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It must be official at 7 Broadcast Plaza.

The rest of WKBW weather team to welcome Don Paul to 7 Eyewitness News.

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Mike LaPoint is moving on from WOWT, per the station official Facebook page.

Also Dan Matics at Charleston-Huntington Sinclair 8/11 aka (WCHS/WVAH) is leaving the station. His last will be at the end of August, he is off to WTVT, per his Instagram page.

And more subchannels are coming to Nexstar.

 

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Wow that is shocking. About time they jump on the bandwagon. Since they are wanting MG so bad I guess they seen the need to start now.

I guess we know which SAM package WHAG will be getting when they go independent...

What is really odd out of all the WVMH stations WVNS uses Inergy and rest use Aerial. Finale is still used Decision Makers.

I believe WHAG is also airing the program at 5:30 as well.

WHAG promo for West Virginia Tonight

I believe WHAG is also airing the program at 5:30 as well.

I found this on IG feed of anchor Dan Thorn. [MEDIA=instagram]BGHwlVazNlp[/MEDIA]

Nexstar has changed the name of the statewide newscast to West Virginia Tonight, prior name was Tonight Live until 2012. Prior to that was West Virginia Tonight Live. They have also started to air reports from WHAG

This one was out of nowhere. http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/index.ssf/2016/05/jason_nicholas_moving_to_channel_19_as_chief_meteorologist.html#incart_river_home

Harold Hayes is set to retire next week from KDKA tv, 37 years at KD. http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/video/3388739-pittsburgh-city-council-proclaims-harold-hayes-day/

One of the best retiring.http://www.kare11.com/news/kare-11-anchor-diana-pierce-announces-retirement/131238289

Came across this sales promo spot from Sinclair9, whoops WTOV9 in the big old Wheeling-Steubenville market. Having lived and worked in that market wtov9 to me has very blah news coverage. Anyways. Complete with Sinclair graphics and music.

and let it began for the soon to be gone WVMH stations.

WBOY is now WVAlways.com

WOWK is now TriStateUpdate.com.

WTRF is now YourOhioValley.com.

WVNS is now WeAreWVProud.com.

Sinclair adds 630 pm news on Cunningham's WVAH in Charleston-Huntington market. Wait it's all Sinclair.

Youngstown was a very late market to get a FULL HOUR of news at 5pm. If I remember correctly, WYTV was the first to do a 5:30 news back around 2004 when they were a stand-alone station. WKBN had a 5pm half hour show for years, and only went a full hour when WYTV's newscast was rolled over to WKBN a few years ago.

 

WFMJ never had a 5pm show, thanks to Oprah, and now Ellen.

WKBN started the first 530pm newscast in early 90s. In 1998 they move to 5pm. WYTV added 5pm newscast in early 2000s displacing Judge Judy over to WFMJ. You are correct WFMJ has never had a 5pm newscast. They carried Maury at 5pm when it first debuted in 1992 then Oprah was on at 4pm. Then not sure what year they flipped it around.

All three still do news at 5:00am. And if not at 4pm, then maybe at 6:30pm on FOX Youngstown?

All 3 start at 5am. WYTV has morning, 6pm and 11pm newscasts, the 530pm news was removed in Sept 2015. I could see Newswatch27 starting a 430am newscast. Whoops 27 first news. 4pm newscast in Youngstown market it could happen, if no more stronger syndicated programs are produced. WFMJ has a strong syndicated line-up, with Live, Judge Judy, Dr.Phil, Hot Bench and Ellen as a lead in to 6pm news. WFMJ is one the few stations to carry that many strong syndicated shows. If they had WOF and Jep they would have it made.

WFMJ Today morning and noon co anchor is leaving WFMJ to work at a local company in Youngstown area.https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156675749575145&id=239120575144

After leaving WJW for another job and spend more time with his family in Columbus, OH. Gabe Spiegel is returning back to Tribune's WJW to anchor the Noon and 4pm newscasts.

http://fox8.com/2016/01/20/coming-soon-gabe-spiegel-to-return-to-fox-8/

From Huntington-Charleston WV market, WSAZ anchor/reporter Bill Murray last day was Jan 15th. Bill Murray first came to WSAZ in mid 80's, left in 1990 came back a few years later. He is off the beach to anchor at Raycom's WECT in Wilmington, NC. After living in this market and visiting I never thought that Bill Murray would leave WSAZ. Good luck to Bill at WECT.

Not sure if this has been used for awhile. I just noticed this tonight on WEWS 6pm newscast with new Scripps lighthouse close.

WOWK has added the Nexstar close to end of newscasts. Since Nexstar is running the 4 WV Media Stations under a time brokerage agreement until FCC gives the blessing.

Well then, I'll have to watch tonight's 11 PM Newscast...

She anchored last newscast tonight at 6.

Joanna Pasceri is out at WKBW. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/buffalo-anchor-leaving-station-after-22-years/159946

It's something WKBW has, and often times this week the regular OTS would shift down a little and break.

Speaking of WKBW TV, Keith Radford was Inducted in Buffalo Broadcasters Hall Of Fame in Sept. Well deserved for Keith one of the best in Buffalo TV along with Irv Weinstein, Tom Jolls, and Rick Azar.

Here is the link via WKBW's Youtube page also listen at the 4:21 mark "it still lives on".

I was blown away when I was listening to WCBS AM on the CBS Local app and I discovered that the station has First News by Non-Stop Music. I didn't know that it was commissioned for radio, I thought it was just for TV based on the SouthernMedia News Music Archive's lack of info on radio stations.

WNIR 100.1 FM Kent/Akron OH use "The Spirit of Akron, theme aka spirit of texas.

KGUN9 is using the Scripps V2 graphics for the weather segments.