tw-804 190 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Longtime KTRK anchor Dave Ward is back at the anchor desk after shoulder surgery. He was absent for three weeks while recovering. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/veteran-houston-anchor-back-on-air-after-surgery_b117965 http://www.chron.com/entertainment/tv/article/Dave-Ward-back-on-the-air-after-painful-shoulder-5344179.php?cmpid=hpts Baltimore's WBAL began streaming their newscasts online since yesterday. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wbal-launches-streaming-newscasts_b117947 Kelli Cook from Central Florida's News 13 is joining Memphis' WATN. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/kelli-cook-leaves-orlando-for-memphis_b117948 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 169 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Phil Lipof (formerly of WABC) and J.C. Monahan have been officially named co-anchors of WCVBs weeknight 5 PM newscasts : http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wcvb-names-j-c-monahan-and-phil-lipof-co-anchors-of-5-p-m-newscast_b118022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1173 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 This should probably go somewhere in the Chicago board but... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/jill-manuel-named-assistant-nd-at-wfld_b118172#disqus_thread She just left WEWS and some people have said that they delivered horrible ratings under her leadership, so what makes WFLD think that she can help to improve them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 This should probably go somewhere in the Chicago board but... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/jill-manuel-named-assistant-nd-at-wfld_b118172#disqus_thread She just left WEWS and some people have said that they delivered horrible ratings under her leadership, so what makes WFLD think that she can help to improve them? Anyone with 50 cents and a monkey could make WFLD do better than they are now. A 1.7 rating at 9pm? Certainly things were nowhere near there at WEWS. More importantly than ratings she knows Chicago having been ND at CLTV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1295 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Anyone with 50 cents and a monkey could make WFLD do better than they are now. A 1.7 rating at 9pm? Certainly things were nowhere near there at WEWS. More importantly than ratings she knows Chicago having been ND at CLTV. Good luck to her for having to compete with the 800-lb gorilla that's WGN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 According to TVSPY, Nick and Danielle Kosir are leaving KMVT and going to the East Coast. TVSpy says they're going to Charlotte. $1 bets that they are going to WJZY to be a part of the morning team. From TVSpy: Danielle Kosir, Nick Kosir and Andrew Reed Sign Off From KMVT By Merrill Knox on March 28, 2014 11:16 AM Three members of the KMVT news team are leaving the station: Danielle Kosir, Nick Kosir and Andrew Reed will all sign off today to “pursue new opportunities,” Twin Falls, Idaho station says. Danielle Kosir is the main anchor and producer of the weekday morning and noon newscast. Her husband, Nick Kosir — better known as The Rapping Weatherman — is the meteorologist for the same newscasts. The station says the pair is heading back to the east coast (TVSpy hears they are headed to Charlotte). Reed, a general assignment reporter for KMVT, is headed back to his native California. He joined the station in 2012. video: view on site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 727 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 According to TVSPY, Nick and Danielle Kosir are leaving KMVT and going to the East Coast. TVSpy says they're going to Charlotte. $1 bets that they are going to WJZY to be a part of the morning team. From TVSpy: Those were my thoughts exactly when I read the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Early Today and MSNBC First Look anchor Veronica De La Cruz posted on Facebook Friday that she got the main evening anchoring job at the CBS O&O in San Francisco, KPIX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRAP-TV 145 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Early Today and MSNBC First Look anchor Veronica De La Cruz posted on Facebook Friday that she got the main evening anchoring job at the CBS O&O in San Francisco, KPIX. Here is her audition video, apparently... http://vimeo.com/87722590 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
News 9 Viewer 100 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 The Boston Herald has reported that WBZ has fired ND John Verrilli. Unsurprisingly, ratings are believed to be the reason behind the decision. According to the Herald article, WBZ is third (out of 4 stations) in the evening and last in the morning. Assistant ND Sarah Burke has been installed as interim ND. My apologies for linking to the inexcusably s***** Herald site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The Boston Herald has reported that WBZ has fired ND John Verrilli. Unsurprisingly, ratings are believed to be the reason behind the decision. According to the Herald article, WBZ is third (out of 4 stations) in the evening and last in the morning. Assistant ND Sarah Burke has been installed as interim ND. My apologies for linking to the inexcusably s***** Herald site. The Boston Herald has reported that WBZ has fired ND John Verrilli. Unsurprisingly, ratings are believed to be the reason behind the decision. According to the Herald article, WBZ is third (out of 4 stations) in the evening and last in the morning. Assistant ND Sarah Burke has been installed as interim ND. My apologies for linking to the inexcusably s***** Herald site. Didn't realize that WBZ was behind WHDH in the ratings. That's sad considering how lousy WHDH's newscasts are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTheJ 87 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The Boston Herald has reported that WBZ has fired ND John Verrilli. Unsurprisingly, ratings are believed to be the reason behind the decision. According to the Herald article, WBZ is third (out of 4 stations) in the evening and last in the morning. Assistant ND Sarah Burke has been installed as interim ND. Would you like to know what I'd like to see out of BZ? VO John Pliesse be replaced by either Scott Chapin or Bill Ratner. Don't get me wrong, Pliesse is fine, but I think Chapin or Ratner could drive in fairly better ratings at BZ, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The Boston Herald has reported that WBZ has fired ND John Verrilli. Unsurprisingly, ratings are believed to be the reason behind the decision. According to the Herald article, WBZ is third (out of 4 stations) in the evening and last in the morning. Assistant ND Sarah Burke has been installed as interim ND. Would you like to know what I'd like to see out of BZ? VO John Pliesse be replaced by either Scott Chapin or Bill Ratner. Don't get me wrong, Pliesse is fine, but I think Chapin or Ratner could drive in fairly better ratings at BZ, IMO. Average viewer does not choose newscasts based on the opening voiceover... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Average viewer does not choose newscasts based on the opening voiceover... Not only that but the average viewer is probably 1/10th as in tune as we are on the technical side. They simply don't care that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Sean Maroney named weeknight anchor at NBC17/WNCN in Raleigh after filling in on an interim basis when Penn Holderness left the station for a job outside of TV. Maroney joined WNCN in 2013 as a weekend evening anchor. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/sean-maroney-named-wncn-evening-anchor_b117233 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Will Kennedy, formerly of notorious ABC affiliate WEAR in Pensacola, joins Christine Noel and Morgan Fogarty as a 10pm anchor at WCCB in Charlotte. No word on Kirk Hawkins, whose bio has been removed from the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Will Kennedy, formerly of notorious ABC affiliate WEAR in Pensacola, joins Christine Noel and Morgan Fogarty as a 10pm anchor at WCCB in Charlotte. No word on Kirk Hawkins, whose bio has been removed from the site. This question is for whoever lives in Charlotte: Do they still even do the three anchor format? Because from all the clips I see on YouTube it's just Morgan and Kirk, even though all three get equal billing, are featured equally in promos, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 190 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Terrell Brown (from CBS News and before that, Richmond's WWBT) will join Chicago's WLS as a general assignment reporter and contributing anchor. His last day at CBS News was Friday. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/terrell-brown-exits-cbs-news_b219721 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/terrell-brown-to-join-wls-as-reporter_b118434 WLOX (Biloxi/Gulfport) anchor Dave Elliott apologizes after a Facebook status he recently posted saying the LGBT community has "been in the news too much lately" and they "should go on a gaycation". http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wlox-anchor-apologizes-for-suggesting-the-lgbt-community-go-on-gaycation_b118206 Meteorologist Jonathan Oh is leaving Columbia's WOLO ("ABC Columbia") for a job at NHK World in Tokyo. He'll be anchoring weather forecasts for "Newsline". http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/jonathan-oh-says-goodbye-to-wolo_b118186 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 560 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Will Kennedy, formerly of notorious ABC affiliate WEAR in Pensacola, joins Christine Noel and Morgan Fogarty as a 10pm anchor at WCCB in Charlotte. No word on Kirk Hawkins, whose bio has been removed from the site. Christine Noel tweeted that she and her husband are moving to the West Coast. So if Kirk is leaving, I'd imagine they'd just have two 10:00 anchors. Although they still need a replacement for Cassidy on WCCB News Edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 169 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Early Today and MSNBC First Look anchor Veronica De La Cruz posted on Facebook Friday that she got the main evening anchoring job at the CBS O&O in San Francisco, KPIX. Looks like Veronica will take over for Elizabeth on the 6 & 10 PM newscasts and Elizabeth will continue her role as anchor of the 5 & 11 PM newscasts. Here's the story from KPIX: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/04/02/veronica-de-la-cruz-named-co-anchor-for-kpix-5-news/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 802 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Cale Ramaker out at KLAS http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/ http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/norm-clarke/strip-headliner-terry-fator-reveals-he-broke-tyrannical-father-s-religious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Brian Collister joins KXAN from KTRK. Wants to be closer to his family. HUGE get for KXAN, since Brian is one of the best investigative reporters in the country. I believe he replaces Shannon Wolfson as full-time lead investigative reporter, after she was bumped up to main anchor. KXAN was already a good station, but now that they have Collister, they'll be my go-to station in Austin. Take that, "Austin's News Leader" (KVUE, who likes to remind you of this every chance they get) Sources: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/brian-collister-joins-austins-kxan_b118570 ; http://blog.mysanantonio.com/jakle06/2014/04/woai-ex-collister-nabs-new-tv-news-job/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Sorry for the double post but I also came across these, for our Memphis and Seattle peeps. I stole these both from FTVLive: Memphis BURLINGTON ANCHOR HEADED TO MEMPHIS April 03, 2014/ Scott Jones WCAX (Burlington, VT) Morning Anchor Molly Smith has signed off from the station. "Thank you guys, I'm going to miss you a lot!" Smith told you morning Co-Anchors as she anchored her last newscast at the station. Smith is moving to Memphis. She heads to Tennessee TV after four plus years in the Green Mountains. She started her reporting career with WCAX near Killington, her hometown. She covered the Rutland region for the station before being bumped up to the morning Anchor. The station says that, whether it was on the set or in the field, Molly reported the good and the bad for us. She's a journalist who will take a bit of Vermont to the South with her. We wish her the best on her new journey and say thanks for a job well done. Anyone think she's going to WATN or WREG? Can't think of any other openings in that market off the top. Seattle CROSSING THE STREET IN SEATTLE April 03, 2014/ Scott Jones KOMO Anchor Liz Dueweke is going across the street to KCPQ and will help shore up the station's morning newscast. Here is the internal memo that News Director Erica Hill sent out to the staff: I’m excited to announce that we are adding to our team at Q13 FOX and enhancing the roles of our very talented morning show team! Over the last several months, we have been working diligently on ways to evolve our morning show by strengthening the roles of our very important team and casting everyone in the areas where they shine. So I am thrilled to announce that Liz Dueweke will be joining us as co-anchor of Q13 FOX News This Morning from 5am to 10am alongside Bill Wixey, MJ McDermott and Kaci Aitchison. Kaci will be taking on an important hosting role for segments and features, designed to bring life into the show through her incredible talents, her content, and her personality. This is an elevated role for Kaci which puts her in a position of showcasing some of the what we love most about Kaci. She is excited about this new role, as am I. Liz joins us from across the street where she has been the AM anchor at KOMO for the last year. Before that she anchored 5a-10a at the FOX affiliate in Oklahoma City and has worked in Michigan and Arizona in a variety of on air roles. Brien Blakely, Kelly O’Connell and Tim Joyce will continue to co-host our 4:30am newscast. Brien will then showcase important breaking news from the newsroom throughout the show and Kelly will be a presence all morning by hosting important, local content. I am excited to work with both of them on ways to further develop our content in the morning show. Tim Joyce will support our weather story throughout the show along with continuing as the face of our Eye Opener Portland cut ins. I could not be more thrilled to work on our continued growth and ways for us to build upon the amazing talents of this team. It is my belief that we are at the precipice of significant development that will put us at a competitive advantage in the marketplace and have the right team in place to build our content around. Please join me in welcoming Liz to the team when she arrives on April 21st. Her first official day on the air will be April 28th! Erica Hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 WXYZ has swapped it's digital subchannels. LiveWell Network has been moved from 7.2 to 7.3 and Bounce TV has been moved from 7.3 up to 7.2, this was effective Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike91 66 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 WCNC has a new interim news director, Ron Bilek, who has worked at WSOC, WBTV, and WXIA http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/04/04/4815658/on-nova-duke-expert-analyzes-how.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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