brianpr3 178 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Aw, heck. Thank you. yep his bio says he works the 11 4 and 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nydem2015 52 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 From 1989 to 1990 Storm Field was the chief met at WABC doing the weather on the weekday 6 and 11pm newscast with Sam Champion doing the weather on the 5pm newscast, Art McFarland in addition to co-anchoring eyewitness News this Morning did the weather and Bill Evans did the weather on the weekend newscasts. As far as I know Art McFarland was not a met. Just a weathercaster. In 1990 Storm Field left WABC and Sam Champion took over his weather duties which included being chief met a position he held till 2006 when Lee Goldberg took over for him. Bill Evans continued doing weekend weather until 1992 when he moved over to Eyewitness News this Morning and Eyewitness News at Noon. Bill is the only person to have done the weather for Eyewitness News at Noon. Triva question. Who were the first co-anchors for Eyewitness News at Noon? I will revival the answer Monday afternoon. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Who were the first co-anchors for Eyewitness News at Noon? Unless there was some turnover in that first year, I'd assume that this video answers the question... [yt]qkeqkCeMuyw[/yt] Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 178 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 From 1989 to 1990 Storm Field was the chief met at WABC doing the weather on the weekday 6 and 11pm newscast with Sam Champion doing the weather on the 5pm newscast, Art McFarland in addition to co-anchoring eyewitness News this Morning did the weather and Bill Evans did the weather on the weekend newscasts. As far as I know Art McFarland was not a met. Just a weathercaster. In 1990 Storm Field left WABC and Sam Champion took over his weather duties which included being chief met a position he held till 2006 when Lee Goldberg took over for him. Bill Evans continued doing weekend weather until 1992 when he moved over to Eyewitness News this Morning and Eyewitness News at Noon. Bill is the only person to have done the weather for Eyewitness News at Noon. Triva question. Who were the first co-anchors for Eyewitness News at Noon? I will revival the answer Monday afternoon. Sam isn't a met either is he? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 300 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Sam isn't a met either is he? Nope, never had a degree. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nydem2015 52 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Correct. Edye Tarbox now E.D. Hill and Victoria Corderi were the first co-anchors of Eyewitness News at Noon in 1992. I believe Edye was also co-anchor of Eyewitness News this Morning during that time tho not sure about Victoria. In 1993 Tim Fleischer started to alternate with Edye and Victoria on the EWN at Noon. Yes Sam was not a met. I don't believe tho Bill ever held the title of chief met. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 277 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 In all honesty tho does chief meteorologist really mean anything or is it just a title? Yes I understand the evening spot is the more prominent time slot? But other than having "Chief Meteorologist" written next to your name.. What else does it mean? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nydem2015 52 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Nothing. Al Roker was the 5 pm met at WNBC from 1996 to 2000 after giving up the 6 and 11 pm newscast for the Today Show while Janice Huff was the 6 and 11 pm met till taking on the 5 pm duties in 2000. Not sure who was chief met there at the time. Also WCBS did team weather with two met's briefly in 2002 on I believe the 6 and 11 pm newscast. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 277 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 2:30am-1:30pm.. I just saw that comment. Wow. That's an extremely long day.. Once in a while that's ok if needed but every day is way to much. My question is what is Bill's shift? I'm assuming it's something similar. I know hes not on camera as much as the anchors but still.. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 779 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 2:30am-1:30pm.. I just saw that comment. Wow. That's an extremely long day.. Once in a while that's ok if needed but every day is way to much. My question is what is Bill's shift? I'm assuming it's something similar. I know hes not on camera as much as the anchors but still.. Agree. Once in a while is okay but 5 days a week is rough. Ken did say he'd be filling in for David in a few weeks. I wonder if Shirleen will become a main fill-in in the morning. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 606 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Lee Goldberg was in for Amy Freeze this morning on EWN Weekend. Haven't seen him on the show before. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Lee Goldberg was in for Amy Freeze this morning on EWN Weekend. Haven't seen him on the show before. I remember in 2000 when he was on weekends, he did the weekend evenings plus Sunday mornings. When they'd expanded to Saturday Mornings (the same time GMA weekend debuted), then he just did the Weekend Evenings only. I don't think I'd ever remembered him filling in on Saturday Mornings, although I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't the first time. EDIT: Amy stated that she will be doing the 6 & 11pm tonight. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nydem2015 52 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Lee Goldberg weekend mornings from 1996 to I believe 2003. Veronica Johnson did weekend mornings from 1995 to 1996 and Art McFarland did weekend mornings for a few months in 1996. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewsguy 66 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 From 1989 to 1990 Storm Field was the chief met at WABC doing the weather on the weekday 6 and 11pm newscast with Sam Champion doing the weather on the 5pm newscast, Art McFarland in addition to co-anchoring eyewitness News this Morning did the weather and Bill Evans did the weather on the weekend newscasts. As far as I know Art McFarland was not a met. Just a weathercaster. In 1990 Storm Field left WABC and Sam Champion took over his weather duties which included being chief met a position he held till 2006 when Lee Goldberg took over for him. Bill Evans continued doing weekend weather until 1992 when he moved over to Eyewitness News this Morning and Eyewitness News at Noon. Bill is the only person to have done the weather for Eyewitness News at Noon. Triva question. Who were the first co-anchors for Eyewitness News at Noon? I will revival the answer Monday afternoon. The first two anchors of EWN at Noon were Tim Fleisher and Eyde Tarbox. Victoria Corderi took over after Fleisher was replaced on the morning show by Harry Martin. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 240 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Diana did her Sunday show from the Live studio. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nydem2015 52 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Who was Fleisher's co anchor on Eyewitness News this Morning when McFarland moved over to sports? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 292 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Diana did her Sunday show from the Live studio. Not how they used a background graphic from the 08 GO package, that's odd. But why did they use the Live studio? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 240 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 My guess is the time the interview was scheduled to be recorded might have conflicted with the newscasts in the WABC studio. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BehindNYNews 147 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Shirleen and David debuted at Noon today. http://7online.com/news/welcome-to-the-new-member-of-the-eyewitness-news-team-shirleen-allicot/773015/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I couldn't be bothered to get out of bed in time for the start of the show, but here's the 12:30 open, talent and all... [yt]lYtfaMX7vEo[/yt] Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BehindNYNews 147 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I couldn't be bothered to get out of bed in time for the start of the show, but here's the 12:30 open, talent and all... [yt]lYtfaMX7vEo[/yt] Interesting they said "and meteorologist Bill Evans" instead of "and Bill Evans with the exclusive Accu-Weather forecast." Also, they didn't have a shot together the 3 of them with "Now Eyewitness News at Noon" or anything. Plus, they didn't used to have a talent open at 12:30pm. So some differences with this open. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 1002 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Interesting they said "and meteorologist Bill Evans" instead of "and Bill Evans with the exclusive Accu-Weather forecast." Also, they didn't have a shot together the 3 of them with "Now Eyewitness News at Noon" or anything. Plus, they didn't used to have a talent open at 12:30pm. So some differences with this open. Looks like it was slapped together in a short amount of time. Which makes me wonder why they didn't take the time to do the talent open/rejoin look the same as the other ones? Also, i'm under the impression that they will be looking to move Bill off the noon show in the not so distant future. I'm sure they only kept him around to provide some stability and to give them some time to look for another weather person to add. They can do what KTRK does and have one weather person for the AM, one for the midday/noon and early afternoon news and the evening weather person to balance the load out. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Looks like it was slapped together in a short amount of time. Which makes me wonder why they didn't take the time to do the talent open/rejoin look the same as the other ones? Also, i'm under the impression that they will be looking to move Bill off the noon show in the not so distant future. I'm sure they only kept him around to provide some stability and to give them some time to look for another weather person to add. They can do what KTRK does and have one weather person for the AM, one for the midday/noon and early afternoon news and the evening weather person to balance the load out. Yeah, many would say that having three weekday weather anchors is a unnecessary, but 5 (if not more) of WABC's sister stations have 3, so there is precedent. Three of those five have 7 broadcasts to fill, while the other two have 6. Four air an hour of news on another local station. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129400 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 277 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 If they do being in someone else I wonder if they'd bring in someone completely new or have Amy and Jeff split the days. I personally think they'd bring in someone new WABC is big on having solid teams and not rotating people. I agree with moving Bill. It seems like they are trying to lighten the load on their staff. Example normally Amy would work all weekend if Jeff was off.. and visa versa.. They had Lee in on Saturday am and Amy on Saturday night. Not sure for Sunday but that's just an observation Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 178 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 also regarding the noon show doesn't channel 4 rotate the noon show like weekend morning meterlogist does 3 days and weekday mornings does 2 days? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11653-wabc-7-eyewitness-news/page/37/#findComment-129402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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