Bill from Maspeth 33 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Spintech33 said: Is she on freelance or permanent? What does this mean for Joe Cioffi, and the other freelancers? The only person I know that's permanent is Craig Allen. Sort of wondering if Craig Allen gave up the weekend gig on PIX 11. He is getting no younger and he already works M-F on WCBS Radio, albeit from his home. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spintech33 126 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 14 minutes ago, Bill from Maspeth said: Sort of wondering if Craig Allen gave up the weekend gig on PIX 11. He is getting no younger and he already works M-F on WCBS Radio, albeit from his home. Your guess is my guess if Craig Allen decided to hang it up! I thought he was in studio on 52nd and 6th during the week. Thanks for the confirmation. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNews 54 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 (edited) No offense to Stacey-Ann, but I'm not a fan. Her delivery is choppy. Craig definitely has a warmer presence. I hope it was his choice to leave. Jeff Berardelli has been a good substitute. I have seen him sub in on WCBS and WPIX within the last month, but wasn't it his choice to leave the tv news business a while back? The weird thing I find about him is that he doesn't like to refer to the anchor's name when they throw it to him to talk about the weather or when he throws it back to the anchor(s). It might be a small thing, but it makes him less personable. On a related note, I once saw a female meteorologist filling-in on WNYW and thought she did a really great job. Her delivery was good and she seemed very knowledgeable. I can't remember her name, but she had blonde hair. I think she has potential to be a #1 market meteorologist, Edited September 18, 2019 by NYNews 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealNews18 204 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, NYNews said: No offense to Stacey-Ann, but I'm not a fan. Her delivery is choppy. Craig definitely has a warmer presence. I hope it was his choice to leave. Jeff Berardelli has been a good substitute. I have seen him sub in on WCBS and WPIX within the last month, but wasn't it his choice to leave the tv news business a while back? The weird thing I find about him is that he doesn't like to refer to the anchor's name when they throw it to him to talk about the weather or when he throws it back to the anchor(s). It might be a small thing, but it makes him less personable. On a related note, I once saw a female meteorologist filling-in on WNYW and thought she did a really great job. Her delivery was good and she seemed very knowledgeable. I can't remember her name, but she had blonde hair. I think she has potential to be a #1 market meteorologist, If it was this past weekend it was Regan Medgie.. if it was more than a few weeks ago then it was Samantha Augeri.. she actually left FOX5 and is back at News12 Long Island. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spintech33 126 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, NYNews said: No offense to Stacey-Ann, but I'm not a fan. Her delivery is choppy. Craig definitely has a warmer presence. I hope it was his choice to leave. Jeff Berardelli has been a good substitute. I have seen him sub in on WCBS and WPIX within the last month, but wasn't it his choice to leave the tv news business a while back? The weird thing I find about him is that he doesn't like to refer to the anchor's name when they throw it to him to talk about the weather or when he throws it back to the anchor(s). It might be a small thing, but it makes him less personable. On a related note, I once saw a female meteorologist filling-in on WNYW and thought she did a really great job. Her delivery was good and she seemed very knowledgeable. I can't remember her name, but she had blonde hair. I think she has potential to be a #1 market meteorologist, Raegan Medgie. Fill-in for GDW, Reporter, Meteorologist and Freelancer for Weather Channel. I'm not a real fan of Stacy-ann either. However, she's done well in the New York City Market and started at WNYW as a traffic reporter (and not freelance from total traffic) Also, if it was her choice to leave Spectrum News 1 it's gotta be the infighting within the whole staff and those lawsuits.. As for Craig Allen: Craig will still be at the station as Stacy's fill-in. However, he does loses the permanent gig. A gig he's had since late 2010. 20 hours ago, dabx said: Maybe they are thinking about a weekend morning newscast since the E/I rule has changed. I cannot see WPIX getting into the Weekend morning newscasts. I know they have the talent for it. However, 5,6, and 10 is good enough for Pix. UNRELATED: Something tells me that Scripps will clean house at WPIX and they are starting with weather already. Reporters and Anchors are next. Edited September 18, 2019 by Spintech33 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadgeek Adam 170 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 FTVLive claims Craig was given an ultimatum, either leave WCBS after 4 decades or leave 11 as a weekend meteorologist. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabx 60 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 If PIX did want him to leave WCBS radio, he was probably offered the weekday evening position to maybe replace Mr. G Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 685 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 For the first time in 71 years, WPIX is under new ownership. As of today, it is part of Scripps Television Stations, one of the spin offs from the Tribune/Nexstar merger (thank goodness). https://pix11.com/2019/09/19/wpix-under-new-ownership-for-first-time-in-71-year-history-acquired-by-e-w-scripps/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBC5NewsUnova 65 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Can't wait to see Scripps destroying and butcher one of NYC's most iconic television stations. It's not going to be pretty imo. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1918 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, PBC5NewsUnova said: Can't wait to see Scripps destroying and butcher one of NYC's most iconic television stations. It's not going to be pretty imo. You're right. History will show WPIX was so much better under Tribune. PIX never looked better than when they were broadcasting their 10PM from this messy corner of the newsroom. That classic late 2010 set and graphics package from when Bill Carey blew up the 10pm news. Who can forget the giant green "iPad graphics", Mr. G's weather closet, and all the great commentary and round table discussions with Lionel and Larry Mendte. Hard-hitting news like this, And of course the seemingly daily "investigation" into the MTA. We're lucky to not have any good videos of the first weeks of this disaster. Even two years later, it was still a giant mess. About the only thing Scripps could possibly do to the station that Tribune didn't already try is to burn the place down for the insurance money, though with all those cheap extension cords in the lighting grid, it sure looks like they might have been trying. 4 1 8 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetroCity 248 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 6 hours ago, PBC5NewsUnova said: Can't wait to see Scripps destroying and butcher one of NYC's most iconic television stations. It's not going to be pretty imo. That’s humor, right? It wasn’t bad enough that WPIX has been a train wreck for years. But Tribune management was well aware of it, and chose not to do a thing about it. Maybe they didn’t want to spend the money. Maybe they didn’t want to make changes (other than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic) because they were shopping the stations. Maybe they didn’t want to upset buddies elsewhere in their bloated and disconnected management structure. Maybe it was all of that and more. There is absolutely nothing about the WPIX newscast that makes it appointment television. No definitive goal or mission, no identification with a demographic or community, no interest in the boroughs or the suburbs and absolutely nothing distinctive or compelling. WPIX is the hospital food of television news. Scripps does have its own problems (such as WMAR). But Scripps might give WPIX a fighting chance to succeed and not just continue to flounder. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 685 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 8 hours ago, PBC5NewsUnova said: Can't wait to see Scripps destroying and butcher one of NYC's most iconic television stations. It's not going to be pretty imo. Of the choices of Sinclair, Nexstar, Tegna and Scripps - they actually ended up with the better owner of those 4. Tegna is ruining all their stations (WXIA, KSDK, among more). Nexstar, like Sinclair only knows to cut, cut, cut. Hopefully there is no movement on changing ownership rules considering the obsolete UHF discount was restored, which allowed this deal and Nexstar does not take over. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroCirq 148 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 9 hours ago, PBC5NewsUnova said: Can't wait to see Scripps destroying and butcher one of NYC's most iconic television stations. It's not going to be pretty imo. Right. It's as if the Jodi Applegate/Bill Carey era of WPIX was a blank slate. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, MetroCity said: That’s humor, right? It wasn’t bad enough that WPIX has been a train wreck for years. But Tribune management was well aware of it, and chose not to do a thing about it. Maybe they didn’t want to spend the money. Maybe they didn’t want to make changes ... Just wait till the Scripps people meet those huge rats...and I mean the furry ones...NOT the union ones. *No disrespect to union furry's. Edited September 20, 2019 by Eat News SATURDAY'(BByong)' .. https://youtu.be/uamioRNrvQ4 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiechi 55 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Eat News said: No disrespect to union furry's. Edited September 20, 2019 by okiechi GIFs are bettter 1 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabx 60 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 6 hours ago, MetroCity said: That’s humor, right? It wasn’t bad enough that WPIX has been a train wreck for years. But Tribune management was well aware of it, and chose not to do a thing about it. Maybe they didn’t want to spend the money. Maybe they didn’t want to make changes (other than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic) because they were shopping the stations. Maybe they didn’t want to upset buddies elsewhere in their bloated and disconnected management structure. Maybe it was all of that and more. There is absolutely nothing about the WPIX newscast that makes it appointment television. No definitive goal or mission, no identification with a demographic or community, no interest in the boroughs or the suburbs and absolutely nothing distinctive or compelling. WPIX is the hospital food of television news. Scripps does have its own problems (such as WMAR). But Scripps might give WPIX a fighting chance to succeed and not just continue to flounder. Tribune was a Chicago based company and always favored its Chicago based properties. I have been around for a while, WGN were doing in studio and remote broadcasts in color years before WPIX did, WGN became a superstation way before WPIX did. WGN eventually went to their own separate broadcast facility which gave WGN the space to produce programming while WPIX has a small studio that is in an office building for the last 71 years. WPIX was always a step child and Tribune has always done things cheaply. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-232957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spintech33 126 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 PIX just picked up a new reporter: Rebecca Solomon. Unsure which station she came from before going to PIX. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-236682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealNews18 204 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 4 hours ago, Spintech33 said: PIX just picked up a new reporter: Rebecca Solomon. Unsure which station she came from before going to PIX. News 12 Hudson Valley/Westchester. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-236692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spintech33 126 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 19 hours ago, RealNews18 said: News 12 Hudson Valley/Westchester. Okay.. Makes sense. Is she a full-time or freelance Westchester-Hudson Valley reporter. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-236728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 WPIX is expanding its morning broadcasts again. They're adding a 9am hour beginning January 6th. They're also adding Ben Aaron (from Pickler & Ben) & Marysol Castro as feature reporters. This will be the third time for Marysol on this show, as she was the traffic anchor in the early 2000s. Then in the Fall of 2013, she was the early morning anchor, until the station cut that 4am hour that following summer. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-237342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchorman 94 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Ben Aaron is a fantastic pickup for them. He’s hysterical, creates great content for TV and social media. One of the smarter pickups they have made. I’m also glad to see Marysol back again! 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-237353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealNews18 204 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 May give WNYW a challenge this time! Gonna be interesting to see how it turns out Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-237356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1283 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 2 hours ago, CircleSeven said: WPIX is expanding its morning broadcasts again. They're adding a 9am hour beginning January 6th. They're also adding Ben Aaron (from Pickler & Ben) & Marysol Castro as feature reporters. Wow! Great pickups. I loved watching Marysol anchor the 4am portion with Dan Mannarino back in 2013, so I'm excited to see them (former returning as reporter, latter now main co-anchor) together again. Also, Ben was a great talk show host so he's a huge get. Cheers to the news department. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-237357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spintech33 126 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 On 12/16/2019 at 11:49 AM, CircleSeven said: WPIX is expanding its morning broadcasts again. They're adding a 9am hour beginning January 6th. They're also adding Ben Aaron (from Pickler & Ben) & Marysol Castro as feature reporters. This will be the third time for Marysol on this show, as she was the traffic anchor in the early 2000s. Then in the Fall of 2013, she was the early morning anchor, until the station cut that 4am hour that following summer. I just saw the promos for this yesterday.. Good pickups for WPIX. Hopefully 3x a charm for Marysol. She's a excellent anchor/reporter and I hope this time PIX uses her in a good capacity. Don't know too much about Ben Aaron, but what everyone here is saying he's a good pick up. I see good ratings for PIX. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-237794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealNews18 204 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Craig Allen is filling in tonight on News 12 Hudson Valley.. not sure if he was picked up by Altice but pretty cool if that’s the case Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/11654-wpix-pix11-news/page/39/#findComment-237822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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