View Post CBS Affiliates Oklahoma City Station Covers Pot Bust, Finds Narnia Character By Kevin Eck on Feb. 11, 2015 - 11:13 AM Here's how it happened: The police found a pot farm, after getting a 911 call about a gunshot. While reporting about the pot farm. KWTV reporter Joleen Chaney found Sir John Michael
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Kelly Ogle Returns to KWTV After Cycling Accident By Aneya Fernando on Oct. 29, 2014 - 10:50 AM Kelly Ogle, evening news anchor and commentator for Oklahoma City CBS affiliate KWTV, has been off the air for the past few weeks, recovering from a bicycle accident that broke his collarbone and a rib. He talks about what caused ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Jessica Holley Joins KWTV By Aneya Fernando on Oct. 21, 2014 - 3:18 PM Oklahoma City CBS affiliate KWTV has a new addition to their team: multimedia journalist Jessica Holley. According to the station’s website, Holley previously worked as a multimedia journalist at KZTV in Corpus Christi, ...
View Post TV Biz Griffin Communications to Buy KSBI, Create Oklahoma City Duopoly By Kevin Eck on Sep. 29, 2014 - 4:55 PM Griffin Communications has announced it has reached an agreement to buy MyNetworkTV station KSBI from Family Broadcasting, LLC. “We are excited to add KSBI to our group of companies,” said Griffin Communications chairman and C ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk KWTV Pilot Reportedly Suspended for Racing the Chopper By Kevin Eck on Aug. 29, 2014 - 12:47 PM The Lost Ogle reports, KWTV helicopter pilot Jim Gardner has been suspended from the station for racing the station chopper against a microjet that makes appearances at air shows across the country. The details regarding the incid ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk | Weather Cassie Heiter Joins KWTV as Sixth Meteorologist By Kevin Eck on Aug. 20, 2014 - 5:33 PM Meteorologist Cassie Heiter has joined Oklahoma City CBS affiliate KWTV. “Please welcome our newest member of the News 9 Weather Team, Cassie Heiter (Meteorologist)!” KWTV meteorologist Lacey Swope wrote on her faceboo ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk KWTV to Retire Historic Broadcast Tower; Once Billed as World’s Tallest By Mark Joyella on Jul. 30, 2014 - 10:03 AM News9.com – Oklahoma City, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports | An Oklahoma City broadcast tower that once was billed as the tallest man-made structure in the world is now destined for recycling. A “towering pi ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | CBS Affiliates | FOX Affiliates | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Trends What Did They Cover in Oklahoma City Last Night? By Kevin Eck on Jul. 23, 2014 - 2:37 PM Today we look at Oklahoma City where Sinclair (KOKH), Hearst (KOCO), Tribune (KFOR) and Griffin Communications (KWTV) own the four major stations. The story choice was diverse with only a car crash at rush hour and a meth bust by ...
View Post ShopTalk Hospital Bomb Threat Phoned in to Oklahoma City Stations By Merrill Knox on Jul. 21, 2014 - 9:58 AM An Oklahoma City hospital has been cleared of danger after a man called local stations, including CBS affiliate KWTV and NBC affiliate KFOR, and said there were two bombs in the hospital. From KWTV’s website: “The man on t ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Oklahoma City Reporter Moves to Rival Station By Kevin Eck on Jun. 19, 2014 - 10:09 AM Joleen Chaney, reporter for Oklahoma City NBC affiliate KFOR, is moving to cross town rival KWTV. Excited to announce I will finally be joining KWTV @NEWS9. Look for me weeknights at 10pm! Start date TBA… — Joleen Chaney ( ...