View Post Anchors | NBC Affiliates | Revolving Door Seattle Morning Anchor Moves to St. Louis By Kevin Eck on Feb. 19, 2021 - 8:33 AM “I am so excited and humbled to come home to Missouri and work for my dream station."
View Post TV Biz Three Wilmington Stations Could Get Knocked Off the Air Due to Hurricane Florence By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel on Sep. 18, 2018 - 5:24 PM There isn't enough fuel to run the transmitters.
View Post NBC Affiliates TV Crew Forced to Take Cover After Shots Fired By Kevin Eck on Oct. 29, 2015 - 1:26 PM "I have to say that it's a very scary experience and not something I soon want to re-live," said a WECT employee.
View Post ShopTalk | Weather Meteorologist Colin Hackman Leaving WECT By Merrill Knox on May. 12, 2014 - 9:54 AM Meteorologist Colin Hackman is leaving WECT, the NBC affiliate in Wilmington, N.C. “My family and I have decided, to concentrate more time and energy toward each other, and towards our growing business Go Time, assisting no ...
View Post ShopTalk After Another ‘Conan’ Segment, WECT ND Calls Identical Scripts ‘Embarrassing’ By Merrill Knox on Oct. 23, 2013 - 11:27 AM Poynter takes a look at the origins of an identical script — about Mike Myers expecting another child — that was read by 29 anchors across the country. The video aired on “Conan,” with Conan O’Brien s ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk Kristy Etheridge Says Goodbye to WBTV By Merrill Knox on Feb. 22, 2013 - 9:50 AM Kristy Etheridge, a general assignment reporter at WBTV, is leaving the Charlotte CBS affiliate. She is joining the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which is headquartered in Charlotte. Etheridge began her television career ...
ABC Affiliates | Anchors | ShopTalk Kim Chappell Joins WBND as Evening Co-Anchor By Merrill Knox on Sep. 20, 2012 - 3:13 PM Kim Chappell begins next month at WBND, the ABC affiliate in South Bend. She will anchor the station’s evening newscasts alongside Brian Dorman. Chappell comes to WBND from WTVF in Nashville, where she used her maiden name, ...
News Directors | ShopTalk ND Jim Hanchett Leaving Charlottesville Triopoly By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 27, 2012 - 12:27 PM News director Jim Hanchett is leaving WCAV-WVAW-WAHU for a communications position at Indiana University. Hanchett, who anchors the 5 p.m. news in addition to serving as news director, has been at the Charlottesville triopoly for ...
NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Wilmington’s WECT Christens New Set, Newsroom By Merrill Knox on Dec. 20, 2011 - 10:16 AM Wilmington NBC-affiliate WECT is officially done with a major renovation project upgrading the studio set, newsroom and greenroom. The project was approved by WECT’s parent company, Raycom Media, at the end of last year. The ...
News Directors | Politics | ShopTalk WWAY GM Andy Combs: ‘I Understand What We Are Doing Makes People Uncomfortable’ By Andrew Gauthier on Nov. 14, 2011 - 10:22 AM “I understand what we are doing makes people uncomfortable,” WWAY general manager Andy Combs told StarNewsOnline recently about his station’s newfound commitment to muckraking. “People in this market have ...