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[SFTV 484]

Betty Yu out at KPIX. 
 

FTV Live speculating she’s going to KTVU

 

Then again she has ties with the Peacock since she did work at WTVJ, I’m guessing she might go to NBC Bay Area?

 

we shall see

 

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2024/4/1/crossing-the-bay-in-san-francisco

[MD TV 165]

Earlier this month, KCRA chief meteorologist Mark Finan announced his retirement effective this summer:

 

https://www.kcra.com/article/kcra-3-chief-meterologsist-mark-finan-to-retire/60388590

 

And WBAL's Chelsea Ingram left the station for military wife reasons:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5YwSPQrwHY/?hl=en

[tyrannical bastard 3458]

Another huge departure at WEWS.

 

 Joe Pagonakis is leaving on April 29th after 30 years on air, many as their "troubleshooter" reporter. 

 

He even began his career there in the 1980s behind the scenes and later worked roles in Youngstown and Fort Wayne before returning to WEWS in 1993.

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Xhq6bKC9iQemvdi1/?mibextid=oFDknk

Edited April 19 by tyrannical bastard

[mrschimpf 2058]

It's going to be stuck in appeal purgatory for quite awhile (and of course...2025 and a certain result can toss it completely), but the FTC has now voted to nullify all non-competes.

[Breaking News 802]

WNYW Fox 5 News Director Byron Harmon is leaving at the end of April.

 

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2024/4/21/nd-out-in-nyc

[ScottSchell 268]

KTUL has their new Chief Meteorologist after Chris Nunley’s departure Kevin Coskren formerly from WRDW/WAGT he will start this week.

Edited April 23 by ScottSchell

[tyrannical bastard 3458]

Two big departures from Alabama's 33/40

 

Stephen Quinn has left the station after the past 8 years, spending the last 2 1/2 years as a lead anchor.

 

https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2024/04/abc-3340-anchor-stephen-quinn-announces-final-newscast-at-birmingham-tv-station.html

 

And now, longtime anchor Pam Huff has announced her retirement...

 

https://www.abc3340.com/news/local/pam-huff-announces-retirement-abc-3340-news-birmingham-veteran-anchor-big-announcement-james-spann-breast-cancer-survivor

 

Protect James Spann at all costs!  

[ns8401 846]

Bryan Abel is leaving WXYZ for CNN Newssource… he was their 5pm anchor. 
 

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/television/2024/04/30/brian-abel-is-leaving-wxyz-tv-detroit-for-cnn/73518574007/

[jerseyfla 196]

Sports Anchor Dave Holmes who left WBNS in Columbus after 9 years at the station has moved across town to WSYX to be the Sports Director there.

 

https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/dave-holmes-joins-abc-6-news-sports-director?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3q6yudfdzbmkqXMXhwpIPufEKLjiUcxjcDj4v0N1yd-AJ93mCox8wEdVQ_aem_AccA45lAf0UwTF1nRkwzwQlBQjg3zGAoRUBivKdkuT7wWk3gY_pZb5FN0k2SuDz4fQkbp0HHarJmv4bHjoWMrks0

 

Edited Thursday at 05:19 PM by jerseyfla
Grammar

[T.L. Hughes 750]

Weigel is launching another diginet, MeTV Toons, on June 25. Pretty much an outgrowth of MeTV's existing Monday-Saturday cartoon blocks (Toon In with Me and Saturday Morning Cartoons) and a broadcast equivalent of Boomerang (both its original all-classic cartoon format and its current daytime-only classic block), it will feature shows and shorts like Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Popeye, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Woody Woodpecker, Casper, Betty Boop, and Speed Racer.

 

Bob Bergen, the voice behind various Looney Tunes characters (like Porky Pig, Tweety and Marvin the Martian), will be the announcer for the network.

[SDHIll1980 5]

30 minutes ago, T.L. Hughes said:

Weigel is launching another diginet, MeTV Toons, on June 25. Pretty much an outgrowth of MeTV's existing Monday-Saturday cartoon blocks (Toon In with Me and Saturday Morning Cartoons) and a broadcast equivalent of Boomerang (both its original all-classic cartoon format and its current daytime-only classic block), it will feature shows and shorts like Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Popeye, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Woody Woodpecker, Casper, Betty Boop, and Speed Racer.

 

Bob Bergen, the voice behind various Looney Tunes characters (like Porky Pig, Tweety and Marvin the Martian), will be the announcer for the network.

 

It'll be the first time since the demise of Qubo in 2021 that we've had a over-the-air digital network largely dedicated to cartoons.  However, the only difference is that MeTV Toons will feature shows that many of us of a certain age remember fondly, as opposed to a channel that featured mainly Canadian content and cheaply-produced domestic animation.

 

Also because Warner Bros. Discovery is also involved, this new network will access to a lot of content, between the original Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera studios.