View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Paul Emmick Leaves WSBT to Follow Dream of Doing Voiceovers By Kevin Eck on Mar. 24, 2014 - 9:45 AM Paul Emmick, chief meteorologist for South Bend, IN, CBS affiliate WSBT, announced Friday he was leaving to start a career doing voiceovers. “Since I left the Weather Channel years ago I always said, when I have the chance I ...
View Post Mornings | ShopTalk Kirk Mason Debuts on WWMT in Grand Rapids By Merrill Knox on Jan. 27, 2014 - 11:46 AM Kirk Mason made his debut as the morning anchor at WWMT, the CBS affiliate in Grand Rapids, today. “When I met with Kirk, what struck me right away was how comfortable he is in all situations,” WWMT news director Steve ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | Mornings | ShopTalk Kirk Mason Joins WWMT From WSBT By Merrill Knox on Nov. 25, 2013 - 5:16 PM Kirk Mason is joining WWMT in Grand Rapids, Mich. Mason will be the CBS affiliate’s morning and noon anchor beginning in January. “We are pleased that Kirk has decided to join our station. He is an award winning journa ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Weather Meteorologists Mike LaPoint, Cheryl Lemke Join WOWT By Merrill Knox on Feb. 21, 2013 - 11:25 AM Meteorologists Mike LaPoint and Cheryl Lemke have joined WOWT, the NBC affiliate in Omaha. LaPoint comes to WOWT from WPXI in Pittsburgh, where worked for five years. He will be WOWT’s chief meteorologist, replacing Jim Flow ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Anchor Freaks Out Viewers by Leaving Ashes on His Forehead By Kevin Eck on Feb. 14, 2013 - 9:57 AM WSBT anchor Rick Schutt left viewers of the South Bend CBS affiliate wondering what was wrong with him after leaving the traces of Ash Wednesday on his forehead. Schutt took to his facebook page to assure viewers he was OK saying, ...
Anchors | CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk New Anchor Team Debuts for South Bend’s WSBT By Kevin Eck on Sep. 10, 2012 - 11:38 AM WSBT, The South Bend CBS affiliate, has added Rick Schutt and Jennifer Copeland to a three anchor rotation that includes longtime anchor Cindy Ward. Ward’s previous co-anchor at 5 and 6 p.m., Dustin Grove, retired from TV ...
CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Anchor Dustin Grove Leaving WSBT For New Career By Kevin Eck on Sep. 7, 2012 - 5:26 PM Dustin Grove, anchor and reporter at WSBT, CBS affiliate for South Bend, is leaving the station. Grove posted the news on the station’s Facebook page: Thank you for your kind words. It has been great to be a part of the WS ...
ShopTalk | Weather Meteorologist Matt Rudkin Joining WSBT By Merrill Knox on Jun. 15, 2012 - 11:07 AM Meteorologist Matt Rudkin is moving from WSIL in Harrisburg, IL to WSBT in his hometown of South Bend. “I am blessed to have had the opportunity to learn & grow in southern Illinois, but I am looking forward to working i ...
Reporting | ShopTalk Reporter Clifton French Leaving WSBT in South Bend By Merrill Knox on Jun. 4, 2012 - 10:50 AM After more than two years at WSBT in South Bend, reporter Clifton French is leaving the station for a job in Florida. “So it’s official … my wife and I are heading to Fort Myers, FL at the end of the month!” ...
Anchors | CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Evening Anchor Debra Daniel Signs Off From WSBT By Merrill Knox on May. 31, 2012 - 10:44 AM After 18 years at WSBT, Debra Daniel signed off from the South Bend CBS-affiliate last week. “It’s been so much fun,” Daniel said on her last newscast. “We’ve had hard times, hard work, trying times, ...