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Patti Smith, general manager of KVUE/Austin (Tegna) for the past 17 years and a Texas broadcasting legend, is leaving the station in May.

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/business/kvue-general-manager-departing-after-17-years/nqsNQ/

Boston ABC affiliate WCVB cutting it's hour long 10 pm newscasts on MeTv to 30 minutes after its launch 3 weeks ago

 

 

 

http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2016/3/21/that-didnt-take

Surprising to see a station as strong as WCVB make such a knee-jerk decision.

Sinclair hasn't really created a news department from scratch on any of its stations since the News Central era (KDBC doesn't exactly count since Sinclair opted to beef up the existing resources, partly by hiring additional staff, used by KFOX for its revamped newscasts after the two were folded into the same complex). In fact, the company hasn't made good on his promise to move production of KPTM's newscasts back to Omaha, if that says anything.

 

A news share agreement is more likely, though KRIS is out of the question, since it already produces newscasts for its CW Plus subchannel, leaving KIII as the only feasible option to produce KUQI's newscasts.

Agreed. A partnership seems more likely then starting from scratch. There's the cost of hiring a staff, plus they'd likely have to move. They're currently in a small office on the 19th floor of a downtown Corpus office building. With multiple stations in town already sharing one newsroom -- CBS/NBC/CW/KDF (Independent) -- it'd have to be with KIII (Tegna/ABC). Back when it was still under London Broadcasting ownership, KIII was planning to run KUQI after National Communications took over. That deal, of course, never materialized. So talks could, in theory, pick up where they left off. I still think there's a possibility an out-of-town Sinclair station could be enlisted tho. Stay tuned ...

And Comet TV (though, my TV can't add KFWD to its channel list for some reason)

 

At some point, yes

The bigger question is ... will KUQI get a news department of its very own? Or at least partner with another Corpus Christi station -- or a nearby Sinclair station, such as KGBT in Harlingen -- to finally put a 9 p.m. newscast on the air?

Question have there been any weather personalities that have transfer from weather to news? We see many go from sports to news, but has there been some go from weather to news?

Allison Miller, the morning news anchor at KEYE in Austin, was originally one of their meteorologists. She still fills in from time to time.

In Houston, going the opposite way, Khambrel Marshall at KPRC was originally the 4 pm anchor before taking a behind the scenes job. During that time he went to school to get his weather degree and he is now the weekend evening meteorologist, in addition to hosting their weekly public affairs show, Newsmakers.