Dave McNamara back in New Orleans

[PelicanGuy 117]

WVUE-TV hires Dave McNamara to report on-the-road feature stories

 

BY Dave Walker

 

WVUE-Channel 8 has hired former longtime WWL-Channel 4 reporter Dave McNamara to report on-the-road feature stories about “what makes Louisiana so special and unique,” he said Tuesday.

 

McNamara departed WWL for Phoenix in 2006 when his wife, Sandy Breland, then WWL’s news director, took a TV station management job in Phoenix.

 

They’ve since returned to Louisiana. Breland is general manager of WAFB in Baton Rouge.

 

McNamara has been working on his own video-production company, Bayou Digital Media, and recently produced a series of “Green 4 Louisiana” environmental documentaries for WWL (which recently garnered a Suncoast Regional Emmy Award nomination).

 

McNamara will continue to reside in Baton Rouge with his family while creating – sometimes entirely on his own, including writing, shooting and editing -- pieces that will air under the slogan “The Heart of Louisiana.”

 

The first story is expected to run Tuesday (November 10) during WVUE’s 9 p.m. newscast.

 

“My job will be to travel around the state looking for interesting stories, whether they’re historical or some unique place or person,” he said. “And I’ll get paid to do that. It truly is a dream job to me.”

 

 

http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2009/11/wvue-tv_hires_dave_mcnamara_to.html

[newsguy22 59]

I field produced for Dave a few times in the 1990s. Class act, great writer and storyteller, very funny man, too!

 

It's interesting to see the trend of ex-WWL talent appearing at WVUE. Of course, that includes VUE's news director, who was a desk guy and an EP for years at WWL. If I still lived back home, I'd probably switch between 4 and 8 for news, as a viewer.

[PelicanGuy 117]

WVUE scores another coup: the rumors are true that Lee Zurik is headed to Fox 8. He'll be able to be in front of the cameras in May 2010 after the six month non-compete clause expires. He'll be the station's chief invesitigative reporter and an anchor.

 

http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/story/FOX-8-hires-Lee-Zurik/EEwjHDJPoESorzqdduDkpg.cspx