Breaking News 839 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Ruth Spencer is retiring in December after 25 years at WDIV in Detroit. She is anchor of their "First At 4" newscast and the 530pm newscast and does a consumer segment called "Ruth To The Rescue". http://www.clickondetroit.com/wdiv-anchor-ruth-spencer-to-retire-at-end-of-2015/34056520?utm_source=twitter Love Ruth just read she's retiring. Congrats to her, you think Karen Drew will get her job?
ns8401 955 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Love Ruth just read she's retiring. Congrats to her, you think Karen Drew will get her job? Either her, Rhonda Walker or Kimberly Gill.
Daybreak 289 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Either her, Rhonda Walker or Kimberly Gill. I hope its Kimberly but who knows? (I hope you all know she's one of my favorite anchors).
ns8401 955 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I hope its Kimberly but who knows? (I hope you all know she's one of my favorite anchors). She's good and she gets the majority of the main fill in duties for Carmen Harlan and street reports the 11 so she's probably least likely but I thought I'd toss her in there too. There aren't a ton of women at WDIV that could take over. The only other option I didn't mention is Sandra Ali... But that's extremely doubtful. Too bad we have to wait several months to find out.
NewsMaster 226 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Do I detect a Hothaus package? That's what I was thinking. KYW/KTVA instantly came to mind.
patsx3 17 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Quick notes to inform you, Just yesterday KTVT CBS 11 tweak their logo from silver to gold. WBZ also made the switch on Monday. Wonder if it's a mandate. I don't dislike the look entirely, but it does make BZ's logo look even clunkier than it did before. They should just go with the CBS4 logo and continue calling themselves WBZ news. It's been eight years since they rebranded, people get the message by now I think.
TheRolyPoly 2580 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 WFOR has the CBS part as Gold and the "4" part as blue. Pretty understandable, since this is South Florida and we have plenty of beach water around us.
sanewsguy 514 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 WJZY Adds Two and Moves One http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wjzy-adds-two-and-moves-one/151639 There's more changes in Charlotte, this time at WJZY FOX46. Will moving their main anchor Barbara Lash to mornings and bringing in a young reporter from Houston as her replacement help them? Main anchor Barbara Lash (center) is being moved to the mornings. Kayla Ayres (right) is being hired from KPRC Houston to replace her as main anchor And the one on the far left, Ashlee McGeehan, is being hired as a reporter from WJET Erie Stay tuned as they say...
mike91 67 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 WJZY Adds Two and Moves One http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wjzy-adds-two-and-moves-one/151639 There's more changes in Charlotte, this time at WJZY FOX46. Will moving their main anchor Barbara Lash to mornings and bringing in a young reporter from Houston as her replacement help them? Main anchor Barbara Lash (center) is being moved to the mornings. Kayla Ayres (right) is being hired from KPRC Houston to replace her as main anchor And the one on the far left, Ashlee McGeehan, is being hired as a reporter from WJET Erie Stay tuned as they say... Not a terrible move. Barbara Lash (nee Pinson) used to be an AM anchor at WBTV a few years back. The morning ratings could use anything they can to get improved ratings, and I don't think the 10pm ratings will suffer unless Ayres has issues. I just really don't see them ever making a dent in the ratings unless they either get a big local name or they have some outrageous publicity stunt. I'm bearish on Charlotte being able to support 6 TV news organizations.
24994J 5623 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Apparently Kayla Ayres spent all of 2 months at KPRC before this move. How long does she stay at WJZY before the next big thing comes along?
TennTV1983 807 Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Les Smith retiring from WHBQ in Memphis after more than a decade Smith had been in the news business in Memphis for a long time, going as far back as when he was a sports anchor at WREG. His stories and reflections on things have always been blunt and to the point. Godspeed to Mr. Smith as he enjoys his new life in Belize.
Nelson R. 569 Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Not a terrible move. Barbara Lash (nee Pinson) used to be an AM anchor at WBTV a few years back. The morning ratings could use anything they can to get improved ratings, and I don't think the 10pm ratings will suffer unless Ayres has issues. I just really don't see them ever making a dent in the ratings unless they either get a big local name or they have some outrageous publicity stunt. I'm bearish on Charlotte being able to support 6 TV news organizations. Just 5 news organizations (WBTV, WSOC, WCNC, WCCB and WJZY) but on 6 commercial stations, 7 if you count the WBTV news from 7-9 am and 8-9 pm on Bounce 3.2. I agree, it's a bit much. But WCCB wasn't giving up on its news just because they lost the Fox affiliation.
sanewsguy 514 Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Just 5 news organizations (WBTV, WSOC, WCNC, WCCB and WJZY) but on 6 commercial stations, 7 if you count the WBTV news from 7-9 am and 8-9 pm on Bounce 3.2. I agree, it's a bit much. But WCCB wasn't giving up on its news just because they lost the Fox affiliation. I think he's counting Time Warner Cable News.
Nelson R. 569 Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 I think he's counting Time Warner Cable News. Gotcha.
Breaking News 839 Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 More News in Charlotte, NC: Carolyn Bruck moves from WSYX ABC affiliate to WCNC to NBC affiliate in Charlotte, NC to do the morning news. Here the article after the jump. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/tv/media-scene-blog/article26878210.html
TheRolyPoly 2580 Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Just 5 news organizations (WBTV, WSOC, WCNC, WCCB and WJZY) but on 6 commercial stations, 7 if you count the WBTV news from 7-9 am and 8-9 pm on Bounce 3.2. I agree, it's a bit much. But WCCB wasn't giving up on its news just because they lost the Fox affiliation. So its 5 organizations, 6 stations if you count TWC News North Carolina, 7 for WBTV News on Bounce TV, 8 for WSOC's Eyewitness News on WAXN. That's as equal as the amount of local news organizations we have here in South Florida (WFOR, WTVJ, WSVN, WPLG, WGEN, WLTV/WAMI, WJAN/WFUN, WSCV)
TexasTVNews 1378 Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 We have the official launch date coming from WEVV CBS (44.1) & FOX (44.2), 44News will be on the air Monday, August 3rd. https://www.facebook.com/44NewsEvansville
TheRolyPoly 2580 Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 We have the official launch date coming from WEVV CBS (44.1) & FOX (44.2), 44News will be on the air Monday, August 3rd. https://www.facebook.com/44NewsEvansville I guess the station never confirmed my report, but that's what happens. I reported this for a week now and its now confirmed. I'm so good at this. A journalistic victory for my "Changing Newscasts Blog."
Big Country News 435 Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 We have the official launch date coming from WEVV CBS (44.1) & FOX (44.2), 44News will be on the air Monday, August 3rd. https://www.facebook.com/44NewsEvansville They'll be using the KYW HotHaus package from the looks of it, and in their videos I hear Indie-Band News by Stephen Arnold.
Samantha 2902 Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 I don't like the font they use for "News" It looks like they couldn't replicate their first choice so they went with Avenir because it's installed on every Mac. I don't like the flares and Myriad look. It just...no. But the background, logo and 44 look great.
groupwfan 97 Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 WBZ should use the "4" they used from 2004-07 again instead of the WCCO "4". Axe the 2007-semi-present WBZ Blocks.
TennTV1983 807 Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 A couple of new faces at WHBQ in Memphis: - Jim Spiewak is the station's new Chief Investigative Reporter. He previously worked at WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, FL. - Brittani Dubose was recently hired as the new weekend meteorologist (replacing Wendy Nations, who left the station as of July 3rd to pursue other opportunities). Dubose recently worked at WCTV in Tallahassee, FL.
Eat News 4745 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 KGTV traffic reporter Natasha Zouves heading to KGO as weekend anchor. This according to Rich Lieberman 415 media. I personally think she is very green and the KGO staff will eat her up, and spit her out. Time for Scripps to send out another Zonie.
A3N 1002 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 KGTV traffic reporter Natasha Zouves heading to KGO as weekend anchor. This according to Rich Lieberman 415 media. I personally think she is very green and the KGO staff will eat her up, and spit her out. Time for Scripps to send out another Zonie. She's actually done pretty well at the desk. She was not given too much of a chance to fill in, but i'm sure she will improve the more she anchors. Speaking of KGTV, have they branded themselves fully as ABC 10 News now?
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