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Monthly Archive for January, 2007

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Rumor: WFOR Pulls Rob Hanrahan

Tipster says WFOR management told Rob Hanrahan on Wednesday he’s is being switched with Elliot Rodriguez.

And more changes may be in store to save the station’s ratings

South Florida to get seventh Spanish TV station

WFUN-TV 48 to be known as Buenavision will hit the South Florida airwaves April 1st according to the Miami Herald. The station will be the 7th Spanish-language TV station and will feature Carribean oriented programing including a newscast for the Haitian audience.

In the last year South Florida has seen the addition of two other TV stations geared to Hispanic audiences - WSBS Ch 22 and WGEN Ch 8.

Miami Herald
Hispanic station to debut

7’s New Reporter Debuts

I could be late but it’s the first I seen of him at the top of the 4pm newscast today.

His name’s Don Guevara, previously worked at Central Florida News 13 in Orlando – came off bit aggressive in the live shot but nothing over the top. And easy on the eyes too ;)

7News at 4:30pm starts January 29th

Internal memo sez:

As you all know,  the Geraldo show was canceled last week. Therefore, we will begin broadcasting 7 News at 4:30pm on Monday Jan 29. The newscast will be anchored by Lynn and Tom and produced by Jen Kloete.

The 4pm will not be a one hour newscast. Instead, the 4:30pm will have a separate open and a fresh lead story. To help with this new show, Andrew Shah will be moving off weekends to become the Executive Producer of the 4pm and 4:30pm newscasts.

While many stations across the country are cutting back, and having layoffs, 7News continues to expand and lead the nation in news coverage. Just another reason why we really are….The News Station

Alice

They shoulda done it that way from day one. Anyway, now if we can just get the newscast/s/ video podcasted and RSS-ed…

Former Boca Raton police chief admits he used authority to help WPLG’s Julie Summers!

Boca Raton’s former police chief Andrew Scott has finally admitted what was already obvious – he used his power to help WPLG reporter Julie Summers get an interview from a contractor who was avoiding her … about a faulty sidewalk at a Boca Raton community! Very important indeed.

The story goes something like this: Chief Scott ordered a deputy to help Julie Summers get her interview. The deputy complied and on August 30 2006 he followed the contractor with a WPLG crew tagging along in an unmarked vehicle. When the contractor passed a stop sign the deputy pulled him over to write him a warning ticket and that’s when Julie Summers and crew made their move.

She got her interview but not before the contractor realized something wasn’t right and filing a report

The police chief resigned in September over this and other allegations of misconduct.

Julie Summers still plays reporter on Local 10

Palm Beach Post
Former Boca police chief admits he misused power

Lonnie Quinn Leaves NBC6

I’ve been slow to post this, but thanks to everyone who wrote in I was just a bit busy

As mentioned earlier on this blog, Lonnie Quinn is leaving NBC6. He’s moving somewhere in the Northeast to be closer to his family.

Ryan Phillips is taking over the morning meteorologist job

Quinn’s last day at WTVJ is Thursday January 11th.

They posted the memo sent by 6’s ND, link below

NBC6.net
Lonnie Quinn Leaving NBC 6

I told Ya: Geraldo At Large Canceled!

I really should steer into a career of pshychic-is…m.

Or something

When WSVN decided to put Geraldo at 4:30pm after the 4 o’clock news I said he wouldn’t last and well … it’s just been announced Geraldo at Large is fading into the TV blackhole.

The reasons for the flop?
Most stations air At Large after 11:30pm. Soft ad marketplace, lack of good lead-ins and … too small and too old audience, duh, that didn’t justify “hefty production budget”

My prediction – 7News at 4pm will be one hour long, just like in Boston

B&C
Production To Cease on Geraldo at Large

TV Newser
Geraldo At Large’s Ratings Weren’t Justifying “Hefty Production Budget”

Associated Press TV News
Rivera’s Syndicated Newsmagazine Axed