View Post ShopTalk | Weather Former Las Vegas Meteorologist John Fredericks Dies at 57 By Merrill Knox on Nov. 26, 2012 - 11:57 AM John Fredericks, a former meteorologist at KSNV in Las Vegas, died Friday after a short stay in hospice care. He was 57. Fredericks was diagnosed cirrhosis in June, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He battled alcoholism ...
CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Rentrak Signs KLAS as its 200th TV Station By Kevin Eck on Nov. 7, 2012 - 3:25 PM The audience tracking and measuring service, Rentrak, announced it has signed a multi-year contract with Las Vegas CBS affiliate KLAS. KLAS joins cross-town NBC affiliate KSNV as the second station in the market to subscribe to ...
Anchors | CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Anchor Paul Joncich Joining KLAS From WOIO By Merrill Knox on Jul. 17, 2012 - 10:03 AM Anchor Paul Joncich is joining KLAS, the CBS-affiliate in Las Vegas, next month. Joncich comes from WOIO in Cleveland, where he has been an anchor for the past six years. At KLAS, he replaces Gary Waddell, who is retiring. Joncich ...
CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk VIDEO: Teleprompter Catches Fire During KLAS Newscast By Andrew Gauthier on Jul. 13, 2012 - 11:15 AM This is something you don’t see everyday: a teleprompter caught fire during KLAS‘s 5 p.m. newscast on Thursday (video above). Smoke could be seen rising into the frame of a studio camera as reporter George Knapp attemp ...
Anchors | CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Gary Waddell to Retire After 32 Years at KLAS By Merrill Knox on Jul. 10, 2012 - 9:56 AM Gary Waddell is retiring from the KLAS anchor desk after 32 years with the Las Vegas CBS-affiliate. Waddell will continue to anchor the station’s noon, 4 and 4:30 p.m. newscasts until his retirement on August 3. After that, ...
Anchors | Mornings | ShopTalk Morning Anchor Dayna Roselli Out at KLAS By Merrill Knox on Jun. 13, 2012 - 10:36 AM Morning anchor Dayna Roselli is no longer with Las Vegas CBS-affiliate KLAS, the Las Vegas Sun reports. Her final broadcast was Monday. Roselli’s departure comes after KLAS announced a new anchor team, Cale Ramaker and Shaun ...
Anchors | CBS Affiliates | Mornings | ShopTalk KLAS Announces New Morning Anchor Team By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 11, 2012 - 2:53 PM Las Vegas CBS-affiliate KLAS is set to debut a new morning anchor team. Beginning July 30th, the KLAS morning newscast will be anchored by Cale Ramaker and Shauna Khorrami (right). Ramaker comes to KLAS after seven years at WOFL i ...
Mornings | ShopTalk LuAnne Sorrell Set to Join WOFL From WSVN By Merrill Knox on May. 29, 2012 - 5:31 PM LuAnne Sorrell will join WOFL this summer as anchor of the morning newscast, a spokesperson for the Orlando Fox O&O confirmed to TVSpy. Sorrell joins WOFL from WSVN, the Fox-affiliate in Miami, where she is the weekend morning ...
Anchors | ShopTalk Anchor Bruce Lindsay Says Goodbye to KSL By Andrew Gauthier on May. 24, 2012 - 11:10 AM Longtime KSL anchor Bruce Lindsay ended his 38-year broadcasting career on Wednesday, anchoring the Salt Lake City NBC-affiliate’s 10 p.m. newscast for the last time. “Like so much of the news, life is filled with begi ...
Reporting | ShopTalk | Top 10 Reporter Calvert Collins Joins KDFW From KLAS By Merrill Knox on May. 23, 2012 - 4:22 PM Calvert Collins is joining KDFW, the Fox O&O in Dallas, as a general assignment reporter. Her first day on the air will be June 18. Collins, a Dallas native, returns to Texas from Las Vegas, where she was a reporter and fill-i ...