In Memoriam

[Georgie56 3324]

RIP. This is a sad day in NOLA.

[Oliverolang 41]

Very sad to hear.

Edited August 17, 2019 by Oliverolang

[PelicanGuy 117]

Yes, this is terrible news. Nancy was beloved in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas. I remember her from her WAFB days, too...even met her at the SWAC basketball tournament back in the mid-1990s when the tournament was held at the Baton Rouge Centroplex. She was a very down-to-earth person...very nice.

 

My condolences to her husband Glynn Boyd, their kids and their extended family.

Edited August 18, 2019 by PelicanGuy

[Chris Hadley 129]

57 minutes ago, PelicanGuy said:

Yes, this is terrible news. Nancy was beloved in the New Orleans area. I remember her from her WAFB days, too...even met her at the SWAC basketball tournament back in the mid-1990s when the tournament was held at the Baton Rouge Centroplex. She was a very down-to-earth person...very nice.

 

My condolences to her husband Glynn Boyd, their kids and their extended family.

 

Absolutely shocked. Very sad to hear this. Sending my condolences to Glynn, Nancy's family, friends and colleagues.

[justin2kx 240]

Here's the exact breaking report from FOX 8 last night on the death of Nancy Parker i've uploaded.

 

Edited August 17, 2019 by justin2kx

[PelicanGuy 117]

"The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate" has a somber story about what happened behind the scenes at WVUE when Nancy Parker died in the plane crash Friday.

[Nelson R. 569]

3 hours ago, PelicanGuy said:

"The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate" has a somber story about what happened behind the scenes at WVUE when Nancy Parker died in the plane crash Friday.

Thoughts and prayers go out to everyone!

[TheRolyPoly 2580]

Former WMC anchor Donna Davis, who Joe Birch anchored with for eight years, has passed away.

 

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2019/08/26/former-wmc-anchor-donna-davis-dies/

[Breaking News 839]

Former WZZM anchor Lee Van Ameyde has passed away at 66.

 

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/life/people/remembering-lee-van-ameyde/69-b54ccdc9-1d01-48e0-820e-498fca7e241d

 

https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/former-wzzm-anchor-lee-van-ameyde-dies-at-66/

 

https://wwmt.com/news/local/longtime-west-michigan-journalist-lee-van-ameyde-dies-at-66

[GoldenShine9 1514]

2 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

Okay... getting off-topic with WKYC's new logo hatred. I feel that way too but I'm going back on-topic.

 

Calvin Sneed retired from WTVC in 2016 but is coming back and temporarily stepping away from retirement to join WRCB but in a temporary fill-in basis to help the station after anchor LaTrice Currie suffered a medical emergency in late August.

 

https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/41034687/calvin-sneed-to-fill-in-for-latrice-currie

 

Meanwhile, WDBJ 7 is running under low-power because they're under a new frequency and are trying to upgrade their tower and antenna, but county gov. is preventing them from doing so. It may not be until late October or early November when WDBJ is on full-power.

 

https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/WDBJ7-temporarily-operating-at-low-power-until-building-permit-approved-for-tower-and-antenna-560135321.html

 

Finally, KSTP is adding another hour of local midday news at noon over on KSTC starting next week. Matt Belanger and Leah McLean will anchor.

 

https://kstp.com/news/5-eyewitness-news-announces-new-midday-anchor-team-additional-hour-of-news/5489240/

 

Also, KGBT meteorologist Alex Herbst passed away yesterday at age 26. Cause is unknown but some have suspected suicide.

 

https://valleycentral.com/news/local/cbs-4-meteorologist-alex-herbst-dies-at-26

[MorningNews 1493]

ABC News commentator and anchor Cokie Roberts has died.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/legendary-journalist-political-commentator-cokie-roberts-dies-75/story?id=65633507

 

Edited September 17, 2019 by 24994J
Added link to post

[WAVY 10 Fan 233]

And off the heels of the loss of Cokie Roberts, it's being reported that former NBC and ABC correspondent Sander Vanocur has passed away at 91.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/veteran-television-newsman-sander-vanocur-dies-91-65675917

 

Among the things Sander was known for would include being a panelist on the first Kennedy-Nixon debate and being the last surviving member of the "Four Horsemen", as NBC used to call their 1960s convention floor quartet of Vanocur, Frank McGee, John Chancellor and Edwin Newman.

[TheRob 938]

Wendy Chioji died this week.

 

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/tv-guy/os-et-wendy-chioji-dies-20191008-xl7cigregzavlgbf4tqdnbyw2a-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0DfZqDVR1VfLUMyiQ64dLETnCGE61sxSmoyx8vnqP-hckolQzIDtYFhks

 

 

[Morphtato 43]

Sad news out of WHTM abc27 tonight. (forwarding from the discord)

 

[Morphtato 43]

21 hours ago, Morphtato said:

Sad news out of WHTM abc27 tonight. (forwarding from the discord)

 

Sadly Gregg has passed away. (from discord) https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/11/longtime-abc27-sportscaster-gregg-mace-dead.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=pennlive_sf

[Info Junkie 1286]

Albany, NY just lost a broadcast news legend today. Ed Dague, longtime WNYT and WRGB anchor, has passed away at the age of 76. 

Ed Dague, longtime WNYT anchor, has died

https://wnyt.com/news/ed-dague-former-wnyt-anchor-has-died-/5562128/?cat=10114

 

(Via WNYT.com)

Edited November 24, 2019 by Info Junkie

[Jared DiCarlo 53]

4 hours ago, Info Junkie said:

Albany, NY just lost a broadcast news legend today. Ed Dague, longtime WNYT and WRGB anchor, has passed away at the age of 76. 

Ed Dague, longtime WNYT anchor, has died

https://wnyt.com/news/ed-dague-former-wnyt-anchor-has-died-/5562128/?cat=10114

 

(Via WNYT.com)

There goes another part of my childhood.

[TexasTVNews 1378]

It's now been a very sad weekend with the loss of two good news and sports legends; WNYT's Ed Dague and WHTM's Gregg Mace. They'll forever be called dedicated and trustworthy

broadcasters in their own prime. Mace was Central Pennsylvania's popular sports director/anchor/reporter when it comes to Central PA's sports of all sorts for over 40 years. 

 

And Dague is the Capital Region's most trusted news anchor and reporter. From the halls of justice to everyday people in Albany, NY, breaking news, good news; Dague made a true

difference in his  50+ years in to journalism.

 

They'll never be another Gregg Mace and Ed Dague... They're forever and always legends in their prime. Mace and Dague are Central PA and Capital Region institutions, and they'll

never be forgotten.

 

Thoughts, prayers, and condolences are with the families of Ed Dague and Gregg Mace.

RIP, Gregg and Edward... and Godspeed.

[TheRyan 560]

9 hours ago, TexasTVNews said:

It's now been a very sad weekend with the loss of two good news and sports legends; WNYT's Ed Dague and WHTM's Gregg Mace. They'll forever be called dedicated and trustworthy

broadcasters in their own prime. Mace was Central Pennsylvania's popular sports director/anchor/reporter when it comes to Central PA's sports of all sorts for over 40 years. 

 

And Dague is the Capital Region's most trusted news anchor and reporter. From the halls of justice to everyday people in Albany, NY, breaking news, good news; Dague made a true

difference in his  50+ years in to journalism.

 

They'll never be another Gregg Mace and Ed Dague... They're forever and always legends in their prime. Mace and Dague are Central PA and Capital Region institutions, and they'll

never be forgotten.

 

Thoughts, prayers, and condolences are with the families of Ed Dague and Gregg Mace.

RIP, Gregg and Edward... and Godspeed.

 

It's sad enough when one broadcasting legend passes, but to have two in a short time...That's even sadder.

Edited November 25, 2019 by TheRyan

[tyrannical bastard 4033]

Some sad news out of Cincinnati, as Elliott Block, the owner of "WKRP" has passed away.

 

https://www.wvxu.org/post/wkrp-tv-station-owner-elliott-block-dies-71#stream/0

 

WBQC-LD has been known as "WKRP" for the last decade, capitalizing on the infamous sitcom about the easy listening station turned rock and roll.   It was the original home of the WB, and switched to UPN after Sinclair dropped that network in favor of the WB.   When the CW was launched, WKRC added it as a subchannel and WBQC returned to independence.

 

It was always a station that tested their limits with coverage, launching a campaign to get a slot on Time Warner Cable, long before the retransmission boxing matches we have today.   When DirecTV picked them up as a UPN affiliate, they did a parody of the Verizon "can you hear me now" commercial, using a guy and a satellite dish asking "can you see me now?"

 

Even as an independent, it has been a repository of subchannels, with RTN replacing regular programming on the main channel in 2011.   I don't know what the future holds for the station, unless he established a trust or heirs to run it.

 

Up in Cleveland, W16DO, formerly W35AX was sold by Media-Com television to HC2 Holdings.  Media-Com (the Klaus Family) still owns WNIR-FM, one of the longest running FM talk stations in the nation.

[TheRob 938]

Don Imus died today at age 79.

 

[TheRob 938]

Sports reporter Carley McCord died in today's plane crash in Lafayette, La. She freelanced for ESPN and WDSU.

 

https://www.wdsu.com/article/carley-mccord-a-member-of-wdsus-sports-team-dies-in-plane-crash/30351254

Edited December 28, 2019 by TheRob

[NowBergen 698]

43 minutes ago, TheRob said:

Sports reporter Carley McCord died in today's plane crash in Lafayette, La. She freelanced for ESPN and WDSU.

 

https://www.wdsu.com/article/carley-mccord-a-member-of-wdsus-sports-team-dies-in-plane-crash/30351254

 

She was also the daughter in law of the LSU offensive coordinator.  

[TheRolyPoly 2580]

This doesn't involve New Orleans or a plane crash, but still very sad nonetheless... WAFF 48 reporter Allen Stroud has passed away after a year-long battle with Stage IV lung cancer.

 

https://www.waff.com/2019/12/29/waff-reporter-allen-stroud-passes-away-following-fight-with-cancer/

Edited December 30, 2019 by TheRolyPoly

[Chase29 18]

Some sad news on this Saturday.  Heidi McGuire former reporter for KUSA in Denver  has passed away yesterday after battling brain cancer. Heidi left KUSA in 2012.