View Post CBS Affiliates | Social Media Social Media Responds to WDBJ Employees’ Deaths By Kevin Eck on Aug. 26, 2015 - 10:20 AM Anchors, reporters, viewers and colleagues used social media to reach out and offer condolences to families, friends and loved ones.
View Post CBS Affiliates WDBJ Video Moments After Shooting Appears to Show Killer’s Face By Mark Joyella on Aug. 26, 2015 - 9:55 AM Chilling image shows man holding a handgun.
View Post CBS Affiliates 2 WDBJ Employees Killed After Gunman Opens Fire During Live Shot By Kevin Eck on Aug. 26, 2015 - 9:20 AM The station says police are looking for the suspect who started shooting while the two were on-air around 6:45 a.m.
View Post CBS Affiliates | FCC WDBJ Gets 2 Allies in Fight With FCC Over Indecency Fine By Kevin Eck on Jul. 29, 2015 - 10:35 AM Part of the filing tells the FCC the large fine against WDBJ is "tantamount to imposing a sentence of life imprisonment for petty theft."
View Post CBS Affiliates | Reporting | Revolving Door Roanoke Reporter Leaves Station Over ‘Differing Views’ By Kevin Eck on Apr. 17, 2015 - 3:13 PM "My bosses previously said they wanted me to wear and a tie and jacket because I would look more like a "doctor or a lawyer" and people would respect me more."
View Post CBS Affiliates | FCC WDBJ GM Says Station ‘Will Oppose’ FCC Fine By Kevin Eck on Mar. 24, 2015 - 4:46 PM Jeffrey Marks said the $325,000 fine is "an extraordinary burden on protected speech."
View Post FCC FCC Hits WDBJ With ‘Highest Fine’ Ever for Showing Porn During News By Kevin Eck on Mar. 23, 2015 - 3:21 PM The FCC says WDBJ used images from a porn website in a story about a former adult film star during its 6:00 p.m. newscast.
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk | Weather Roanoke Station Promotes Two Meteorologists By Kevin Eck on Sep. 5, 2014 - 5:05 PM WDBJ, the Roanoke, Va. CBS affiliate, has announced promotions for two of its meteorologists. Robin Reed has been named to the newly created position of director of weather operations, while Brent Watts has been named chief meteor ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Susan Bahorich Heading to Richmond By Kevin Eck on Jul. 31, 2014 - 3:43 PM The Roanoke Times reports, WDBJ anchor Susan Bahorich will join Richmond, VA, NBC affiliate WWBT as a reporter and fill-in anchor. “After more than 10 years in Roanoke, I have accepted a job at NBC12 in Richmond,” Baho ...
View Post Reporting | ShopTalk Len Besthoff Joins WVIT From Rival WFSB By Merrill Knox on Sep. 12, 2013 - 10:59 AM After 11 years at Hartford-New Haven CBS affiliate WFSB, Len Besthoff is joining rival WVIT. According to a memo to WVIT staffers obtained by The Laurel, Besthoff will be the NBC owned station’s chief investigative reporter. ...