cg41386 131 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Emily Miller is gone from WTTG. She was the chief investigative reporter. FTVLive reported that earlier this month the was working on a story about a charter school that had a black / white segregated fountain that was spiked after the dean complained. Apparently she promoted the story even after it was canned and hadn't been seen since. Emily is also a pro gun advocate (I'm not against guns but think there should be controls) who has spoken at the Maryland state house and wrote a book entitled Emily Gets Her Gun: But Obama Wants to Take Yours . Surprisingly the station had no problem with their chief investigative reporter taking a stance on this controversial issue. And they also had no problem with her fabricating the home invasion that "inspired" her to be a pro-gun advocate, but I digress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 919 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 One of my former reporters, Gia Vang, is going to be an anchor at KMPH in Fresno. She had been reporting most recently at KPNX in Phoenix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesapeakeTV 310 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Ch-ch-ch-changes at WAVY/WVBT... Anita Blanton, currently the weekday 4 and 5:30 PM anchor, will be replacing Nicole Livas on the 5, 6, 10 and 11 PM newscasts alongside Tom Schaad. As was mentioned here a few months back, Livas recently left the station to join her husband in the Washington D.C. area. Blanton's replacement at 4 and 5:30 will be Laura Caso, formerly of WTLV/WJXX, whose first day is today. Caso and current weekend evening anchor Deanna LeBlanc will be the anchors of a new 30 minute 7 PM newscast on WVBT, to premiere March 28th. This will compete with an existing 7 PM show on WGNT, produced by WTKR. Brandi Cummings, currently a weekday reporter, will replace LeBlanc on weekend evenings, in addition to her reporting duties. (source) And speaking of Hampton Roads, VARTV is reporting that WTKR/WGNT anchor Laila Muhammad will be moving to Dallas to co-anchor Tribune's EyeOpener. Her last day is tomorrow, March 4th. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 190 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 VARTV.com's Twitter is reporting that Nadeen Yanes (pronounced Yah-nez) is joining WKMG Local 6 in Orlando. Her last day at WTKR/WGNT was yesterday. Before WTKR, she was on WRIC here in Richmond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL46 11 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 WXIA is offering buyouts to several station veterans http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/24/tvradio-briefs-11-alive-buyouts-cassiday-proctor-selena-gomez-belinda-skelton/ Doesn't suprise me if they do this at all, and to top it off, they still don't have demarco's replacement and ''not confirmed'' Brenda wood is contemplating retirement soon, she has been in the ATL since '88 and in news since '78 and WAAY in Huntsville at least. Ditto for Jeff hullinger, Weeknight Anchor;Sports Director/Anchor who has been at WXIA since 2010 but has been in ATL since '84 also at WAGA and Started in St. Lake City at KSL in the late 70's as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 169 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Elizabeth Noreika leaving WHDH and Boston to anchor the 7 pm newscast at WJW in her hometown of Cleveland: http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2016/3/4/bean-town-anchor-headed-to-cleveland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWA_TV_guy 148 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Hattiesburg/Laurel, MS market residents are left confused as to what has happened to WDAM's Miranda Beard. She was the morning/midday anchor and Asst. News Director and has been with the station for at least 30+ years. It appears that her last day at Ch. 7 was February 25. Calls, email, etc. to the station from viewers have gone unanswered. Beard sent local media a press release stating that she will answer the $1,000,000 question on Sunday, March 6 at 3:00 p.m. at a press conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1844 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Hattiesburg/Laurel, MS market residents are left confused as to what has happened to WDAM's Miranda Beard. She was the morning/midday anchor and Asst. News Director and has been with the station for at least 30+ years. It appears that her last day at Ch. 7 was February 25. Calls, email, etc. to the station from viewers have gone unanswered. Beard sent local media a press release stating that she will answer the $1,000,000 question on Sunday, March 6 at 3:00 p.m. at a press conference. [ATTACH=full]2675[/ATTACH] *SPOILER ALERT* There's no need for a conference because this woman has figured it out: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=823214757807996 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWA_TV_guy 148 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 *SPOILER ALERT* There's no need for a conference because this woman has figured it out: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=823214757807996 If I am not mistaken that's a volunteer position. I also saw her on the faculty/staff section of the Laurel School District. She has been involved with local education in Laurel/Jones County for years. There are some people who work for that long at a station and refuse to have any kind of tribute, etc., but this is not one of those instances. Hattiesburg Patriot's Facebook page has a ton of speculations as to what has happened, but nothing confirmed. That's why she will hold a press conference so the people who have watched her for all these years will hear it from her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexTVandRadio 412 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 WLEX is losing a meteorologist to DC. [MEDIA=twitter]706086971865608192[/MEDIA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 190 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 We missed this one. Last December, KRGV reporter/anchor Melissa Correa left the station after four years to join KHOU 11 in Houston. Before KRGV, she was on WWBT here in Richmond and before that, KOSA in Midland-Odessa. You may remember Correa from the show Making News: Texas Style on TV Guide Channel (now Pop) back in 2007. http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2015/12/melissa-correa-joins-khou-11.html http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2016/02/Making-News-Texas-Style-KHOU-11-Melissa-Correa.html?m=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdmedia619 1 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 KUSI 9 Kristen Cusato weekend anchor bio scrubbed off the website and lately Brandi Williams (pictured) has been filling in. Any word on Brandi being the permanent one for the weekend?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1844 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 KUSI 9 Kristen Cusato weekend anchor bio scrubbed off the website and lately Brandi Williams (pictured) has been filling in. Any word on Brandi being the permanent one for the weekend?! She could be. After all, Kristen did leave KUSI where according to Cision... "to manage communications for the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discover Institute." In other words, Kristen loves San Diego and was considered as a star at KUSI while there. And if Brandi does take over, then good for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 996 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 KUSI 9 Kristen Cusato weekend anchor bio scrubbed off the website and lately Brandi Williams (pictured) has been filling in. Any word on Brandi being the permanent one for the weekend?! Kristen left in December. Brandi has been the main fill in but AFAIK hasn't been made permanent. They had Sasha Foo anchor a few weeks ago for 2-3 weeks or so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdmedia619 1 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Kristen left in December. Brandi has been the main fill in but AFAIK hasn't been made permanent. They had Sasha Foo anchor a few weeks ago for 2-3 weeks or so. December? Well then she did fill-ins ending of January and first week of sweeps. But didn't realize she left that long ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 996 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 December? Well then she did fill-ins ending of January and first week of sweeps. But didn't realize she left that long ago Her KUSI Twitter went silent on Dec. 31st, but I believe she stayed on an extra week at the station. So she's been gone for two months, at least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWA_TV_guy 148 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Hattiesburg/Laurel, MS market residents are left confused as to what has happened to WDAM's Miranda Beard. She was the morning/midday anchor and Asst. News Director and has been with the station for at least 30+ years. It appears that her last day at Ch. 7 was February 25. Calls, email, etc. to the station from viewers have gone unanswered. Beard sent local media a press release stating that she will answer the $1,000,000 question on Sunday, March 6 at 3:00 p.m. at a press conference. [ATTACH=full]2675[/ATTACH] Miranda Beard revealed at a press conference Sunday afternoon that after WDAM received a tweet of a slide she used at a conference in Jackson after visiting her parents in TN she was escorted out of the building once she returned to work. News Director Nick Ortego and General Manager Joe Sciortino escorted Beard out of the building after they accused her of lying about her trip to Tennessee. Viewers are expressing their outrage on the station's Facebook page calling a boycott of channel 7. MORE: http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2016/03/06/miranda-beard-looking-future-after-wdam-departure/81083920/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Miranda Beard revealed at a press conference Sunday afternoon that after WDAM received a tweet of a slide she used at a conference in Jackson after visiting her parents in TN she was escorted out of the building once she returned to work. News Director Nick Ortego and General Manager Joe Sciortino escorted Beard out of the building after they accused her of lying about her trip to Tennessee. Now that's just plain pitiful. So going to a speaking engagement in Jackson after visiting your ailing parents in TN means you're a liar? I mean, why in the hell would she lie about that? Hell, she even showed pictures of her very sick father at the press conference on Sunday, but was never given an opportunity to show proof to her bosses. They obviously didn't care about seeing her side of things. They only cared about trying to find a slick way to push this veteran & well-liked personality out the door. And that's just sad. I wished she would file a wrongful termination lawsuit against these two assholes for firing her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWA_TV_guy 148 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Now that's just plain pitiful. So going to a speaking engagement in Jackson after visiting your ailing parents in TN means you're a liar? I mean, why in the hell would she lie about that? Hell, she even showed pictures of her very sick father at the press conference on Sunday, but was never given an opportunity to show proof to her bosses. They obviously didn't care about seeing her side of things. They only cared about trying to find a slick way to push this veteran & well-liked personality out the door. And that's just sad. I wished she would file a wrongful termination lawsuit against these two assholes for firing her. I expect a lawsuit at some point. There's already a job listing on Raycom's website as of 2-29. Also, there's a listing for a GM on Raycom's website for WDAM (listed prior to these events). Management had their minds made up a long time ago that they wanted her out, but they needed a "legal" way to do it. I'm certain of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 It's been heavily-speculated here, but now it's official. TVNewsCheck posted minutes ago that WDCW will have a new 10pm newscast beginning April 18th. The new 10pm newscast will be produced out of Richmond's WTVR, with reporters & multimedia journalists being based out of DC. The anchor will be WTVR's 6 & 11pm anchor Candace Burns. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3444 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Miranda Beard revealed at a press conference Sunday afternoon that after WDAM received a tweet of a slide she used at a conference in Jackson after visiting her parents in TN she was escorted out of the building once she returned to work. News Director Nick Ortego and General Manager Joe Sciortino escorted Beard out of the building after they accused her of lying about her trip to Tennessee. Viewers are expressing their outrage on the station's Facebook page calling a boycott of channel 7. MORE: http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2016/03/06/miranda-beard-looking-future-after-wdam-departure/81083920/ WDAM is essentially the only game in town....aside from the half-station efforts put on by Media General and Waypoint Media. At one time WHLT had a full blown news operation, but low advertiser support shut it down. That's the problem in small markets like Hattiesburg...a station literally OWNS the market, and once the competition tries....and later fails, the dominant station prevails and become untouchable and can do as it pleases.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I expect a lawsuit at some point. There's already a job listing on Raycom's website as of 2-29. Also, there's a listing for a GM on Raycom's website for WDAM (listed prior to these events). Management had their minds made up a long time ago that they wanted her out, but they needed a "legal" way to do it. I'm certain of it. Sure they wanted her out. But her appearance in front of the school leaders was not sanctioned by the station and to many looks like a severe ethics violation for a journalist.... Was she paid for her speech? And that alone will get you fired from just about any station. She should have know better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Following the trend like the other Hearst stations, KCCI will add a new 9pm newscast on its Me-TV subchannel, beginning March 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 WLEX is losing a meteorologist to DC. [MEDIA=twitter]706086971865608192[/MEDIA] That's a jump from what, DMA 65 or so to a top 10 market? HUGE promotion... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1844 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Following the trend like the other Hearst stations, KCCI will add a new 9pm newscast on its Me-TV subchannel, beginning March 21. WXII, KETV, WCVB, WLWT, WLKY, WBAL, WMUR, WPTZ and WGAL are the ones that broadcasts local news on their MeTV subchannels. WTAE broadcasts their 7:00pm weeknight newscast on their This TV subchannel. Btw, what a surprise for KCCI to do this on Me-TV and not on their MyTV subchannel which is also home to H&I. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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