Former WPEC anchor Ric Blackwell will soon be a WPEC anchor again.
SFLTV reports that after getting laid off in 2010 amid changes at the Palm Beach CBS affiliate Blackwell is returning to the anchor desk.
He’s going to read the news on weekend mornings starting Saturday. He was originally the morning and noon anchor.
Before his departure in 2010, Blackwell had been with the station for more than 17 years, since 1993.
Despite the Labor Day Holiday, FTVLive still had a record week with visits to the website. This site has continues to grow each and every week since we reverted from a pay site to a free site back in early February.
Thanks to all of you for stopping by.
Here's a look at the Top 5 stories that you guys clicked on most this past week:
No. 5 - REALLY?!
No. 4 - WE'RE NUMBER 1 WITH HOSTAGE TAKERS
No. 3 - THE "EASY" LIFE OF BEING SELF EMPLOYED
No. 2 - OUT AT DOOR CNN
And the most clicked on story this week was: LEAVING THE WEATHER CHANNEL
WACH, the Fox station in Columbia, S.C. has hired a top notch journalist with with years of experience to anchor their newscast.
We're kidding, they hired a beauty queen.
Bree Boyce Miss South Carolina 2011 title, is joining the station as co-anchor the News at 10 on WACH Fox.
Boyce will join veteran anchor Darryl Hood, Brian McConchie and Henry Rothenberg on the newscast.
Boyce, whose platform of childhood obesity and amazing story of losing 110 pounds, became a national figure after her July 2, 2011, crowning.
She has appeared on The Today Show, GMA, The View, E! News and other programs. The station does not say if she has ever anchored a newscast. But hey.... she did appear on the Today Show.
So, she's qualified.
H/T The State
Last night NBC kciked off the new NFL season with the Denver Broncos handing it to the Super Bowl champ Baltimore Ravens.
As NBC came back from a break the camera was focused on a Broncos cheerleader right before she turned to the crowd and well… Welcome back, NFL.
I don't know about you, but it was better than watching Ryan Seacrest.
Let's go to the Videotape:
Another TV newsie is leaving the business for a job wit better pay and more importantly, better hours.
KEYE's (Austin) Katherine Stolp is signing off the station after 6 years, but she is staying in the area.
The Austin Statesman writes that Stolp, who anchored the station's weekend newscasts, is headed to Silicon Labs, where she'll handle community and university relations, as well as employee communications and engagement efforts.
"I'll have the chance to use my community connections to help build Silicon Labs' brand," she said. "Silicon Labs is an Austin success story – the largest homegrown semiconductor company in town. I’m looking forward to showing the community how crucial the company is to this city and the tech industry."
Stolp, who grew up in Austin, says leaving TV news was a "hard decision," but she's excited about her new gig.
"After nearly a decade in the TV business, I'm ready for a new challenge," she said. "I've learned a lot at KEYE, but the challenges at this new position will help me grow in ways that wouldn’t have happened at KEYE.
"I’ll miss my co-workers the most," Stolp said.
But we're betting she won't mis the hours.
The National Enquirer says that ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer is worried that Katie Couric is gunning for her job.
The tabloid says that DiSy feels her network stablemate breathing down her neck – and she doesn’t like it one bit.
Because Katie’s daytime talk show is showing signs of faltering, the former “CBS Evening News” anchor is eyeing Diane’s chair at “ABC World News,” sources tell The ENQUIRER.
Katie, 56, is not only Diane’s longtime rival, she’s also more than a decade younger and feels her true roots are as a newswoman. “After ABC gave Katie a big contract, Diane was wary that she’d be looking over her shoulder,” divulged a friend. “And she’ll battle tooth-and-nail any plan to oust her.”
has anyone told the folks at the Enquirer that Couric already hosted a network evening news show and it really didn't workout very well?
If you ask us, there is absolutely no truth to this rumor.
You can read the full Enquirer reporter here.
Does this mean the 5:00 news will start at 4? I'm Confused....
FTVLive was the FIRST to tell you that WFOR sacked morning anchor Josh Benson.
The company was that Benson was sacked "for his operation of a personal website that streamed the station's newscasts without the knowledge and consent of the station.”
FTVLive told you that insiders said that Benson was let go for blogging and tweeting about the web streaming service Aereo. WFOR's parent company CBS has an ongoing lawsuit against Aereo.
It appears that Benson is not going away quietly. Gossip Extra says that Benson is now exploring his legal options and is looking at a possible lawsuit against the station.
The site reports that "on Friday, Benson told colleagues “it’s not over” as he was escorted out by corporate security goons."
FTVLive reached out to Benson for comment days ago, we have not heard back.
All three crew members aboard survive a TV chopper crash in New Mexico.
If Brittany Gray is near climax, she sure disguises it well.
The NFL football season kicked off last night, but that hasn't stopped WNYW in New York from already starting the Super Bowl hype.
The station and it's longtime sports anchor Russ Salzberg are launching a Super Bowl countdown show starting tonight.
The NY Daily News says that the weekly half-hour show, 10:30-11, is called "Super Football Friday." It will run through the Super Bowl, five months from now, and is doubtless just the first of many shows that will beat the drums for the big game, which will be held in the Meadowlands and telecast on Fox.
The show will cover the full gamut of Super Bowl prep, and give viewers plenty of time to digest it.
Salzberg's first guest will be chef Todd English, who will talk about Super Bowl recipes that would work either for tailgating or for a party at home.
Presumably they will also be suitable for freezing, if you're planning to make them this weekend.
Struggling Tribune station WPIX in New York has gone through a number of changes over the past months.
The station has changed news management, shuffled around the anchors, named new producers and made some reporter changes.
Now they are going to move the chairs around in the newsroom.
The station has hired and architect, engineer and interior designer for a full-scale renovation of WPIX’s newsroom.
“WPIX has been at this location for the past 65 years and is a quintessential New York City broadcaster; its new environment will reflect that and be unlike any other presently seen on the airwaves,” said William J. Hallisky, project manager and senior designer for the Media + Entertainment Group.
The company says that the entire facility — beyond the anchor desk — will be “camera ready” and able to be used for broadcasts as needed.
If the entire facility is camera ready...... I don't know about you, but I can't wait for the live shot from the bathroom stall.
Stay tuned....
WFLD Anchor Bob Sirott signed Fox Chicago....again.
Sirott he has been a fixture in Chicago media and has worked on and off at the Chicago station signed off last night and heads to WGN radio.
Starting October 1st, Jeff Herndon who came from Wichita, takes over for Sirott on the anchor desk.
He is Sirott's goodbye from last night:
It appears that the print reporters are seeing the writing on the wall and making the move over to the TV side.
Veteran South Dakota print journalist Kevin Woster has joined KELO and will report on air and online from the CBS affiliate's Rapid City bureau.
Woster left the Rapid City Journal last month. He worked previously in Sioux Falls and Pierre.
KELOLAND-TV Vice President and General Manager Jay Huizenga says Woster brings a wealth of experience and reporting skills to the station.
Woster says he looks "forward to learning the broadcast side of covering the news."
Over in Louisville, not one but two print people are jumping to TV.
Two Courier-Journal reporters left have left the newspaper to work for WDRB.
Marcus Green and Jason Riley both joining WDRB-TV to write for the station's website, WDRB.com.
At The Courier-Journal, Riley covered state courts, and Green covered growth and development.
WDRB GM Bill Lamb said Riley and Green will cover similar topics at the Courier-Journal, including the Ohio River Bridges project, the KFC Yum! Center and the judicial system.
“But they’re also going to have the opportunity to work on some longer-term, more in-depth stories,” Lamb said. “And everything they’re doing is going to go on WDRB.com and some of what they do will be on TV.”
H/T The Republic and Business First
Fox O&O WFXT in Boston is expanding their news product.
Starting October 7th, the station is going to start doing a 5PM newscast.
Fox25 News at 5:00 will be anchored by Maria Stephanos, Mark Ockerbloom.
The station did not say if the viewers demanded the new newscast.
MSNBC the cable news network that admits they don't do a good job of covering news has hired a new host.
So what top flight journalist did MSNBC go with?
Brian Williams? Lester Holt maybe? Or did they sign Ted Koppel after NBC pulled the plug on Rock Center?
The answer is none of the above, in fact staying true to their mission, MSNBC did not hire a Journalist at all.
They hired actor Alec Baldwin.
Here is the internal memo MSNBC boss Phil Griffin sent out to the staff. You can read it, while I go throw up.
From: Griffin, Phil (NBCUniversal)
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 02:49 PM
To: @MSNBC Everyone
Subject: Announcement
Please join me in welcoming Alec Baldwin to MSNBC. His new show is coming in October and you'll be hearing much more in the coming weeks. This is an exciting new addition to our lineup and I’m really looking forward to getting started.
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