Archive for August, 2007
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007Chris May will be leaving WBZ-TV and Boston for Philadelphia’s KYW-TV. At his new job at CBS 3, which he begins on October 15, he will be an evening weekend anchor. Philadelphia is the 4th largest market, so he is heading up 3 spots from Boston’s #7 ranking. Tomorrow will be Chris’ last day at WBZ, after being [...]
Tonight’s Fire Coverage
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007As you might know by now, when big news breaks, I usually do a little summary of how each station covered the news…pointing out pros and cons of course Here is what I saw and thought. 10 PM WLVI: Started the newscast with the story and quickly went to the breaking news desk with Kim [...]
Another Morning Change
Monday, August 27th, 2007It is now offical, Christa Delcamp has been bumped from the morning shift during the week. She has been replaced by Anne Allred, thus leaving the weekend morning shift open for Christa to slide in to. Anne has already been on anchoring this week. Remember that not too long ago, Dylan was moved from weekends to mornings [...]
2007-2008 DMA’s
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Nielsen came out with their 2007-2008 DMA Rankings late today, showing that Boston will remain at the 7th largest market again next year. Remember last year we slid from 5th down to 7th. Other Highlights: * Dallas-Fort Worth moved up 1 to 5, passing San Francisco * Atlanta moved up 1 to 8, [...]
I spy…
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007I just got back from a few days on the Vineyard, where I found myself playing I Spy! On Sunday night, I ate dinner next to Meg Ryan at Chesca’s Restaurant in Edgartown. I see she is in Boston to film a movie. Then today, we had an unconfirmed sighting of Charlie Gibson of ABC [...]
Sports Anchor
Saturday, August 18th, 2007Brian O’Neill filled in as the Sports Anchor this evening on the Fox 25 news at 10. My assumption is that he is just freelancing, like meteorologist Mark Dixon, however, this is unconfirmed. Brian has worked at NECN, but most recently was at WLNE, ABC 6, in Providence.
New to Fox
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007Margie O’Brien joined FOX 25 news today. Before joining the station as a reporter, she worked in Rhode Island at WJAR and WLNE.
Bianca Bounces to 5
Monday, August 13th, 2007After leaving Fox 25 earlier this summer, it was rumored that Bianca de la Garza and her husband David Wade, who also jumped ship at Fox, would co-anchor at WBZ. That turned out to be a false report, which we pointed out here a few weeks ago. Today, Bianca was reporting for WCVB, really putting [...]
FOX Shows
Saturday, August 11th, 2007FOX will be coming out with two News based shows shortly. The first show, “Anchorwoman”, will debut on August 22 at 8 PM. It takes place at KYTX-TV in Tyler, TX, and tells of a model who wants to turn reporter. More information on this show. Another comedy, “Back to You”, debuts on September 19 [...]
New to WHDH…UPDATED
Friday, August 10th, 2007AUGUST 10: Michelle will join WHDH as a reporter and fill in anchor. JULY 29: Rumors in the TV world say that Michelle Relerford is headed to WHDH-TV from a freelance position at WFLD-TV in Chicago. Before heading to the windy city in April, where she grew up, she was a morning reporter and fill [...]
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