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Former WRC meterologist Clay Anderson was back at the station this morning filling-in for the first time since 2007. They had Somara Theodore back last night as well.

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KSNV misspelled Cincinnati (lower third) in a story about a misspelled Cincinnati road sign.

 

Reminds me of a time I was in Charlotte and there was a sign on 77 for "Indepednence Blvd".

WTVR is debuting their new "Storm Rider 6" truck today, are any other Tribune stations using one of these?

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The great Bruce Johnson is CANCER FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WRAL morning/noon co-anchor Jeff Hogan is in a Wilmington NC-area hospital recovering from serious injuries he recieved while body surfing at Wrightsville Beach.

Hogan recently joined WRAL from WBNS to replace Bill Leslie who recently retired.

https://www.wral.com/wral-anchor-injured-in-beach-mishap/17733142/

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2350047018357454

This picture says it all. So happy to hear some good news about Bruce Johnson.

WITN's original facilities in Chocowinty NC will be demolished this week. They operated from that building from their sign on in September 1955 until June 2013 when they moved full-time into their Greenville facilities

http://www.witn.com/content/news/WITNs-original-building-being-demolished-by-current-owner-488399631.html

Longtime WTTG weekend PM anchor/reporter Matt Ackland leaves after 16 years at the station

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At least the guy got to pen a nice goodbye post.

 

Does he control that twitter ID or is that an NBC branded thing?

I think he does have 100% control though. His posts are all 100% him, nothing seems to be corporate bullshit.

Longtime DC sports personality Chick Hernandez has left NBC Sports Washington, this is a bummer.

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WJLA/NC8 morning and 5pm co-anchor Larry Smith's contract was not renewed, he had been with them since 2015.

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I don't know where FIOS gets their guide info, but wherever they get it from still thinks James Adams and Mary-Alice Salinas still anchor WRC's 6pm Saturday show and also that Barbara Harrison & Joe Krebs do the 11.

I watched the whole thing. It was just a segment. No surprises other than the segment. I was so excited for nothing.

I'm surprised they didn't do an entire newscast like WRAL did in 2006 with Charlie Gaddy, Bobbie Batista, Bob DeBardelaben, and Tom Suiter did. They did the 6pm show and it was a fairly heavy news night for them, so it wasn't a lot of reminiscing.

WUSA 9's Bruce Johnson spoke to DCRTV to say that he's finished his first round of chemo and is doing well.

So happy to hear this.

Karla Redditte will be taking over for Sabrina Squire at WWBT. I'm glad they decided to promote from within, rather than an outside hire. It seems more natural to have an already familiar face to viewers take over for a retiring anchor, meteorologist, etc.

http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2018/5/8/you-redditte-right-richmond-station-has-a-new-anchor

How many journalist families are there in the country? I’m only aware of the Ogles in OKC, the Ponce brothers and father in Chicago, and the Magers brothers (both retired).

Patrick and Megan McGrath (father and daughter). Patrick was a longtime anchor/reporter for WTTG, retired awhile back. Megan is still a morning reporter for WRC.

The late Stan Chambers and Jaime Chambers (grandfather and grandson)

Lester and Stefan Holt (father and son)

Robin and Sally-Ann Roberts (sisters)

Dr. Frank and Storm Field (father and son)

Sue and Liz Palka (mother & daughter)

Those are the few I can remember off the top of my head.

I'm fucking heartbroken to pass this along, but longtime WUSA anchor/reporter Bruce Johnson has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma....

Bruce will be taking an indefinite LoA from the anchor desk to battle this.

http://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/wusa9-anchor-bruce-johnson-diagnosed-with-cancer/65-546664972

I gave Lester the night off.

 

He needs a hug.

 

If you know what I mean.

Eat, didn't we have this talk a couple weeks ago? Humans are friends, not food!

WRAL evening meteorologist Mike Maze sat down with the Raleigh News & Observer about some health challenges he's currently facing, very good read to learn about a rare condition.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article209622484.html

Former WTTG weekend sports guy Brody Logan signs on with KUSA as their new sports director.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1645088628913483

CBS must have thrown enough of a fit about golf preemption for both WJZ and WUSA to drop local baseball

I know WUSA moved golf or whatever else was on over to their old Bounce subchannel, but now that Bounce is affiliated with WFDC, all WUSA has is Justice Network and I'm not sure how friendly they are with their programming being pre-empted.

As I said in the MLB Thread, the National need to somehow find a way to get off of MASN and onto NBC Sports Washington, where they would have a change to get games OTA via WRC and in market streaming.

I've said the same thing. They could even get MASN 2 in the deal because this time of year, there'll be a need for a third NBCSN Washington channel to help cover early playoff matches for the Caps and Wizards, as well as early season Nats games.

BaltoMedia.net reports that for the first time in decades, the Orioles will not be aired on OTA TV, leaving all games exclusive to MASN (excluding those picked up by ESPN, MLB Network, and FOX. The Nats are also out of an OTA home.

So for cord-cutters in Charm City and the DMV, unless WTTG and/or WBFF pick up some games, you're out of luck, and MASN has no option for in market streaming.

I don't mean to sound stupid but I didn't know that people could fill in at other stations while working at one.

WJLA meteorologist Josh Knight helped out WBFF about a year or so ago in their time of need. Not to mention, the occasional fill-in WX gigs during network morning shows, they usually poach from the O&O's. Similar thing happened when Paul Magers did an impromptu SR when Muhammad Ali passed.

Unrelated but while I'm thinking of it, are network O&O's basically considered de-facto bureaus for their parent network? Not talking about NYC, DC, Chicago, or LA, but say Raleigh for WTVD/ABC, Austin for KTBC/FOX, etc?

My brother has a Yeti cooler and a couple of the Ozark cups. The cups keep ice for him all day in the heat (he's a mechanic) and the cooler has served us well on many beach trips.