ABC Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk Bill McFarland Named News Director at WFTS By Merrill Knox on Sep. 5, 2012 - 2:19 PM Bill McFarland is stepping into the role of news director at WFTS, the ABC affiliate in Tampa Bay. McFarland comes from WABC, the ABC O&O in New York City, where he is the assistant news director. He replaces Doug Culver, who ...
ABC Affiliates | News Directors | Top 10 Camille Edwards Named VP of News at WABC By Chris Ariens on Jul. 30, 2012 - 11:57 AM Camille Edwards has been named VP of News at New York City ABC O&O WABC, taking over for Kenny Plotnik who left the station in May. Edwards most recently served as Vice President of News at NBC-owned WRC-TV. Before that she wa ...
ABC Affiliates | News Directors | Top 10 WABC News Director Stepping Down By Andrew Gauthier on May. 29, 2012 - 11:43 AM In a staff email with the subject “A New Chapter,” Kenny Plotnik announced this morning that he would be stepping down as news director at WABC, a position he has held for the past decade. “For more than half my ...
ShopTalk | Top 10 Gil Noble, Host of WABC’s ‘Like It Is,’ Dies at 80 By Merrill Knox on Apr. 5, 2012 - 3:30 PM Longtime WABC host Gil Noble has died, the ABC O&O announced today. He was 80. Noble was the host of WABC’s “Like It Is,” a weekly public affairs program created by the station 1968 to fill a void in African- ...
ABC Affiliates | Top 10 Veteran WABC Reporter Gil Noble Stable After Stroke By Merrill Knox on Aug. 5, 2011 - 11:16 AM Gil Noble — a veteran local reporter who has been with New York City’s WABC since 1967 — is stable after suffering a serious stroke. Noble joined WABC as a correspondent in 1967. In 1968, Noble joined “Like ...
ABC Affiliates | Top 10 WABC to Launch 1-Hour Newscast in ‘Oprah’ Timeslot By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 7, 2011 - 1:28 PM As stations around the country plan for an “Oprah”-less lineup, New York’s WABC has announced that it will use the soon-to-be-vacant 4 p.m. timeslot to launch a new, 1-hour newscast. In doing so, the ABC flagship ...