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Speaking of Fox 29 and NBC 4, is there any update as to when these two stations will finally be moving in together??
This weekend with WOAI's first broadcast from its new home airing on Sunday.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152907629047445&set=vb.343035347444&type=2&theater
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GM John Koski and ND Ken Jobe are gone from WHBQ. Cox wants to bring in their own people (of course)...
http://ftvlive.com/todays-news/2014/12/1/longtime-memphis-gm-and-news-director-out
A follow up per the Memphis Daily News:
Cox Media Group has tapped Paul Briggs, an 18-year veteran of the media company, to be the new vice president and general manager at Fox 13. He comes to the station from Charlotte, N.C., where he was the general sales manager at WSOC-TV.
He’s also worked as general sales manager at Charlotte’s WAXN-TV and as an account executive at WSOC-TV. Briggs replaces John Koski.
Meanwhile, Cox’s executive vice president of television, Jane Williams, told The Daily News the company also is looking for a news director to succeed Ken Jobe at the Memphis station.
In a statement about Briggs’ new role, Williams said: “We are thrilled that we can tap such phenomenal internal talent like Paul for this important leadership position at one of our newest TV brands.”
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WMC-TV weekend anchor and reporter, Anna Marie Hartman, announced this evening that tonight is her last night at the station. She has accepted a new job at St Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Per [twitter]LaurenSquires[/twitter] on Twitter:
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Not sure when this happened, but WATN sports anchor/reporter Marcus "Doc" Holiday was recently promoted to sports director at the station, replacing Jamie Griffin, who is now a sports writer for the Memphis Flyer.
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Good call by WATN to bring in another native Tennessean to the team with a Memphis connection, even though they had to raid WLBT (again) in order to do it.
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I can't tell if
are a bad knockoff or just a bad usage of the old WBBH graphics.It's the latter. The font WVIR used completely ruined the VDO package altogether.
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As for KDNL, they have to be making some kind of profit. As bush-league as they are, and what little effort they put into themselves, they're still there and ABC hasn't been wooed elsewhere. Now if it were a CBS of a FOX station, KDNL or KTVI would have certainly snatched up the affiliation by now.
I'm guessing Sinclair had to sell a lot of ad time to keep KDNL afloat despite not having a news operation.
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Another Look G ripoff, courtesy of KNBN in Rapid City, SD:
http://www.newscenter1.tv/news/watch-newscasts
What. The. Hell?
It should also be noted that they ripped off the Today Show's current and recent graphics on their morning newscasts as well.
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WSMV morning anchor Ian Reitz will be leaving the station at the end of this week. He was recently hired to become the new morning anchor at WTSP in Tampa/St Petersburg, replacing Joe Gumm.
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I got a feeling the Deathstar is coming a knocking for KLAS,
I agree completely, as they look like they would be a natural fit for Gannett.
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WMC Weather Team lineup beginning sometime next month, officially announced today:
Ron Childers - bumped to Chief Meteorologist, weeknights at 5:00 and 10:00
Dave Brown - weeknights at 6 until sometime next year when he will retire
Spencer Denton (new from WAAY) - weekdays at noon and 4pm
Andrew Kozak (new from KTUL) - weekday mornings
Tim Van Horn - weekends
Bailey Melton - fill-in
John Bryant left the team early this year and is currently training at WATN.
That should make severe weather coverage all the more interesting, especially if they have all 4-5 at hand plus Melton if needed.
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In an unexpected move, former WMC meteorologist John Bryant has joined WATN's weather team.
On a related note, WAAY chief meteorologist Spencer Denton is leaving the station to fill the role that John Bryant vacated at WMC. His last day at WAAY will be August 22.
Bryant hasn't been at WMC for months, so I'm guessing his non-compete clause was a short one with this move, and comes at the right time for WATN with both Lauren Raymer and Joy Lambert expected to go on maternity leave in the coming weeks.
I thought Bailey Melton was Bryant's replacement though. Does that mean Melton is gone too, or is WMC just adding another meteorologist to the four they already have?
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Bryan Fenley, formerly of KREM-TV in Spokane, has been hired as the new sportscaster at WATN-TV in Memphis.
From Twitter:
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Sponsorship should only be used on news helicopters and maybe for the sports segments, but nothing else. Just my two cents.
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Bert Case is working at WAPT.
I see. So by the time he does eventually retire, Bert Case will have worked on every TV station in the Jackson, MS market.
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Former WAPT and WLBT anchor Katina Rankin has been hired to be anchor at WATN ABC 24 Memphis.
http://ftvlive.com/todays-news/2014/7/16/new-anchor-hire-in-memphis
Good hire, although you have to feel bad for WLBT after losing Paul Williams (now at WATN), Bert Case (retired?), Rob Jay (now at Jackson State University), and now Katina Rankin as well.
Ironically, that means Rankin and Williams will be reunited again.
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Damn that means no more "Spirit of Louisiana" either...dammit.
Outside of the news, it would be stupid to have that slogan go away completely.
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WHBQ is expanding its morning newscasts to seven days a week. Beginning July 6th, Good Morning Memphis will air on Sundays from 6am-8am in addition to Saturdays. (I don't have a link, but commercials have started airing this week.)
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Did anyone noticed to the KREM's new logo?
Reminds me of one of the older WCBS logos from the 80s/90s for some reason (the 2 logo that is).
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If they do, please 'CNC, NO DATED, LATE 90s-LOOKING, UGLY "NBC36" logo. But, IIRC, Gannett stations don't use a "(Network)(Number)" branding, correct?
For the most part, yes. If a rebrand does happen, they should just go with either "WCNC News" and leave out the channel number, or go back to being just "News 36".
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Haha that's actually pretty funny. Spurs are huge here and how dare you talk bad about them Heat fan
While we're on the subject: KSAT and WPLG are making a friendly wager again. If the Spurs win the Finals, WPLG's morning anchors have to wear Spurs jerseys on the air and donate $500 to a San Antonio charity. If the Heat win (which they won't), then KSAT's morning anchors have to wear Heat jerseys on the air and donate $500 to a South Florida charity.
At least theirs is better than the lame ass wager made between the governors of New York and California over who wins the Stanley Cup Finals (NY Rangers vs LA Kings).
Speaking of which, Are WNBC and KNBC doing friendly wagers?
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Website predictions, anyone?
WOI: CentralIowaMatters.com
WHBF: QuadCitiesHomepage.net
KCAU: SiouxlandHomepage.net
I was thinking it would be more like this:
WOI: IowaFirst.com (since Des Moines is the capital city and all)
WHBF: 4theQuadCities.com or WeAreTheQuadCities.com
BTW, KCAU has their own Nexstar page up under the domain http://www.SiouxLandMatters.com.
Also, in terms of WOI and KCAU, how long before we see a statewide newscast along the lines of Arkansas Today?
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It also looks like someone from WTVA was in New Orleans and was watching WVUE as well.
WTVA's copy of the old WEWS look pre-dated WVUE's use of the graphics, actually.
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Back in the 90s, there were several stations that copied off of
's look and logo, including those that were owned by Bert Ellis at the time (,, and KSLA).Even
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A couple of stories from the Memphis market:
- WMC-TV weekend meteorologist Tim Van Horn has left the station to become a full-time real estate agent for Crye-Leike. His final day on the job was this past Sunday (http://blog.memphisdailynews.com/?p=33694).
- Cox Media Group has appointed former WOOD-TV news director Patti McGettigan to the same position at WHBQ-TV (http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/82144/patti-mcgettigan-new-whbq-news-director).