View Post ABC Affiliates | Anchors | ShopTalk Biloxi Anchor Leaving Station For Family Time By Kevin Eck on Nov. 19, 2013 - 10:09 AM Rebecca Powers has announced she is leaving WLOX to spend more time with her family on December 12. “I’ve decided to put my TV career on hold and spend more time with my husband and our two small children,” she t ...
View Post ShopTalk | Weather Meteorologist Rusty McCranie Joins WFTV By Merrill Knox on Nov. 7, 2013 - 4:39 PM Meteorologist Rusty McCranie is joining WFTV in Orlando. McCrainie most recently worked at KOCO in Oklahoma City, where he was the weekend evening meteorologist. “I will be joining WFTV in Orlando as the 7-9am Mon-Fri Meteor ...
View Post Mornings | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Anchor Hannah Horne Says Goodbye to WIS By Merrill Knox on Jun. 28, 2013 - 10:13 AM WIS morning anchor Hannah Horne is saying goodbye to the NBC affiliate in Columbia, S.C. to pursue a career in business. “I’m a little nervous to try something new, but I’m prepared,” Horne told The State. “I ...
View Post ShopTalk WXXV in Gulfport to Launch Local Newscasts By Merrill Knox on May. 28, 2013 - 11:04 AM After more than a decade without local news programming, WXXV in Gulfport, Miss. will launch two newscasts this fall, according to The Sun Herald. General manager Bobby Edwards said the station will have 6 and 9 p.m. newscasts, wi ...
View Post News Directors | ShopTalk | TV Biz Raycom Names New GM at WLOX, New ND at WALB By Merrill Knox on Jan. 4, 2013 - 11:42 AM There are changes coming to the executive ranks at two Raycom stations: WLOX in Biloxi, Miss. and WALB in Albany, Ga. Rick Williams, who has been news director at WALB for 22 years, will become vice president and general manager o ...
CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk WLOX to Air CBS Programming on Digital Subchannel By Merrill Knox on Mar. 28, 2012 - 6:06 PM WLOX, Raycom Media’s ABC-affiliate in Biloxi, will air CBS programming on a digital subchannel beginning April 8. The market currently does not have a CBS-affiliate. In a statement, Raycom president and CEO Paul McTear said ...