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Longtime Cincy 'Troubleshooter' Signing Off
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Howard Ain has been on the air in Cincinnati for 37 1/2 years. At the end of the month he’s retiring from WKRC.
Ain, 67, says he has been working on a series of one-year contracts as the station's “Troubleshooter” in recent years as he considers leaving TV. He was hired by Channel 12 in December 1975, from Dayton’s Channel 2, to take over the ”Troubleshooter” consumer franchise. It was a new concept back then, with only stations in Atlanta, Houston and Cincinnati having full-time consumer reporters, he says.
Was he pushed out the door in a budget cut by new owners Sinclair Broadcast Group?
“No, no, no! They said, ‘Stay as long as you like.’ And I said, ‘I think it’s time.’ My contract was up in June. My last day in July 31, a week from today,” said Ain, who wants to continue writing consumer columns for our Community Press papers and occasionally appear on the WKRC newscasts.
Howard Ain asks this question: Is his 37 1/2 years on Cincinnati TV news a record? Can you think of anyone who has been on the air longer?
Nope.
H/T Cincinnati.com
F-Bomb Anchor Kept Voicemails From Matt Lauer
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A.J. Clemente's 15 minutes of fame long ran out, but he saves those precious moments in his mind.
He has also saved the voicemails that Matt Lauer left him on his phone.
Clemente's TV career ended just moments after it started, when he started out his very first newscast with the words "fuckin shit."
To this day he still blames the mistake on the lack of a time cue, no IFB and an early start to the newscast.
So, what did he do when he got fired?
"I called my mom," he told the Cape Gazette "It was a little devastating."
The failed anchor is now working his third summer at Que Pasa, a Delaware bar, pouring drinks and fielding questions about his first on-air appearance as a news anchor.
Clemente said he officially got the ax the day after he dropped the F-bomb, but he was already beginning to field calls from media outlets nationwide, offering to fly him to New York and Los Angeles for appearances.
"I was still in the process of deciding whether to hide or just go with it," he said. "Matt Lauer left some voice mails. I still have them, actually."
More on his future plans after the jump.
Read MoreFTVLIVE TALENT SPOTLIGHT- MELINDA DAVENPORT
/Today, the FTVLive Spotlight is focused on Anchor/Reporter Melinda Davenport. Melinda is currently in the Manchester, New Hampshire market. You can contact her at melinda@melindadavenport.com Take a look at her demo reel below:
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Oh Sh*T. KTVU Fires 3 Over Asiana Airlines Gaffe
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When KTVU Anchor Tori Campbell read the fake names on air of the flight crew involved in the Asiana Airlines crash, it didn't take news producer Brad Belstock (pictured) long to figure out that they had been pranked.
Shortly after the story hit the air, Belstock sent out this tweet:
Now word is that Belstock was one of three people fired over the incident.
Two other Producers caught the bullet for their involvement in the embarrassing mistake as well.
Also, gone are Investigate Producer Roland DeWolk and Special Projects Producer Christina Gastelu.
Rich Lieberman says that Producer Elvin Sledge who works the Noon Show (and was on duty the day of the gaffe), told management that he's retiring. According to a source, Sledge weeks ago informed his bosses he was going to retire, well before the Asiana Airline name snafu.
FTVLive hears that KTVU News Director Lee Rosenthal held a staff meeting yesterday telling them of the firings.
Station sources say that morale is very low right now and as one source said "walking into work is like walking into a funeral."
The station has tried to cover their mistake by getting the video pulled from sites like YouTube. As FTVLive reported, yesterday YouTube restored the video of the "fair use" guidelines.
Sacked in Sacramento
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Last October, longtime KCRA Anchor/Reporter Walt Gray left TV news to take a job as a DJ at a classic rock station.
It appears that was a bad decision.
Yesterday, Gray said he was laid off from the station. He said his layoff was one of several job cuts made by the station.
"There were a number of people across the station who were let go today – good people in several departments," Gray told the Sacramento Bee
"They're cutting costs," he continued. "They have to do what they feel is right for them going forward. … I wish it could have gone differently."
And it appears that Gray is already trying to wiggle his way back into TV news.
"I would love to remain in broadcasting, certainly," Gray said Wednesday. "Television has always been a favorite."
Oh...now it's your favorite?!
Really...She Didn't Try and Draw a Dick
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Yesterday, FTVLive showed you the story from Flint's WJRT.
Reporter Siobhan Riley was doing a story on some road-construction, when she pretty much drew a penis on the touchscreen.
Her News Director Jayne Hodak says that Riley wasn't trying to draw a dick and it just kind of happened. “This was an innocent mistake on behalf of the reporter. In no way was it intentional,” Hodak writes in an email to JimRomenesko.com.
If you haven't seen the video yet. Here's a link.
Who is Creepy Cubicle Guy?
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People wondered who the creepy guy was during the Anthony Weiner press conference.
Not Weiner, we know how creepy he was.
But it was the guy behind him in the cubicle that got a lot of attention on Twitter.
So just who is he and what was he doing peeking over the cubicle?
He's WOR Radio reporter Jeff McKinney.
McKinney became a Twitter star as "Cubicle Guy," after he says he showed up late to the presser.
Mckinney said the room was packed and it was the only place left to stand.
The radio reporter said he had no idea he was becoming a star on Twitter.
ND Goes out with a Bang (or a Pop)
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The staff at WSET took time out from covering news to blow up balloons, a lot of balloons.
They then stuffed them into News Director Bill Foy's office.
After seven years, yesterday was Foy's last day at the station. He's bolting the television news business for a public relations job at Virginia Tech.
Tuesday, while Foy was away for the day, almost every employee of the station helped in filling Foy's office with colored balloons.
Foy had to pop his way back into his office.
Video of the prank start to finish is up after the jump.
Read MoreWhat is this.... 3rd Grade?
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A show on Comcast Sports in New England made some of those cable news debates look civil.
On CSN New England's Sports Tonight, host Gary Tanguay did his best impression of a 3rd grader when he got in an argument with radio sports guy Kirk Minihane.
The two squabbled about Patriots coach Bill Belichick's need to apologize for the alleged actions of Aaron Hernandez.
They looked as immature as anyone I have ever seen on TV (and that's saying a lot). There's debate and then there's little bitches.
You can figure out what these two were after you watch the video after the jump.
Read MoreThe Ego Has Landed
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Keith Olbermann may have burned more bridges in this industry than anyone. But, Olbermann points out, when you burn the bridge, just take the tunnel.
Somehow, Olby has tunneled his way back into ESPN and he now claims it was the best place he ever worked. He said that as he worked at other places, ESPN started to look better and better. He thought it was contentious when he was there in the 1990s, but “after my other experiences, it was like ‘Let’s applaud Keith’ for five years.”
He says that his work at MSNBC and Current TV "took a lot out of me, and it wasn’t all that much fun.”
He avoided mentioning either MSNBC or Current by name, and referred to his bosses there as “ex-politicians.” In response to a question about his past experiences at ESPN and Current, he said, “That’s like the difference between color TV and radio.”
He said he has learned a few things from a career marked by stormy exits.
“Man, I better have,” he said. “I have to have figured out what parts of it were my fault.”
Here's a hint Keith, most of it was your fault.
How long he last at ESPN?
Stay tuned...
H/T NY Daily News
YouTube Restores KTVU Fuk Up Video
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As FTVLive told you, KTVU tried to scrub the Internet of the video of their embarrassing mistake of reporting fake names of the flight crew for Asiana Airlines Flight 214.
KTVU contacted YouTube and claimed that the video posted of the mistake violated the copyright rules.
Matthew Keys filed a counter-notice with YouTube citing "fair use".
YouTube agreed that the video fell within the fair use guidelines and KTVU video has been restored the the site.
FTVLive pointed out that it was huge mistake for KTVU to try and have the video pulled. Now, if KTVU wants the video off YouTube, they will have to file a civil lawsuit alleging copyright infringement.
No word if they will go that route, but here's hoping they are smart enough not to try it.
Then again, when it comes to this story, the station hasn't really done anything smart so far.
After the jump we post the video again, just to piss off KTVU.
Read MoreUmmmm... You Just Drew a Penis
/Somebody need to tell WJRT's (Michigan) Siobhan Riley when you're doing a report about construction, it might be a good idea to NOT draw a picture of a penis on the screen.
Just saying....
Let's go to the video:
Tiny Dancer
/When stations go live just for the sake of going live, they should bring this little girl along to make the live hit worth watching:.
Let's roll the video out of Chicago:
The Giants of the Industry
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The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation has announced their 2013 Giants of Broadcasting.
This year’s honorees include Barry Diller, Anne Sweeney, David E. Kelley, Alex Trebek, Morley Safer, Dick Cavett, Robert L. Johnson, Jeff Smulyan, Richard E. Wiley, Richard Leibner and Carole Cooper (pictured).
This year is the 11th Annual Giants of Broadcasting Awards Ceremony and Luncheon and the event will take place in NYC’s Gotham Hall on October 16th.
The event honors those individuals who have played a pivotal role in creating and advancing the electronic arts.
Needless to say, I'm not on the list.
Media Loves A Good Weiner
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When it comes to coverage of Anthony Weiner, size does matter.
The cable nets took time off over obsessing over the Royal Baby to cover the latest thing to pop up in the Antony Weiner sex scandal.
Word came out that Weiner AKA Carlos Danger had sent even more sexts.
“Up next, we’re moving to a very, very different story,” Wolf Blitzer said as he transitioned the show from the Royal Baby to Anthony's Weiner.
The story is perfect for the cable networks still sulking that the George Zimmerman trial is over.
As word came down that more sexts were out there and that Weiner was going to be holding a press conference, it was like "Trayvon Who?" for the media.
The kittens had a new shinny object and it was a story that could wrap their hands around (someone that Weiner did as well).
The ingredients are perfect for cable news: New York, the U.S.’ largest media market, and home base to the networks; sex, politics, deceit and the woman that is standing by her man.
It's almost like we have been teleported back to the Clinton White House.
No matter what, you can expect ball to ball overage on this story from the cable news outlets.
OK. I'm out of stupid puns now.
