View Post ShopTalk WAPT’s New News Director Comes From Hearst’s Sister Station in Orlando By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel on Feb. 20, 2019 - 11:02 AM He's been serving as the assistant ND since 2014.
View Post ABC Affiliates Yve Jones Named WAPT News Director By Mark Joyella on Dec. 27, 2016 - 11:37 AM Jones arrives in Jackson from KHBS/KHOG in Fort Smith.
View Post ABC Affiliates | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Mississippi Reporting Legend Bert Case Dies By Kevin Eck on Jan. 28, 2016 - 4:45 PM "He was a gentleman whose signature sign-off made him an icon," said Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant.
View Post ABC Affiliates | TV Biz Hearst Promotes Cincinnati ND to GM of Jackson Station By Kevin Eck on Nov. 23, 2015 - 11:41 AM Neelly returns to Jackson to replace Stuart Kellogg, who announced his retirement in October.
View Post ABC Affiliates | TV Biz WAPT GM to Retire By Kevin Eck on Oct. 27, 2015 - 5:01 PM Kellogg has been gm of the Jackson, Miss. ABC affiliate since 1991.
View Post FOX Affiliates | NBC Affiliates | Web Video America’s Next Witness Sensation Sees ‘Horrible Tragic Situation’ By Kevin Eck on Jun. 10, 2015 - 5:35 PM If you listen to the eyewitness account, you might believe the accident involved cats, dogs, a tornado and God shaking it all up into a "horrible tragic situation."
View Post ShopTalk | Weather Meteorologist Ethan Huston Joins WGAL By Merrill Knox on Mar. 28, 2014 - 9:52 AM Meteorologist Ethan Huston has joined WGAL, the NBC affiliate in Lancaster, Pa. It is a move within Hearst for Huston, who previously worked at WAPT in Jackson, Miss. “Ethan brings a great deal of experience to the News 8 St ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | Anchors | ShopTalk Megan West Moves to Evenings for WAPT By Kevin Eck on Mar. 18, 2014 - 9:41 AM WAPT has announced morning anchor Megan West will anchor the 5:00, 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. news. For the past four years, West has co-anchored the Jackson, MS, ABC affiliate’s morning show. “No more 1:30 a.m. alarms,” ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk Bert Case to Debut on WAPT By Kevin Eck on Feb. 24, 2014 - 9:37 AM Longtime Jackson, MS, anchor Bert Case makes his return to ABC affiliate WAPT. “Having one of Mississippi’s finest journalists join 16 WAPT News means we will serve our viewers better than ever,” WAPT GM Stuart Kel ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Mississippi ABC Station Hires Two By Kevin Eck on Oct. 28, 2013 - 5:19 PM Jackson, MS, ABC affiliate WAPT has added a nightside reporter and morning anchor. Tiffaney Bradley (pictured left) has joined WAPT as a morning anchor and reporter. Bradley comes from WGXA in Macon, GA. She has also worked at WDS ...