View Post FOX Affiliates | Sports Atlanta Station Opens ‘Loser Box’ From Cleveland By Kevin Eck on Jun. 11, 2015 - 10:38 AM WJW anchors sent WAGA a 'loser box' filled with Cavaliers' shirts, mustard and some Buckeye Chocolates. WAGA's Ken Rodriguez opened it up.
View Post FOX Affiliates | Sports Cleveland Station Sends Atlanta Station a ‘Loser Box’ By Kevin Eck on May. 29, 2015 - 10:46 AM The two stations made a bet before the series started. So the good folks at at WJW made up what they called a 'Loser Box" and sent it along to WAGA.
View Post FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk | Viral WJW Anchor Apologizes to Viewers for ‘Jigaboo’ Comment By Kevin Eck on Feb. 24, 2015 - 10:15 AM "It's important for me to let you know that I deeply regret my insensitive comment. And I truly did not know the meaning of the word and would never intentionally use such hurtful language."
View Post FOX Affiliates WJW Anchor Uses Racial Slur On Air: ‘I Didn’t Know the Meaning’ By Mark Joyella on Feb. 23, 2015 - 10:50 AM Kristi Capel apologizes for using a slur, saying she "didn't know the meaning behind it."
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Ed Gallek Jumps to WJW By Kevin Eck on Jan. 5, 2015 - 4:45 PM The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports, veteran reporter Ed Gallek is leaving Cleveland’s WOIO for FOX affiliate WJW. “This has nothing to do with any dissatisfaction at Channel 19,” Gallek said. “I have absolu ...
View Post FOX Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk Andy Fishman Named WJW News Director By Kevin Eck on Nov. 12, 2014 - 11:30 AM Cleveland’s WJW has named Andy Fishman news director. “Having Andy at the helm of our award-winning news department is something that so many of our FOX 8 staffers endorsed and encouraged based on his years of newsroom ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk WJW’s Peggy Sinkovich Marrying the Competition By Aneya Fernando on Oct. 10, 2014 - 10:47 AM Today in rom-coms come to life: the love story of WJW reporter Peggy Sinkovich and WOIO reporter Ed Gallek. As Cleveland.com reports, the pair met two years ago when they were both covering a Cleveland police chase. That’s ...
View Post ShopTalk Man Sentenced for Flashing Laser at WJW Helicopter By Aneya Fernando on Oct. 2, 2014 - 3:45 PM Back in October 2013, Nicholas Vecchiarelli, 47, was caught by police pointing a laser light at a WJW helicopter while the FOX affiliate was covering a Friday night football game in Hubbard, Ohio. The officers found Vecchiarell ...
View Post ShopTalk | TVBiz Former Employee Suing Scripps for Putting Hidden Camera in Men’s Bathroom By Aneya Fernando on Sep. 24, 2014 - 3:02 PM Brad Brown, a former promotions producer at Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS, is suing the station’s parent company for keeping a hidden camera in the men’s bathroom over the summer. Cleveland.com reports that Brown fil ...
View Post FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk Mark Zinni Leaving WJW By Kevin Eck on Aug. 11, 2014 - 11:08 AM Cleveland weekend morning anchor Mark Zinni is leaving Tribune owned FOX affiliate WJW. “This was probably the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make,” Zinni told The Cleveland Plain-Dealer. “I’ve bee ...