hmaxhanson 650 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Apparently WGCL is not ready to give up on news just yet. In 2 weeks, they will launch a 9pm newscast for now full sister station WPCH. And knowing the struggles GCL has had over the years, the new WPCH newscast will be the highest rated of all of 46's newscasts. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/cbs46-launches-9pm-newscast/194914 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1232 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Sounds like there's a secret purge happening at KGBT. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/kgbt-anchors-missing-from-social-media/194942 According to the commenter on the article they kept cutting away from CBS coverage of the Vegas shooting to go to other programming. Also apparently their tag outs reference a convenience store? 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 354 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 New main anchor at KXAN, the Nexstar station in Austin. She comes from WKRC in Cincy ... http://tvradio.blog.austin360.com/2017/10/03/kxan-names-new-weeknight-anchor/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1513 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Sounds like there's a secret purge happening at KGBT. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/kgbt-anchors-missing-from-social-media/194942 According to the commenter on the article they kept cutting away from CBS coverage of the Vegas shooting to go to other programming. Also apparently their tag outs reference a convenience store? Don't they get creamed by KRGV in the ratings anyway? 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 354 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Don't they get creamed by KRGV in the ratings anyway? Yes. Have been for years. They even stole Eddie Flores from KRGV hoping for a boost. Clearly it didn't work. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 354 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Sounds like there's a secret purge happening at KGBT. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/kgbt-anchors-missing-from-social-media/194942 According to the commenter on the article they kept cutting away from CBS coverage of the Vegas shooting to go to other programming. Also apparently their tag outs reference a convenience store? The tagouts are clumsy. They reference their website, ValleyCentral.com. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 The tagouts are clumsy. They reference their website, ValleyCentral.com. With a domain name like that, it almost has to be Nexstar! Except it isn't. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1572731756130351 Longtime WRAL morning/noon co-anchor Bill Leslie will retire on June 30th, 2018. David Crabtree also said recently that he'll be retiring at the end of 2018. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1572731756130351 Longtime WRAL morning/noon co-anchor Bill Leslie will retire on June 30th, 2018. David Crabtree also said recently that he'll be retiring at the end of 2018. Two very big shoes to fill at WRAL. It won't be the same after 2018, that's for sure. When you lose big news anchors like Bill Leslie and David Crabtree who have personified WRAL News for decades, its like Charlie Gaddy and Larry Stonger... its hard to swallow and they're irreplaceable once they leave. Truly irreplaceable. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Two very big shoes to fill at WRAL. It won't be the same after 2018, that's for sure. When you lose big news anchors like Bill Leslie and David Crabtree who have personified WRAL News for decades, its like Charlie Gaddy and Larry Stonger... its hard to swallow and they're irreplaceable once they leave. Truly irreplaceable. In the next 5-10 years, I honestly won't be surprised if Greg Fishel decides to call it a career. How can you "replace" a guy like the Fish? Granted I think someone like Mike Maze or Elizabeth Gardner would be promoted, but still... it's crazy. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sctvhound 27 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Local TV station WCBD had no morning or midday news on Thursday. Because a guy cut their internet and telephone lines. He has been arrested. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/summerville-man-arrested-accused-of-cutting-internet-and-phone-lines/article_4848d30a-aac6-11e7-923b-cf27d445f5d1.html Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Info Junkie 1286 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 As for WRAL, I'd say Gerald Owens would be the best pick for Crabtree, don't know about Bill Leslie though... 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanGuy 117 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 The following stations have switched to continuous coverage of Hurricane Nate as of today. * WKRG * WPMI * WLOX * WDSU * WWL/WUPL * WVUE * WGNO Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg41386 132 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Also WALA. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius22 122 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 KCRA may FULLY roll out the new logo update by next year. just new font. currently its only been teased in the newsroom and in Promos for syndicated programming. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 As for WRAL, I'd say Gerald Owens would be the best pick for Crabtree, don't know about Bill Leslie though... I'd honestly like to see Ken Smith get to take Bill Leslie's spot in the morning. He's been the weekend evening co-anchor for ages it seems, incredibly good reporter, and very well liked among the viewers. Regardless of who is picked though, I'm sure Capitol Broadcasting has enough common sense to promote within and not hire from the outside, unless they were able to snag someone from WTVD or WNCN. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-185960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 A new television station has launched in Delmarva and it happened last week. Introducing... Telemundo Delmarva. WBOC-LD 42.1 / Georgetown, Del. - Salisbury, Md. http://www.wboc.com/story/36476874/new-tv-station-for-delmarva-wboc-to-launch-a-telemundo-affiliate Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-186009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius22 122 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 KTXL changed their Bug to Pink for Kaiser Permanente's Pink Week. (Breast Cancer Prevention) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-186122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 On Monday, WUSF-TV 16 will become WEDQ 16 and become a part of WEDU. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-186151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Tom Green, KWGN's longtime morning anchor and KUSA's sports anchor of a bygone era, has been hired to anchor the 4 and 5pm news on KUSA according to his Twitter. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-186292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 I don't know eat, better to be a WIMP than a KUNT... Well, maybe in this business, it might not be such a bad thing... ...Not if the Chief Engineer is also a Gyno... That's the best I could come(sic) up with. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-186301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickp 337 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Tom Green, KWGN's longtime morning anchor and KUSA's sports anchor of a bygone era, has been hired to anchor the 4 and 5pm news on KUSA according to his Twitter. “I always figured I’d return to 9NEWS at some point,” Green told KUSA “It’s where I started my career in Colorado and has always felt like home.” Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-186306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 43 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 KDKA-TV 2's morning traffic reporter Sarah Arbogast has left the station. Celina Pompeani has joined the station as traffic reporter. She is the youngest of evening sports anchor Bob Pompeani's two daughters. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-186326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
east-tx-tv 121 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 After 34 years in TV, Clint Yeatts has called it a day. He spent many years in the Tyler-Longview market; much of them at KLTV, but more recently co-anchoring the morning news on KYTX. His last broadcast was this morning. He has accepted a position with a Tyler accounting firm, and will still do shows for 2 Tyler area radio stations. http://www.cbs19.tv/mobile/article/news/local/clint-yeatts-signs-off-the-air-after-34-years/483060220 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-186361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
memnews 36 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 More changes at WMC Memphis: Meteorologist Andrew Kozak has seemed to indicate that he will be leaving the station by the end of the month. ... Elsewhere, anchor Kendall Kirkham, who was also moved to weekends recently (from the weekday morning show)...posted on Facebook that she hopes to have more news in the future as well. A couple of updates here - Kozak did indeed leave WMC at the close of September (as has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread), which he suggested was due to a contract dispute. He will be freelancing at KVUE in Austin beginning next week, but continues to call Memphis home for now. Kirkham, meanwhile, has announced that she will be joining WTSP in Tampa for "Great Day Tampa Bay" beginning in November. Many viewers have been commenting that WMC has made some major mistakes in losing these talents. Whether it is his fault or not, I've also noticed that many others are pinning the blame on the station's new GM (as of August) Jonathan Mitchell. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/254/#findComment-186382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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