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[TheRob 938]

Whether it's Saint Patrick's Day, New Year's Eve, or a championship sporting event, reporters hate these live shots.

 

https://twitter.com/WWLTV/status/1203495337673056256

 

Edited December 8, 2019 by TheRob

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

55 minutes ago, TheRob said:

Whether it's Saint Patrick's Day, New Year's Eve, or a championship sporting event, reporters hate these live shots.

 

https://twitter.com/WWLTV/status/1203495337673056256

 

For the sake of himself and anyone who was on the road that night, let's hope someone else drove him home last night. 

[hmaxhanson 650]

Ouch. https://deadline.com/2019/12/denise-dascenzo-obituary-wfsb-news-anchor-1202803986/

[TexasTVNews 1378]

 

Hartford, CT... Southern New England... WFSB-TV... and Channel 3 Eyewitness News will never be the same without Denise D'Ascenzo.

 

Thoughts, prayers and condolences go out to her family and to Denise's extended family at Channel 3 Eyewitness News. Denise contributions and dedication throughout

the Hardford and Southern New England area were prospectively and respectfully great. And I know many of her fans and loyal viewers are sad, heartbroken and devastated

of her unexpected death... she'll emotionally will be missed.

 

Rest in Peace, Denise... God bless you, and Godspeed.

 

  

Edited December 9, 2019 by TexasTVNews

[scrabbleship 429]

2 hours ago, hmaxhanson said:

Ouch. https://deadline.com/2019/12/denise-dascenzo-obituary-wfsb-news-anchor-1202803986/

 

Clearly Deadline forgot a lot, such as her husband of 33 years (which was why she left WJW for WFSB) and their college age daughter.

 

https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-wfsb-denise-dascenzo-dies-20191208-2lu3tjuqeve5fmt3cw4cjrasq4-story.html

[TheRyan 560]

One question I have about her that I haven't found a clear answer to:   What years did she work at WIXT?

[scrabbleship 429]

30 minutes ago, TheRyan said:

One question I have about her that I haven't found a clear answer to:   What years did she work at WIXT?

 

By process of elimination, I would guess 1980-82. If she was 61, that would've put a college graduation of 1980 and her arrival at then-WJKW was in 1982.

[TheRyan 560]

18 minutes ago, scrabbleship said:

 

By process of elimination, I would guess 1980-82. If she was 61, that would've put a college graduation of 1980 and her arrival at then-WJKW was in 1982.

 

Thank you

[news89 468]

3 hours ago, TheRyan said:

 

Thank you

 

Denise joined TV8 in late 1983 per this story in the PD. Along with some kind words from Virgil Dominic former ND/GM at TV8.

 

https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/12/former-channel-8-anchor-denise-dascenzo-dies-at-61.html

 

This was on Scott Sabol fbook fan page.

Posted in 2017.

Edited December 9, 2019 by news89

[TheRolyPoly 2592]

WFSB is reporting in a late update Sunday night...

 

Quote

"Her family believes she died of a massive heart attack."

 

That stuns me because it looks like she didn't have any massive health problems as of recently.

[scrabbleship 429]

6 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

WFSB is reporting in a late update Sunday night...

 

 

That stuns me because it looks like she didn't have any massive health problems as of recently.

 

I took the liberty of rewatching her last newscast on Saturday night after the news broke while NewsOn still had it up. She looked fine at that time which makes this even more shocking especially since if there was a family history she sure, as a health reporter, wasn't vocal about it.

6 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

WFSB is reporting in a late update Sunday night...

 

 

That stuns me because it looks like she didn't have any massive health problems as of recently.

 

I took the liberty of rewatching her last newscast on Saturday night after the news broke while NewsOn still had it up. She looked fine at that time which makes this even more shocking especially since if there was a family history she sure, as a health reporter, wasn't vocal about it.

[FiveNews 379]

Heart attacks are silent killers. She may have looked fine on the outside, but you never know what is going on inside.

[TheRyan 560]

Bill Hemmer will take over the 3pm slot on Fox News.  

 

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/9/bill-hemmer-tapped-for-shepard-smiths-slot-at-fox-/

Edited December 9, 2019 by TheRyan

[dman748 1256]

I'd be very interested to see how Hemmer does in that hour, I do wonder if he'll lead the Special Reports and Breaking News coverage for Fox or will that go to somebody else?

[24994J 5629]

8 minutes ago, oknewsguy said:

I'd be very interested to see how Hemmer does in that hour, I do wonder if he'll lead the Special Reports and Breaking News coverage for Fox or will that go to somebody else?

 

According to other reports, yes, he'll also assume those roles.

Edited December 10, 2019 by 24994J

[TheRyan 560]

I think Bill Hemmer will be a good fit.  He's good with keeping biases out of the equation in his reporting.  I think it's a job well deserved for him.

[scrabbleship 429]

6 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

RNN National (owners of WRNN-TV) is acquiring eight NRJ TV stations for $81.2M.

 

I don't know what RNN is going to do with these stations other than keeping the "Revenue Frontiers" alive. Their parent station (WRNN) run infomercials most of the day.

 

What was done to WRNN 20 years ago was just wrong. They had a great reputation in the Hudson Valley and the Frenches decided that being a miniscule fish in a tiny pond was better than being a huge fish in a smaller pond. The Hudson Valley is an odd place and if it had the signals it could easily be larger than the other sub-100 NYS markets while not costing NYC its #1 position.

 

I'm thinking these are a means to park the cash they got from selling the spectrum of WRNN. The elder French is pushing 80, his sons have spent most if not of all of their adult lives inside the family ecosystem, but who knows what economical or regulatory changes could happen. 

[AmericanErrorist 156]

The Cowles stations in Washington state and Montana were hit by a cyber attack:

 

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/dec/10/khq-tv-part-of-cyber-attack-that-hit-news-stations/

[TexasTVNews 1378]

Well, hard to believe it's been 25 years since the big network affiliation switch that took place on September 3rd to December 1994.

 

September 3, 1994...

Cleveland: WJW (CBS to FOX), WOIO (Fox to CBS)

 

September 12, 1994...

Phoenix: KPHO (Ind to CBS), KSAZ (CBS to Ind)

Kansas City: WDAF (NBC to FOX), KSHB (Fox to NBC)

 

December 11, 1994....

Detroit: WJBK (CBS to FOX), WKBD (FOX to Ind to UPN), and WGPR now WWJ (Ind to CBS).

Tampa: WTSP (ABC to CBS), WTVT (CBS to FOX) and WFTS (FOX to ABC).

Atlanta: WAGA (CBS to FOX), WATL (FOX to Ind to WB), and WGNX now WGCL (Ind to CBS).

 

December 15, 1994...

Phoenix: KTVK (ABC to Ind), KSAZ (Ind to FOX), KNXV (Fox to ABC)

 

I could be wrong on the date in Phoenix's part of the affiliation change.

 

Edited December 12, 2019 by TexasTVNews

[TheRob 938]

KSHB'S Christa Dubill is leaving at the end of the year.

 

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/41-action-news-anchor-christa-dubill-to-depart-station

[newstime 39]

On 10/9/2019 at 11:39 AM, tvtime07 said:

 

The 11pm news also is back it seems, how many times has it returned in last few years 3 or 4 times now?  I'm curious to know what the 4:30 am show is. The more pressing question is where is Aloha Taylor, she's been gone for too long. 

So what is up with the weather situation at KSWB? They have Justina Myers doing the evening weather, and she’s horrible. Aloha only seems to be on during the afternoon. 

[MidwestTV 1244]

On 12/11/2019 at 3:34 PM, TheRob said:

KSHB'S Christa Dubill is leaving at the end of the year.

 

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/41-action-news-anchor-christa-dubill-to-depart-station

 

She was one of the longer-tenured ones there. It's unfortunate, but I can't help but wonder if she felt pressured to go. She got a somewhat bad look after the Lisa Benson debacle.

[ChrisC-R 15]

So Martie Salt retired from the Big Red 9 today after 40 years at the station. 

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/orange-county/martie-salt-retires-after-40-years-keeping-central-florida-informed/VMAGU6L4CZF2NO52TOPJXXWBFM/

[noggi 604]

Not sure if this is the place for it - but if you have a few hundred dollars you can own an old sign from WESH.

[atlnewsfan03 84]

On 12/11/2019 at 1:18 PM, TexasTVNews said:

Well, hard to believe it's been 25 years since the big network affiliation switch that took place on September 3rd to December 1994.

 

September 3, 1994...

Cleveland: WJW (CBS to FOX), WOIO (Fox to CBS)

 

September 12, 1994...

Phoenix: KPHO (Ind to CBS), KSAZ (CBS to Ind)

Kansas City: WDAF (NBC to FOX), KSHB (Fox to NBC)

 

December 11, 1994....

Detroit: WJBK (CBS to FOX), WKBD (FOX to Ind to UPN), and WGPR now WWJ (Ind to CBS).

Tampa: WTSP (ABC to CBS), WTVT (CBS to FOX) and WFTS (FOX to ABC).

Atlanta: WAGA (CBS to FOX), WATL (FOX to Ind to WB), and WGNX now WGCL (Ind to CBS).

 

December 15, 1994...

Phoenix: KTVK (ABC to Ind), KSAZ (Ind to FOX), KNXV (Fox to ABC)

 

I could be wrong on the date in Phoenix's part of the affiliation change.

 

I remember the big affiliation switches of the mid 90s.  Atlanta being my home market, I remember WAGA 5 ending its then 45-year union with CBS when they took Fox away from WATL 36.  CBS got lucky in a sense in going to then WGNX 46 (now WGCL), despite the dilemma of CBS almost having nowhere to go.  Next year will also be 40th anniversary of WSB 2 and WXIA 11 swapping out ABC and NBC.