View Post ABC Affiliates | Revolving Door | Weather Self Described ’49-Year-Old Round Woman’ Kelly Bates Back On-Air By Kevin Eck on Jun. 3, 2022 - 10:56 AM “As a 49-year-old round woman, it’s safe to say my television career is done,” she wrote on Twitter after being forced out at WJAR.
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Viral Former Rhode Island Meteorologist Says TV News is ‘Unequivocally Unfair’ to Women By Kevin Eck on Sep. 14, 2021 - 10:30 AM "We're held to standards that men aren't. Period," Kelly Bates said.
View Post NBC Affiliates | Weather Viewers Start Petition to Bring Rhode Island Meteorologist Back By Kevin Eck on Sep. 9, 2021 - 11:45 AM More than 6,700 people are demanding the station bring Kelly Bates back, but the station said Bates decided not to renew her contract.
Mornings | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Providence’s WJAR To Launch Early-Morning News By Merrill Knox on Nov. 11, 2011 - 1:28 PM WJAR, the NBC-affiliate serving Providence and Bristol, is set to start the weekday morning newscasts at 4:30 a.m. beginning November 28. “We’re keeping up with the changing times,” WJAR general manager Vic Vette ...