Nelson R.

2 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

If you post another post within a short period of time, it will automatically merge.

Should have a choice, the subjects could be totally unrelated.

2 hours ago, Webovision said:

so...

 

what is with your obsession with mr. Kim???

 

never see anyone saying "Leon Black is trying to take over Cox"... same for Dave Lougee... "Dave Lougee is buying up Raycom..."

 

mr. Kim is the only executive you all mention by name...

 

hope it's not race related...

 

just saying...

WOW!!! You think @oknewsguy actually wants Kim to take over the stations? 

https://www.facebook.com/130159617072026/posts/2885827961505164/

Maureen O’Boyle has explained why she has been off air for the past 2 weeks. She had been sick since March 17, but thankfully tested negative for the flu, strep and COVID-19. She has now been cleared. Jamie Boll has filled in for her on WBTV News Prime Time at 7. This is certainly good news.

13 minutes ago, NEOMatrix said:

Or stations have been replacing local infotainment shows with newscasts. I know WOIO has dropped Cribbs in the CLE and Sunny Side Up for a traditional 9am newscast. The only brightside to this virus is that it has made WKYC's newscasts more watchable with them focusing on the news.

WCNC temporally shortened Charlotte Today to 30 minutes and started their noon newscast at 11:30 am.

22 minutes ago, AaronQ said:

You know, I failed to mention that on WCNC, they cut "Charlotte Today" to 30 minutes and no live guests. Their midday newscast now starts at 11:30am.

Good move.

10 hours ago, AaronQ said:

Since yesterday WSOC-TV distance themselves in their studio. Not sure if the other Charlotte stations does that though.

 

10 hours ago, Nelson R. said:

It looks like WJZY has done the same

John Carter and Mary King distancing themselves on the WBTV morning show

11 minutes ago, AaronQ said:

Since yesterday WSOC-TV distance themselves in their studio. Not sure if the other Charlotte stations does that though.

 

It looks like WJZY has done the same

Don’t know where else to put this now that the COVID19 thread has been moved to Speculatron, but WCNC has moved at least its sports reports out of the studio and will be working remotely. I wonder if all Tegna stations have done this? https://www.facebook.com/1463114260592588/posts/2591684131068923/?d=n

Diana Alvear has left WJZY. She has decided to be a stay at home mom. She had just returned from maternity leave with her second child. I had picked up on this and was thinking about posting something. I had not seen her on the news lately. And her Twitter bio had said “former Fox 46 news anchor.” She just put up that Facebook post today. She anchored the South Carolina Presidential Debate Special at 11:00 on February 25 and then disappeared shortly thereafter. I must have missed her on air announcement if there was one. Nexstar has not updated the website (it even still says FTS on the bottom) and her bio remains on there for now but she is gone. I am glad this is not a Nexstar decision. Lindsey Clein has replaced her at 6 and 10. She is also very good. Best of luck Diana, you will be missed.

8 hours ago, TexasTVNews said:

Would you believe on this leap year, it's been four years since Raleigh-Durham's WNCN and WRAL switched network affiliations. 'RAL to NBC and 'NCN to CBS. What a difference four years makes.

I live in the Charlotte market but I think it has helped both stations.

Meteorologist Britney Hamilton is leaving WJZY. She hasn’t announced where she is going.

10 hours ago, Breaking News said:

I remembering saying a few years ago that WAGA would do an afternoon news in the 4pm block even with Judy doing well.  I'm not surprise with FOX O&O stations. I think down the road we will see more of this with FOX O&O.

It also an election year too, and stations want as much money as possible.  I'm surprise WAGA and all FOX O&O not starting their morning news at 4AM.

I am surprised they are not airing news in the entire 4:00 hour. But I guess they have to air Divorce Court sometime, no sister station to move it to. So much news on WAGA. 

https://www.sportschannel8.com/media-musings-from-wrestling-to-wral-meet-the-triangles-newest-sports-anchor/

Chris Lea will move from WXII to WRAL (not far) to replace Jeff Gravley as sports anchor, who has taken a job with NC State Athletics.

1 hour ago, ColtFromGulfcoast said:

Slightly off topic but WBTV isn't the only Graycom station dragging it's feet replacing people. KSLA has only one sports anchor. Furthermore, they now has solo anchored newscasts the whole day. The weekend morning newscast doesn't even have an anchor. It's just Jessica Moore giving weather updates and then prepackaged stories throughout. Somehow, KSLA manages to have the largest weather team though as they have four meteorologists in contrast to the three at KTBS and KTAL.

 

What is with that?

I cannot put my finger on it.

https://www.facebook.com/116380896454/posts/10156702416376455/?d=n&substory_index=0

Christine Sperow, formerly Nelson, announced this morning on WBTV she is leaving for “a major TV job in Atlanta.” Her last day will be March 4. She announced it at 6:15, I’m not sure if she mentioned the station but I don’t think she did. Best of luck to you Christine, you will be missed.

Yet another anchor leaves WBTV. It has not been the same since the Gray takeover. Don’t even get me started on not replacing Delano Little and Ashley Strohlein and not even having sports in their weekday 6:00 news anymore. (I am actually not sure Ashley would’ve left if her position was going to be filled, given that she went to rival WCNC).

Mary King, who joined the station last year from sister station WIS, will replace her as co-anchor. Congratulations Mary!

https://www.facebook.com/1709037399321868/posts/3108837829341811/?d=n

Meteorologist Greg Armbrecht left WCCB on Friday.

7 hours ago, T.L. Hughes said:

Two things of note:

* WDRB anchor Lindsey Allen is leaving the station after 10 years to focus on taking care of her children; she is in her ninth month of pregnancy with her second child, and will depart the station on Valentine's Day (February 14).

* Longtime KOTV anchor/reporter Lori Fullbright is being inducted into to the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame for its 50th inductee class.

I noticed that WJZY’s Diana Alvear has now returned from maternity leave with her second baby. Also today was Brigida Mack’s official debut on Good Day Charlotte.

On 2/1/2020 at 11:32 PM, Viper550 said:

It looks an awful lot like ESPN's CFB design

Exactly what I was thinking 

WBTV’s Molly Grantham just announced on the 11:00 news she is expecting baby #3 in July! She told her kids last night. Good for them. 

5 hours ago, cssimmons said:

So what is happening with Page then??

Sounds like she is staying

Brigida Mack, formerly of WBTV,  just announced she is jumping to rival WJZY. She will soon be working for Nexstar. 
 

https://twitter.com/brigidamack/status/1215728675108413440?s=21

She’s the second former WBTV employee to jump to a rival in the past several months, the first being Ashley Strohlein to WCNC

Circle is on WBTV 3.3, bumping Grit to 3.4.

40 minutes ago, MadMan400096 said:

In hindsight, it was pretty stupid of WATL to reject the idea of affiliating with CBS. Yeah, I know CBS was falling during that time, but its original choice of UPN wound up being a total bomb of a network, and the WB didn't fare that much better (outside of Kids WB and the teen stuff perhaps), all things considered.

Especially since they had planned to start news anyway as a Fox affiliate before WAGA took the affiliation. And 4 years later CBS regained the NFL. 

9 hours ago, JCB4TV said:

Cox moved WSB & WCCB to ABC as the alphabet was the top network at the time while NBC was the low rated network. As a matter of fact, many stations switch from NBC during this time including KSTP, KGTV, WRTV just to name a few. Imagine what would've been had Group W kept WPCQ, which would be a CBS station today.

Yep, WBTV would probably have been forced to take NBC. They could’ve ended up with Fox though.

On 12/13/2019 at 11:21 PM, atlnewsfan03 said:

Next year will also be 40th anniversary of WSB 2 and WXIA 11 swapping out ABC and NBC.

WSB switched from NBC to ABC a couple years after sister station WSOC in Charlotte did, however NBC went to WCNC (then WRET) instead of outgoing ABC affiliate WCCB thanks to Ted Turner. He sold out to Group W a few years later and WRET ended up pretty much shutting down their news department and canceling NBC Nightly News for a while. I’d say ABC got the better end of that deal in Charlotte. Probably would have even if NBC had picked WCCB though.