed that Marissa Torres is getting used more and more as a reporter. First she filled in for Kaitlyn, then she did a report for a sports segment, now she covered tonight's top story on the 10pm news. She seems very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 WPIX got new weather graphics this morning, somewhat. I almost think they look worse. The only thing I really like is the new overlapping feature and the interactivity of it. See it in action here: http://pix11.com/weather/forecast/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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