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Monday, August 2nd, 2010WBZ made some minor changes to its news open this week. The new open includes diamond shaped lower third features, and a slightly different musical cut. Another potential aesthetic change lies ahead for WBZ as well. NewsByte2, a television news blog out of New York, linked to WCBS-TV’s new website which is set to launch [...]
Reinforcements for Pats Season
Friday, July 30th, 2010WBZ is calling in some reinforcements for Patriots season. Levan Reid joined the sports department this week as a freelancer. He will cover the Pats for WBZ throughout the season. Reid, who worked in Boston years ago, recently spent several years at WUSA-TV in Washington, DC.
July Sweeps In
Thursday, July 29th, 2010The July sweeps period was the same old song and dance in Boston. For the sixth straight month WCVB won all newscasts in terms of total viewers. Here is the break down for total viewers Monday-Friday: 5-6 AM WCVB: 55,000 WHDH: 34,000 WFXT: 20,000 WBZ: 17,000 6-7 AM WCVB: 94,000 WHDH: 72,000 WBZ: 41,000 WFXT: [...]
Boston Fixture Dies
Thursday, July 8th, 2010John Henning, a fixture in Boston television for four decades, passed away Wednesday night at age 73. Henning worked both as a reporter and as a political analyst for several Boston television stations, including WBZ, WCVB, and WNAC. He stopped reporting full time for WBZ in 2003. Read more about Henning and his numerous accolades [...]
WCVB Wins June
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010The June ratings yielded few surprises, with WCVB again coming away as the overall winner. Here are the ratings, Monday-Friday P2+. 5 AM WCVB: 60,000 WHDH: 44,000 WFXT: 24,000 WBZ: 20,000 6 AM WCVB: 97,000 WHDH: 79,000 WFXT: 55,000 WBZ: 41,000 7-9 AM WHDH (Today): 91,000 WCVB (GMA): 78,000 WFXT (Local): 60,000 WBZ (Early): 29,000 [...]
Connolly Promoted
Saturday, June 26th, 2010Several have inquired about Kerry Connolly’s new role at WBZ-TV. After Kerry returned from maternity leave at the end of May, she was promoted to the anchor the station’s weekend morning shows. Kerry returned to WBZ after several years away from the station last summer to do traffic during weekday morning newscasts.
May Sweeps In
Thursday, May 27th, 2010The May sweeps numbers are in, and they show another winning month for WCVB. You can compare the numbers to last May, which show WCVB surging in the morning and at 11 PM at the expense of WHDH and WBZ in 2010. Here are the P2+ numbers: 5-6 AM WCVB: 56,000 WHDH: 35,000 WFXT: 30,000 [...]
Emmy Awards Presented
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010The 33rd Boston/New England Emmy Awards were presented early this week. WBZ/WSBK came away with the most Emmys (15), followed by WCVB (5), WFXT (4), WHDH (4), and NECN (1). Here are a few categories of note: Newscast Evening- Larger Market (Winner: WBZ) WBZ News at 11 (8/27/09) & WBZ News at 6, Kevin Osgood [...]
Barlow Heads to Cali
Friday, May 21st, 2010Sources tell me that Ken Barlow, former Chief Meteorologist at WBZ-TV, is heading to KXTV in Sacramento, California. News 10, the ABC affiliate in Sacramento (market 20), would not confirm or deny this information. Ken won’t know what to do with himself in a California climate after working in Boston and the Twin Cities! June [...]
Milestone for Jack
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010Today, May 5, marks the 35th year that Jack Williams has been with WBZ-TV. In a market that has seen much personality turn over in recent years, Jack is a hold out from local television’s so called “glory days”. He joined the station in 1975 after working in Seattle and Las Vegas. Jack should not [...]
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