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Jaysha Patel, formerly from KABC, has joined the station: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKHqPa2Abzj/

Segments from today's final edition of Around the Horn: The first segment: The ending:

And here's Ellen's last newscast: https://abc7.com/videoClip/16500087/

Leon Harris went on former colleague's Daryn Kagan's podcast about his alcoholism and how that led to his departure from WRC-TV:

Yeah, it's getting common. In DC, WTTG, has the FOX 5 Live Zone from 12-2pm, the only 2 hours between 4am-7:30pm where they don't have local programming over the air. Reminds me of how KTLA had 5 Live to fill in time online when they still aired syndicated shows in the daytime.

Yesterday it was announced 11 stations have joined the Fever network, including a lot that aren't owned by TEGNA: https://www.wthr.com/article/sports/wnba/indiana-fever/tegna-expands-broadcast-distribution-indiana-fever-games-11-additional-markets-stations-companies-how-to-watch-guide-free-caitlin-clark-aliyah-boston/531-4b0454bb-85c9-49ec-8903-aea5b087535b

In more news, the pricing for ESPN's direct to consumer service is out: https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2025/05/new-direct-to-consumer-offering-to-be-singularly-branded-espn/ $29.99/month or $299/year for everything ESPN (all the ESPN-owned channels, all the sporting events on ABC, ESPN+).

Then they might have to sell stations on Long Island since it's a virtual monopoly of all the Nassau/Western Suffolk County-based FM stations.

The meteorologist named Majestic Storm joined WCNC as of yesterday: https://www.wcnc.com/article/about-us/majestic-storm-meteorologist-wcnc-charlotte/275-5fa6a77b-85c0-4680-829b-5db81fb12d6c

On that note from the thumbnails in the video archives I see that Colleen Sullivan is now regularly anchoring 11am instead of Jovana Lara.

Lauryn Ricketts, who left WRC-TV in 2022 to fufill military wife duties in Europe, has moved back to America, and is apparently back at the station: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIgSqC8Rtd4/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DJH8CSSSKiH/ edit: Here she is on air today: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/apple-blossom-festival-lauryn-ricketts-is-back-on-air-with-amelia-draper/3905554/

Tonight's edition of 60 Minutes ended with a note on Owens. Some interesting words from Pelley:

WTHR has signed a 2-year extention to continue to air Indiana Fever games. 14 games this season will air on WTHR and 4 will air on WALV: https://www.wthr.com/article/sports/wnba/indiana-fever/wthr-metv-local-tv-home-indiana-fever-2-year-deal-2025-broadcast-schedule-game-players-standings-coach-roster-caitlin-clark-aliyah-boston/531-b9654a0b-602e-4f7b-9e84-70d7f8336811

Move Closer To Your World got an official release for the first time ever last week: https://bucksco.today/2025/04/6abc-theme-move-closer-to-your-world/ (that article cites this article which might be paywalled: https://www.inquirer.com/arts/6abc-theme-move-closer-to-your-world-release-20250412.html )

Update: Leon has announced he's stepping away from the station altogether: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/leon-harris-announcement/3885929/