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1 hour ago, tw-804 said:
From the AJC: Rick Folbaum (formerly of Fox News, WFOR and CNN International) is joining WGCL as an evening anchor replacing the recently departed Thomas Roberts. He will handle the 4, 6, 9 (on sister station WPCH) and 11pm newscasts.
Last week, WGCL announced Tracye Hutchins was moving to afternoons and will co-anchor the 5pm show with a rotating set of hosts. Karyn Greer will take over mornings with Gurvir Dhindsa.
Boy, Tracye Hutchins has witnessed every coming and going at CBS 46 since 2007 and they’ll never let go of her (at her age, she may outlast Monica Pearson).
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2 hours ago, ATLNewsHawk said:
No way, CBS's prime time does not do as well in Atlanta as it used to. If there is any movement in the fall, it would be WAGA taking a more commanding lead in late news with FOX taking over Thursday Night Football. Best 46 could do is solidify a solid third place (as long as they don't fire anyone in the meantime).
Simply because ABC primetime on WSB is getting stale, as next season’s will be Modern Family’s last and Grey’s Anatomy is way past it’s used-by date. But as the host station, Super Bowl LIII definitely helped WGCL, so they could settle for #3 among households with WAGA dominating the 18-49s over WSB.
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On 7/18/2019 at 10:10 PM, ATLNewsHawk said:
On that note, I've caught wind that WGCL has been doing significantly better across the board since Ossmann's departure. Their noon newscast was #1 on Tuesday afternoon and mornings are a rival second with WAGA, especially during the 6 AM hour, and only a couple of ticks behind WSB. As meaningless as the July sweeps are, they will certainly be interesting.
And Jennifer Valdez (who succeeded Ossmann) has proved herself to be a break from Burns, Chandley , and Holcomb. My hunch is come November sweeps, WGCL will be battling with WAGA for #2, thanks to a strong CBS primetime.
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20 hours ago, MorningNews said:
Dan Rather took the CBSEN from #1 to #3 in a matter of 1 year when he joined the program.
Actually, seven years; the crash to #3 came after Dan exchanged verbal fisticuffs with George H.W. Bush in 1988.
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Meanwhile, just a few miles across town...
UPDATE: Fox 5 will air the $2 Tests stories as a half-hour special this Thursday at 7:00 pm; why didn't WWL do the same for their multi-part "Facing Reality" with Bill Elder (which won that very same Peabody in 1993)?
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11 hours ago, TheWatcherAtl said:
Paul has literally worked for every news station in Atlanta. It must just be him.
Could Karen Minton come out or early retirement and join WGCL, or are we ready for new chief meteorologist Ella Dorsey?
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In memory of David Horowitz, who died earlier this week at age 81: Here’s a full episode of his show “Fight Back!” from 1992 (near the end of its run); it started as a local show called “California Buyline” on KNBC in 1976 and then “Consumer Buyline” before going national in 1980.
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A compilation of slates and countdowns from PBS stations going back to the ‘70s, including a 1977 one from Mississippi Public Broadcasting (when they were Mississippi ETV):
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Bob Costas leaving NBC Sports (and the network in general) after nearly 40 years, though we'll still see him on MLB Network.
It is perhaps the end of an era; some of us were just babies when Bob joined in 1979. But let's just say that his departure wasn't messy unlike Megyn Kelly's.
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Remember when I said a couple years back that Lisa Rayam may be headed to public radio (she had been a part-timer at Georgia Public Broadcasting and freelancer at WSB-AM — dunno if she ran into Monica Pearson numerous times — since leaving WAGA)?
Well...I WAS RIGHT!!!
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Richard Baker's final bulletin as BBC newsreader on December 31, 1982:
And quite fitting; the first voice (and later face) of BBC TV News died last Saturday at age 93.
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A 1981 Viacom syndication sales tape for (the original) Hawaii Five-O:
WBBM-TV sales tape from 1975 (featuring Dinah Shore), four years before they would become #1:
And in honor of their 70th anniversary...WBZ’s sales tapes from 1984, 1985, and 1993:
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The early beginnings of two popular cable channels; first, Daytime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-PmHnQn8kg
Of course, Daytime would merge with Cable Health Network in 1984, and Lifetime was born.
Hearst/ABC also brought us ARTS (Alpha Repretory Television Service), which once upon a time shared channel space with Nickelodeon:
(no need to explain A&E’s history even further)
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Lorimar, in between producing Dallas, Knots Landing, and Falcon Crest in the '80s -- and before they were absorbed into Warner Bros. Television -- also brought us college basketball under the ad-hoc "Lorimar Sports Network" (typeface was the same as CBS Sports' at the time):
(I wonder if there was a DC Sports Network as well... (DC being Dick Clark [Productions]))
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If WGCL can keep their momentum up because they beat WXIA for third place in November . They've tied with WSB at noon.Their morning EP put a message out saying their 4:30am tied with WSB for #1.
With it being a revolving door hoping the new management will keep things right and build off of that. It was time for Ben to go he can do his conspiracy theories rants on other platforms, but he had to know how the outcome was going be.
As for who sits next to Sharon Reed somebody should school management who John Bachman is and he worked at WSB TV. CBS46 has the momentum keep it going they're passing WAGA & WXIA different days on it newscast..It their time to make those money moves & stop making stupid moves.
I dunno; from what I've been seeing, viewers have been warming up to Sharon Reed and Tracye Hutchins (who survived many comings and goings herself at CBS 46, from Scott Light (now on WBNS) to Stephany Fisher (who, despite all the talk of her coming to Fox 5, became a freelancer at the Washington Post and now does PR for MARTA) to now Swann).
Oh, and didn't I read something that CBS 46 even beat WSB (and probably Fox 5) at noon? Good luck on Channel 2 trying to spin that!
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Fox 2 Detroit's (WJBK) Rob Wolchek's 10th anniversary "Hall of Shame" special from 2007:
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There will be news at 10PM for KRIV FOX 26.
http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2017/08/fox-26-debuts-new-10pm-newscast.html
"THE News Edge at 10?" Is KRIV trying to pull a WBBM or sister station KDFW (when they called their late newscasts "THE 10 O'Clock News")?
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Stupid move on 11Alive this is where CBS46 should go ahead and move that needle to third place and move 11ALIVE to 4th place.
Like hell it'll happen.
Meanwhile, over at 1611 West Peachtree...
(WAGA is not that far behind with 509,000 followers, followed by 11Alive (341,000) and CBS46 (a paltry 72,000); by comparison, KABC has 943,000 Twitter followers)
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Continuing with this wholesale cleaning.......
Chief Meteorologist Jim Kosek is OUT.
This could mean Paul Ossmann may finally be chief meteorologist at CBS 46 (and in great company with Burns, Chandley, and Holcomb)!
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Don't forget WUSA and WFMY; both have remained third in Washington (behind WRC and WJLA) and Greensboro (WXII and WGHP) respectively for God knows how long.
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What about this one (I'm certain he does some local stations on the side, and since he's probably Atlanta-based, would be perfect for WSB (replacing Scott Chapin)):
Out & About
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Meet WAGA's new weeknight anchor Courtney Bryant (replacing Cynne Simpson; they've been going back and forth between Portia Bruner and Marissa Mitchell alongside Russ Spencer for months)