WREX Morning Anchor Aaron Wright signed off from the station this morning.
Wright has been at the station since April 2011. He got his start working at the NBC News Washington Bureau.
Wright signed off from the station this morning and judging by a Twitter post it appears he is headed to Knoxville:
FTVLive was FIRST to tell you that an all hands on deck meeting was going down at newly owned Meredith station KTVK in Phoenix.
Speculation was that KPHO GM Ed Munson would be now overseeing both KPHO and KTVK. Insiders now tell FTVLive that is case, which means that KTVK GM Nick Nicholson's has been eliminated.
It appears as Meredith blends the two stations together a number of other jobs will be eliminated.
But, it appears that Meredith is going to do these cuts from the top down.
There's a switch.
It's been months of waiting, but we finally have our first Hurricane of the season.
Early this morning, Tropical Storm Arthur was upgraded to a Hurricane with winds at 75 MPH and Weather Anchors up and down the East Coast wet themselves a little bit.
Time for full Team Smotherage.
Yesterday, FTVLive FIRST broke the news that Sinclair Broadcasting had hired former CBS Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson to work as an Investigative Reporter for the company.
FTVLive obtained the internal memo that was sent out to staffers at Sinclair stations. In memo from Sinclair Head of News Scott Livingston, he writes " (Attkisson) resigned from CBS News due to frustration over the network's perceived bias..."
Of course Sinclair also as a "perceived bias" as well. The station group owner is well known for their conservative leanings, which appears to lineup perfectly with Attkisson's.
Livingston says that Attkisson will do one to two pieces a month and that all Sinclair stations would be strongly encouraged to run them.
I think "strongly encouraged" means they really have no choice.
Stay tuned....
The power company says a squirrel is to blame for knocking out the power to a Portland area station.
KPTV stayed on the air, but the anchors were left in the dark.
Some could say that TV News Anchor in the dark happens everyday.
Let's go to the video:
You can stick a fork in longtime KPRC (Houston) Reporter Mary Benton.
She's done.
Benton said on Wednesday she will leave the station to take a position in media relations and public affairs with an undisclosed company.
Benton has been at KPRC since 1994, said her final day with the station will be July 11.
She declined to discuss her new job because her hiring has not been announced yet by her new employer.
Benton said it "was the right decision at the right time for a number of reasons" to leave TV news.
"It's been a fascinating ride to be on television in a large market like Houston, to have the opportunity to meet people from all walks and have them trust you with information and their stories. I'm going to miss that," she said.
"I've always wanted to be a reporter. I wanted to tell stories and get it right, and I tried to be a voice in our news meetings for people and topics that were often overlooked."
When the White House wants to get around the cynical national media and take their message more local, they call up local stations and invite them to Washington to sit down with the President.
Problem is, you only get a few minutes and it's all just talking points.
But you go anyway.
Marketplace Reporter Kai Ryssdal wrote a blog post about what happens when you get that call from the President's office.
Ryssdal writes: The White House called yesterday.
I know, right?!
They said if I can be in Washington today by 2 p.m., I can have 15 minutes with the President.
So...we said "Sure." (Duh.)
A funny thing happens when that happens, though.
We gather a brainstorming team, of course, to figure out what we want to get out of the interview and how to frame the questions.
But then the ideas start coming. Everybody's got a thought on what I should ask him – which is great. Catch is, I've only got a finite amount of brain space to process all those ideas.
So the closer the interview gets, the more the stress mounts.
It happened last time we had the President on, too. Exactly this way. More and more ideas, less and less time to process them, until that moment when he and I shook hands as we prepared to sit down.
Then – and this is the only way to describe it – I had a moment of clarity. I knew how the interview was going to go, I knew how his answers were going to go, and I knew exactly how it was going to turn out.
And it did. Just like I thought it would.
All of which is to say – I'll be in Washington today.
Because the White House called.
WJLA's Mike Coneen got done anchoring the late newscast at the DC station. While he was on air, his boyfriend Torey was planning a surprise marriage proposal in the station's lobby that even featured Beyonce (sort of).
It was very elaborate and took a longtime till Torey popped the question. But, I give props to the two, at least no of this happened on air.
Let's go to the video:
A homeless man showed up at Good Morning America's studios, but he wasn't there to watch the show.
He wanted to kill newly named GMA Anchor Michael Strahan.
The unhinged homeless man armed with a knife demanded to be let into the ABC studios.
Security men told Andre Johnson, 25, to take a hike when he first demanded to see Strahan, authorities said.
But Johnson returned with a knife — and tried to stab a security guard with the blade.
He was rebuffed and quickly arrested by cops, officials said.
Johnson was taken to the Midtown South stationhouse where he chillingly told investigators: "I was there to kill Michael Strahan,” law enforcement sources said.
H/T NY Daily News
If you're not a fan of MSNBC, you can blame Fox News Boss Roger Ailes....he's the one that started it (sort of).
The NY Post says that onJuly 4, America will have a birthday. But so will America’s Talking.
You know it now as MSNBC, but when Fox News guru Roger Ailes debuted the channel in 1994 with his now-wife Beth Tilson, America’s Talking was the short-lived launching pad for on-air talent like Chris Matthews, Steve Doocy, Mike Jerrick, E. Jean Carroll and Bill McCuddy — who, in an “Apprentice”-style contest, won the job of hosting a daily variety talk show.
Last Saturday night, several dozen of the 277 former employees gathered for a 20th anniversary at Social Bar in Midtown Manhattan.
The all-talk channel blazed trails in online interactivity and viewing audience participation before NBC dumped it to give Microsoft a content platform.
“It was like television school for me,” said McCuddy, now a voice-over talent and movie critic on NY1. Others in the room went on to producing and directing careers on CNN, Al Jazeera and HGTV.
“None of us would be here without Roger Ailes,” McCuddy said. “Now we have to wrap this party up because MSNBC is taking it over in 10 minutes.”
Sinclair Broadcasting has hired former CBS Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson to work as an Investigative Reporter for the company.
Attkisson left CBS News after she said that the network kept spiking her stories. She has shown that her leanings are very conservative and will fit in perfectly with Sinclair, which leans the same way.
Attkisson working at Sinclair is akin to the mothership calling her home.
Here is the internal memo sent out to the News Directors at the Sinclair stations.
From: Scott Livingston
Date: Tue, Jun 24, 2014 4:47 AM
Cc: News - News Directors All SBG;
Subject:Sharyl Attkisson
I'm pleased to announce that Sharyl Attkisson will be working as a freelance independent investigative reporter for Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sharyl is an award winning journalist, whose work has been recognized for more than a decade. She has broken many major stories including Fast and Furious, Benghazi and numerous government accountability stories. Sharyl will focus on stories that follow the money and waste watch type of investigations. I have admired her determination and desire to track the truth. As you know, she resigned from CBS News due to frustration over the network's perceived bias and lack of support for investigative reporting. She will be a great fit with our commitment to holding public officials accountable and being a viewer advocate. You can expect Sharyl's first story later this month.
There are a number of you people that read FTVLive that I owe a very BIG THANK YOU!
The details are at this link in ScottLand.
Phoenix insiders tell FTVLive that a department head meeting was held this at KTVK - featuring Ed Munson (GM of KPHO) and Meredith Local Media President Paul Karpowicz.
Speculation is that Munson will oversee both KPHO and KTVK. If that's the case it will mean that The KTVK GM Nick Nicholson's job will be eliminated. Nicholson is respected by most the staff and is considered of the good guys in the business.
Word is 2pm, a hands on deck meeting has been called with rest of the staff. Supposedly that meeting will unveil the new management structure of KTVK/KPHO.
Stay tuned....
Back on June 23rd, FTVLive told you that WGN Assistant News Director Jennifer Lyons is the odds on favorite to get the News Director job at the station.
Today, the station made it official.
“As Chicago’s Very Own, I felt it was important to have a leader who knows Chicago. Jennifer is the entire package: a track record of success, forward thinking, with strong editorial judgment and her pulse on Chicago,” commented Easterly. “With over twenty years at WGN-TV, I am proud to honor that loyalty and experience with the news director post. It is well deserved,” said Greg Easterly, President and General Manager of WGN.
A 21 year veteran of WGN News, Ms. Lyons has worked in a variety of capacities at Chicago’s Very Own. In November 2008, she became assistant news director, responsible for managing and leading the news-gathering and production process for WGN-TV, market leading website WGNtv.com, and for cable-only CLTV. Lyons has handled virtually every job in the news department during her tenure. Before her role as Assistant News Director, Ms. Lyons was Executive Producer of the WGN Morning and Midday News.
Judging by this tweet from KPNX in Phoenix, we're guessing that it must be a very slow news day in the Valley of the Sun.
Just saying....
Barbara Walters, you remember her?
You know the legendary newswoman that retired even though she really didn't.
Yeah her.
Anyway, Walters who stepped away from TV for a few weeks and called it a retirement, pulled some good numbers with her return from said retirement.
Babs returned to ABC last week to interview with the father of a California man who shot and killed six people and injured 13 before killing himself.
The interview was a ratings hit for ABC. In fact it was ABC's most-watched prime-time program of the week, and in the Nielsen company's top 10 among all networks.
Not bad for a retired lady.
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