TVNewsLover 783 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Seems like changes are coming to the FOX 29 anchor line-ups: Iain Page & Lucy Noland will now anchor Sunday through Thursday nights (instead of M-F) Chris O'Connell & Dawn Timmeney will anchor Friday nights Joyce Evans will retain Saturday nights Kerry Barrett is leaving FOX 29 Lauren Johnson (current weekend morning anchor) will shift to weekday mornings 4-6am on interim but possibly permanent basis, joining Chris Murphy - she will retain Saturday mornings while Karen Hepp will front the Sunday show alone the Good Day crew will now start at 6am instead of 7am More at: http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20150106_Kerry_Barrett_leaves_Fox_29__among_other_changes_for_the_station.html Not a fan of the Sun-Thurs setup, but otherwise the rest looks like good changes. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14123-anchor-changes-coming-to-fox-29/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glimmer 283 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 A lot of stations are doing Sun-Thurs set-ups nowadays, so that's not a big shift Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14123-anchor-changes-coming-to-fox-29/#findComment-120953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamv2 21 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 fox29 use to do the Sun-thurs setup back in the early days of their 80's computer graphic intro with Rich Noonan 10 o'clock news Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14123-anchor-changes-coming-to-fox-29/#findComment-120958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyWatch 239 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Caught some Lauren Johnson this morning at the desk with Mike & Alex and she seemed quite comfortable & melded well. Kerry was a great morning fit & it's a bummer to see her go. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14123-anchor-changes-coming-to-fox-29/#findComment-121002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 783 Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Some more Fox 29 anchor news: Bill Anderson to co-anchor the weekend mornings on "#FOX29Weekend" - I'm guessing him and Karen Hepp will eventually do both days as Lauren Johnson will probably move permanently to the early morning weekday shift (previously held by Kerry Barrett) with Chris Murphy Sean Bell named weekend sports anchor More at: http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/philadelphia-station-adds-weekend-sports-and-morning-anchors/139447 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14123-anchor-changes-coming-to-fox-29/#findComment-121833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Some more Fox 29 anchor news: Bill Anderson to co-anchor the weekend mornings on "#FOX29Weekend" - I'm guessing him and Karen Hepp will eventually do both days as Lauren Johnson will probably move permanently to the early morning weekday shift (previously held by Kerry Barrett) with Chris Murphy Sean Bell named weekend sports anchor More at: http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/philadelphia-station-adds-weekend-sports-and-morning-anchors/139447 Got to know Sean a little last year and he's a great guy. Good to see him get a shot in a larger market. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14123-anchor-changes-coming-to-fox-29/#findComment-121836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JULIUS 1 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 i noticed that Dawn Timmeney and Jeff Cole were anchoring the 5-6:30 PM news tonight. I'm confused as to who's anchoring what. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14123-anchor-changes-coming-to-fox-29/#findComment-122923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 171 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Judging by Kerry Barrett's twitter handle; https://twitter.com/Kerry4NY looks like she has joined WNBC in some capacity. Her twitter says "Purveyor of morning news WNBC" whatever that means. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14123-anchor-changes-coming-to-fox-29/#findComment-123878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 63 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Going back to the early days of "The Ten O'Clock News" on Ch 29, Lee McCarthy passed away last week. http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20150312_Lee_McCarthy__71__longtime_TV_anchor__dies.html Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14123-anchor-changes-coming-to-fox-29/#findComment-125265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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