View Post ABC Affiliates | Anchors | Revolving Door Despite What WZZM Says, Longtime Anchor Says He’s ‘Not Retiring’ By Kevin Eck on Apr. 15, 2016 - 11:52 AM "While I am leaving WZZM," he wrote on Facebook. "I have no intention of retiring."
View Post ABC Affiliates | TV Biz Grand Rapids Station to Launch New Show By Kevin Eck on Aug. 17, 2015 - 3:45 PM The show will be a "fresh and exciting combination of news, entertainment and lifestyles."
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk WZZM to Launch 5:00 p.m. Newscast By Kevin Eck on Aug. 12, 2014 - 1:52 PM Grand Rapids ABC affiliate WZZM has announced it is launching a 5:00 p.m newscast on September 8. Nick LaFave and Juliet Dragos will anchor the 30-minute show. In a statement, Janet Mason, president and GM of WZZM said, “We̵ ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | Anchors | Reporting | ShopTalk WZZM Moves Van Ameyde Off Anchor Desk, Names Replacement By Kevin Eck on Jul. 30, 2014 - 10:52 AM Gannett owned ABC affiliate WZZM has announced it’s moving Lee Van Ameyde (pictured right) off the anchor desk and into the role of managing editor of its Watchdog Investigative Team. “No one knows West Michigan like L ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk WZZM’s Dan Harland Moving from Sports to News By Kevin Eck on Jul. 28, 2014 - 10:21 AM Grand Rapids, MI, ABC affiliate WZZM has announced sports anchor Dan Harland will be the new morning anchor. Harland will join Lauren Stanton and meteorologist Aaron Ofseyer on August 7. “We expect Dan will go after the news ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk WZZM Expands Noon News By Kevin Eck on May. 12, 2014 - 10:56 AM Grand Rapids ABC affiliate WZZM is adding thirty minutes to its weekday Noon show. “We are thrilled about expanding this extremely popular newscast,” Janet Mason, president and GM of WZZM said in a statement. “Ou ...
View Post News Directors | ShopTalk WZZM Names Taz Painter News Director By Merrill Knox on Mar. 11, 2014 - 3:51 PM Taz Painter has been named news director at WZZM, the ABC affiliate in Grand Rapids, Mich. Painter begins in his new role on April 14. It is a move within Gannett for Painter, who has been managing editor at WBIR, the NBC affiliat ...
View Post News Directors | ShopTalk News Director Stanton Tang Leaving WZZM By Merrill Knox on Feb. 25, 2014 - 11:51 AM Stanton Tang is stepping down from his post as news director of WZZM in Grand Rapids, Mich., to be closer to his family out West, mlive.com reports. WZZM president and general manager Janet Mason told mlive.com that Tang will stay ...
ABC Affiliates | CBS Affiliates | NBC Affiliates | TV Biz | Weather Viewers Respond To Stations ‘Sandy’ Relief Efforts By Kevin Eck on Nov. 6, 2012 - 10:36 AM After Hurricane Sandy swept through the North East leaving a trail of destruction its wake, many local stations, station groups and networks stepped up to raise money to help in relief efforts. Here’s a round up of what th ...
ShopTalk | Weather Meteorologist Hally Vogel Leaving Grand Rapids for Detroit’s WXYZ By Andrew Gauthier on May. 25, 2011 - 5:17 PM Meteorologist Hally Vogel is jumping up in the market ranks, moving from Grand Rapids to Detroit. Vogel, who has been with Grand Rapids ABC-affiliate WZZM for the past seven years, is set to join Detroit’s WXYZ next month. & ...
