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Liv Johnson has left. She says she will be somewhere else on tv in NYC soon: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaoWoPLFsJq/?hl=en&img_index=1

Also their renewed NHL contract takes effect this fall and it's around double the value of the previous one.

Yeah, overnight they reran GMA segments on each state from the past year.

Mike Golic and Mike Golic Jr. are back with ESPN Radio, hosting a late morning show to start in August: https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2026/06/mike-golic-sr-and-mike-golic-jr-return-to-espn-radio-to-host-the-golics/

And as a result, starting tomorrow Cindy Fitzgibbon moves to nights while Kelly Ann Cicalese moves to weekday mornings:

So after all that trouble to have Comcast acquire NBCU it's effectively being reversed.

Meteorologist Jennifer Collins, formerly of WPEC, made her debut for WPLG this past week: https://www.facebook.com/JenCollinsWX/posts/pfbid0RB4vkqXPFLDQmf7k7xMAKaPTbTeyXBsFMkgZNb2MGbpZdWKCSdTTU3AfioCR9vnnl?__cft__[0]=AZYS8nbf4h5N-04SAbYCICuE_X8pHkddRgziUvzRrn61MtP7uWCNruDPsHjjm6y85kA0NMwno_dNVBcUNxqY9sVxkYImh9dCEDRXftwG1PgDrGRWvgqNr_I3dcOj8K1C7d3C4jUNPct5qtyY0E2QfTmyqGAImeFz5-lm8W1gwgcK7SYgsaastjz7eXNcxKBLlyE&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

Longtime WRC-TV Northern Virginia bureau chief Julie Carey has retired. Here is her sendoff: https://www.nbcwashington.com/video/news/local/julie-carey-farewell-news4/4121640/

This week there's been the announcements of 2 new local NFL play by play announcers. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced that Tony Castricone, who most recently called football and men's basketball for the University of Washington, is the successor to Gene Deckerhoff: https://www.buccaneers.com/news/tony-castricone-starts-new-era-bucs-radio-play-by-play-announcer And the Baltimore Ravens announced that Kyle Youmans, who most recently worked media for the Dallas Cowboys, is the successor to Gerry Sandusky: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/voice-of-the-ravens-kyle-youmans-baltimore/71686542

Linda Cohn is retiring:

Big news out of Canada. With the new national Canadian tv deal set to take effect next season CBC has announced that Rogers will no longer sublicense Hockey Night in Canada to them, and so for the first time in its history CBC will not air the NHL: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/cbc-nhl-hockey-night-in-canada-ends-9.7236977 In its place will be various other sports (with a Canadian focus), as unlike the previous deal they get to keep whatever ad money comes their way: https://mediacentre.cbc.ca/announcement/5709/cbc-radio-canada-ramps-up-commitment-to-sports-coverage-and-canada-s-athletes-including-new-weekend-programming/

Bill went on GMA to talk about his diagnosis:

The announcement was cut off on the stream. Here it is in it's entirety:

The Fubo-NBC dispute is over. It should be noted that the new deal includes the current NBCSN and doesn't include the Versant networks: https://ir.fubo.tv/news/news-details/2026/Fubo-Announces-Distribution-Agreement-With-NBCUniversal/default.aspx

Sounds like it. Liberte made her debut today:

Didn't see this yet as according to the comments Liberte Chan, formerly of KTLA, will be making weather appearances soon: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY3Bnc8PfTQ/?igsh=cnB1dm5ldDlqNDcx

Speaking of former Action News sports talent, Jamie Apody will do sports for at least tonight: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZVEVQ1pkRo/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=4add935e-37e3-4011-a74b-0712262f4bf3

Scott Pelley talks to the New York Times about what happened. It ain't pretty (gift link): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/scott-pelley-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.7cWl.-R4RPWwUkbeP&smid=url-share

I was about to post about that. It's as heated as you'd expect:

Early Today anchor Frances Rivera announced she's leaving NBC (and tv news) on June 18th: https://www.instagram.com/francesrivera/reel/DY1f9ZjSaf7/?hl=en

Colbert spent his first day post-CBS doing a public access show in Monrroe, Michigan: If you recall, he did the same public access show prior to the start of his Late Show tenure:

As previously stated, WRC and KNSD don't have to worry about replacing Access because of existing newscasts and the Jeopardy/Wheel hour respectively.

Saw on reddit that WBBM made the switch to ABC today.

They did not.

Speaking of Detroit, WMYD is the new home of the Pistons starting in the fall: https://www.wxyz.com/news/tv20-detroit-will-be-new-tv-home-for-the-detroit-pistons-starting-this-fall