TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Even though that's what they may do, I think it's overkill. How about moving Extra to one of those time slots, or more news? Since WNCN followed suit with WRAL and airs Y&TR at 4pm, I'd like to see them move Judge Mabalean from 9-10am, do an hourlong noon news to fully compete with WRAL and WTVD, air a Judge Judy episode at 1, before B&B at 1:30. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1843 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Since WNCN followed suit with WRAL and airs Y&TR at 4pm, I'd like to see them move Judge Mabalean from 9-10am, do an hourlong noon news to fully compete with WRAL and WTVD, air a Judge Judy episode at 1, before B&B at 1:30. With Nexstar soon taking over, forget it. Unless current M.G. management at WNCN decides to do that, they're just waiting for Nexstar management to take over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1486 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 KCNC's Lauren Whitney has been doing weather on WFOR this week. According to social media posts, it's only a temporary thing "to help her better understand hurricanes." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1843 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 KCNC's Lauren Whitney has been doing weather on WFOR this week. According to social media posts, it's only a temporary thing "to help her better understand hurricanes." http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/06/15/cbs4s-lauren-whitney-learns-a-new-climate/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 169 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 NBC affiliate KGW said goodbye to morning anchor Russ Lewis, he's heading to Houston to be anchor at sister station CBS affiliate KHOU: http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/kgw-anchor-says-goodbye/172812 His wife Sally Ramirez also joins the station as news director. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 742 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Former WREG and Memphis radio sports personality George Lapides passed away today after a long battle with a lung disease. He was 76 years old, and his death came just days after he signed off of radio for the last time. WREG has an entire section on their website dedicated to their former colleague: http://wreg.com/tag/george-lapides/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Tonight ever NBC property features a black ribbon with the text Orlando next. [MEDIA=twitter]744350274395865088[/MEDIA] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1173 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 In a weird move, Topeka's KSNT news director Al Carl is moving to WISH-TV to serve in the same position. I haven't heard particularly glowing reviews of the man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 919 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 DISH sues Tribune over the spots Tribune stations have been running during the re-trans fight. http://deadline.com/2016/06/dish-network-court-suit-tribune-media-interfere-customer-contracts-false-advertising-1201776755/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 919 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 In a weird move, Topeka's KSNT news director Al Carl is moving to WISH-TV to serve in the same position. I haven't heard particularly glowing reviews of the man. I've worked with him. I like him, and I think he's easy to work for. He's a total job-hopper, though. Like Johnny Cash, it seems he's been everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Apparently John Oliver's most recent episode Last Week Tonight has not aired in the UK on Sky Atlantic because of the following segment on the Brexit. Sky Atlantic is reporting that they are not airing the show until after the European Union Referendum because it breaches OfCom rules. Rules in the UK are apparently very strict where shows have to give equal precedence to both sides. The segment in question was fifteen minutes long and was encouraging them to stay in the EU. Some people on Twitter are speculating it has to do with the fact that Rupert Murdoch is the majority shareholder (at (39.14% through 21st Century Fox) in Sky and that his son, James Murdoch, who is the chairman of the board are both assumed to be in the "leave camp". One of Murdoch's News Corp papers, The Sun, is saying that the UK should Leave the EU while The Times is in the remain camp. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 232 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 WAVY reporter Liz Palka leaving the station next week (no details on next location; though she mentioned she'll have two roles as reporter and Navy wife -- with her marrying a sailor in a few weeks) http://pilotonline.com/entertainment/tv/wavy-tv-reporter-liz-palka-to-leave-station/article_c97ce68e-344b-5ee9-81ca-d88137b4a314.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 WKBW reporter Desiree Riley is rumored to be eyeing a jump to the Boston market: http://talkintv.buffalonews.com/2016/03/10/wiley-likely-to-head-to-major-market-once-ch-7-contract-expires-at-end-of-july/ Interested to see if she ends up at NECN until the new NBC O&O gets up and running... Sorry to bump an old thread, but Wiley is indeed headed to NECN/NBC Boston. http://talkintv.buffalonews.com/2016/06/22/ch-7s-wiley-headed-boston-cable-channel/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 340 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 HUGE anchor shakeup at Tegna's KHOU/Houston, affecting pretty much every newscast. Worth noting: the new morning anchor is the ND's hubby http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2016/06/khou-11-makes-major-anchor-changes.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 423 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Meanwhile, at the studios on Bissonent, Dave Ward got a Guiness World Record for being the longest serving anchor at KTRK-TV. Granted someone (cough Don Alhart) might have an argument http://abc13.com/news/dave-ward-nabs-guinness-world-record/1395170/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1843 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Meanwhile, at the studios on Bissonent, Dave Ward got a Guiness World Record for being the longest serving anchor at KTRK-TV. Granted someone (cough Don Alhart) might have an argument http://abc13.com/news/dave-ward-nabs-guinness-world-record/1395170/ Still... its an achievement, nonetheless. I won't make it to 50 years once I get into the business, but damn sure I'll try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 919 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 In Oklahoma City, KFOR says Joleen Chaney is returning to the station, apparently to co-anchor the 4:00 p.m. news. She left KFOR a couple of years ago for KWTV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Looks like Waterman Broadcasting WBBH/WZVN pissed off the local sheriff again. Apparently they were knocking on doors in Missouri possibly letting a suspect in a murder situation get away. A few days ago it appears that the station pissed off the sheriff when they questioned why an AMBER Alert wasn't issued until four days after a girl went missing. He ignored their questioning and walked away. In April the station almost compromised a "major heroin bust" by a report that disclosed some of the sheriff's office's surveillance techniques - one of which included cameras that were disguised as telephone boxes on utility poles. I can understand why the sheriff is getting angry at this station as they are making his job harder but at the same time it is the stations right to report a story and follow up. That being said I believe the station should not compromise ongoing investigations. The sheriff sounds like a hothead who doesn't want to deal with the public or press. At the same time this is another negative story about WBBH / WZVN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1173 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Looks like Waterman Broadcasting WBBH/WZVN pissed off the local sheriff again. Apparently they were knocking on doors in Missouri possibly letting a suspect in a murder situation get away. Missouri? What would they have been doing in Missouri? Otherwise I agree with you. Report on what's happening, but don't meddle in it to the point of compromising law enforcement activity that's to genuinely benefit the public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1366 Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 Josh Thomas is out at Tampa Bay's WFLA-TV (NBC). Last year, Thomas was demoted to full time reporter when Rod Carter was moved from mornings to weekend anchor last year and general assignment reporter raised questions on racial diversity. Thomas has been gone from the station for a couple of weeks, there's no word on why he left or where he's going. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/josh-thomas-out-at-wfla/173361 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAnderson1 27 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Just found this video from WTNH in New Haven, CT. It's Ann Nyberg talking with Al Primo, pioneer of the Eyewitness News format. Worth a watch: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihEARDtHAT 8 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Daphne Monro, "Your Smart Shopper" had departed KNXV (ABC-15) to pursue new interests. Here is her good-bye video from June 9th. http://www.abc15.com/news/smart-shopper/video-daphne-munro-says-goodbye-to-abc15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 996 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Jason Austell, longtime AM anchor at KNSD NBC7 is moving over to XETV CW6 as the 4/10pm anchor. http://www.sandiegoradio.org/2016/06/longtime-news-anchor-switching-stations.html Not sure why he would leave KNSD for a sinking ship at XETV, but it is what it is. He starts CW6 on July 11th. Curious to see who NBC replaces him with. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I was surfing around FCCInfo (what else would a twenty something being doing on a Saturday night?) and noticed KSTS the Telemundo station for San Jose / San Francisco / Oakland has a license for a STL from Murray, UTAH to some business park right next to the Intermountain Medical Center. I thought this was a screw up on FCCInfo.com I checked out the FCC website and it appears to be genuine (unless of course who ever filed it screwed up as well). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvtime07 250 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Jason Austell, longtime AM anchor at KNSD NBC7 is moving over to XETV CW6 as the 4/10pm anchor. http://www.sandiegoradio.org/2016/06/longtime-news-anchor-switching-stations.html Not sure why he would leave KNSD for a sinking ship at XETV, but it is what it is. He starts CW6 on July 11th. Curious to see who NBC replaces him with. It makes more sense now that CBS8 has been promoting Dan and Nichelle as the longest running morning anchorship team recently. A little surprising and a head scratcher for sure in this latest SD Newser development. NBC7 seems to have more stability than CW6 in terms of employment, so was he simply tired of waking up in the mornings? I like to root for underdogs, so I hope CW6 will improve for their news organization in all areas for the better, but their on-air product has been lacking and needs tinkering *AHEM stale graphics package*. Wonder if Greg Bledsoe is being lined up to take over mornings at NBC7 or someone totally new. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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