TheRob

WVLT manager dies in crash: https://www.wvlt.tv/2021/04/18/wvlt-mourning-the-loss-of-beloved-assistant-news-director/

Ted Koplar https://fox2now.com/news/kplr/television-pioneer-ted-koplar-dies-at-77/

KCTV's ND is out after just nine months. The next ND will be the sixth in eight years, I believe.

Former KSHB and WDAF anchor Tom Lawrence died recently. He had been retired from TV for quite some time, and was a ski instructor in his retirement years.

A KTTV crew was injured in today's SUV crash into a building in Hollywood. https://www.foxla.com/news/car-slams-into-hollywood-building-injuring-3-including-fox-11-crew-members?taid=60552cf8ac741e000115f4c6&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

The land is more valuable than the operation, unfortunately. I feel badly for the people at KFDM, but it is a small market. It is a rare situation for people to work at that market size for a long time.

KTLA devoted its "tech smart" pkg today to its own streaming app. https://ktla.com/morning-news/technology/ktla-streaming-app-is-now-available-for-apple-tv-roku-and-fire-tv/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=t.co

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2021/2/19/leaving-tv-news-to-be-an-influencer

The apology

This is real, by the way. Fiddle-dee-dee. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2021/2/8/exclusive-nexstar-puts-an-end-to-swearing

KOLR anchor out: https://www.facebook.com/DavidOliverTV/posts/4052554724767678

Florida live shot hazards

KCTV anchor Ellen McNamara is gone after tonight. https://www.facebook.com/EllenMacTV

I'm not sure what happened at KSNW, but their midday anchor left the set after seven or eight minutes today. On the replay, she sounded like someone gasping for air, and eventually just stopped reading. The director cut to a surprised meteorologist.

Some moves in the central US: Former KCTV anchor Amy Anderson joins Entercom's KMBZ/KMBZ-FM in Kansas CIty to co-anchor morning drive. Former WDAF-TV sports reporter/anchor Jason Lamb is now the sports director at KYTV in Springfield. He starts on air Monday.