The CBS 3 Eyewitness News Thread

[phillynewslover 135]

She actually mentioned on Saturday (she filled in for Joe Holden this past weekend) during the tornado warning coverage that she grew up in the area. She was a great reporter and anchor, unfortunate to see her go.

[phillynewslover 135]

Kerri Corrado from WHDH in Boston has joined CBS3 has a reporter. 

[WCAUTVNBC10 413]

4 hours ago, phillynewslover said:

Kerri Corrado from WHDH in Boston has joined CBS3 has a reporter. 

 

Hopefully now that we have some stability up in corporate, CBS3 can actually keep its staff intact for more than 6 months.

[Georgie56 3318]

Alexandria Hoff is joining Fox as a reporter.

 

 

[SF1964 65]

Reporter Trang Do announced that she's leaving CBS 3.

https://twitter.com/TrangDoCBS3/status/1423095468284858370

[PhillyWatch 240]

Holy cow, is the building on fire? This level of turnover is… pretty remarkable.

[ddaniels20 68]

1 hour ago, PhillyWatch said:

Holy cow, is the building on fire? This level of turnover is… pretty remarkable.

In this case, she said on her Twitter that she is leaving the news industry altogether.

[newsman123 116]

Regardless if they are leaving the business.. half a dozen reporters have left on their own in the last six months. Walking away from a Top 5 reporter job, means something there sucks. WPVI hasnt had a single reporter leave in like 5 years. 
 

 

[phillynewslover 135]

Eyewitness News will air on The CW Philly from 4p to 6:30p today, because of golf on 3.

Edited August 23, 2021 by phillynewslover

[TexasTVNews 1378]

16 minutes ago, phillynewslover said:

Eyewitness News will air on The CW Philly from 4p to 6:30p today, because of golf on 3.

Same thing for TXA21 (KTXA) from 4 to 5:30pm (CST) today, because PGA Golf on CBS 11 (KTVT).

[PhillyWatch 240]

It feels like it's been AGES since I've seen this happen, but it only makes sense

[Vincent 7]

Jeanette Reyes left a year or so ago to join a Fox station in DC i believe and FOX News , but very rarely does a WPVI reporter leave the station, unless he or she retires.

[Spintech33 126]

On 8/24/2021 at 10:07 AM, Vincent said:

Jeanette Reyes left a year or so ago to join a Fox station in DC i believe and FOX News , but very rarely does a WPVI reporter leave the station, unless he or she retires.

WTTG // DC and Fox DC Bureau is where she is..

[phillynewslover 135]

Alicia Roberts in the studio today… doing sports.

[SF1964 65]

Meteorologist Matt Peterson announced that today would be his last day at CBS3.  He's getting out of TV weather, but will remain in the area.

[phillynewslover 135]

Wow, really?? I liked him a lot. A lot of people have been leaving 3 recently. I know why, but it's still surprising to see such a high departure rate.

[newsdude 61]

On 8/26/2021 at 2:13 PM, Spintech33 said:

WTTG // DC and Fox DC Bureau is where she is..

WTTG and the Fox DC bureau are separate entities. WTTG is in Bethesda, MD, about 8-9 miles from the Fox DC bureau on N Capitol Street (where NBC and others have their DC operations as well.)

[PhillyWatch 240]

Catching the 10pm on CBSN Philly and they have Ross Guidotti from KDKA reporting, which is a sad commentary on the state of affairs at KYW. I know WPVI had a WABC reporter on earlier today, but she was reporting from their turf in North Jersey. Ross was reporting from Montgomery County. 
 

This brings to mind that mysterious KYW/KDKA combined newscast open that was posted on the CBS Philly Creative YouTube account a few months ago that disappeared after a few days. I’m betting KYW wishes that had come to fruition. 

[phillynewslover 135]

What? A combined open? Like, it had both of their logos? 

 

I think that could have been an interesting idea. However, it should have only been for one newscast (like a 7p, titled “Pennsylvania Tonight”). I wouldn’t want that for every newscast, though. 

 

It is definitely sad they had to do that. Although they have had a few new reporters join recently, a lot of people have left (pretty sure three have left the industry).

 

 

[PhillyWatch 240]

4 hours ago, phillynewslover said:

What? A combined open? Like, it had both of their logos? 

Both logos and both skylines. I agree it would've been a good idea for an evening  state-wide newscast, but the clip came and went pretty quickly. 

[Kenneth Kissel 283]

1 hour ago, PhillyWatch said:

Both logos and both skylines. I agree it would've been a good idea for an evening  state-wide newscast, but the clip came and went pretty quickly. 

It would be a lot harder for KYW Considering KDKA has a black and yellow CBS O&O custom graphics package and KYW has plain Network Graphics. KDKA is doing a much better job anyway then KYW in the ratings. KDKA Photographer Ian Smith is also with Ross Guidotti as well for KYW this weekend.

 

In addition, KDKA uses Steve Kamer for their intro and KYW Uses Brian Lee.  That creates a conflict for both areas since Steve Kamer is on WCAU and Brian Lee has Promos for WPXI (Both NBC Stations).

Edited September 3, 2021 by Kenneth Kissel

[phillynewslover 135]

If they really were going to produce a statewide newscast, they would probably use generic graphics (since it wouldn't make sense to use Steelers colors in Philadelphia). They could use a different voiceover, too, if they needed to.

[Kenneth Kissel 283]

5 minutes ago, phillynewslover said:

If they really were going to produce a statewide newscast, they would probably use generic graphics (since it wouldn't make sense to use Steelers colors in Philadelphia). They could use a different voiceover, too, if they needed to.

It isn't going to happen considering how competitive the Pittsburgh market is. If there was a combined newscast. It would hurt KDKA more then KYW. 

[phillynewslover 135]

I know... this would have happened during the pandemic anyway, if it wasn't a hypothetical situation.

[PhillyWatch 240]

They used the blue graphics, and I wish I had saved a copy because I'm not sure who the voiceover was, but it was likely something thought up during the pandemic (as mentioned) to lighten the load on the stations that just never came to fruition.