He goes by the name of Joel Connable and currently works as a general assignment reporter at KCAL 9. The same station where Jackie Johnson went to work at.
He will be WTVJ’s investigative reporter and an anchor and begins August 1st.
Link to his Bio at kcal.com
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Okay, here it is. The rumor is …. Don Noe will be retiring from WPLG at the end of his contract. Remember, it’s a rumor so don’t run too wild with it you might hurt something.
The Miami Herald’s Jim Defed didn’t wait long to make fun of yet another media frenzy over shark attacks.
I glance over to my television where the local news is on. All four Miami stations lead with the shark attacks. WPLG-ABC 10′s Dwight Lauderdale wraps up his report by inviting viewers to go to the station’s website if they want to learn how to avoid being bitten by a shark.
What was that again someone saying something about this or that station local station having dopey news coverage and (insert station name here) is great because they have the bestest news?
Miami Herald
Shark attacks attract usual media circus
As previously mendtioned Viacom are relaunching the websites of their CBS affiliates around the country. Today a press release officially announced the re-launch of CBS5 San Francisco, CBS2 Chicago, WJZ in Baltimore and WCBS in New York City followed by the rest of the affiliated stations for a tottal of 17 CBS stations by the end of 2005. UPN stations will see new web sites in 2006.
All sites will have live and taped video streaming (CBS4 news live on line? About time I say), wireless alerts and breaking news.
They also say that the launches of WCCO and KUTV and CBS4 in Denver saw significant increases in traffic after the relaunch.
Tom Jicha of the Sun Sentinel is reporting that recently purchased by Viacom/WFOR WTCN-15 is slated to become a full-time WB affiliate station beginning with the TV season in September. Currently WTVX a.k.a. TVX-34 is the UPN/WB affiliate.
WTCN will be switched from the WFOR facilites which currently also control WFOR, WBFS-UPN33 and WTVX-TVX34. That’s 4 channels from one control room. I hope their people are getting enough sleep.
Something that cought my eye though is WB’s chariman Garth Ancier who’s quoted as saying “…our loyal viewers will now be able to watch our programs in the time slots they are intended to be in, which should make it much more convenient for them. This is truly a win-win for everyone.” Well yes, for those who do not have a TiVO or some other Digital video recorder 
TCN won’t have local newscast, but TVX34 has short weather segments from WFOR.
Sun Sentinel
WTCN-TV closer to full-time WB affiliation in September
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