FOX Affiliates | Reporting | Top 10 Two Reporters Hired at KTTV in Los Angeles By Merrill Knox on Mar. 5, 2012 - 2:02 PM KTTV, the Fox O&O in Los Angeles, has hired two new reporters: Araksya Karapetyan (pictured) and James Koh. Karapetyan joins the station on March 13 as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor for the 5 and 10 p.m. new ...
FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk | Sports KSWB Sports Anchor Calls Danica Patrick a ‘B—-‘ By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 27, 2012 - 11:54 AM KSWB sports anchor Ross Shimabuku stopped just short of calling NASCAR driver Danica Patrick a bitch during a newscast last week. Reporting on comments that Patrick had made about being called “sexy,” Shimabuku, who ha ...
Anchors | Mornings | ShopTalk | Viral VIDEO: KSWB Anchor Asks Wrong Guest About Being Great in Bed By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 8, 2012 - 5:51 PM An apparent miscommunication led to a very awkward moment during KSWB‘s morning show on Wednesday. After setting up a satellite interview with a sex columnist, anchor Erica Fox was plugged into a feed with the wrong people ...
ABC Affiliates | Top 10 Kendis Gibson Joins WJLA in Washington, DC By Merrill Knox on Oct. 21, 2011 - 2:18 PM Kendis Gibson, a former correspondent for CBS Newspath, is moving back east to join WJLA. Gibson, who announced the move on Twitter, will be a weekday reporter and weekend anchor at WJLA, which is the ABC-affiliate in Washington, ...
Mornings | ShopTalk | Viral Blooper: KSWB Reporter Becomes Part of Jet Pack Demonstration Gone Horribly Wrong By Andrew Gauthier on Jul. 15, 2011 - 11:22 AM This was not part of the plan: KSWB reporter Matt Johnson has a run-in with a water-powered jet pack while reporting from a local boat show (video above). [Via The Daily What]
Anchors | FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk Duped by April Fool’s Prank, KSWB Anchor Licks iPad On-Air By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 4, 2011 - 10:56 AM Many anchors and reporters are obsessed with their smartphones and iPads, but KSWB morning anchor Shally Zomorodi took the attraction a bit too far last Friday. Raoul Martinez, Zomorodi’s co-anchor on the Fox-affiliateR ...