trev57 46 Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 WITI is hiring a meteorologist. Anyone have any insight as to who is leaving? EDIT: It seems as if weekend AM meteorologist Brittany Sager is the one who left. Former WTMJ meteorologist Craig Koplien is filling in (probably freelance, like Lance Hill did last year for TMJ). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-103789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1232 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 It would appear that KSHB has hired Joel Nichols, the former morning meteorologist at KMBC in Kansas City that was there for 25 years. He would be the new host for their (somewhat disastrous) morning talk show "Kansas City Live" and the replacement for recently terminated Michael Mackie. It's also sort of funny, as that would mean KSHB technically has SIX meteorologists at the station. It'll be curious to see if he ever got back on air doing the weather again. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-103839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 510 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 It's also sort of funny, as that would mean KSHB technically has SIX meteorologists at the station. It'll be curious to see if he ever got back on air doing the weather again. OK hold the phone there. I guess you're counting Jeff Penner who is usually not on the air unless he's filling in for one of their regular meteorologists. I've always seen it as four with an off-air producer who fills in sometimes. I generally don't count the off-air people. And there's nothing wrong with having six meteorlogists at the station. KSAT will soon have six total once Adam Caskey starts. Five on-air and one off-air producer (who never fills in). If you want to get extreme they technically have seven if you count John Honoré who KSAT alleges is still employed by them... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-103841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1232 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 OK hold the phone there. I guess you're counting Jeff Penner who is usually not on the air unless he's filling in for one of their regular meteorologists. I've always seen it as four with an off-air producer who fills in sometimes. I generally don't count the off-air people. And there's nothing wrong with having six meteorlogists at the station. KSAT will soon have six total once Adam Caskey starts. Five on-air and one off-air producer (who never fills in). If you want to get extreme they technically have seven if you count John Honoré who KSAT alleges is still employed by them... Yeah I am counting Jeff. I guess that's a good point, but he's been on the air enough times and is featured in all of their promos. Lezak brought him over when he left WDAF way back when. For Kansas City though, that's weird. Hell, KMBC and now KCTV have two mets on-air in the morning and we generally consider it to be overkill. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-103853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 937 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 OK hold the phone there. I guess you're counting Jeff Penner who is usually not on the air unless he's filling in for one of their regular meteorologists. I've always seen it as four with an off-air producer who fills in sometimes. I generally don't count the off-air people. And there's nothing wrong with having six meteorlogists at the station. KSAT will soon have six total once Adam Caskey starts. Five on-air and one off-air producer (who never fills in). If you want to get extreme they technically have seven if you count John Honoré who KSAT alleges is still employed by them... Yeah I am counting Jeff. I guess that's a good point, but he's been on the air enough times and is featured in all of their promos. Lezak brought him over when he left WDAF way back when. For Kansas City though, that's weird. Hell, KMBC and now KCTV have two mets on-air in the morning and we generally consider it to be overkill. Technically, KSHB has three on-air meteorologists, one weather producer (Penner) and one "weather anchor" (Michelle Apon), who is not a real meteorologist. Nichols isn't a real meteorologist either. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-103861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1232 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Technically, KSHB has three on-air meteorologists, one weather producer (Penner) and one "weather anchor" (Michelle Apon), who is not a real meteorologist. Nichols isn't a real meteorologist either. Ehhhh Penner might be the producer, but he still has a degree in meteorology. Apon is working on her degree to actually BE a meteorologist, so I'm just giving her the benefit of the doubt. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-103869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 889 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 WXIN is adding more local newscasts. The Indianapolis Fox affiliate is adding a half-hour 7 p.m. newscast in the fall (adding to the 3½ hours it already carries in the late afternoon/early evening. 6 and 10 p.m. anchors Bob Donaldson and Fanchon Stinger will serve as anchors of the new 7 p.m. newscast as well. The station is also launching an 11 p.m. newscast on June 30, called Fox 59 NewsPoint, and has hired former WTHR weekend morning anchor Nicole Pence as its anchor. The program will be structured as a standalone newscast featuring “a concise wrap-up of the day’s events, plus a quick look forward to tomorrow’s weather” and will have “a distinct look and feel from the rest of FOX59’s newscasts seen throughout the day.” In total, by the time the 7 p.m. newscast is added, WXIN will carry 66 hours of local newscasts each week (surpassing sister station WJW in Cleveland, which ironically supplanted WXIN as the highest news output among Tribune Broadcasting's stations when Tribune's acquisition of former WJW owner Local TV was finalized in December, for the highest local newscast output of any U.S. television station by a half-hour). http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wxin-adds-nicole-pence-expands-evening-newscasts_b120080 http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/75906/wxin-adds-7-and-11-pm-newscasts?utm_source=NetNewsCheck-rss&utm_medium=latest-news-feed&utm_campaign=latest-news-feed-WXIN-Adds-7-And-11-P-M-Newscasts Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-103994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 937 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 WXIN is adding more local newscasts. The Indianapolis Fox affiliate is adding a half-hour 7 p.m. newscast in the fall (adding to the 3½ hours it already carries in the late afternoon/early evening. 6 and 10 p.m. anchors Bob Donaldson and Fanchon Stinger will serve as anchors of the new 7 p.m. newscast as well. The station is also launching an 11 p.m. newscast on June 30, called Fox 59 NewsPoint, and has hired former WTHR weekend morning anchor Nicole Pence as its anchor. The program will be structured as a standalone newscast featuring “a concise wrap-up of the day’s events, plus a quick look forward to tomorrow’s weather” and will have “a distinct look and feel from the rest of FOX59’s newscasts seen throughout the day.” In total, by the time the 7 p.m. newscast is added, WXIN will carry 66 hours of local newscasts each week (surpassing sister station WJW in Cleveland, which ironically supplanted WXIN as the highest news output among Tribune Broadcasting's stations when Tribune's acquisition of former WJW owner Local TV was finalized in December, for the highest local newscast output of any U.S. television station by a half-hour). http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wxin-adds-nicole-pence-expands-evening-newscasts_b120080 http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/75906/wxin-adds-7-and-11-pm-newscasts?utm_source=NetNewsCheck-rss&utm_medium=latest-news-feed&utm_campaign=latest-news-feed-WXIN-Adds-7-And-11-P-M-Newscasts And I thought we had it rough doing 59.5 hours of local news a week. Of course if we ever add a 4pm newscast, we'll be right up there. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-103999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 889 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 And I thought we had it rough doing 59.5 hours of local news a week. Of course if we ever add a 4pm newscast, we'll be right up there. It seems as if about half of the 10 highest newscast outputs in the country (and probably, North America) belong to Tribune-owned stations: WJW, WXIN and WDAF are among them. I think KTLA or WGN also fall in there somewhere. If anyone knows which stations have the 10 highest local news outputs are, please post here or create another thread. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country News 435 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 If anyone knows which stations have the 10 highest local news outputs are, please post here or create another thread. WSVN is somewhere in that list, too. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 889 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 WSVN is somewhere in that list, too. Them, too. A five-hour morning newscast, hour-long newscasts at noon and 10 p.m., three hours in the late afternoon and a half-hour 11 p.m. newscast; on weekends, it has a three-hour Saturday morning newscast, 10 and 11 p.m. newscasts and unusual for a Fox affiliate (even for one that carries early evening newscasts), 5, 6 and 6:30 p.m. newscasts on Saturdays and Sundays. The only daypart WSVN doesn't carry newscasts in is Sunday mornings (nor do they run Fox News Sunday at that time, it airs during Sunday night/early Monday mornings; E/I shows and religious programs air then). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 437 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Ksnv? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3948 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Journal is looking to grow by taking in stations that will be spun from their JSAs http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/75927/journal-bullish-on-buying-jsa-spinoffs If they wanted to, they could be a company that could take Media General/LIN's and even Sinclair's problem stations off their hands. No conflicts would exist in any market in question, except for maybe Savannah, should WJCL/WTGS be spun off. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1299 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 It seems as if about half of the 10 highest newscast outputs in the country (and probably, North America) belong to Tribune-owned stations: WJW, WXIN and WDAF are among them. I think KTLA or WGN also fall in there somewhere. If anyone knows which stations have the 10 highest local news outputs are, please post here or create another thread. Would the Sinclair combo of WSYX and WTTE count? They air a combined 61.5 hours of news a week. WSYX) Weekdays: 4:30-7am, 12-1p, 5-6:30p, 11-11:35p; Weekends: 5-8am, 6-6:30p, 11-11:35p WTTE) Weekdays: 7-10am, 10-11p; Weekends: 8-10am, 10-11p Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3948 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Ksnv? They are one of the few stations (aside from WTMJ) to have a 3pm news. Once they dump all of their syndicated programming, they will have more news than any local network affiliate in the US. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I thought KTNV had a 3pm news... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 178 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 KTNV does have a 3pm newscast. It was originally a 3:30 newscast, but after KSNV added a 3pm news, KTNV expanded to a hour. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 510 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 John Gerard, chief meteorologist at WOAI, is leaving the station after the May book for a weather position over at WFOR. Source: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/jakle06/2014/04/woai-tv-losing-its-weatherman So now, this means WOAI will be without a chief meteorologist OR a lead female anchor. And knowing WOAI, they tend to take their time looking for replacements. It took them a little more than a year to replace Brian Collister. And I understand Blaise Labbe says "it happened pretty quickly" so it will take them a while to find somebody. This is BS because they knew for a while Elsa Ramon was leaving, and nope, still nobody has been hired. Anyways, I'll miss him. He was my favorite weatherman in the market. Hopefully he will NOT be replaced with Alex Garcia from KABB. He is by far the worst in the market. I watch the weather to find if it's going to rain tomorrow, not to get a lesson in meteorology, and Garcia certainly loves to teach more than he does putting things into simple terms that an average person can understand. That and he always likes to remind us when the NOAA will be having their next storm spotter classes. Katie Vossler at KSAT is also starting to get bad about this too... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 John Gerard, chief meteorologist at WOAI, is leaving the station after the May book for a weather position over at WFOR. Source: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/jakle06/2014/04/woai-tv-losing-its-weatherman So now, this means WOAI will be without a chief meteorologist OR a lead female anchor. And knowing WOAI, they tend to take their time looking for replacements. It took them a little more than a year to replace Brian Collister. And I understand Blaise Labbe says "it happened pretty quickly" so it will take them a while to find somebody. This is BS because they knew for a while Elsa Ramon was leaving, and nope, still nobody has been hired. Anyways, I'll miss him. He was my favorite weatherman in the market. Hopefully he will NOT be replaced with Alex Garcia from KABB. He is by far the worst in the market. I watch the weather to find if it's going to rain tomorrow, not to get a lesson in meteorology, and Garcia certainly loves to teach more than he does putting things into simple terms that an average person can understand. That and he always likes to remind us when the NOAA will be having their next storm spotter classes. Katie Vossler at KSAT is also starting to get bad about this too... In larger markets it's not uncommon to see those kinds of weather tidbits and lessons in a forecast.. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 437 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Pretty smart for WFOR to get Gerard as he is a recognizable face down here (from WTVJ) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 John Gerard, chief meteorologist at WOAI, is leaving the station after the May book for a weather position over at WFOR. Source: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/jakle06/2014/04/woai-tv-losing-its-weatherman So now, this means WOAI will be without a chief meteorologist OR a lead female anchor. And knowing WOAI, they tend to take their time looking for replacements. It took them a little more than a year to replace Brian Collister. And I understand Blaise Labbe says "it happened pretty quickly" so it will take them a while to find somebody. This is BS because they knew for a while Elsa Ramon was leaving, and nope, still nobody has been hired. Anyways, I'll miss him. He was my favorite weatherman in the market. Hopefully he will NOT be replaced with Alex Garcia from KABB. He is by far the worst in the market. I watch the weather to find if it's going to rain tomorrow, not to get a lesson in meteorology, and Garcia certainly loves to teach more than he does putting things into simple terms that an average person can understand. That and he always likes to remind us when the NOAA will be having their next storm spotter classes. Katie Vossler at KSAT is also starting to get bad about this too... I have a hunch that long time weatherman Albert Flores will take the helm as Chief Meteorologist at WOAI, if I'm right. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 171 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 It's official Carolyn Johnson of KGO named noon & 6 PM co-anchor at KNBC: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/carolyn-johnson-joins-knbc-in-los-angeles_b120160 She begins in June. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3948 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Elisa Amigo, weekend morning anchor at WJW left the station this past Sunday for an undisclosed primary anchor position...to be announced soon. http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/index.ssf/2014/04/elisa_amigo_leaving_wjw_channel_8_for_anchor_job_in_another_city.html#incart_m-rpt-1 If you read the comments, she makes light of this in a back-and-forth with the article's author. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanGuy 117 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 WXIN is adding more local newscasts. The Indianapolis Fox affiliate is adding a half-hour 7 p.m. newscast in the fall (adding to the 3½ hours it already carries in the late afternoon/early evening. 6 and 10 p.m. anchors Bob Donaldson and Fanchon Stinger will serve as anchors of the new 7 p.m. newscast as well. The station is also launching an 11 p.m. newscast on June 30, called Fox 59 NewsPoint, and has hired former WTHR weekend morning anchor Nicole Pence as its anchor. The program will be structured as a standalone newscast featuring “a concise wrap-up of the day’s events, plus a quick look forward to tomorrow’s weather” and will have “a distinct look and feel from the rest of FOX59’s newscasts seen throughout the day.” In total, by the time the 7 p.m. newscast is added, WXIN will carry 66 hours of local newscasts each week (surpassing sister station WJW in Cleveland, which ironically supplanted WXIN as the highest news output among Tribune Broadcasting's stations when Tribune's acquisition of former WJW owner Local TV was finalized in December, for the highest local newscast output of any U.S. television station by a half-hour). http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wxin-adds-nicole-pence-expands-evening-newscasts_b120080 http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/75906/wxin-adds-7-and-11-pm-newscasts?utm_source=NetNewsCheck-rss&utm_medium=latest-news-feed&utm_campaign=latest-news-feed-WXIN-Adds-7-And-11-P-M-Newscasts Damn that's a lot of news. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 190 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 WXII's Austin Caviness has announced that he's leaving the station to become a pastor. His last day will be May 30th. http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2014/04/21/wxii-meteorologist-austin-caviness-to-become.html http://www.wxii12.com/tv/about/austin-caviness-to-leave-wxii-preach-in-dobson/25578840 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/45/#findComment-104129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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