HUH?! What Did You Say?!

WGRZ Reporter Danny Spewak ended up in the hospital after filing his first report for the station. 

Was he assaulted? 

Nope. 

Bit by a dog? 

Nope. 

So what happened?  

He went on set to file his first story for the station since coming from KOMU in Missouri. He did not have a fitted IFB, so he pulled one out of a drawer in the newsroom. 

After doing his story on set, he couldn't get the IFB out of his ear. After he and some newsroom staffers tried to remove it...they gave up and he went to the hospital.  

The staff there was able to dislodge the IFB in about 5 minutes. Of course the embarrassment will stick around a lot longer than that.   

Spewak had fun on Twitter addressing his embarrassing moment.

“A Cubs player once got hit by a pitch on his first at-bat and didn’t play for seven years,” wrote Spewak.

“I at least had a better first day than him.”

But at least that player didn't get his bat stuck in his ear.  

KRIV Bumps Up The Deuce

We don't know how the hell he does it, but Bob Morford was once again able to landed a News Directors job. 

Morford was hired as the assistant news director last summer at KRIV.

Tom Doerr was the ND and left for WFLD in Chicago.

Now the station has bumped Morford up the food chain. 

“Bob has proven himself to be a valuable member of our news team,” station general manager D’Artagnan Bebel said in a statement announcing the promotion. “He has led our news innovation efforts and has shown me that he is the right person for the job.”

Morford said he “look(s) forward to expanding our station’s focus on delivering unique and relevant content to our viewers.”

Whatever the hell that means? 

Wishful Thinking Guys

Despite what WOAI in San Antonio put up under LeBron James name, he does not play for the San Antonio Spurs.  

Although we know many Spurs fans that wishes that this font was true.  

Miami Met Heads to the Weather Channel

All the drama surrounding the arrival of Julie Durda at WPLG in Miami turned out to be pretty good for displaced meteorologist Michael Smith.

Smith is the newest meteorologist at The Weather Channel.  

Every meteorologist was shuffled at WPLG when management brought Durda in from WSVN and moved former Weather Channel met Betty Davis to chief meteorologist.

Smith is from Atlanta, so the move to network puts him back home.

He starts next week.

The Most Famous Woman in the World

WTVT in Tampa teased a story about the most "famous Woman in the world."

But the tease video was not the most famous woman, in fact it wasn't a woman at all. It was WTVT's Charlie Belcher...and he wasn't too happy about it.

Here's the video: 

H/T FL News Center

Fresno Anchor "Retiring" after 30 Years

KGPE Anchor Mike Scott says that after 30 years, he is retiring from the station next week.

Although, no one will say, we're betting this has something to do with Nexstar taking over the station.  

Scott's "retirement" comes just months after the purchase of KGPE and local NBC affiliate KSEE by Nexstar Broadcasting. Since the purchases, the stations have shared news reporters and have plans for operations to move under one roof. 

"I had a great 30 years here and loved that people let me come into their homes," Scott said. "I always loved hearing that some people grew up with me."

When asked if Scott's departure had anything to do with the merger, Matt Rosenfeld, president and general manager for both stations, said: "Scott's retiring June 14."

Yeah that's it.... he's "Retiring"..... that's the ticket.    

We're Moving in a Different Direction

Stations love to replace the two simple words of "Your Fired" to the more eloquent "We're moving in a different direction." 

Either way, you are no longer getting a paycheck. 

After 3 years at the station, WGCL (Atlanta) Anchor JaQuitta Williams was moved out the door. 

Meteorologist Cris Martinez was also moved to the unemployment line as the station moves in a different direction. 

WGCL General manager Trey Fabacher confirmed the departures, but declined to comment further.

Of course he didn't....

RIP - John Noel

Sad news out of Market Number 1. 

Longtime WNBC reporter John Noel has died.

The Emmy Award-winning journalist,who joined the NBC O&O in February 1998 as a general assignment reporter, had been suffering from brain cancer.

“It is with great sadness that we report the loss of our beloved colleague John Noel,” WNBC officials said in a statement.

“Two years ago, John had been diagnosed with a serious illness but continued to come to work until recently. Our WNBC family sends its thoughts and prayers to John’s family. He will be sincerely missed.”

Noel was 62 years old.  

Scary Moment at The Today Show

Today Show host Matt Lauer just sent out this tweet: 

It seems that a man with a knife attempted to harm himself. Police were able to get the man under control and have him in custody.

Luckily cops are on stand by at The Today Show to make sure Ann Curry doesn't try to make her way onto the set.