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They were very careful never to say that Brad Johansen would directly replace Crabtree. He was obviously hired to fill a vacancy that would be left by Crabtree leaving, but I was under the impression that Gerald Owens might move up to 6p and Johansen would be the 4p/5:30p/late night anchor. When Jeff Hogan was hired it was said from the start that he would replace Bill Leslie, but the same has not been said of Brad that I recall.

https://www.wral.com/david-crabtree-delays-retirement-will-stay-at-wral-through-2020/17976679/ David Crabtree is postponing his retirement from WRAL for another couple years.

That isn't a bad logo. I kind of like it.

In that case I’d like a Carlos Amezcua and Barbara Beck podcast please... Mark Kriski too for good measure.

That one has actually been at the transmitter for several years. They saved the larger one (still with red and blue N) that was on the building itself.

News before heading out to catch the early bird special for dinner.

Using a Gmail address on air seems really unprofessional, even worse for market #2.

These graphics look so incredibly Media General but Wikipedia says they were owned by Cordillera at the time. Even the “6” looks exactly like WTVQ’s old logo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=vj-L0AkniUk;m=7;s=16 The promo at 7:16 Action news is everywhere!

A CBS affiliate in Jacksonville is only worth $1.2 mil?

I’m assuming that affiliates have to have something absolutely epic occur to be able to pre-empt Olympic coverage. During the Rio olympics there was a supposed shooting inside Crabtree Valley Mall. WTVD went all in for two or three hours with reporters live around the exterior of the mall while WRAL broke in once or twice for a minute or so and ran crawls. It was a huge story for the day. No way will NBC let them kick olympics for basketball. My bet is on Fox 50.

David Crabtree has announced he will be retiring from WRAL in November 2018.