NBC 10 Thread

[PhillyWatch 240]

Just caught a report at 4 from Wendy Saltzman, formerly of WPVI who left back in 2018 to launch her own media training & consulting. company 

 

 

Edited March 26, 2020 by PhillyWatch

[TVNewsLover 787]

Keith Jones in the newsroom co-anchoring with Denise tonight (Saturday) because of the protests. 

[TVNewsLover 787]

Tracy is co-anchoring with Stephania this morning.

[rear_flank 43]

Saturday Night was Denise Nakano's last newscast on NBC10. She has been with the station for 17 years.

[TVNewsLover 787]

4 hours ago, Mughunter said:

Saturday Night was Denise Nakano's last newscast on NBC10. She has been with the station for 17 years.

Wow, that came out of no where. I always liked Denise. Hopefully someone will pick her up somewhere.

 

It sounds about the same time Rosemary is coming back from maternity leave. I wonder if she’ll be moved to weekend evenings. That schedule might work better for her as a mom of a newborn, and Erin & Lucy (or evening Keith) are fine handling the 11am.

[ThunderJay27 45]

NBC 10 Offering Buyouts

 

Looks like there may possibly be more people leaving 10.

[TVNewsLover 787]

22 minutes ago, ThunderJay27 said:

NBC 10 Offering Buyouts

 

Looks like there may possibly be more people leaving 10.

It’s probably safe to assume that this is the case at other NBC O&Os too.

[PhillyWatch 240]

Big bummer. After Natasha Brown was moved to weekdays on KYW, I switched over to Denise on weekend evenings. At least (from the sound of things) it was a buyout situation and not a mass axe-swinging like there was at KYW. Who fills that chair next?

[LVForward 94]

9 hours ago, PhillyWatch said:

Big bummer. After Natasha Brown was moved to weekdays on KYW, I switched over to Denise on weekend evenings. At least (from the sound of things) it was a buyout situation and not a mass axe-swinging like there was at KYW. Who fills that chair next?

Maybe they will let Natasha back in the weekend anchor chair every now and then now that she is a reporter.

[rear_flank 43]

Steve Sosna and "Hurricane Schwartz" covering the tornado warning in Philly/South Jersey on June 3.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxySw_-Fxjo

[ddaniels20 68]

On 6/1/2020 at 10:53 AM, Mughunter said:

Saturday Night was Denise Nakano's last newscast on NBC10. She has been with the station for 17 years.

Denise Nakano will be joining KYW Newradio 1060.

https://twitter.com/DeniseNakanoTV/status/1283086261570469896

[SF1964 65]

I noticed Michelle Grossman is doing weather on NBC10 this morning.

[WCAUTVNBC10 413]

On 7/19/2020 at 9:14 AM, SF1964 said:

I noticed Michelle Grossman is doing weather on NBC10 this morning.

 

Filling in for Britney Shipp who's on maternity leave.

[TVNewsLover 787]

2 hours ago, WCAUTVNBC10 said:

 

Filling in for Britney Shipp who's on maternity leave.

Is Krystal filling Britney’s weekday evening shifts?

[WCAUTVNBC10 413]

4 hours ago, TVNewsLover said:

Is Krystal filling Britney’s weekday evening shifts?

 

Yup. Glenn is currently covering for her while she's on vacation.

[susquvalleywgal 521]

11 hours ago, WCAUTVNBC10 said:

 

Yup. Glenn is currently covering for her while she's on vacation.

Trust.  The.  Bow Tie.

 

-- Matt

[Roadrunner 217]

Another reported high-profile departure at NBC 10 - weekday morning anchor Vai Sikahema. 

If this is true, with the slowly growing number of departures or anchor lineup upheavals across their O&O network, NBC won't be doing their ratings (if they arguably matter anymore, anyways) any favors.

 

EDIT at 11AM GMT 7/30: 

It's true. In an article posted by Philadelphia Business Journal about 12 hours ago, Vai is retiring this year, with a departure slated for sometime in November 2020.

More information can be found here: https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2020/07/29/via-sikahema-retiring-from-nbc10-after-26-years.html 

Vai has reportedly been thinking of retirement for quite some time, as he's been actively involved with his church and nonprofit. 

Wishing Vai the absolute best post-retirement!

Edited July 30, 2020 by Roadrunner

[G2000 30]

This morning I saw a promo for a special that they will be running tomorrow following the Eagles Game. They are commemorating 25 years since the changeover from CBS to NBC.

[danderson500 31]

the eagles game is on Fox not NBC.

[TSSZNews 1052]

And WCAU is carrying IndyCar Racing and NHL Playoff Hockey tomorrow anyway.

 

(EDIT: I saw the promo too. I guess they mean as a PKG after Sunday Night Football?)

Edited September 13, 2020 by TSSZNews

[TVNewsLover 787]

On an aside, I saw Rosemary Conners is back on And was anchoring Saturday night. 
 

also, saw Vai and Tracy will only be on together through next week. Not sure if that means both in studio or on air. Thought he wasn’t retiring until November. 

[Roadrunner 217]

2 hours ago, TVNewsLover said:

On an aside, I saw Rosemary Conners is back on And was anchoring Saturday night. 
 

also, saw Vai and Tracy will only be on together through next week. Not sure if that means both in studio or on air. Thought he wasn’t retiring until November. 

Have they been able to establish a replacement for Denise yet, or is Rosemary holding down the weekend evening front in addition to her weekday midday? 

 

And I believe you mean this post from Tracy. Yeah, she confirms Vai is literally leaving his position this upcoming week, which I wasn't expecting. I guess I assumed he was actually leaving the anchor chair in November because the articles literally state his retirement doesn't happen until November....but I guess not. It probably means he's going to be doing a few smaller things until then, or that he was just able to move up his retirement to now. 

 

Is it also fair to speculate who they'll eventually name permanent morning co-anchor? (And hopefully not do some crazy anchor musical chairs like they've done at WMAQ?) My bet's on Lucy Bustamante, but I have nothing to source my speculation from. As an aside, someone commented on Tracy's post that Vai and Tracy had been the best duo since Terry and Aditi and I thought that was a nice dose of nostalgia for a Sunday morning -- Bill's still the only one left from that team. 

[ddaniels20 68]

2 hours ago, Roadrunner said:

Have they been able to establish a replacement for Denise yet, or is Rosemary holding down the weekend evening front in addition to her weekday midday? 

Erin and Keith have been doing 11AM, as well as 4 & 5PM since COVID started. So I'm not sure if Rosemary will go back to 11AM or if she'll stay with weekend evenings.

[G2000 30]

They just announced that Erin and Keith are the new anchors of the morning show. Tracy is moving to 4 and 5 in the afternoon.

[Roadrunner 217]

Wow, yes. I don't know why I thought Vai was actually leaving the desk on Friday, but I was wrong lol. It seems so shocking because Erin and Keith are literally starting tomorrow and there weren't really any announcements to get people excited, but it's also still nice to hear Vai will continue to be around in some way. According to the live they did on the NBC 10 Facebook page, they've really been working towards this change and are even tweaking the set and the show's format to better align with the new change, like switching the desk out and having slightly new spaces for them to do their thing. But if anything, E&K have great chemistry so I'll be interested in seeing how they'll do on mornings!

 

Announcement is also here: 

Edited September 17, 2020 by Roadrunner