Tonight is Don Noe’s last night at WPLG as chief meteorologist. He signs off during the 11pm newscast tonight
Trent Aric takes over as the new chief meteorologist.
Monthly Archive for November, 2007
Brian Andrews signs off from WFOR tomorrow, Wednesday the 28th.
In the morning he’ll be on The Footy Show on WIOD 610 - sometime between 09 and 12pm. He leaves for Caracas on Friday.
And since he’s freelancing chances are high we’ll be seeing him on stations other than WFOR as well.
You can keep an eye on his big move at his new blog and site
I have a tip that the following two people could be replacing Tiffany Tucker and Joel Brown.
Q McCray, his name is Qwesi actually but he goes by Q on TV, currently at FOX 10 in Alabama - his bio @ fox10. 
Rene Marsh right now the investigative reporter at WRBG CBS6 Albany, NY - her bio at CBS6 and personal website
Last week a few people emailed saying some rumor sprung up about Tom Haynes leaving WSVN for WAGA in Atlanta. I still can’t tell 100% if it’s true but at this point it leans more and more to a yes. He joined WSVN in 2002 from WDIV in Detroit.
Update: Confirmed. He’s leaving WSVN, going to WAGA, anchor of the 11pm newscast. Last day is this Friday 11/23/2007!
Who will take his place?
Charles Billi
Reed Cowan
or
Beatriz Canals!
Assistant State Attorney Maggie Gerson who’s in charge of Jeff Weinsier’s case has decided all charges should be dropped. She concluded that the sidewalk was not school grounds (he was arrested on the road actually) and that the officer’s commands were not legal because there were other people on that sidewalk that weren’t told they must go across the street.
Since Weinsier was on a public sidewalk he couldn’t have been trespassing thus the charges of trespassing have to dropped and “anything that was found on the defendant after he was arrested will be suppressed as a matter of law” therefore the gun charges also have to be dropped.
The charge of disrupting school function also did not apply because the students had already been dismissed when the arrest took place.
Gerson relied on WPLG’s footage from the incident.
Memo from State Attorney /PDF/
Miami Herald - No charges against Channel 10 reporter
Local10.com - Charges Against Local 10 Reporter Dropped
Rev. David Ajemian, the priest accused of stalking Conan O’Brien, showed up at WSVN sister station in Boston WHDH this Saturday demanding to speak to an employee he had been sending emails to.
According to a WHDH report Ajemian became very aggressive and another man who accompanied him had to push him out of the 7News lobby.
Ajemian was arrested last week at the NBC studios where the Conan
O’Brien show is taped. His father posted the $2500 bail and took him home. Rev. Ajemian went missing around noon on Saturday, then showing up with another male at the WHDH studios in Boston
around 4pm that afternoon. By 7pm he self-admitted to a hospital for observation.
Security cam footage and report at WHDH.com - Boston Police found priest, after man fitting his description comes to 7News studio
On another note CBS4.com received a minor refresh last week or so, as did most other CBS-owned O&O sites.
If you didn’t know ‘Today in Florida’ anchor Christine Cruz can sing, and now we know she can act too. Cruz is part of an Off-Broadway musical called The Little Shop of Horrors that runs through Nov 10 at Main Street Theater.
/Video/ WSVN.com - WSVN anchor to star in The Little Shop of Horrors
Tickets at Main Street Players
WFOR - Live TV - Live From Chopper 4
WTJV - Live
WSVN - Live
WPLG - Live
WSVN’s site is on its last leg, it barely loads but the video stream looks ok.
CNN.com’s Live Video also has 7 on
12:25pm - Looks like 7 and 10 are pooling choppers again. Minutes ago Ralph Rayburn mentioned they were down to refuel, and currently the same chopper shot of the police motorcade is on both 7 and 10.
12:43pm - All stations must be shairng video - 6 has the shot from Skyforce hard to tell any more actually I think they all must be just picking up whoever has the best video
According to a tipster WFOR reporter Rachel Aram and photog Brian Shannahan were in a wreck yesterday morning.
Both were in a Ford Explorer news truck that got side swiped by a car on 700 E Sunrise Blvd in Ft. Lauderdale. The news truck then crashed into a cement pole.
Rachel Aram had to be cut out of the car. Both were taken to Broward General - Brian Shannahan had minor injuries, Rachel Aram suffered injuries to her leg or foot.
The good news is that even though she is pregnant the baby is safe!
The MSNBC.com web team is offering everyone a preview of the upcoming redesign. Unlike before when the changes were more subtle and cosmetic, this time MSNBC’s .com will be radically changed. Some of the new features include emphasis on multimedia - photo and video - different layouts for the top story section. Flexible section modules where users can select how many stories they want per section or none at all.
And for those of us not using Internet Explorer the new MSNBC.com will be more welcoming to alternative browsers such as Safari and Firefox.
Overall it looks much much better than the site now, and different than what’s already out there in terms of news sites. And miles apart from the local news hodge podge of organized clutter.
Local stations can learn a thing or two from these guys.
MSNBC.com - Interactive preview
MSNBC.com - Alpha Channel
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WSVN’s new weather girl Julie Durda made her debut early today on the morning newscast. She replaces Elita Loresca who moved to LA’s KNBC.
A few people emailed saying word on the street among reporters the past several days was that Brian Andrews was fired or left WFOR.
Joan Fleischman’s column from yesterday’s Miami Herald confirms it. Brian Andrews has ditched WFOR two months after signing another 3-year contract with them. He’s selling everything and moving to Bogota, Columbia!
Crazy boy. He’ll take Spanish lessons and freelance before looking for a more serious job. His last day at WFOR is November 28.
MiamiHerald - Buena Suerte
Reader Wayne was kind enough to take a few shots of his swanky Sony TV showing WESH’s debut in HD. To celebrate, the station aired their 11pm newscast entirely commercial free. And yes there are a couple shots of Martha Sugalski in there for all of you gawkers out there, of course.
And some of WFTV as well.
Follow the jump and click on the thumbs to see larger version
Continue reading ‘WESH in HD’
He is retiring on November 28th. Trent Aric takes over for him.
He made it known that he wasn’t pushed out but that it was his decision to retire, he called it the right time for him. And to do something different, like spend more time with his wife.
Local10.com - Don Noe Reveals His Big Secret To Local 10 Viewers
