View Post FOX Affiliates | NBC Affiliates Former Anchor Talks Bachelor, Pokes Fun of Dumping on Instagram By Kevin Eck on Feb. 12, 2016 - 1:11 PM "I caught fish with my hands for meals," she wrote on Instagram.
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk WCYB Reporter Jim Conrad Dies By Aneya Fernando on Dec. 18, 2014 - 10:28 AM Veteran reporter Jim “Conrad” Blankenbecler passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday. He was 63 years old. Conrad first gained fame as the afternoon DJ on WETB, where he was known as “Cosmic Conrad.” He later ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk Callan Gray Joins WCYB as Reporter By Kevin Eck on Aug. 16, 2013 - 2:04 PM WCYB isn’t done adding to its talent roster. The Bristol, VA-TN, NBC affiliate announced Callan Gray will join the station as a reporter. Gray last worked at WBNG in Binghamton, NY, as a freelance reporter. Gray joins Jonath ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Jonathan Radford to Join WCYB as Reporter By Kevin Eck on Aug. 15, 2013 - 4:11 PM WCYB has hired Jonathan Radford as a general assignment reporter. Radford comes to the Bristol, VA, NBC affiliate from WSMV in Nashville, TN, where he was an associate producer. WCYB news director Ken Smith told TVSpy, Radford sta ...
View Post TV Biz Bonten Stations to Air Series on Gun Violence By Merrill Knox on Feb. 14, 2013 - 2:32 PM Bonten Media stations have scheduled a week-long series of special reports on gun violence that will air across all its stations beginning February 18. “The Facts: Guns in America” will be presented in five reports, ea ...
View Post Anchors | Mornings | ShopTalk Johnny Wood to Retire After 44 Years at WCYB By Merrill Knox on Nov. 13, 2012 - 10:14 AM WCYB morning anchor Johnny Wood will retire at the end of this year after 44 years at the NBC affiliate in Bristol, Va. “I cannot tell you how much that you mean to me, you all who have watched my work here all these years,& ...
ShopTalk | TV Biz Longtime WJHL GM Moves to Rival WCYB By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 1, 2012 - 12:23 PM Jack Dempsey, who has spent the last 23 years as president and general manager of CBS-affiliate WJHL, is moving to Tri-Cities rival WCYB, and WEMT. Bonten Media Group, which owns the NBC-affiliate in the Tri-Cities area of northea ...
ShopTalk | Sports Sports Anchor Drew Hinesley Joins WCTI from WCYB By Merrill Knox on Apr. 13, 2012 - 11:52 AM Drew Hinesley has joined WCTI, the ABC-affiliate for Eastern North Carolina, as a sports anchor and reporter. Hinesley was a sports reporter at WCYB in Bristol, VA, for just seven months before joining WCTI. Prior to that, he spen ...
Anchors | Reporting | ShopTalk Bristol’s WCYB Adds Julie Newman, Brian Bishop By Merrill Knox on Mar. 30, 2012 - 5:18 PM WCYB-WEMT in Bristol, TN has hired anchor Julie Newman (pictured) and reporter Brian Bishop. Newman will co-anchor the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts with Garick Zikan beginning April 4. She comes to Bristol from Blue Ridge PBS, where ...
News Directors | ShopTalk WCYB Searches for Replacement for ‘Old School’ News Director By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 31, 2011 - 11:59 AM WCYB is currently searching for a replacement for longtime news director and anchor Steve Hawkins, who one veteran of the market recently described as “the Cronkite of the Tri-Cities.” Hawkins, who had served as news d ...
