Out & About

[PelicanGuy 117]

 

Who will replace Woltering?

 

My guess is that it'll be Karen Swensen and Natalie Shephard for the time being.

 

Other tidbits: Woltering's contract expired in February yet the station asked him to stay on until the end of this month's sweeps. Also, stepping down was Woltering's decision. He's 67. His final newscast is the 10 pm show May 30.

[skbl17 188]

Fun fact regarding the Time Warner Cable News launch in San Antonio...this is the second time that TWC has attempted to launch a news channel in the market. In 2003, TWC launched "News 9 San Antonio" for their cable viewers; unlike its Austin partner, which would eventually last through the YNN years and is still here today, the San Antonio channel was a flop and folded by 2004.

 

It is interesting to see that TWCN Austin will handle most of the content to start before a gradual move to an entirely local operation. Maybe TWC wants to reduce startup costs and potential risk, as the Comcast merger is looming over their heads and Comcast has made no indication about whether TWCN will continue if the merger is approved.

 

Whether TWCN will continue post-merger would make for "interesting" speculation.

[ns8401 957]

Derek Francis is leaving WZZM in Grand Rapids after 11 years as morning anchor. His last day is May 21st. He is taking a local PR job.

 

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/05/wzzm_tv_morning_anchor_derek_f.html

[Rusty Muck 4403]

KABB has announced a replacement for Cynthia Lee. And it's not someone internal like I had thought. Guess Blaise wants to make his mark. This is straight from the Express-News:

 

Elisa Amigo has done great work at WJW the past few years, and had been co-anchoring the weekend morning news alongside Mark Zinni. Good move by KABB, and best of luck to her.

[Rusty Muck 4403]

Speaking of Elisa's former employer, legendary WJW meteorologist Dick Goddard - after assisting in expanded severe weather coverage Monday night - had to be rescued from his car after the interstate off-ramp he was on became completely overwhelmed with rainwater. He was trapped in his submerged car for close to 45 minutes and started to suffer from hypothermia.

 

Mind you, Dick is 83 years old.

[bammy9 26]

Wow... Thank God that Dick knew what was going on and called 911 before bad things could happen to him.

[hathawaynson2 39]

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/05/14/5023470/kctv-5-meteorologist-tom-wachs.html

Tom Wachs is leaving KCTV after six years as an weekend weather anchor for WITI in Milwaukee as an weekend meterologist.

[MidwestTV 1240]

 

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/05/14/5023470/kctv-5-meteorologist-tom-wachs.html

Tom Wachs is leaving KCTV after six years as an weekend weather anchor for WITI in Milwaukee as an weekend meterologist.

 

Excellent. I couldn't stand him. Everything always had this sense of urgency to it. Sunny and clear skies for the next week? Always made it sound urgent like it was a hurricane instead.

[djlynch 56]

And in yet more central Texas news, KDVR's Hema Mullur is joining KEYE as the replacement for retiring weeknight anchor Judy Maggio.

 

http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/keye-tv-announces-new-evening-anchor-team-addition-18030.shtml

[ns8401 957]

Reporter Amanda Malkwoski is leaving Lansing, MI NBC affiliate WILX for Richmond, VA ABC affiliate WRIC to be a weekend anchor / reporter. She starts on Tuesday, May 27th.

 

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/amanda-malkowski-jumps-58-markets-from-lansing-to-richmond_b121053

[sanewsguy 514]

WOAI has now found their new female co-anchor, and it's Evy Ramos, formerly of KGPE in Fresno

 

Here's the source, accompanied with stupid comments typical of the E-N

[PelicanGuy 117]

WDSU anchor Norman Robinson has set his retirement for May 30.

 

Robinson will continue to make occasional appearances on the station, including during the 2014 Children's Hospital Telethon May 31-June 1, the station said.

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

Ariane Aramburo (co-host of WAVY's The Hampton Roads Show) announced yesterday that she was leaving for Alaska; and that today is (according to VARTV) her last day.

(Ariane makes passing comment on her exit)

[ns8401 957]

Jonathan Carlson is leaving WNCN Raleigh Durham for WXYZ Detroit. He will be an investigative reporter and starts in June.

 

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/jonathan-carlson-joins-wxyz-from-wncn_b121296

[GoldenShine9 1514]

https://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/on-the-move-51914_b121286

 

How often does someone jump 78 markets? That seems so impressive...

[sanewsguy 514]

 

https://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/on-the-move-51914_b121286

 

How often does someone jump 78 markets? That seems so impressive...

 

Pfft, that happens all the time now because companies want to hire the cheapest people they can find. If you can look around on there, you'll find there's instances of 130 market jumps for instance.

[tyrannical bastard 4033]

 

 

WJHG's longtime anchor Joe Moore retired earlier this week after 43 years at the station.

 

Hoping all the best in his retirement.

 

An interesting fact....Joe Moore has been at WJHG longer than their competition has been ON THE AIR! He started there in 1971, and WMBB signed on (as WDTB) in 1973.

 

 

Speaking of WMBB, it's been almost a month since the Nexstar sale was green-lighted. I wonder what the holdup is on the consummation?

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

Larry Printz, the automotive editor for the Virginian-Pilot newspaper (whose column is syndicated via McClatchy-Tribune Syndicate), recently added a role as WVEC's Automotive Editor

http://www.larryprintz.com/about.html

[trev57 46]

Departures in Milwaukee. Cody Holyoke leaving WTMJ, Anne State leaving WITI.

 

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/260137941.html

[Ntropolis 598]

VARTV reports Beverly Kidd is returning to WTKR in June. She reported/anchored for WTKR from 1993-2001 before going to KTVK in Phoenix.

[Samantha 2902]

• Boston: WHDH's news helicopter crashed while taking off from the municipal airport in Beverly, Massachusetts. Nobody was injured; the chopper apparently had an engine problem at takeoff.
  
• Boston: Too many young people, too many New Hampshire residents. That's what Hearst says is responsible for an unusual ratings decline at WCVB—and at other stations in Boston.
  
• Longtime WJHG anchor Joe Moore is retiring after 43 years with the station. The video shows some early WJHG sets including a use of the ABC-style circle 7. In the 6pm video which features an interview with Moore for a moment you can see a red line over a "13" on a door (interesting jab at the competition).
  

[ToriElectra 292]

This isn't the first time one of Boston's news helicopters have crashed; remember the KOMO crash? Apparently, the helicopter that crashed in that incident was previously the WFXT helicopter; by the time of the accident, all Fox 25 markings had been stripped off (it was serving a temp duty as KOMO and KING's copter while they were undergoing upgrades).

[ToriElectra 292]

 

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What was that garglemesh? Did you fall asleep at your keyboard or something?

[tyrannical bastard 4033]

My apologies.....the last post was a pocket-post.

[mvcg66b3r 100]

 

My apologies.....the last post was a pocket-post.

 

Pocket-post? What's that?