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  1. THE gold standard of Chicago journalism and investigations at its finest... Carol Marin. Now, she's getting a call from the Order of Lincoln, the state's highest honor. This is a very well deserving recipient. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/veteran-nbc-5-journalist-carol-marin-among-2025-order-of-lincoln-honor-recipients/3674772/?_osource=db_npd_nbc_wmaq_eml_shr&fbclid=IwY2xjawJZuKxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZQgePBQzq7ynFe12dhBzn5t3GZDmuAzKJV7_wWNvf_5URNrYODFWTJp-w_aem_vHG2EjoQOKQmqqdQA3Gnyg
  2. Well, I found more retirement news, but this happened yesterday (as of this post). WVEC's Mike Gooding said goodbye after 40 years there. https://www.13newsnow.com/article/life/people/reporter-mike-gooding-says-farewell-to-hampton-roads-after-40-year-career/291-04a6a389-5258-4f63-a481-51e3c01f5afb
  3. Just shy of 40 years at the station, Joe Schmit has announced his retirement from KSTP Television and April 30th is his last day. https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/joe-schmit-announces-retirement-as-kstp-sports-director/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJZd0dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcq9Gv1txQpVHa9POYDThbktvXC9u3jbkYKnFS39yWTwMf9RiMDBUlmqlg_aem_2iSJBf2bu5cKPdnCSf6mhA
  4. Gray has partnered up with FOX and KMSP-TV to provide 10 games of OTA Twins Baseball coverage across the Northern Midwest. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox9.com/sports/mn-twins-games-fox-9-2025.amp
  5. FOX is playing ball again... this time with the Twins and KMSP. Also, Gray Media is involved. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox9.com/sports/mn-twins-games-fox-9-2025.amp
  6. More retirement news. Not today, but come Wednesday, April 23rd, Chief Meteorologist John Bernier will have his last day at WRIC-TV after 41 years. Kept a secret since last September, the news was announced today during the 5pm news. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH4T6gAv3xt/?igsh=YmQxenZoaXI4c282
  7. Another retirement today... KEYE's Fred Cantu. After 53 years in broadcasting, 40+ in Austin, and the last 23 at KEYE, today is the last day for Uncle Fred with a half-hour special at 6:30 p.m. CT. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/austin-mayor-kirk-watson-declares-march-31-as-fred-cantu-day-in-honor-of-53-year-career
  8. The Seattle Storm now has an OTA TV home with KOMO and KUNS. Out of 47 games in total, 33 of them are on KUNS, 13 are on KOMO, and there's only one national game this season, but also on KOMO. https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/seattle-storm-sets-komo-kuns-as-exclusive-broadcast-tv-partners/
  9. 57 years at one TV station? It is unheard of now these days in this business. Yet, longtime KARK camera operator Morsie Eagles did just that. Today, he finally retires at The Morsie Eagles Studio (named in 2018) at KARK. https://www.kark.com/news/kark-4-today/kark-4-news-longtime-camera-operator-morsie-eagles-retires/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJX1BhleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHS0eLyTCFzdcloLYtNqauQLYZANUA2F69eToVGruBf2P6KCN2ZX8MbUz7A_aem_9QydHpk2FLzzGMCPCj9e3Q
  10. 45 years in television, 20 years at KATC, a few at KVHP, and the last 18 at KPLC. Yesterday, Agnes DeRouen retired from KPLC. https://www.kplctv.com/2025/03/28/farewell-agnes-derouen-7news-anchor/
  11. 26 years ago, my favorite GOAT broadcaster said goodbye to The Late Late Show. With After Midnight going away, I thought this would be appropriate to the ending of the first 12:30am show on CBS. https://youtu.be/od-xAkmSRw8?si=f-800Pk1nsnp2Xnl
  12. I'm sad to hear this but after a 33-year run at WCAX, Gary Sadowsky has retired and Jess Langlois is the new Chief. https://www.wcax.com/2025/03/21/so-long-sadowsky/ https://www.wcax.com/2025/03/12/say-it-aint-so-gary-sadowsky-gets-ready-retire/
  13. Reunited and it feels so good... Jerome Gray and Lisa Foronda, both formerly of KHOU-TV Houston. https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2025/03/lisa-foronda-and-jerome-gray-reunite-in.html
  14. So to break this all down, the new newscasts will be... Weekdays: - 7-9am (a return from when they did WSFL) - 10-11am - 6:30-7pm - 9-10pm (a return in the market since WFOR had to drop it for WBFS once they got The CW) The 10pm will be moved over from WSFL. Weekends: - 8-9am - 10:30-11am - 5:30-6pm - 6:30-7pm - 9-10pm (News + Sports) I'm surprised they're getting rid of the weekend 10pm. I mean, what will they do with that? Other than that, WSVN must be a bit nervous but ready to compete in what will be a WSVN vs. WPLG market.
  15. Now we know who will partially carry Diamondbacks games this season: KPNX Phoenix and either KMSB or KTTU Tucson. https://www.12news.com/article/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/dnp-d-backs-on-deck-diamondbacks-and-12news-partnership-to-bring-games-to-viewers-baseball-arizona-mlb/75-da03b508-623b-489f-9ce8-36ef1fe7f13d This article states that Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, and Yuma will also see games locally over-the-air from the D-Backs. https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/press-release/press-release-diamondbacks-partner-with-tegna-s-12news-to-broadcast-10-over-the-air-games-during-2025-season?t=dbacks-press-releases
  16. A low-power broadcaster in TV8 Vail, officially K34QB-D Vail on Channel 45, cable channel 92 (but used to be on 8, hence the branding) is shutting down on Friday after a 27-and-a-half-year run. Why do I bring this up? Because this station is owned by... Deerfield Media. Yes, the same Deerfield is mainly a Sinclair sidecar but has no involvement from Sinclair in this station. It produced its own morning show, Good Morning Vail as Emarsee demonstrates in this video: https://www.vaildaily.com/news/local-vail-valley-channel-tv8-will-shut-down-following-its-last-broadcast-on-march-28/
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  17. Not a big loss IMO. I wish CBS dropped 12:30pm too but they're still hanging to their soaps. It just shows that NBC is still king after 12:30am but also... not much people watch after that time anyways (except for maybe Nightline, EDIT: I think it will go back to 11:35pm when Jimmy Kimmel decides to hang it up).
  18. WBAY is dropping Catchy Comedy from 2.6 next Monday. Don't be surprised if new station WMEI from Weigel picks it up. https://www.wbay.com/2025/03/25/wbays-subchannel-26-going-off-air/
  19. France Jacques Legros is leaving TF1 after 27 years as one of the presenters (mainly a fill-in) of their midday news program, Le 13h (13 Hours; 1:00pm). His final edition is May 9th. Isabelle Ithurburu will replace him as the new fill-in while Marie-Sophie Lacarrau remains the main presenter on the main weekday edition. https://www.ozap.com/actu/13-heures-jacques-legros-quitte-tf1-isabelle-ithurburu-devient-la-nouvelle-joker-de-marie-sophie-lacarrau/649257
  20. I just found the first station to rebrand as Los 40 in the U.S.: 92.9 KWRH-LP St. Louis who is going by Los 40 St. Louis. https://los40stl.godaddysites.com/ https://www.stlpr.org/economy-business/2025-03-14/st-louis-los-40-spanish-fm-radio-telemundo
  21. Oh great. The Scrippscast method that Sinclair adopted has since spread to KTXS/KTXE.
  22. An iconic figure and titan pillar of Chicago journalism is finally retiring. This Thursday is Walter Jacobson's last Perspective on 720 WGN Radio. https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n46809
  23. Except this is a Scripps station. Nexstar owns WOOD-TV + WOTV + WXSP.
  24. George Clooney is making his Broadway debut on Good Night and Good Luck, an adaptation of the 2005 movie, and a further adaptation of Edward R. Murrow and CBS News. He does talk about Freedom of the Press among other things. EDIT: He gives a shoutout to his father Nick Clooney and to WKRC-TV Cincinnati, which ironically enough, does carry this program as part of its CBS affiliation.
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  25. Bingo. Correct. I believe WSVN started their morning news in 1983 as Today in Florida at 6:30 a.m., six years before they would later lose NBC.
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