The Top 5 Most Read Stories on FTVLive Last Week

Time to look in the rearview mirror and see what were the Top 5 most read stories on FTVLive last week:

No. 5 -  The Story Behind the Story

No. 4 - My 6 Day, 3 Day Project...

No. 3 -  Blaming the Weatherman for Deaths

No. 2 -  Reporter Bob Tur to Become a Woman

And the No. 1 most reads tory on FTVLive last week was: EXCLUSIVE! Flying High with Robin Meade

Off the Late Newscast

Longtime WBAY (Green Bay) Anchor Bill Jartz has been missing from the station's 10 p.m. newscast.

Word is that Jartz underwent surgery on a torn quad muscle following an accident.

Doctors orders are not letting he drive as he recovers and the station is doing him a solid by not making him work the late newscast.  

He can still be seen on the 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts. Jartz has been an anchor in the 10 p.m. slot since 1998.

Across the street at WFRV, the station has hired retired WLUK, Channel 11, meteorologist John Chandik as a temporary weekend replacement until they find a permanent one for longtime meteorologist Tom Mahoney, who retired last month. 

Not you're caught up on the anchor changes in Green Bay. 

Do you feel better?  

Buffalo Reporter Leaving

WKBW reporter Kyla Igoe has given her notice and is leaving the station after more than five years as a backpack journalist.

Mike Nurse, who officially will be the station's general manager in two weeks, confirmed her departure. He said it was Igoe's decision to opt out of her contract "to focus on her family and to work with with her husband in his videography enterprise."

"We appreciate her efforts and wish her well in her new ventures," added Nurse.

Igoe is the daughter of former WGRZ consumer reporter Mike Igoe. She could not be reached immediately for comment.

Nurse added the station will soon be announcing a variety of new additions that will include Igoe's replacement.

H/T Buffalo News

Looking for Stalkers and Likers

If you want to keep up with FTVLive, the best way to do it is to Stalk Us on Twitter and Like us On Facebook. 

Make sure you do it! 

All the cool kids are.  

Someone Was Snooping on Sharyl's Computer

CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson claimed in May that she thought he computer had been compromised.

Now, CBS News says that she was right.  

CBS has released this statement: 

“A cyber security firm hired by CBS News has determined through forensic analysis that Sharyl Attkisson’s computer was accessed by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions late in 2012. Evidence suggests this party performed all access remotely using Attkisson’s accounts. While no malicious code was found, forensic analysis revealed an intruder had executed commands that appeared to involve search and exfiltration of data.

This party also used sophisticated methods to remove all possible indications of unauthorized activity, and alter system times to cause further confusion.

CBS News is taking steps to identify the responsible party and their method of access.” 

First on The Scene

Several dozen people were injured in the collapse of a crowded deck at the popular Shuckers Bar & Grill tonight in North Bay Village (just outside Miami).

The incident occurred as crowded the deck to watched the Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs play their NBA Finals game.

The deck collapsed in the during the first half of the game. Many were thrown into Biscayne Bay about 10 feet below as the deck broke in half.

Some were rescued from the water by heroic bartenders and waiters at first, then by EMS crews.

WSVN in Miami was first on the scene. Which was no surprise, since the station was right next door and one of their directors was in the bar. 

Look Who's Back in TV News

Back in May, FTVLive told you about Jay Plyburn.

Plyburn was the reporter that quit his job  at Hearst Duop  KHBS-/ KHOG (Ft. Smith)  because he was sent out in bad weather to cover a storm. 

Plyburn claims that he was sent out to cover possible tornado damage and he as he wrote in an email to his co-workers "lightning was striking all around us. This was the single most frightening experience of my life."

Then when he got back to the station, no one even took the time to say "thank you."

In his email, which also doubled as his resignation letter, Plyburn wrote "When the day was done and we finally got back to the station, it was business as usual. No managers had any sort of feedback...just a new list of things they wanted done."

He then use the email to say he would not be coming back into work and no story was worth losing his life over.

Plyburn has landed another another job and it is back in TV news. He will be the morning anchor across the street at KFSM. 

We advised Plyburn to get out of the business altogether, but it appears that he did not take our advice.

Hopefully as an anchor, Plyburn will just stay inside the cushy studio all day and KFSM won't dare send him out on story where he might be in danger. And God knows, you better thank him when he gets back from the story! 

All we can say is good luck Jay and don't shuffle those papers around to fast on the anchor desk. We don't want you to get a paper cut and end up quitting the station.