CW Affiliates | Reporting | Top 10 Tribune’s WPIX Skips Over Breaking News in Assembly Line Newscast By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 13, 2011 - 11:52 AM New York’s WPIX was constrained by its newscast’s slick format on Monday night when breaking news hit. Just after 8 p.m. on Monday, two planes collided while taxiing at JFK airport. And while WPIX’s rival WNYW be ...
CW Affiliates | Top 10 WPIX News Director Plans for More Commentary, Viewer Interaction By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 6, 2011 - 3:32 PM “We are very encouraged that New York is open to a different news presentation and we’re feeling good about the overall reception that we’ve gotten,” WPIX news director Bill Carey said recently about the CW-affiliate’ ...
Anchors | Top 10 WPIX Anchor Jodi Applegate Marries Yankees Broadcaster By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 14, 2011 - 4:03 PM Jodi Applegate, a veteran anchor who currently helms WPIX‘s 10 p.m. newscast, married Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay over the weekend. The ceremony, which took place at Manhattan’s swanky Plaza hotel, was presided ove ...
CW Affiliates | Top 10 Reports of Cratering Morale at New York’s WPIX Amid Cost-Cutting Moves By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 18, 2011 - 1:50 PM “There’s no line that can’t be crossed,” a WPIX employee told the New York Post in describing the environment at the Tribune-owned CW-affiliate, which has been rattled by aggressive cost-cutting. WPIX staff ...