Archive for May, 2007
Jim Smith Back
Friday, May 25th, 2007Jim Smith, former reporter for WLVI’s 10 O’Clock news, has come back to Boston. He was spotted on WBZ this evening reporting from Quincy.
Zip Trip…Hingham!
Friday, May 25th, 2007FOX 25 news did its weekly Zip Trip in Hingham today! The morning crew was down at the harbor all morning. I made sure I popped down and said hello, which was a blast! Here is a picture of the crew, but many more pictures and video pieces can be found here.
May Sweeps
Friday, May 25th, 2007The May Sweeps period is now over. All the numbers are below, thanks to the Boston Herald. Some things to note: WHDH regained the 11 PM time slot after slipping to WCVB in the February sweeps; The New 7 News at 10 is slightly down from where the old WLVI news was last May, get [...]
Uncertainty at WBZ
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007FTVLive.com reports today that KNXV-TV’s main anchor, Jonathan Elias, is leaving ABC 15 in Phoenix for WBZ. Elias has been with ABC 15 since 2002. If this report is true, we have some big question marks floating around Soldiers Field Road. What role would Elias fill? Coming to BZ to just be a reporter seems [...]
Emmy Winners Announced
Sunday, May 13th, 2007This year’s Emmy winner’s were announced last night. Among the winners were Frances Rivera, David Wade, Joe Bergantino and Mike Wankum. View the complete list here.
Going HD
Saturday, May 12th, 2007MAY 12 UPDATE: The transition to HD along with new set and graphics change has been confirmed, and will start on the 5 PM newscast. From what I have seen, this looks like it is going to be an AWESOME move. Check out a pretty funny preview here. and in case you want another preview, [...]
Buzz Lopez
Friday, May 11th, 2007Buzz Lopez appeared on WBZ-TV today. My assumption is that he is just helping to fill in from time to time while the weather team is not running at full strength due to Melissa Bell’s pregnancy. Buzz, which is his nickname, started his TV career in Dallas in 1998. He then moved to Abilene, where [...]
WBZ Morning Changes May Be Near
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007The Boston Herald’s Inside Track today reports that WBZ’s morning anchorman, Scott Wahle, is being “reassigned”. There is no official word from the station on such a move quite yet. The Herald sites low ratings for the switch, but the Early Show follow-up of WBZ’s morning news has long been blamed for their weak numbers [...]
Frank’s Back!…Update
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007As we reported a few weeks ago, Frank Mallicoat has been doing some work for FOX 25. Today, Max at BTVN said that Frank will officially join the station as a reporter and as a Sunday morning news anchor on May 21. FROM APRIL 20, 2007: We have been following Frank Mallicoat’s trail after his [...]