Archive for January, 2010
WBZ Moves
Sunday, January 24th, 2010Alana Gomez Dong joined WBZ-TV as a general assignment reporter last Monday. Prior to joining WBZ-TV, Alana worked at KPRC-TV in Houston, Texas. Also at WBZ, it was announced that today was Dawn Hasbrouck’s last day at the station. Dawn will be returning to her native Chicago to serve as the co-anchor of WFLD-TV’s Noon [...]
Special Election Coverage
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010This special Senatorial election has gone from uninteresting to feverish. We have been bombarded with commercials as of late (a boon to local stations), and the national media has been flocking to the Bay State to cover this race which may have national implications. However, just one broadcast station is on air with special coverage [...]
New Age Media to Run WZMY
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010According to TVNewsCheck, the licensee of WZMY-TV (ShootingStar Broadcasting of New England) has signed a three year deal with New Age Media that would allow New Age to manage all aspects of the Derry, New Hampshire based station. The announcement comes just weeks after the station’s last on air personality, meteorologist Al Kaprielian, was let [...]
NECN Going HD
Monday, January 11th, 2010As NECN goes HD this week, the station is debuting new graphics, including a new weather graphics system. TruView Max from WSI has some cool features which station meteorologists have been brushing up on recently. The weather team is also now issuing a 7 day forecast, as opposed to a 5 day forecast.
More Morning Changes
Thursday, January 7th, 2010I can now confirm reports regarding Doug Meehan of FOX 25. The station has decided not to renew his contract, and eliminate his position altogether. Doug may be used to freelance in the future, however. This change was likely foreseen by most FOX 25 viewers, as Doug was taken out of the air when WBZ/WFXT [...]