News4LA 0 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/08/those_ohlman_rumors_were.php#more Micah Ohlman and Victoria Recano will join the team in September to anchor KTLA News at 6:30 and KTLA News at 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first on fox 18 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Wow, who are they replacing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
News4LA 0 Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 Wow' date=' who are they replacing?[/quote'] Lelia Feinstein & Jason Martinez. Jason Martinez just recently replaced Emmett Miller who went back to the early morning shift on KTLA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1place4news 5 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Wow' date=' who are they replacing?[/quote'] Jason Martinez, who was only recently promoted to the anchor spot two or three weeks ago, and Leila Feinstein, who's been there for a few years and among other things was Hal Fishman's last co-anchor. What a shame. Jason and Leila had such a great chemistry on the desk that sparked the first time they anchored together. Both are solid anchors who bring great energy each night. This is the one anchor pairing that seemed to really work and they look like they genuinly like each other (on camera, anyway). Emmit Miller and Leila never seemed to gel, so I for one thought bringing Jason on was an excellent move. Always been a Micah Ohlman fan and thought for sure he'd get hired at 5 when he left KABC, but to be paired with Leila. I'm skeptical of the Recano hiring, but will reserve judgment for when they are actually on air. Even still, I wish KTLA would have stuck it out with Jason and Leila, because I think they are one of the better anchor teams in the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 996 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Jason will probably end up being the 1pm anchor, he has been filling in for Frank Buckley for several days. The question is, who else will anchor the 1pm newscast, Asha Blake or Leila Feinstein? Also, I must say that Brandon Rudat and Lu Parker do work pretty well for KTLA on the weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
News4LA 0 Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 I think Brandon is just filling in for Cher Calvin. According to Cher's twitter page, she is in Manila on vacation. She'll be back in September. Although it doesn't say she will still be weekend anchor. http://twitter.com/chercalvin But I do agree Brandon an Lu work well together on weekends. KTLA has a list of the anchor & reporters twitter pages here: http://www.ktla.com/community/twitter/ Oh just a thought, I wonder if KTLA will ever fill the sports anchor position. They never did fill that position when Damon Andrews left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalItalian2 163 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Oh just a thought, I wonder if KTLA will ever fill the sports anchor position. They never did fill that position when Damon Andrews left.Fox 11 never filled Rick Garcia's position when he left to anchor at KCAL (and is quite often a fill-in anchor at KCBS now) so I see no reason to have a sports anchor anymore. It certainly doesn't help KCAL at 10 PM in the ratings where they devote so much time to sports. Micah Ohlman can do the sports just as Carlos Amezcua does on KTTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliwxdude 252 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Well, the whole Micah Ohlman to KTLA was one of the worst-kept secrets in Los Angeles TV news that we've seen in a while. Ohlman is a solid anchor and should have been in the weekday chair by now anyway. I had my money on him landing at KNBC due to his Paul Moyer connection, but this makes sense as well. As for Victoria Recaño, it's good to see she's getting out of the trashy "The Insider" and back into news. Is anyone here old enough to remember Recaño anchoring ZDTV News and later TechTV's TechLive? It's interesting how KTLA has become somewhat of a haven for former ZDTV/TechTV talent... first Michaela Pereira, and now Recaño. And I'm still trying to figure out how Leila Feinstein can go from being a second-rate reporter on fifth-rate KRON to being a primary anchor in the nation's second-largest market. Confusing to say the least... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbhcity 3 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 These are good hires, but hopefully this is a team that will last. Unfortunately Emmett Miller and Leila Feinstein were just not ready for primetime, they are more of a morning news type of team and it made sense that Emmett went back to mornings, ditto for Jason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan of la tv 47 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 To me it sounds like Jason Martinez was never intended as KTLA's permanent anchor for the 6:30 and 10 PM news. I think KTLA already knew they wanted to move Miller back to mornings permanently so they decided to do it early. In the meantime Jason Martinez was selected as the interim anchor. My hunches were correct. I must say that I actually like Jason and he will probably be the " primary fill-in" anchor when Micah is out. I hope they put Jason somewhere. Maybe take Lu out of weekends and pair him up with Cher. I think they make a good team. I am surprised they are hiring a female anchor as well. Do you all think this change will benefit KTLA and is another step in the right direction. Since Don Corsini has joined, theyve expanded newscasts and hired additional news anchors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan of la tv 47 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I guess I was right on the money. In a memo from Don Corsini and Jason Ball posted at LA Observed (http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/08/leila_and_jason_land_at_k.php), Jason Martinez will now anchor the weekend editions of KTLA News with Cher Calvin. I really like this duo together. Also, they announced that Lelia Feinstein will now do health stories that will appear daily on each newscast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
News4LA 0 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Promo showing Micah & Recano meeting. also " News Flipper" promo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 157 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Finally, KTLA is starting to turn things around. Now they have the #1 morning news and now they could starting to have the fastest-growing evening news eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogusabc7breakingnews 49 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Did anyone notice the first link, at the end of the promo w/ the two anchors, the graphic says ktla news at 6p and 10p starting 9/14...so no more news @ 6:30? sounds kinda lame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 157 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 No, they will both be anchoring the 6:30 news too. It will be a full hour at 6pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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