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New Weather Girl on 4

Published by admin on 7/27/2007 in Local Media and arrivals.


Lisette Gonzalez is the new morning weather girl on CBS4 News and My33, she’s replacing Pamela Wright who left channel 4 recently. Gonzalez comes from KTLA where she was the weather guesser for KTLA Prime News and also hosted TraffiCast on the same station.

Her debut on WFOR was yesterday when she reported from Miami on CBS Fall Shows Preview (video link below)

She’s also a Miami native and if I’m not mistaken she was an intern at WSVN/Deco Drive and was featured as a Deco Drive Model Citizen, a segment that had something to do with her trying to break into singing. Don’t ask me why I remember that I have no idea.

Lisette Gonzalez CBS4 bio

Video CBS4 Fall Shows Preview reported by Lisette Gonzalez

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KWTF KUNT?

Published by admin on 7/27/2007 in Local Media.

Sick the Parents Television Council nut jobs on this one.

The FCC has given the nod to a station owner who requested the call letters KUNT for an yet unbuilt Maui low-power station. The same owner also received approval for the call letters KWTF for an Arizona.

When word got out KM Communications VP said he “fell asleep on the job” when it came to requesting those call letters. Uh huh.

TVSquad had some funny ideas as to the use of the call letters such as “KUNT On your Side” and “KWTF Is happening in Arizona”.

Hey why not, stations need anything and everything nowadays to stand out. Maybe they should buy KLIT to round things out.

TVSquad – Local stations get call letters that spell dirty words
Star Bulletin – K-WHAT? Unbuilt Maui TV station lands questionable call letters

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Two TV Choppers Collide

Published by admin on 7/27/2007 in Media Headlines.

TV copters from KNXV and KTVK in Phoenix, Arizona collided while covering a police chase!

KNXV reporter-pilot Craig Smith, photographer Rick Krolak and KTVK pilot-reporter Scott Bowerbank died.

WSVN.com video
KPHO story

AZCentral - 2 news copters collide over Phoenix; 4 killed

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WTVJ Dropping 5pm News

Published by admin on 7/26/2007 in Local Media.

Some of us were wondering when, so this is when.

WTVJ is following WPLG and dropping the news at 5pm. In it’s place will be the Ellen show.
All of the resources from the 5pm newscast will be moved to a new 7pm one that will be a half hour and followed by Access Hollywood.

The changes will take effect September 10th 2007.

Official announcement on NBC6.net: NBC 6 To Launch 7 P.M. Local Newscast

I don’t know what the ratings at 7pm are like but it does make sense to have news at that time – when most people are already home from work and not stuck in traffic. Which is why I was wondering why Channel 7 added news at 4pm and not 7pm. But what do I know. (thanks Brandon for reminding me of my idea :P )

I’ve always wondered about news in America being either too early or too late because Europe often times the main newscasts are at 7pm and even 8pm some places.

7news has been doing pretty good at 4pm against Oprah and Judy from I’ve been told.

So now would 4 and 7 also drop 5pm news? :)

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Nichelle King Coming Back

Published by admin on 7/25/2007 in Local Media.

Nichelle King who left WSVN in 2005 to anchor the weekend evening newscasts at sister station WHDH is coming back to (South?) Florida. No word on which station she landed a gig at.

BTVN Nichelle King thread

7/26 Update: Allegedly she’s coming to WFOR, but that’s all rumor for now. Channel 4 has 3 jobs to fill so it makes sense.

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