View Post ShopTalk WDSU Preempts Part of ‘Today’ Show Over Rival Anchor’s Appearance By Merrill Knox on Jun. 30, 2014 - 10:24 AM New Orleans NBC affiliate WDSU is facing viewer backlash after replacing the fourth hour of the “Today” show with a rerun of Queen Latifah’s show Friday. The NBC affiliate chose to preempt “Today” bec ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | CBS Affiliates | FOX Affiliates | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk New Orleans Stations Focus on Super Bowl Blackout By Kevin Eck on Feb. 4, 2013 - 11:57 AM Instead of reporting on the positive aspects of their city hosting the worldwide spectacle that is the Super Bowl, New Orleans stations focused on last night’s partial power outage early in the third quarter of the game. The ...
Politics More Local Interviews for President Obama By Merrill Knox on Jul. 9, 2012 - 10:56 AM President Obama is sitting down for another round of local interviews at the White House today. Obama will be interviewed by Karen Swensen of WWL in New Orleans; Vicki Dortch of WLKY in Louisville (pictured); Gary Metivier of KWQC ...
Anchors | ShopTalk Anchor Karen Swensen Returns to New Orleans TV By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 24, 2011 - 10:24 AM Anchor Karen Swensen is back at New Orleans’s WWL, just in time to catch the final week of February sweeps. Swensen, who was with the CBS-affiliate for 12 years before leaving to join Comcast’s NECN in 2006, makes her ...
Mornings | Top 10 NECN Prepares to Launch New 7 a.m. Morning Show By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 14, 2011 - 2:47 PM NECN, the New England cable TV network owned and operated by Comcast, is set to launch an overhauled morning show on Monday. The new show, titled “The Morning Show on NECN,” will be hosted by Steve Aveson, a former anc ...
CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk After Four Years Away, Anchor Karen Swensen Returns to New Orleans’ WWL By Andrew Gauthier on Dec. 21, 2010 - 7:19 PM Karen Swensen, who has been working as a morning anchor for Comcast’s NECN since 2006, is set to return to New Orleans’ WWL, where she spent 12 years as an anchor and reporter. “We pride ourselves on being a fami ...