ABC Affiliates | FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk | TVBiz Shield Media to Buy WXXA in Albany for $19.5M By Merrill Knox on Jul. 30, 2012 - 11:29 AM Shield Media LLC has agreed to pay $19.5 million for WXXA, Newport Television’s Fox-affiliate in Albany. Shield announced it intends to enter into a shared services agreement with Young Broadcasting, the owner of ABC-affilia ...
Anchors | Mornings | ShopTalk Steve Ammerman Announces Departure From WTEN By Merrill Knox on May. 31, 2012 - 4:47 PM Morning anchor Steve Ammerman has announced that he will be signing off from WTEN, the ABC-affiliate in Albany, next week. “The station has been wonderful and did everything they could to try and persuade me to stay, but I h ...
ABC Affiliates | Digital | ShopTalk Albany’s WTEN Debuts New Set, HD Newscasts By Merrill Knox on Oct. 26, 2011 - 11:23 AM WTEN, the ABC-affiliate in Albany, will debut a new set and high definition broadcasts beginning with the 4 p.m. newscast this afternoon. As part of the transition, the newscasts will also feature a revamped graphics package (more ...
NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Sara Welch Leaves New Haven’s WTNH After 10 Years By Merrill Knox on Aug. 17, 2011 - 4:07 PM Sara Welch, who for 10 years was a reporter and weekend anchor for New Haven’s WTNH, has left the station to move to California with her fiance. Welch became engaged in June to Bob Vanech, a college acquaintance who she reco ...
Anchors | ShopTalk | Viral WTEN Anchor Can’t Stop Laughing During Newscast By Andrew Gauthier on May. 13, 2011 - 4:49 PM Veteran WTEN anchor Elisa Streeter could not contain her laughter during a newscast Wednesday after reporting on a grounds crew worker who had gotten himself stuck under a tarp at Tuesday night’s rain-delayed Mets-Rockies ga ...
ABC Affiliates | Politics | ShopTalk John McLoughlin Leaving WTEN After 39 Years By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 28, 2011 - 12:49 PM Political reporter John McLoughlin is leaving WTEN after nearly four decades with the Albany ABC-affiliate. McLoughlin joined WTEN in 1972 as a part-time political commentator and went on to become an important voice in New York&# ...