View Post CBS Affiliates | Mornings | ShopTalk Kirk Mason Joins WWMT From WSBT By Merrill Knox on Nov. 25, 2013 - 5:16 PM Kirk Mason is joining WWMT in Grand Rapids, Mich. Mason will be the CBS affiliate’s morning and noon anchor beginning in January. “We are pleased that Kirk has decided to join our station. He is an award winning journa ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | Mornings | ShopTalk WWMT Adds Weekend Morning Newscasts By Merrill Knox on Jan. 10, 2013 - 1:51 PM Grand Rapids CBS affiliate WWMT is launching weekend morning newscasts later this month. The newscasts will air Saturdays from 6 to 8 a.m. and Sundays from 7 to 9 a.m. beginning January 19. Jessica Harthorn (left),a veteran WWMT r ...
CBS Affiliates | Mornings | ShopTalk WWMT Debuts Western Michigan’s First 4:30 a.m. Newscast By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 23, 2012 - 9:53 AM WWMT in Grand Rapids, MI debuted the market’s first 4:30 a.m. newscast today. “We are proud to be the first to offer a 4:30 a.m. local newscast to Western Michigan,” WWMT vice president and general manager Jim Lu ...
ShopTalk | TV Biz GM Jim Lutton Says WWMT Sees Positive Changes Under Sinclair Ownership By Merrill Knox on Apr. 4, 2012 - 5:08 PM Sinclair Broadcast Group officially closed the $385 million acquisition of Freedom Communications eight-station group yesterday, and the stations — which have been operated by Sinclair since December — are already seei ...
Anchors | ShopTalk Anchor Judy Markee Saying Goodbye to WWMT After 22 Years By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 6, 2011 - 9:56 AM After 22 years with WWMT, anchor Judy Markee has decided to say Goodbye to the CBS-affiliate. Markee announced on Tuesday that she will not renew her current contract, which expires at the end of May. “I have been thinking a ...