View Post ABC Affiliates | Revolving Door | TV Biz Rocky Daboval to Retire from WBRZ in Baton Rouge; Station Names Successor By Kevin Eck on Aug. 16, 2022 - 10:45 AM The station picked news director Trey Schmaltz to replace Daboval as gm. Dabvoal joined WBRZ in 1979 as an account executive before rising to his current role 18 years ago.
View Post ABC Affiliates | TV Biz Baton Rouge Station Will Be First to Air Sports Betting Shows By Kevin Eck on Jun. 10, 2021 - 9:00 AM Its shows begin airing before WISH in Indianapolis, which announced it would begin airing a sports betting show in August.
View Post ABC Affiliates | Reporting Baton Rouge Reporter Moves from Mornings to Evenings By Kevin Eck on Mar. 12, 2021 - 5:32 PM The morning team sent her off in style, by showing some of her greatest moments including sampling a box of donuts and yawing on-air.
View Post Anchors | ShopTalk Baton Rouge Anchor Falls Sick During Live Newscast, Leaves Abruptly By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel on Apr. 9, 2019 - 6:26 PM Harris plans to be back to work on Wednesday.
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk WBRZ Photographer Rescues Crash Victim By Kevin Eck on Aug. 30, 2016 - 1:59 PM Her car caught fire right after the crash.
View Post ABC Affiliates | Revolving Door WBRZ Adds Investigative Executive Producer By Kevin Eck on May. 13, 2016 - 11:10 AM “You can take the boy out of Louisiana, but you can’t take the Louisiana out of the boy," said Phillips.
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk White Castle Drops Charge Against WBRZ Reporter By Kevin Eck on Apr. 18, 2016 - 3:46 PM "I certainly can't fathom their thought process of arresting a reporter who is working as a reporter in a public place. That's one of a kind."
View Post ABC Affiliates | Law & Ethics | Politics Baton Rouge Reporter Cuffed and Cited While Investigating Mayor By Kevin Eck on Mar. 24, 2016 - 10:24 AM "Our reporters are not going to be intimidated by public officials when we are getting you answers," said the station.
View Post ABC Affiliates | Law & Ethics WBRZ Reporter Says He Was ‘Humiliated’ by Police in Lawsuit By Kevin Eck on Mar. 9, 2016 - 10:08 AM "Buffington alleges in the suit he was taken into a room to watch a prison rape video, 'suggesting he may be raped while he was in custody.'"
View Post ABC Affiliates | Revolving Door WBRZ Names Assistant News Director By Kevin Eck on Jan. 21, 2016 - 5:57 PM Schmaltz has been the station's ep since 2011.