Texas Station Hires Former Lingerie Football Player

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KZTV in Corpus Christi has hired Sports Anchor and she is a former "athlete" herself.

Sources tell FTVLive that the station has hired Tessa Barrera to work in the station's sports department.

Barrera played football for the Los Angeles Temptation.

If you never heard of that team, it might be because you don't watch the Lingerie Football League like we do. Of course we only watch the games for the football and no other reason. 

If you would like to see highlights from Barrera's playing days, here's the video:

Seriously! You Did Not Do That?!

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Last month, FTVLive proclaimed kids left in hot cars was the TV news story of the summer. It seems like stations have been harping on the story ever since the ice desks all melted.

The latest comes from KSDK (St. Louis) Weather Anchor Bree Smith.

Smith was out to prove that even on a 75 degree day, it still gets hot inside a closed up car. So she sent out this tease on Twitter:

If I'm reading the thermometers correctly in the car, the temp is near 90 degrees and that doll in the car seat looks like he's almost real. Because I know, that no one would be so stupid to use a real kid in a hot car?

​Right?

Surprise! We're Dumping The News

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FTVLive has been telling you about the Meredith stations that are using news talent to do their very stupid "Surprise Squad."

The news talent goes to local grocery stores and pays for people's groceries. It is a dumb campaign and made even worse by using news talent to delve out the prizes. 

We told you about the Meredith stations in Nashville and Las Vegas, but you can also add WFSB Hartford to the list of Meredith stations wasting time and money

During the first half last night's 5 p.m. news,  "THE SURPRISE SQUAD" took top billing over the breaking news of deaths in an afternoon boating accident in Greenwich, CT.   And there was a severe thunderstorm warning for a portion of their western CT viewing area.  

Surprise, you had to wait for that news.

Poor Mr. Murrow just flipped over again. 

Another Idiot

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Any Reporter that goes live has to worry about the idiots that show up in the background of live shots. 

But now, the new thing is grabbing the Reporter's mic and yelling "F@%K her right in the pu$$y." The fad has gone from coast to coast and it seems not a week goes by that some Reporter doesn't have their live shot bombed by a FHRITP jerk.

The latest one was WTMJ in Milwaukee, although this idiot was so bad a crashing the live shot, that many couldn't even figure out what was happening?

Let's go to the video:

What Anchors do off Camera

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You might think that when an Anchor is off camera, they might be rehearsing their scripts or making some changes to some up coming stories.

Or maybe they are just dancing like no one is watching.

KTTV (LA) Anchor Araksya Karapetyan was caught on camera dancing and she didn't look to happy when she figured out she was on the air.

Let's go to the video: 

Summer Movers

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Napoli Management announces their recent client moves:

Alexandra Field becomes a full-time staff correspondent for CNN in New York.  She had been freelancing for CNN since October of last year.

Marc Cota-Robles moves home to Los Angeles and joins KABC as a reporter and fill-in anchor.  Marc was the primary anchor at KOIN in Salinas/Monterey for the past four years.

 Erin Kennedy joins WBBM in Chicago as weekday morning anchor.  Erin spent the last two years as an anchor and reporter at WKYC in Cleveland.

Dorian Warren joins MSNBC as a contributor.  Dorian is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Warren specializes in the study of inequality and American politics.

Janet Rodriguez signs a new deal with Telemundo Network News as a correspondent based in Chicago.

Kate Merrill is promoted to weekday morning anchor for WBZ in Boston.

Katie Brace becomes a full-time staff reporter for WBZ in Boston.  She had been freelance reporting for the station since March.

Jeff Saperstone moves to New England Cable News in Boston as a reporter.  Previously, he had been a reporter for WVIT in Hartford.

Stephanie Woods heads to WMUR, the Hearst station In Manchester as weekend evening anchor and reporter.  Prior, Stephanie was the traffic anchor, fill-in anchor and reporter at WXIX in Cincinnati.

Alexandra Limon stays within the FOX family and becomes a reporter and MMJ at WTTG in Washington, DC.  Previously, she was a freelance reporter at KTTV in Los Angeles.

Cory McGinnis joins WAGA in Atlanta as an MMJ and reporter.  Cory departs WBMA in Birmingham where he was a reporter.

Katie McCall moves to KRIV in Houston as reporter and fill-in anchor.  She moved over from KTRK.

Erika Erickson joins WJBK in Detroit as a staff reporter.  She had been freelancing as a reporter for the station for the past year.

More moves of Napoli clients after the jump.  

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Another Gets Out at WJLA

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From the moment Sinclair announced that it was buying WJLA in DC, news staffers have been updating resumes and trying to get out. 

Many have left the DC station and now that Sinclair has taken control, the run to the exits seems to be continuing. 

The latest to leave is Reporter Hatzel Vela.

Vela is headed down I-95 to WPLG in Miami. He is no stranger to SoFlo, Vale went to school at Florida International University and his first TV gig was as an AP at WSVN.

Vela announced his move back to Miami on Facebook: 

H/T SFLTV

ABC, NBC in Producer Swap

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A blockbuster swap of top producers at ABC and NBC will bring new leaders to "The View" and the "Today" show.

The NY Daily News reports that ABC is poised to name Bill Wolff as the executive producer of "The View," succeeding the morning coffee-klatch show's longtime chief, Bill Geddie.

Wolff currently works as the executive producer of "The Rachel Maddow Show" and is the vice president of primetime programming for MSNBC.

In return for letting Wolff break his current long-term deal with the Peacock network, ABC has agreed to free ESPN's top programmer, Jamie Horowitz (pictured) who can now officially join NBC as the general manager of "Today."

His deal had locked him into the Disney-owned company until Dec. 1, but he will now join the morning show fray on Sept. 1.

For "The View," the addition of Wolff is the latest step in rebuilding the Barbara Walters-produced daily talk show which will be hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O'Donnell and new hosts yet to be named.

Man Arrested for Saying "F@#K Her in the Pu$$y" on Newscast

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On Monday, FTVLive FIRST told you about the idiot that grabbed the microphone from a WAND reporter during Decatur Celebration and uttering the obscene phrase "fuck her in the pussy" on live television.

Sean Streaty was performing a live broadcast for WAND and at 10:01PM the teen grabbed his microphone, uttered the phrase before taking off. 

“The newscast spread on the Internet,” said Decatur Police Sgt. Shane Brandel. “From that the suspect was identified.” The suspect was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and battery. He was released on a notice to appear in court.

He is due in circuit court for his arraignment Sept. 5.

Note: FTVLive posted the video on YouTube and WAND had the video pulled claiming copyright violation. FTVLive has filed a counter claim, since the use of this video clearly falls into the "fair use" guidelines. We will let you know how that claim turns out and shame WAND to no end if we win that claim.