JCB4TV 347 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Today is a bittersweet day in Oklahoma as KFOR dedicates studio to longtime anchor Linda Cavanaugh - http://kfor.com/2017/12/15/kfor-dedicates-studio-to-longtime-anchor-linda-cavanaugh/ Linda Cavanaugh is retiring today after 40 years at KFOR, which was known as KTVY when she started. I put it here in Out an About as I was not sure whether this should be a new thread or. Also, she is leaving with KFOR's ownership, and possibly NBC affailiation, uncertain going into 2018, it's currently a Tribune station. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3292 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Today is a bittersweet day in Oklahoma as KFOR dedicates studio to longtime anchor Linda Cavanaugh - http://kfor.com/2017/12/15/kfor-dedicates-studio-to-longtime-anchor-linda-cavanaugh/ Linda Cavanaugh is retiring today after 40 years at KFOR, which was known as KTVY when she started. I put it here in Out an About as I was not sure whether this should be a new thread or. Also, she is leaving with KFOR's ownership, and possibly NBC affailiation, uncertain going into 2018, it's currently a Tribune station. Out and About is the perfect thread to put it in. We don't need threads for every anchor retirement. And we don't need to type like this either. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 347 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Out and About is the perfect thread to put it in. We don't need threads for every anchor retirement. And we don't need to type like this either. Sorry about the font, I copied and pasted from their website, I've fixed it. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 http://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/tv/warm-tv-blog/article189736909.html Good lord, yet another departure at WRAL, this time weekend morning co-anchor Gina Benitez is leaving in March. So that makes Lynda Loveland, David Crabtree, Nate Johnson, Bill Leslie, Julia Sims (née Lewis), and now Gina who are all leaving or retiring within the next year or so. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 347 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Here it is, screenshots of Linda Cavanaugh's final newscast at KFOR. You can watch LInda's final thought here - http://kfor.com/2017/12/15/linda-cavanaugh-says-goodbye-to-kfor-family-and-yours/ Now as Linda heads off into retirement, what's next for KFOR as the Sinclair/Tribune merger continues to unfold? Just another thought, the following KFOR on air personalities have been with the station since before the turn of the century: Tara Blume - 1991 Brian Brinkley - 1990 Galen Culver - c. 1991 Ali Meyer - 2000 Mike Morgan - 1993 Kevin Ogle - 1993 Kent Ogle - 1993 Sarah Stewart - 1999 Lance West - 1995 I do not have any reason seeing any of the following leaving KFOR anytime soon, personally, I'm just hoping that they can decide their future on their terms and not those of the heavens in Hunt Valley. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 100 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 KLUJ off the air? I just saw on the FCC LMS that KLUJ has turned in its license for cancellation. Why did they do it? Are they off the air now? Is there an official statement from TBN? https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f91604cf19d01605b6939b72175&id=25076f91604cf19d01605b6939b72175&goBack=N https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=12913 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 100 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Like with all of this, cable/sat coverage is good enough, and their TV/phone app is more than acceptable now. They cheaped out on their digital transmitters and they're paying for it now; Ion can run five signals and an HD easily. TBN can barely fit five subs on their multiplexers, and upgrades aren't coming to them. Maybe the Crouches should have put off that eighth house and fourth jet purchase in the mid-2000s. RabbitEars is saying at least one TBN station has gone HD, can't remember which one. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country News 435 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Freelancer Television Broadcasting, Inc. has finished its purchase of WLLZ-LP Cedar, MI. It was announced today that FTB would be changing WLLZ's call sign to... WXII-LP Todo, I don't think we're in Greensboro, High Point, or Winston-Salem anymore. Hello everyone, We just received word from the FCC that they have granted our request to change the call sign of WLLZ-LP to WXII-LP. The change is effective this Thursday (December 21, 2017); please update your records accordingly! Aside from the call sign, nothing else about the station has changed - the program schedules, coverage area and COZI/MyNetworkTV affiliations remain the same as they’ve been in the past. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2360 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Freelancer Television Broadcasting, Inc. has finished its purchase of WLLZ-LP Cedar, MI. It was announced today that FTB would be changing WLLZ's call sign to... WXII-LP Todo, I don't think we're in Greensboro, High Point, or Winston-Salem anymore. Oh great. WXII in the Piedmont Triad, WXII in Northern Michigan. How fun. What did northern Michigan's WXII call sign mean? 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country News 435 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Oh great. WXII in the Piedmont Triad, WXII in Northern Michigan. How fun. What did northern Michigan's WXII call sign mean? WLLZ is also Channel 12 (XII is the roman numeral for 12) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=878306638997667 Wow, Tony Perkins reunited with his old radio buddy, the great Donnie Simpson. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1512 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 WLLZ is also Channel 12 (XII is the roman numeral for 12) Is that even legal? Could Hearst sue them for trademark laws? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 437 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 if it gets approved by the fcc..nope 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 801 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Is that even legal? Could Hearst sue them for trademark laws? They could file an objection on behalf of one of their stations in response. Where it goes from there is anyone's guess. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1915 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 I'm sitting here scratching my head as to why they'd change the callsign to begin with (who cares??) and why Eric (who's clearly a huge TV news nerd) would try to grab the -LD variant of an existing -TV. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 WRC’s morning newscast is coming from the newsroom. Is it normal for the 4AM half hour to come from there or are they likely getting the LED video walls? 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 This is normal. They anchor from the newsroom just for the 4am half-hour. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadcastfan9751 140 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Is that even legal? Could Hearst sue them for trademark laws? They could. For example, a few years ago CBS went after a radio station with the callsign WWBZ and referred to itself as "WBZ" on air. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 This is normal. They anchor from the newsroom just for the 4am half-hour. Thanks. I guess the crew, staff aren’t there or it’s some union issue. It looks like there have been no live reports. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Thanks. I guess the crew, staff aren’t there or it’s some union issue. It looks like there have been no live reports. Most your morning crews show up in the 3:30-4am range for live hits beginning at 5am. 99.9% of the stations in the US do not staff camera/reporters after midnight till 3:30a. There are a few exceptions such as KGTV and KFMB in San Diego which staff cameras overnight. Otherwise it's the stringers...which can be a major pain in the ass for morning show producers with constant annoying calls about selling dumpster fires and senseless drunk driving crashes....all while copping major attitude if you "pass" on the crappy shaky video. Here's to the morning show producers who have the most thankless job in the world. God bless you guys and Merry Christmas...if that's how you roll. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bsean 149 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Robert Santos has surfaced at KNSD... Didn't realize he wasn't at KGTV, though it makes sense. Probably freelance. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLETVFan 367 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Recent troubles at WBNX http://www.wkyc.com/mobile/article/news/local/summit-county/akron-televangelist-ernest-angley-facing-foreclosure-on-network-facility/95-500468512 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
n925tv 143 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Robert Santos has surfaced at KNSD... Didn't realize he wasn't at KGTV, though it makes sense. Probably freelance. He's been on KNSD for more than a month now. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1299 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Recent troubles at WBNX http://www.wkyc.com/mobile/article/news/local/summit-county/akron-televangelist-ernest-angley-facing-foreclosure-on-network-facility/95-500468512 Say hello to either Gannett, Scripps, Sinclair, or even Fox handing Angley a Brinks truck of cash! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 Sad news out of the Twin Cities. Former WCCO Sports Anchor Ralph Jon Fritz (R. J.) past away last week after a long battle of cancer. RJ Fritz was 78 years old. Thoughts and prayers goes out for RJ's family and to his friends a colleagues at 'CCO. http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/12/06/rj-fritz-dies/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/262/#findComment-191965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now