lugnuts6 91 Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 Well, that was fun! Freedom Broadcasting mothballed its lansing,Michigan ABC affiliate WLAJ's News department moments before it was to air its newscast on friday night. WWMT/WLAJ President and General manager James Lutton announced during what was a hastily produced sat fed 90 second news update based out of Kalamazoo's WWMT that it was decided to take WLAJ in a new direction with more entertainment programs: 6pm-Millionaire 6:30-ABC WORLD NEWS 10pm Married With Children (replaces ABC3NEWS at 10 on lansing's CW) 11pm Extra It was nice that the powers that be wouldnt let WLAJ have a final newscast ...(said sarcastically) My sympathies to the men and women who just lost their jobs including anchor Jessica Wheeler , what a wedding present she got... WLAJ is for all intense purposes no longer an active TV Station, and is mainly all fed out of Kalamazoo
WBREEYEWITNESSNEWS 1 Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 Sounds like up here in the good ol' S/WB Market. WYOU,for example.
jerseyfla 207 Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 I feel so sorry for those who worked at WLAJ. I hope Freedom sends these people elsewhere (unlikely). I really hope Freedom sells WPEC because they are struggling to make 2nd place against Hearst's WPBF and I really like the people at WPEC but that station seems small market compared to the 600 lb gorilla in the market WPTV.
lugnuts6 91 Posted September 27, 2009 Author Posted September 27, 2009 A little trivia , you mentioned WPEC in your response, guess what set WLAJ bought for what is now their cancelled ABC3NEWS YEP...WPEC's OLD SET!!!
TennTV1983 811 Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 A little trivia , you mentioned WPEC in your response, guess what set WLAJ bought for what is now their cancelled ABC3NEWS YEP...WPEC's OLD SET!!! So, what's gonna happen to the set now? Are they gonna trash it, or give it to another Freedom-owned station?
jerseyfla 207 Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 A little trivia , you mentioned WPEC in your response, guess what set WLAJ bought for what is now their cancelled ABC3NEWS YEP...WPEC's OLD SET!!! As far as I'm concerned WPEC is better off doing their news from the newsroom like they did in the mid 90s because their so-called "HD set" is small and looks like something off of a college campus.
lugnuts6 91 Posted September 28, 2009 Author Posted September 28, 2009 More is coming out, seems the suits from kalamazoo came in like the proverbial bulls in a china shop and told the 8 folks still working that they had 20 minutes to get their belonging and leave or else. Nice folks to work for ,if your a masochist...or a sadist
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