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And back to Atlanta: Former Fox 5 anchor Karen Graham's newest venture But news completely for the Deaf isn't new; remember PBS's "Deaf Mosaic" in the '80s and '90s?

Ugh...here we go again!

Amanda Davis and Paul Ossman, together again? Exactly what CBS 46 needs to fight off the newbies on Good Day Atlanta!

Remember when I said about Lisa Rayam possibly going to public broadcasting after all these years at Fox 5? Well... http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2016/11/30/lisa-rayam-formerly-fox-5-joining-gpbs-lawmakers/ (Stephany Fisher, by the way, is still freelancing at The Washington Post; hopefully in time for February sweeps, we'll be seeing her back on the air, and at Fox 5)

Guess I was DEAD RIGHT all along about Gray acquiring KTVF/KFXF/KXD in the future after KTUU!! Of course, it'll mean local news will finally be in HD with the return of a 10:00 pm news on KFXF; the late news will be live once again as well rather than taped (KTVF's was live for a time in the late '90s-early 2000's).

As a warm-up to November 8, JFK1963newsvideos has been posting classic election nights on YouTube, either partial or in their entirety; some of them: CBS, 1960: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkDq-3FDdTE NBC, 1972: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQiyt394Kmc NBC, 1980 (when they declared Reagan the winner at 8:15 pm Eastern Time): CNN, 1988: NBC, 1996 (when they finally went with Republicans red and Democrats blue):

And it'll be an even sadder day in Atlanta (at least for us guys) if Jodie Fleischer -- the Julianne Moore of investigative reporters -- decides to leave next.

The (mild) bloodbath continues at WAGA!! First Lisa Rayam; then Gurvir Dhindsa, and now...Karen Graham is calling it quits on Good Day Atlanta (she announced it in sign language, though she's not deaf herself)! And this comes just as Alyse Eady has made herself home! I wouldn't be surprised if Fox 5 still has Amanda Davis's number somewhere (maybe Russ Spencer); she was one of Good Day's first hosts in 1992. After all, WVUE's longtime 10:00 anchor John Snell has been demoted to mornings.

And during the '70s, cocaine would become the opium of newsrooms everywhere, especially in Los Angeles where Pat O'Brien was a reporter at KCBS (when they were still KNXT). I would assume Atlanta was not immune to it as well, but the only two from that era who may remember it well are Richard Belcher (who was at WAGA at the time and until the mid-80s had a mustache like O'Brien and Geraldo Rivera) and John Pruitt.

And Don Farmer, too! Quite frankly...since I'm not a fan of WSB, its 4:00 newscast with Craig Lucie and ? (the ? will likely be weekend morning anchor Sophia Choi) is the only one worth watching of them all even though Judge Judy is kicking their ass (and rightfully so, since she's still the #1 syndicated show). WSB and CTV National News in Canada have one thing in common: they're both too pompous and full of themselves, which explains why they're both #1.

Well...the year-long speculation that has had Atlanta on the edge of their seats is finally over. Stephany Fisher just announced on her Facebook page that she's back on the job...as a freelancer for the Washington Post, though she'll stay put in Atlanta. (More: http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2016/08/16/former-cbs46-anchor-stephany-fisher-nabs-freelance-job-for-washington-post/) But I'm sure that soon enough, all those rumors about Fox 5 becoming her next TV home will become true.

http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/kansas-city-anchor-moving-to-atlanta/176010 And how many days now we've been going without any news regarding Stephany Fisher and Fox 5? Are they saving the big announcement till after the season premiere of "Empire" or something (Please, for the love of God, don't let it be "Channel 2 Action News at 4:00 with Craig Lucie and Stephany Fisher")?

You know...at a back-to-school event over the weekend, I sort of brought it up to Adam Klotz (one of Fox 5's weather guys, wish it was Joanne Feldman) about any significant hirings without saying Stephany Fisher's name; he has no idea about it himself! At least I did congratulate him on their ratings success all throughout May, all while finally saying the words "Channel 2" to his breath.

Good news: A major job opening has been filled at WAGA! Bad news: It's not Stephany Fisher (yet!), but Alyse Eady is coming from Little Rock to succeed Gurvir Dhindsa on Good Day Atlanta: http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2016/07/21/alyse-eady-takes-gurvir-dhindsas-spot-on-good-day-atlanta/ But I know very, very soon, Fox 5 will finally make the announcement all of Atlanta's been waiting for for a full year now.

Maybe Sbarge should relinquish the noon news so she could do the 4:00; that way, we would once again have solo anchors at noon: Fred Blankenship on WSB, Kim Passoth on WGCL, and ? on WAGA.

WHAT?! I can't envision Lisa Rayam on WSB; if anything else, her next move may be radio (V-103 could give her a show on Sunday afternoons opposite Monica Pearson's on Kiss 104).

No way in hell we'll see Stephany Fisher at WSB! Speaking of which...it's been a full year now, and still, not a single peep from her on either Twitter or Facebook about possibly heading to Fox 5 (even after I tried dropping some hints including how she'll be more "dedicated, determined, dependable" than ever).

Big deal; WGCL on Friday preempted CBS primetime (which were all reruns, of course) for an even better film: "Awakenings" (followed by something called "Raw Travel" at 10:30)! On two different Saturdays in 2014, it was CBS 46 who ran "Gran Torino" and "Rudy" in primetime. You should say that it was a throwback to their independent days (as WANX/WGNX), when they used to air movies nightly at 8:00 pm.

BUT...WWL remains undethroned in all other time slots.

Ken did the noon news one time last year while Lisa Rayam was away and they couldn't get anybody (occasional fill-in Joanne Feldman apparently left for the day); it was a bore. What's next, WSB's sports guy Zach Klein subbing for Craig Lucie (or Justin Farmer, for that matter)? As for 4:00? Fox 5 sure as hell ain't going to give up their beloved "Judge Judy" for news, considering she's still the #1 show in all of syndication (and beating Ellen DeGeneres locally). Since the expansion to midnight, News Edge's audience has continued to grow as most of us wanted a serious alternative to Fallon, Colbert, and Kimmel before calling it a night. Of course, the only two people who'll end this speculation once and for all regarding Stephany Fisher joining Fox 5 are News Director Mike McClain and Vice President/GM Bill Schnieder.

Meanwhile, over at Fox 5... Portia Bruner has succeeded Gurvir Dhindsa on Good Day Atlanta and is groomed to replace Lisa Rayam at noon; also, they've been remodeling their newsroom and temporarily operating from another area in the studio. In other words...they really want to get everything ready for Stephany Fisher (which will probably be by the fall)!

Y'all remember the tabloid TV guilty pleasure Hard Copy, right? Well, when the show ended in 1999, they went out in style by putting together a "farewell tape": (Here's hoping we see any Entertainment Tonight Christmas tapes from the Mary Hart/John Tesh/Bob Goen/Mark Steines era...)

Has KNBC established one yet (they wouldn't have had any room at their old Burbank facilities)?

Looks like Fox 5 is really starting to make way for the arrival of Stephany Fisher (after being unemployed for almost a year)! Could their loss be 11 Alive's gain, or will Lisa take the Monica Pearson route and try her hand at radio (hopefully public station WABE)? By the way...Lisa's imminent departure doesn't mean I'm heading to WSB; with the exception of Craig Lucie, former Fox 5er Richard Belcher, Brad Nitz, and cutie pie Jodie Fleischer, they annoy the shit out of me (especially Justin Farmer; he's Charles Fedullo -- Fairbanks and Anchorage news anchor turned journalism professor turned PR guy -- from 20 years ago)!

Stephany Fisher on Good Day?! That would be an even slap in the face! My guess is that Karen Graham will be doing the 7-9 with Lisa Rayam at 9:00 (she'll still do noon); Stephany will be saved for the 6:00 pm with Russ Spencer and of course News Edge with Tom Haynes. By the way...I remember first watching Gurvir as a weekend anchor/reporter on WLOX some 25-plus years ago. And I brought this up at work this week, but Fisher's near year-long hiatus from Atlanta TV has already outlasted Maria Stephanos's five-month break in between WFXT and WCVB.