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And WEWS should have never ditched Macie Jepson for Jackie Fernandez (pre-ticket scandal).

Speaking of WEWS, Nick Foley is leaving the station for WPHL in Philadelphia.

WEWS now has TWO openings in the weather department - one part-time and temporary, the other for "Good Morning Cleveland." (Yup, another one from that show is gone!) JD Rudd appears to be gone from the station as his bio is no longer on the station's website.

JD Rudd appears to be gone from WEWS. The station is now looking for a new AM meteorologist, along with a temporary part-time one.

Romona Robinson is leaving WOIO/WUAB at the end of the year, according to Cleveland.com. She said it's her decision.

Here's a promo for tonight's 50th anniversary celebration for WUAB:

WUAB is planning 50th anniversary special on Monday night during its 10pm hour. It'll be a reunion of its 1990s news team followed by half-hour retrospective of the station's history. http://www.cleveland19.com/2018/09/12/special-night-programming-cw-celebrates-years-wuab/

Tegna's syndicated Daily Blast Live is off to a bit of a rough start. Two of the show's host got into a disagreement that went viral for the wrong reasons. So much so that producers have been trying to stop footage from going viral. Too late. https://www.mediaite.com/tv/watch-this-painfully-brutal-panel-show-exchange-you-are-the-living-embodiment-of-white-privilege/ https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/daily-blast-white-privilege_us_5b9abfd5e4b0b64a336d12a3

Beth McLeod out at WOIO/WUAB. There's already a job posting to fill her spot.

They do need to do something about that slogan and logo. Plus, the on-screen graphics are atrocious.

Wasn't a former WKYC anchor at the time of Ted's retirement approached to fill the chair? I saw a lot of male reporters filling in for Ted's job, only for it to go unfilled until 2011. I even saw there was the possibility of one of the investigators replacing Ted with its morning show co-anchor joining him.

There have also been some bad press regarding WEWS during the last few years as well from two of their morning show personalities being let go after sharing on social media they were in line for a political event to two news superiors being let go following a mishandling of sending a crew to the house of an assault victim in a Cleveland suburb that's battling out the station in court over an investigation report related to ticketing. Come to think of it, Chris Flanagan was co-anchor with Danita Harris of the 11pm news when it was #1 in 2013, and I thought he was a great anchor. I even heard that Good Morning Cleveland was #2 when Macie Jepson and Mike Dunston were the anchors back in 2012/13. That last one likely caused WKYC to move John Anderson back to mornings (and eventually have Lynna Lai join him), and have Chris Tye and Erin Kennedy reassigned to general assignment reporting. Seemed like the anchor hirings of 2011 was starting to pan out at 5 before some tinkering ruined it. It was the tinkering after changing news directors in 2014 that's started WEWS' recent slide. A "young and hip" GMC team didn't have time to pan out following those late 2016 firings (only Terrence Lee remains from that team), the revolving door continues to spin among on-air talent, some talent gets more airtime than others, and the aforementioned bad press didn't help. Not to mention WJW is unstoppable, WKYC is still solid, and WOIO is looking a lot better all the time. I wouldn't be surprised if they're once again pulling ahead of WEWS in the ratings. There were times between 2001 and now that WEWS had signs of life in the ratings, only for the station to find ways to mess it up again. I still remember when after the 2004 makeover, WOIO started beating them out at 11pm. Seems to be up-and-down since then. The station does have a good news product. They just can't keep up with WKYC and WJW. Hopefully the new news director will get the station back to the top of the ratings, and learn from the mistakes of the past.

WOIO/WUAB has hired Erin Logan to anchor the 10:30pm portion of its 10pm newscast on 43.

WEWS is moving "Right This Minute" to 3:30pm next week after "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." Then, on September 17th, the station will expand its Noon newscast back to a full-hour.

More problems for Channel 55's owner. BIG problems!

WEWS has once again hired a news director from KMGH. They haven't filled the assistant news director position yet, though didn't they hire one earlier this year? https://www.cleveland.com/tv/index.ssf/2018/08/wews_channel_5_hires_new_news_director_from_denver.html#incart_river_index I have a feeling the investigative team at News 5 will remain unchanged, while more changes happen elsewhere.

WEWS has hired a new news director a little over a week after WKYC hired its new one. Both are the second and third station to add a brand new ND after WOIO/WUAB earlier this year.

WOIO/WUAB is moving Jeff Tanchak to mornings and Samantha Roberts to afternoons and evenings. Next week is likely when the changes will take place.

Speaking of WEWS, here's more on Janessa Webb leaving the station for NBC News and MSNBC from Cleveland.com.

Paul Kiska in Cleveland has resurfaced at WJW Fox 8 after working 18 years at WEWS News 5. I saw his name pop up on the "People" page of the Fox 8 website.

Janessa Webb is leaving WEWS for MSNBC and NBC News as mentioned in this tweet.

I got it from WBNX's website from their schedule page. (Go to Monday 7/16) The bold explains the new times for the shows.

WBNX's new lineup starting on July 16th. 6:00am Top 30 6:30am Business First with Angela Miles 7:00am The Verdict with Judge Hatchett 7:30am Justice with Judge Mablean 8:00am Harry 9:00am The Ninety and Nine Club 10:00am The Verdict with Judge Hatchett 10:30am Justice with Judge Mablean 11:00am Judge Faith 11:30am Judge Faith 12:00pm Divorce Court 12:30pm Divorce Court 1:00pm Couples Court with the Cutlers 1:30pm Couples Court with the Cutlers 2:00pm Lauren Lake's Paternity Court 2:30pm Lauren Lake's Paternity Court 3:00pm Dateline 4:00pm Dateline 5:00pm Last Man Standing 5:30pm The Goldbergs 6:00pm Mike and Molly 6:30pm Mike and Molly 7:00pm The Goldbergs 7:30pm Last Man Standing 8:00pm The King of Queens 8:30pm The King of Queens 9:00pm Funny You Should Ask 9:30pm Funny You Should Ask 10:00pm Top 30 10:30pm Pawn Stars 11:00pm Pawn Stars 11:30pm Dish Nation 12:00am The Balancing Act 12:30am Cops 1:00am Killer Mysteries 1:30am Corrupt Crimes 2:00am Cops 2:30am Forensic Files 3:00am King of the Hill 3:30am Rules of Engagement 4:00am Rules of Engagement 4:30am The Balancing Act 5:00am Harry Looks like TV55 is turning to Kevin James, Dateline, and a bunch of comedians to fill the void left by The CW.

WEWS has gotten flack from Newburgh Heights residents (a city in Cleveland, OH) over its handling of its attempt to interview a rape victim. The police chief showed up and questioned them before telling them to leave. Once body cam footage of the situation was posted on the Newburgh Heights Police Department Facebook page, the station got slammed with non-stop hate (no one stood up for the station, though WEWS since apologized). The chief even posted that the station was receiving death threats. Now FTVLive has reported the fallout over the situation. The two news managers responsible for sending the reporter and his crew over to the victim's house have been fired. It is not reported which two managers got the axe, though news director Jeff Harris is leaving for the same gig at WBBM in Chicago.

Dick Feagler (formerly of The Plain Dealer, WKYC, WVIZ, and WEWS) has passed away at age 79. https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/former-wkyc-anchor-and-cleveland-journalist-dick-feagler-dies/95-569771753