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Sometimes people leave and do comeback while rare at WABC it does happen, so maybe in the future, Derrick can find his way back if he wants. Despite it all, often times we expect news personalities to stay or move from one station to another because of the station itself's. But we often forget how difficult and challenging it is to work in this industry. So, I think a each person's journey is their own. Whether they stay on or leave for other opportunities, at the end of the day it is the quality of that and what they achieve along the way is where the merit is. Exciting to see the new changes coming to WABC. They've been quite agile lately with all of the shuffling of the talent. It feels like a complete refresh of the weekend lineup which has been pretty much untouched up until the last year or so with Tanya Rivero coming on board in 2024. Also this is kinda the shaping of a new chapter for WABC, with the bittersweet departure of Bill Ritter, we are seeing a unique set of new opportunities coming to light with that.

When someone in another thread said Derrick Waller was foolish for leaving WABC, and he should have waited for a better slot, I pointed this put to them. The wait often never ends. Jeff Smith has been on weekends for 20+ years. So has Joe Torres. WABC must be a great workplace because people stick around! That's great, but it's also bad if you want to move up.

Another new syndicated TV season is getting closer, which means it's time to start discussing the new shows, schedule changes, etc., for the upcoming 2026-27 season.

This - when the move happens.

In an Instagram post, he said he was leaving WAVE and moving to WABC. https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ-4mkplLRo/?img_index=1

If Johnson and Shlonsky come to Channel 7, I could see a lineup like the following happening in the near future. WEEKDAYS 4:30 to 7am: Shirleen/Pedro, and Brittany Bell with weather - no changes Mornings @ 10: Joe/Sandra, and Dani Beckstrom or Sam Champion as third wheel/meteorologist (Allicot and Rivera are already established anchors in the 10am hour, which tends to be looser but Torres and Bookman should get more than just one slot to me and then they can still be the primary evening fill ins) Noon: Joe/Sandra, and Jeff Smith with weather 4 & 6pm: Liz/David, Jeff Smith with weather at 4, Lee Goldberg with weather at 6 5 & 11pm: Sade/Mike, and Lee Goldberg with weather - no changes WEEKENDS Mornings: Michelle/Perry, and Dani Beckstrom with weather - no changes Evenings: Tanya/Brian, and Liv Johnson with weather

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While Jeff deserves a weekday spot and is long overdue for one I almost can see them giving Dani the weekday spot if it’s coming up. She already does the 10 most days so add the noon and 4 or 6 and you’re set.

Fully support this. 12p Joe & Sandra 4 & 6p David & Liz 5 & 11p Sade & Mike Exactly what is Sam Champion's remaining role at Eyewitness News. How frequently does he appear on "EWN This Morning" anymore? Is he still regularly seen on "Mornings @ 10".

Interesting. I could see them moving Jeff to Noon and 4pm to help lighten Lee’s evening slate, especially with his expanded network duties. Brittany gets to cover mornings rather than hanging around until 1pm. And I’d really love to see Joe and Sandra back together.

They're launching 3:00pm news in the process, starting in September. But this brings an end to an amazing 35-year run of Saturday morning news on WKRC-TV and 12 years on Sunday mornings.

Isn't PIX11 still understaffed on weather?

I wonder where. Maybe Fox Weather? But that would probably have been more of a seamless move. Which local station has an opening for a new meteorologist?

Rumor is that Brian Shlonsky, now former main anchor at Louisville station WAVE TV, is coming to WABC. Could he be Joe’s successor on weekend evenings if Joe gets moved to weekdays at Noon? Also saw that Liv Johnson is leaving WNYW, but staying in New York. Could we see her on weekend evenings at WABC, with Jeff Smith being bumped up to 12 noon weekdays (and possibly either 4pm or 5pm) as well?

If Sinclair is cutting at one of its most successful stations, that’s not a good sign of things to come for all the 3rd- and 4th-place stations it runs.

WKRC-TV cancels weekend morning news, cuts news staff https://www.wvxu.org/media/2026-07-10/wkrc-tv-aleah-hordges-richard-skinner-sinclair-doug-lillibridge-tvkiese

Can I just point out the irony that this image of the WPIX studio is at the bottom of the Nexstar-Tegna.com website? It should not be lost on anyone that Mission is still due to sell PIX 11 because Nexstar is running an out-of-state SSA though Mission Broadcasting and they still owe over $1.8 million to the FCC for de facto violation of the 39% ownership cap. However, that action is conveniently delayed under Brenden Carr. Perry is, at this point, flaunting that he's violating the public trust and the law. I'm forwarding this to my AG. Great litigation evidence, really. https://www.nexstar-tegna.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/local-news-image-2.jpg

WTLV newsbreaks and NBC promos from 1990:

United Kingdom BREAKING sad news to report this morning... Longtime ITN and Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan has passed away after battling an illness connected to prostate cancer. He was only 68. https://news.sky.com/story/dermot-murnaghan-former-sky-news-and-bbc-presenter-has-died-13481881

The problem is that Mike just turned 76 last week. He does look really good for his age though.

Scripps Local Broadcast Stations Return to DIRECTV

For a company that's so worried about big tech, maybe they shouldn't have hitched their entire future to retransmission consent of pay TV and playing catch up supplying their content to newer platforms. Big tech isn't going to be their demise, they did this to themselves.

I spotted it on WAVY's website as well. Man, they are really trying to push this through.

Liv Johnson has left. She says she will be somewhere else on tv in NYC soon: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaoWoPLFsJq/?hl=en&img_index=1

WDAF-TV and KSNW-TV (The Kansas State Network) also has it... Tegna doesn't even own any stations in Kansas City, or even Kansas.