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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/

Marissa Armas, last seen on KCNC, has resurfaced at another CBS O&O in KTVT: https://www.instagram.com/marissaearmas/p/DHrud8CP2pc/

The only time ABC has made any tv station transactions since 1985 was buying (and later selling) WTVG and WJRT. I doubt they showed any interest in WPLG. In any case, I'm getting the feeling what's happening here is gonna be more common in the years ahead.

In fact, the last ever NHL game on Fox was Game 5 of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals, where the Stars won (the infamous cup-clinching Game 6 was on ESPN).

On April 28th, TBD will be rebranded as Roar: https://sbgi.net/tbd-tv-network-to-rebrand-as-roar/ As in the comedy that makes up that network these days and not Katy Perry.

And with Carley Gomez joining the station for weekend nights, Shayla Girardin moves to weekend mornings. That's probably it for Tony doing weather, at least for the forseeable future.

Yesterday was the last day on Good Day LA for Melvin Robert: https://www.foxla.com/video/1600892

Yeah, I went to college in the Lehigh Valley in the early 2000s and that newscast existed back then.

Carley Gomez, formerly of KXTV in Sacramento, joined the station and did her first weather report last night. Also, based on the thumbnails on their website it looks like Marc Cota-Robles is Ellen's replacement at 3PM.

The dispute between MSG and Optimum is over: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/optimum-and-msg-networks-agree-on-carriage-deal-302382817.html

The final 5 minutes of the last newscast from the Upper West Side. With appearances from Lee and Sade: https://abc7ny.com/videoClip/15945540/

Some farewell to the Upper West Side pics from Brittany Bell: https://www.instagram.com/brittanybellwx/p/DGWGUg1BFd7/?hl=en Also, Bill Ritter shares thoughts of stuff he found while cleaning out: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGVzkT-RexG/?hl=en

They did yank MLB Network a couple of years ago, but they're now available separately.

The article says they eventually want to do all news, all day and night for Fox O&O duopoly markets. DC is basically there, with only 4.5 hours of non-local content on WTTG between 4am and midnight, plus a live 8pm hour newscast on WDCA.