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WTHR's Dave Calabro signed off and is now in retirement (will still do IMS duties) but it went unusual in his signing off—no celebration at the station, just a pre-taped message from IMS.

WBNS Columbus has become the latest station in the country (albeit on streaming only) to offer a local weather show, even if its shorter than the 30 minutes some of the Gray stations like to do.

One of Orlando's best-ever reporters calls it a career: WESH 2's Dave McDaniel. https://www.wesh.com/article/longtime-reporter-dave-mcdaniel-retires-wesh-2-news-orlando/63204985

Update Christy McDonald replaces Devin on the same program he founded at KFOR-TV Oklahoma City... FlashPoint. She starts next week. https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/32618/wdiv_s_christy_mcdonald_will_replace_devin_scillian_on_sunday_s_flashpoint_show

Alex Alecci is temporarily coming back to Orlando Television to do weekends at WFTV. He returns tomorrow. https://www.facebook.com/AlexAlecciWx/posts/pfbid0k1j8SuLxeEzt4cmRDofAnW1tRKygLJT9WLtRRgbCYfat67Gn8DUAvqNX7N5yPTN6l

Adding one more... WPXI's David Johnson and yes, Peggy Finnegan was there too. It only made sense for David and Peggy to be together one more time. https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/watch-david-johnsons-final-newscast-channel-11-news-friday/2NS2ROHX7FGI5KERMNEDP3SLCY/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawHJ48ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQgRq3vty_tkfWhZBJkqgSkRq18ILclpoW4jjD26xJjtNn9FbsUrFFo9-A_aem_RqGjJhyuNimsZph_ZivofA And WTVD's John Clark at 6am yesterday.

WCBD Charleston's Josh Marthers is also done and retiring after 17 years there. https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/josh-marthers-announces-retirement/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com

It was actually at 10:00pm. And now Lisa Hidalgo is the Chief that now leads the ONLY all-female weather team (Katie Lasalle, Danielle Grant and Stacey Donaldson) in the entire state of Colorado.

Somebody get the tape recorders to record Univision later tonight (if you have the network; as I post this East Coast time at 12:10am). Its Jorge Ramos' last day. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/12/11/jorge-ramos-last-day-noticiero-univision/76934460007/

A real tough day in this business when we lose two GIANTS in one day. Chuck at WNBC and him at KMGH. EDIT: I just learned that Lisa Hidalgo is the new Chief at KMGH. A VERY worthy pick to replace a GIANT legend in Colorado.

This is not a joke or an Onion story. To be fair, she is a former journalist. To not be fair, she's destroyed her credibility by getting into politics and getting into her political views. https://apnews.com/article/trump-kari-lake-voice-of-america-ambassadors-e894cf2e84791b35528baa0cbdd66b22

Maybe she is local but everything else is from Lincoln. Houston Hall, one of "KBSI's" Meteorologists, actually does weekends at KLKN Lincoln. Rusty Dawkins is the Chief for KBSI's news but is mainly the Chief at KLKN Lincoln. They probably have her and all their reporters at KBSI but the rest has to be from KLKN.

Sarah Carlson is returning to WISC-TV Madison, 11 years after being forced to step away due to having an epilepsy diagnosis. https://www.channel3000.com/news/sarah-carlson-returns-to-news-3-now-after-overcoming-epilepsy-diagnosis/article_750f4dd0-b7e1-11ef-8208-8fb859b7a8f9.html

Not when it's news is produced by KLKN Lincoln.

It says it towards the end of that video... Hoffman Financial Group, an Atlanta-based financial planning firm.

Allen should've never gotten into the local media business in the first place IMO.

Notice too that it didn't touch WBAY. Gray is letting WBAY do their own thing since it's the biggest market Gray owns in that state. Not only that, WBAY is superior compared to their competition (with all due respect to the rest).

Today was it for Sarah French. She has left WCNC after 8 years there and 20 in journalism. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sarahsfrench_thankyou-gratefulheart-newbeginnings-ugcPost-7271877667681972224-PnYi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

Gray has taken a cue from Allen in Wisconsin as The Morning Show on Sunday mornings from WMTV 15 has expanded to Eau Claire and Wausau. Its only an hour though from 7:00-8:00 a.m. In Eau Claire's case, its an addition for WEAU 13 as they never had weekend morning news. In Wausau's case, it replaces the Sunday edition of Sunrise 7. I should also add that Gray and Allen followed Morgan Murphy Media's cues in expanding their weekend morning news from WISC over to La Crosse/Eau Claire on WKBT some time ago. https://www.weau.com/2024/12/07/new-programming-weau-sunday-morning/

No surprise here. Its Ushery at 6:00. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/david-ushery-chuck-scarborough-nbc-new-york-news/6054760/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_NYBrand

One of Columbus' all-time greats has passed away. Bob Nunnally was 68. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/nbc4-announces-passing-of-former-meteorologist-bob-nunnally/

That's wonderful. I don't know why Gray (KFVS) has done the same thing, but maybe it's because they went through layoffs as well.

Scarborough gets featured on NBC News NOW ahead of his retirement.

WIVB's Don Postles has decided to call it a career at the end of the month after a long run in Buffalo that included a hat trick of working for all three stations... WKBW, WGRZ and now WIVB. https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/news-4-veteran-don-postles-retiring-at-the-end-of-december/

It was. We've known this for 7 months now. KSHB has no Chief anymore. https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/layoffs-at-scripps-kansas-city-station-chief-meteorologist-mike-nicco-out/