Huge props to Fox News as they have decided not to renew the contract of Howard Kurtz's girlfriend Lauren Ashburn.
FTVLive has been bewildered as to why a guy as smart as Roger Ailes would allow either Kurtz or Ashburn to waste the time of Fox's air?
Now, FNC has wised up and dumped Ashburn.
One down, one to go.
But, at least their moving in the right direction.
WKBW in Buffalo is blowing up their morning for the....God knows how times....
The station says it will launch their latest morning newscast around the end of the month.
WKBW's morning newscast has been in the ratings basement for years and the station is once again ready to reboot.
“We are looking to create a different type of morning program that is heavily centric on weather and traffic and extensive live elements,” said WKBW GM Michael Nurse.
Traffic really?
You mean for all those commuters that are watching TV in their cars?
TV stations have done hour by hour weather forecast for years. But, KHOU has now invented the "weather wheel."
Please tell me this was the work of a consultant.
Not sure why someone needed a survey to figure this out....
A poll of residents in St. Louis County show that they blame the media for making things in Ferguson worse.
Both black and whites say the media did a lousy job handing the story, but whites were much more critical of the media.
The Remington Research Group found:
Nearly 75 percent of all respondents told pollsters the media contributed to making the situation in Ferguson worse.
Of those criticizing the media coverage in Ferguson, 50 percent were African-American and 81 percent were white.
Only 12% of whites thought the media made things better in Ferguson.
Ouch!
H/T HuffPo
WNCN (Raleigh) moved Sharon Tazewell into all three main evening co-anchor positions that were previously occupied by Pam Saulsby (7 p.m. and 11 p.m.), who was fired in August, and Melanie Sanders (6 p.m.).
Sanders decided after the demotion, she was taking her ball and going home. Sanders claimed she was offered all three anchor spots, but it was a low-ball offer and she turned it down.
She wrote this on her Facebook page:
“So many wonderful memories! After 11 years at WNCN, this Friday I will say goodbye. I will forever be grateful for the lifelong friends I have made here and the amazing experiences. Covering the Stanley Cup Championship, allowing Howard Stern to humiliate me by making me sing ‘Row Row Row Your Boat,’ and just the day to day newsroom chatter...I will cherish it all. But when I was offered a contract to anchor the three evening newscasts, I decided the terms were not attractive enough for me to be away from my family every evening. So I’m looking forward to the next exciting chapter in my life. I’ll keep you posted.”
She signs off on Friday.
WRAL Anchor Sloane Heffernan says she decided to leave the anchor desk because of her family.
Heffernan was working as the Weekend Morning Anchor and said that it was too much.
"After months of deliberations, I had finally gathered up the nerve to talk to my boss about changing my shift", she writes on the station's website.
She added "The early morning hours and working weekends for four years had taken a toll on me and my family. When I was offered the job, I was so excited for the opportunity that I didn't dare tell anyone that I am not a morning person. I did the best I could, but the limited sleep always caught up with me, and my family would pay the price. I'd be the first to admit that I am not very "pleasant" when I am tired."
She says that she will now be working as a part-time Reporter at the station.
"My ship has sailed away from the anchor desk at WRAL, but I know what's waiting on the horizon happens just once in a lifetime," she writes.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reaffirmed a 2008 decision against CNN America Inc., concluding that its move to sever ties with hundreds of unionized contract workers in 2003 at the New York and Washington bureaus and replace them with non-unionized CNN staffers violated their rights.
“These workers have waited far too long for this measure of justice to finally be delivered and have suffered far too much as the result of these unlawful activities,” said Jim Joyce, president of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA) in a news release. “CNN should finally do the right thing now and immediately comply with the orders of the National Labor Relations Board issued today.”
The Washington Post says that those orders are rather extensive. Not only did the NLRB order that CNN cease and desist from all manner of anti-union activities, but it demands that it “offer employment” to more than 100 former contract employees or “if those jobs no longer exist, to substantially equivalent positions, without prejudice to their seniority or any other rights or privileges.” Further, it orders CNN to “make whole” the entire class of affected workers — more than 300 people altogether, according to NABET-CWA — “for any loss of earnings and other benefits suffered as a result of the Respondent’s unlawful discharge of them.”
CNN and other units of Turner Broadcasting are currently undergoing cost-cutting measures and buyouts.
"Apparently Kid" Noah Ritter is extending his 15 minutes of fame.
Ritter became an Internet star when he was interviewed at a local fair. After that he was booked on the Ellen show and now he has his own TV commercial.
Let's go to the video:
CBS and Media General announced that the two companies have agreed to continue their CBS affiliation agreements. Specific terms of the deal weren’t released, but you can bet that Media General will be giving up some of their retrans money.
"We're pleased to have signed long-term agreements for all of our CBS stations, covering 12 markets nationwide," said George Mahoney, president-CEO of Media General.
"We are excited to continue working with Media General to serve millions of viewers throughout the country," said Ray Hopkins, president, Television Networks Distribution, CBS Corp. "Nearly all of Media General's CBS affiliates are No. 1 in their markets, and we are glad to see that they recognize the value our programming brings to their business."
The agreement includes renewals for the following Media General affiliates: WRBL Columbus, Ga.; WBTW Florence, S.C.; WNCT Greenville, N.C.; WHLT Hattiesburg, Miss.; WJTV Jackson, Miss.; WJHL Johnson City, Tenn.; KLFY Lafayette, La.; WLNS Lansing, Mich.; WKRG Mobile, Ala.; KELO Sioux Falls, S.D. (including its satellites KDLO Florence, S.D. and KPLO Reliance, S.D.); KCLO Rapid City, S.D.; and WSPA Spartanburg, S.C.
H/T TVNewsCheck
New Hampshire One News Network broadcast it's premiere newscast last on WBIN in New Hampshire.
While the NH1 has been broadcasting news across its network of radio stations since March, this is the first day of newscasts on television.
Based out of a renovated school in Concord, NH, the network is the creation of businessman Bill Binnie and is broadcasting from state of the art facilities.
“We now have a facility that can talk to the whole of the state of New Hampshire quickly, efficiently, on any medium. And that has been unique to Concord or needed in Concord as well as New Hampshire and we’re proud to help bring it” said Binnie.
The station will broadcast news weekdays at 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm & 10pm, and weekends at 10pm on WBIN, with plans to eventually expand news coverage into the morning and at noon.
Update: We just found out that NH1's news set was designed by FTVLive sponsor and the best set designer in TV, Devlin Design Group.
Here is the new network's first ever newscast:
H/T NH1
Here's a question, if the graphic on the site of the screen says one thing and the graphic at the bottom of the screen says the complete opposite, which one do you believe?
This is taking the whole "we report, you decide" to a whole new level.
H/T Dorsey Shaw
A person sent FTVLive an email saying he had a big exclusive for us.
A Reporter at a southwest station had sent naked pictures to a "viewer" and had been sexting with the said viewer.
Want to know why you will not see those pictures or the story on FTVLive? Head on over to ScottLand.
Last week, FTVLive FIRST told you that former WTXF Fox Philly morning Anchor Sheinelle Jones was going to be named Jenna Wolfe's replacement on NBC's Weekend Today.
While other websites were reporting that NBC had not decided on Wolfe's replacement, FTVLive told you that it would be Jones.
This is the tweet that NBC PR sent out just before 8:30 this morning.
We hate to say we told you so (no we don't) but, once again FTVLive gave you the story FIRST.
“We are delighted to welcome Sheinelle Jones to NBC News,” said NBC News President Deborah Turness. “She is an experienced journalist, a fantastic reporter and a dynamic interviewer who will bring so much to Weekend TODAY and the entire NBC News team.”
Yes folks, FTVLive is that good.
Left Coast sources tell FTVLive that KTLA has parted ways with Feature Reporter Allie Mac Kay.
Her bio is still posted on the station's website, but she told her fans on Facebook that she's no longer with the station.
Mac Kay writes:
So….some news.
I've left KTLA Morning News.
I worked with some amazingly talented and funny people, and I'll miss interacting with them. Luckily, they exist outside of that tiny box…so I can still see them, preferably at a more decent hour!
But this is an announcement to thank YOU.
Without you, there's no KTLA Morning News…something I never took lightly.
Thank you all for every interaction on here and Twitter - you all made my day quite often….especially on days when you had no idea that I needed it.
I was lucky to be able to showcase places that I grew to love….from segments with kids (some of my favorites!) to places we all might have passed right by, not knowing the treasures inside.
That was my highlight. Passing along places that deserved recognition. If I made you smile along the way, then that made my 2:30 am wake up worth it.
So thank you, from the bottom of my heart for allowing me be a little part of your morning routine these last 6 years.
I'll keep you all posted on what's next - but for now, I want to laugh at my alarm clock, and eat dinner with friends on a Tuesday.
Be good to each other.
xo,
Allie
Word is that WFLD's Alexa Helms has been demoted from Anchor to Reporter, just 3 short months after her hiring.
Helms joined the Fox O&O from WSVN in Miami, where she worked as the weekend Anchor.
Robert Feder says that until a permanent replacement is named, Lisa Chavarria, Melody Mendez and Tisha Lewis will rotate filling in on Fox 32’s Saturday and Sunday newscasts alongside Larry Yellen.
Feder writes that she clearly lacked the performance skills, journalistic experience or knowledge of current events to handle the job.
After her quick demotion, her agent Ken Lindner is not talking.
FTVLive FIRST told you last week that WJLA News Director Doug Culver and Managing Editor Dan Patrick were both sacked by new owner Sinclair (don't worry, the other websites will get around to reporting that news today).
Now, word comes that Reporter Kris Van Cleave is getting out while the getting is good.
Van Cleave is said to be headed to CBS NewsPath.
He joined the station back in 2006.
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