memnews 36 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Jeni DiPrizio has left WATN after working for 21 of its news operation's 26 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSC1980 111 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) As the result WJLP is now in Weigel's hands, Jersey Matters with Larry Mendte aired last episodes on New Years Day, the NJNN's Facebook and Twitter become silent since January 5. Maybe WJLP will clear MeTV schedule after all..... Edited January 17, 2022 by LTSC1980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 548 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 10 minutes ago, LTSC1980 said: As the result WJLP is now in Weigel's hands, Jersey Matters with Larry Mendte aired last episodes on New Years Day, the NJNN's Facebook and Twitter become silent since January 5. Maybe WJLP will clear MeTV schedule after all..... There was an article in the paper last week. Weigel has replaced the Larry Mendte show with another Jersey based show and states it will continue to expand its news presence, on air and online but not maintaining what Press Communications built. Since Weigel owns MeTV, I would expect most of the schedule is cleared. I read the article in the Record, but it is actually an Asbury Park Press story, a sister Gatehouse dba Gannett paper. https://www.app.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2022/01/12/metv-owner-drops-jersey-matters-launches-new-jersey-politics/9156591002/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1946 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Variety states that former ABC News & MSNBC anchor Kendis Gibson will be the new morning & noon anchor at WFOR, the CBS O&O in Miami. No word on when he'll start this new endeavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1255 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Kelly Ogle is transitioning to a new role at News 9. His last newscast will be tomorrow night and then after that he'll be doing occaisional "Special Reports" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2214 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 From WSAZ this evening; presented without comment outside I hope she is OK once the adrenaline wears off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyWatch 238 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I'm surprised they kept her up for as long as they did. I know it's the top of the newscast and a main story they're covering, but they couldn't shift to the next report and give her time to regroup and then come back to her? Also that accent of hers had me feeling like I was back home and I had to look her up. Sure enough, Tori Yorgey is a Philly-area native. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 922 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Don't send one-man-band reporters out to do live shots at night on the side of the road-- ever. I don't care if the director was slow in cutting the shot or if the anchor can't see the on-air monitor or if the reporter didn't have a vest. You can't send reporters alone for nighttime live shots, especially on the side of the road. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 280 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, PhillyWatch said: I'm surprised they kept her up for as long as they did. I know it's the top of the newscast and a main story they're covering, but they couldn't shift to the next report and give her time to regroup and then come back to her? Also that accent of hers had me feeling like I was back home and I had to look her up. Sure enough, Tori Yorgey is a Philly-area native. Tori is headed to Hearst Station WTAE in Pittsburgh on Feb 1st, a station who always has photographers with their reporters. BTW, she should sue WSAZ and Gray for this. https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2022/01/12/tori-yorgey-wtae-tv-reporter-penn-state-philadelphia/stories/202201120128 Edited January 20, 2022 by Kenneth Kissel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 922 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 548 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 15 hours ago, TheRob said: Don't send one-man-band reporters out to do live shots at night on the side of the road-- ever. I don't care if the director was slow in cutting the shot or if the anchor can't see the on-air monitor or if the reporter didn't have a vest. You can't send reporters alone for nighttime live shots, especially on the side of the road. Yeah...that was stupid. I hope the idiot who thought of that got cut. Absolutely stupid and dangerous. Glad she's still alive 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Yankees4life said: Yeah...that was stupid. I hope the idiot who thought of that got cut. Absolutely stupid and dangerous. Glad she's still alive Trust me, the fact that she was sent to do her live shot alone doesn't really fall on anyone at the station. It all comes from higher ups who demand fat profit margins on a shoestring budget in an era of declining ad revenue. And manpower is always the easiest thing to cut. This is pretty standard across companies like Gray, Nexstar, etc. especially in smaller markets. And while this has restarted the conversation, nothing is going to change. Hilton Howell or Pat LaPlatney are not going out at night doing their own live shots so they do not care. And unfortunately, people are going to forget about this rather quickly. It's not like the industry learned from the death of Adam Ward and Alison Parker, right? And then the industry wonders why there's a "Great Resignation"... Edited January 21, 2022 by sanewsguy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfnc07 0 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Monica Lalibertie is leaving WRAL to take a job within Capitol Broadcasting corporate: https://www.wral.com/wral-news-announces-changes-for-award-winning-5-on-your-side-team/20085991/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodfreyGR 561 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Liz Collin has left WCCO after 14 years. The STrib sums it up pretty thoroughly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 345 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 5 hours ago, GodfreyGR said: Liz Collin has left WCCO after 14 years. The STrib sums it up pretty thoroughly. Guess they waited till contract renewal time to avoid a potential lawsuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1540 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 9 hours ago, GodfreyGR said: Liz Collin has left WCCO after 14 years. The STrib sums it up pretty thoroughly. I suppose she could stay in the business with her husband quitting his job, but that still feels like a really uncomfortable situation. I have in the past and currently work with on-air personalities with spouses in law enforcement (and even I've at least gone on a date or two with a cop, not that it ended well), but the wife of the police chief union during George Floyd seems like a pretty hard sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 169 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 KTVT the CBS O&O in the DFW announced some changes to its anchor lineup. Karen Borta moves from anchoring early mornings to anchoring the 4 pm with Ken Molestina. She will continue to anchor the 11am newscast. Brooke Katz who currently anchors the 4 pm show and sports anchor/Reporter Keith Russell move to the anchor the early morning newscast. changes begin Monday. https://dfw.cbslocal.com/video/6192318-cbs-11-mornings-says-goodbye-to-karen-borta-but-she-isnt-going-far/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolinaWxGuy 25 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Looks like KSAN's Chief Meteorologist is joining WHNT replacing Alex Puckett who went to WIAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLT-DCA-ORF-PTI 86 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Former WJLA/CNN and current WRC Anchor Leon Harris was arrested after being charged with DUI: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/leon-harris-involved-in-car-crash-charged-with-dui/2955116/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 280 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) WTAE is switching up its weekday anchors in Early March. https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-janelle-hall-moves-to-mornings-on-wtae-as-part-of-shakeup/?fbclid=IwAR3ULZGoDVbizEAc_6BiilK-fXJasD2XGSNGdNY8CKynxY4XsEexehnFv84 Former 6 PM and 11 PM anchor Janelle Hall rejoins the morning team from 4:30 AM - 7 AM with Michelle Wright , Ryan Recker, Ashley Dougherty & Elena LaQuatra Noon Remains the same with Elena LaQuatra and Ashley Dougherty/Jeff Verszyla rotating 4 PM Remains the Same with Kelly Sasso, Andrew Stockey, and Jeff Verszyla 5 PM is still Shannon Perrine , Andrew Stockey and Mike Harvey 6 PM now has Kelly Sasso with Mike Clark and Mike Harvey Channel 4 did not announce who will anchor at 11 p.m. with Mike Clark but Shannon Perrine would seem like the logical fit in this reconfiguration but WTAE general manager Charles Wolfertz III offered a statement suggesting the position is open. Channel 4 also named Chandi Chapman the solo weekend evening anchor. Edited February 1, 2022 by Kenneth Kissel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1946 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 A big departure out of NOLA. Longtime WWL anchor Karen Swensen is "retiring from local news" at the end of the Febuary books period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 548 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) On 1/31/2022 at 1:04 PM, CarolinaWxGuy said: Looks like KSAN's Chief Meteorologist is joining WHNT replacing Alex Puckett who went to WIAT. A couple of transfers to another sector within the company from Nexstar there Edited February 2, 2022 by Yankees4life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 169 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Kris Gutierrez has left Houston NBC affiliate KPRC after less then 2 years. https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2022/02/kris-gutierrez-leaves-kprc-2.html?m=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1353 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 On 2/3/2022 at 11:07 AM, JoseRM303 said: Kris Gutierrez has left Houston NBC affiliate KPRC after less then 2 years. https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2022/02/kris-gutierrez-leaves-kprc-2.html?m=1 Interesting but family is most important. I hope Keith is tapped to be the replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 922 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 I'm surprised it didn't show up elsewhere, but KCTV fired its ND yesterday (first day of sweeps). Gray is bringing in someone from another Gray station starting Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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