View Post ShopTalk | Weather Meteorologist Pamela Wright Joins WYFF By Merrill Knox on Aug. 2, 2013 - 11:04 AM Pamela Wright is joining WYFF, Hearst Television’s NBC affiliate in Greenville, S.C., as the weekend morning meteorologist. “Pamela rounds out a weather team that is second to none in our area,” news director Bru ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | Top 10 Rob Schmitt Joins WNBC as Noon Anchor By Merrill Knox on Jun. 27, 2013 - 11:06 AM Rob Schmitt is joining WNBC, the NBC owned station in New York City, as noon anchor and a general assignment reporter. Schmitt moves to New York after two years in Los Angeles, where he was the weekend anchor for CBS O&O KCBS. ...
View Post Reporting | Top 10 California Stations Cover High Court Decisions on Gay Marriage By Merrill Knox on Jun. 26, 2013 - 10:48 AM The Supreme Court of the United States handed down two decisions on gay marriage this morning, a ruling on the federal Defense of Marriage Act and another on California’s Proposition 8. In San Francisco and Los Angeles, loca ...
View Post Top 10 LA Helicopter Reporter Comes Out as Transgender By Merrill Knox on Jun. 13, 2013 - 3:12 PM Bob Tur, a Los Angeles helicopter reporter who covered the LA race riots and the O.J. Simpson chase, has come out as transgender. Tur is the creator of Los Angeles News Service, which was the first news service to use a helicopter ...
View Post CBS Affiliates Local Personalities to Guest Host ‘The Talk’ By Merrill Knox on May. 30, 2013 - 5:38 PM Personalities from local CBS stations will fill in as guest-hosts on “The Talk,” CBS’ daytime talk show, next week. Angela Hill of WWL in New Orleans will fill in Monday. Kathy Orr of KYW in Philadelphia will app ...
Anchors | CBS Affiliates | Top 10 KCBS Anchors Appear on ‘The Price is Right’ By Kevin Eck on May. 20, 2013 - 2:42 PM Paul Magers and Pat Harvey, anchors for Los Angeles CBS owned station KCBS, acted as hosts for CBS game show “The Price is Right” Friday during the show’s showcase segment where contestants guess the value of pre ...
View Post News Directors | ShopTalk David Reese Named News Director at KMIR By Merrill Knox on Apr. 26, 2013 - 10:25 AM David Reese has been named news director at KMIR-KPSE, Journal Broadcast’s NBC and MyNetworkTV affiliates in Palm Springs, Calif. Reese joins KMIR after 15 years at KNBC in Los Angeles, where he began as the nightside desk m ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | Top 10 Carter Evans Named CBS News Correspondent By Merrill Knox on Feb. 27, 2013 - 6:02 PM Carter Evans has been named a Los Angeles-based correspondent at CBS News, TVNewser reports. Evans has been working as a freelance correspondent for the network and for KCBS, the CBS O&O in Los Angeles, in recent months. Earli ...
View Post Reporting | Top 10 | TV Biz Dorner Standoff Leads to Ratings Spike For LA Stations By Merrill Knox on Feb. 14, 2013 - 10:40 AM Tuesday’s coverage Christopher Dorner standoff and shootout gave stations in Los Angeles a big ratings boost for February sweeps. Local stations at least doubled their usual viewership, according to the Los Angeles Times: KA ...
View Post Reporting | Top 10 KCBS, KPIX Comply With Request to Stop Tweeting Dorner Updates By Merrill Knox on Feb. 13, 2013 - 10:34 AM The San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Office asked the press to stop tweeting updates on the manhunt for Christopher Dorner Tuesday evening, saying the updates were “hindering officer safety.” Two CBS-owned stations ...