View Post CBS Affiliates | News Directors | Top 10 WBZ Names Gary LaPlante News Director By Kevin Eck on Aug. 6, 2014 - 3:03 PM Gary LaPlante has been named news director of Boston CBS owned station WBZ. “This is a fantastic opportunity to lead an excellent team of journalists right here at home in Boston,” LaPlante said in a statement. “I co ...
View Post Top 10 Boston Herald: Ratings to Blame For WBZ News Director’s Ouster By Merrill Knox on Mar. 26, 2014 - 11:43 AM The Boston Herald is reporting ratings were to blame for the news director change at WBZ, the CBS owned station in Boston. John Verrilli had worked at the station’s news director since 2009 before departing yesterday: When w ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | News Directors | Top 10 John Verrilli Out as News Director at WBZ By Kevin Eck on Mar. 25, 2014 - 3:49 PM WBZ news director John Verrilli is no longer with the CBS owned Boston station, a WBZ spokesperson has confirmed with TVSpy. Verrilli started at the station in 2009. He came from the CBS owned station in Pittsburgh, KDKA. He has a ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | Top 10 | Weather WBZ Adds Weekend Morning Meteorologist By Kevin Eck on Oct. 28, 2013 - 3:50 PM WBZ has named Danielle Niles weekend morning meteorologist. “Danielle is a great fit for the WBZ AccuWeather team,” John Verrilli news director for the Boston CBS owned station. “She grew up, played sports, and worke ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | Top 10 | Weather Eric Fisher Named Chief Meteorologist at WBZ By Merrill Knox on Jun. 27, 2013 - 10:50 AM Eric Fisher is joining WBZ in Boston as chief meteorologist. He will officially join the CBS O&O August 19. Fisher returns to Boston from Atlanta, where he has been a meteorologist at The Weather Channel since 2010. He has als ...
CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk | Top 10 Boston’s WBZ Debuts New Set Design, Graphics By Merrill Knox on Dec. 12, 2011 - 10:23 AM WBZ, the CBS O&O in Boston, is debuting a “state-of-the-art, whiz-bang” new look tonight, according to the Boston Herald. After six months of construction, the station will debut a new set (pictured here with ancho ...