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Monthly Archive for June, 2008Page 2 of 2
Update 6.16.08: Okay so Brian left a message saying this isn’t accurate, and that he didn’t mention KYW on his blog which is true and I appologise.
He has signed with RCN and the English newscast starts June 30th.
The reason for jumping the gun like that was a blog on June 13th about flying to Philly to “explore a job opportunity”, link below.
google’s cache of the post can be seen here
Google’s Blog Alerts emailed me the above mentioned blog postat 12:34pm on June 13th tripping the WFOR keyword so I checked it out and then along with the person who left the tip I jumped the gun and assumed wrongly that Philly meant KYW. I was wrong and I apologise, no harm meant.
Continue reading ‘Update:Brian Andrews Not Interviewing at CBS3 Philly’
NBC Meet the Press Moderator died of a heart attack this afternoon. He was just 58 years old.
Update 6.15.08: Campbell Brown now at CNN remembers Tim Russert. Between MSNBC’s Friday coverage and this clip I now understand why NBC is doing such an expansive coverage of Russert’s death.
As far as the amount of coverage from NBC going overboard - maybe they are, maybe they aren’t. Maybe it’s just their way of dealing with it. Let them. There’s the remote and the 300 channels and the internets.
Embattled WHDH VP/GM Randi Goldklank has resigned. Goldklank was arrested on April 20 at Logan Airport in Boston for disorderly conduct and hitting police officer.
Goldklank appeared in court this morning but didn’t answer questions from the media, instead her lawyer read a short statement on her behalf announcing her resignation. She also wrote letters of apology to the police officers.
“I’ve decided to resign my position at WHDH and WLVI to continue focusing on getting help,” Eisenstadt said, reading from the statement. “I appreciate the support I have received from [Channel 7 owner] Ed Ansin and my friends and colleagues at WHDH and WLVI. I look forward to returning to work in the broadcasting industry in the near future.”
As part of Goldklank’s plea deal her cases were continued without a finding meaning if she stays out of trouble for one year all charges will be dropped. The third charge of assault and battery on a police officer was dropped today as well.
Randi Goldklank was arrested on April 20 after she allegedly went into a drunken tirade. According to the police report she told the troopers:
“I’m a big shot in Boston, and I’ll have your [fucking] jobs. You think you’re a [fucking] tough guy, you just watch and see what the [fuck] happens to you when I get the [fuck] out of here.”
Later according to the report her demeanor changed:
After a few minutes she leaned toward Sergeant Luce and stated, `You think I’m cute and I think you’re cute, just drive me home.
Initially Goldklank claimed a passenger sitting beside her touched her inappropriately but that was never substantiated as there was no mention of such incident in the police report and no complaints were filed with the State Police.
An alcohol influence report says that troopers overheard Goldklank tell paramedicstending to her that she “had about three dozen drinks” that she had been taking Lexapro, an antidepressant, because her mother had recently died.
WHDH responded by putting Goldklank on administrative leave.
BlostonGlobe: Channel 7 general manager resigns after drunken tirade at Logan
WHDH.com Video: Goldklank resigns from WHDH, WLVI after court appearance
Blake Burman joins he 7News team as a reporter. He comes from WBBH-NBC2 in Ft. Myers where he also was a reporter since June 2007.
Burman was born and raised in the Miami area.
His first day on the air at WSVN is July 7th.
Geneen Anderson joins WPLG as weather producer and weekend mornings weather anchor. She comes from WNCN-NBC17 in Raleigh, NC.
Before WNCN Geneen was the morning weather anchor for WABC in New York City and she’s also worked at the Weather Channel. Anderson is also in the process of getting her meteorology degree.
Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Fancis tries to pick up Jackie Johnson, formerly morning weatherguesser on WSVN, now doing weather duties at KCAL/KCBS in LA.
WFOR ranked in the top 10 CBS affiliates nationawide for the most eyeballs watching the Kimbo Slice vs James Thompson fight
In the 11:30pm-11:45pm time slot (Kimbo Slice vs James Thompson fight) WFOR scored 7.3 ratings points and 12 share, beating LA’s KCBS by .1 ratings points, and tieing with Tulsa’s KOTV for the 7th place. With Oklahoma’s KWTV taking #1 place with 11.1 rating/18 share
Saturday prime-time WFOR got a 4.8 rating, WSVN’s annual hurricane preparedness special ‘Surviving a Storm’ which ran at 8pm got 2.8 rating points. WTVJ’s Stanley Cup Finals registered only 0.7 rating according to the Sun Sentinel
In Palm Beach, WPEC scored 5.1 for the EliteXC broadcast, doubling WPTV’s hockey game audience.
In the Miami/Ft Lauderdale market 1 ratings point equals 15,360 households. For the Palm Beach DMA 1 ratings point represents 7,753 households
Palm Beach Post: Mixed martial arts outballs hockey
MMA Online: EliteXC leads CBS to demo victory
Caroline Scollard-Tamplett is the new Vice President/General Manager of WPBF, the ABC affiliate in Palm Beach County.
Scollard-Tamplett was promoted from general sales manager. She joined WPBF in 1994 as national sales manager.
Caroline Scollard-Tamplett replaces Victoria Regan (pictured above) who left WPBF in May for WEWS-TV, the ABC affiliate Cleveland also owned by Hearst-Argyle owned by Scripps, which also owns WPTV.
The voices of WFOR anchor Eliott Rodriguez and reporter Shomari Stone are on one Foxy Brown’s latest songs apparently.
Miami Herald’s Joan Fleischman reports that audio samples from a CBS4 newscast covering the release of rapper Foxy Brown from the North Broward County jail after her arrest in a fight at a Pembroke Pines beauty supply store were used at the beginning in one of her new songs:
Stone, heard first, says Foxy ”is led out of jail with her friend
escorting her to an awaiting cab.” Then, Rodriguez: ”New video just
released within the past several hours shows what led up to the arrest
of a popular rap star. Foxy Brown was just released after spending a
long night in jail.” Then you hear Foxy.
Eliott Rodriguez while amuzed says `I believe in artistic expression. I just wouldn’t let my kids listen to it.” The track no surprisingly is laden with profanities.
The Miami Herald says Foxy Brown’s label, Koch Records, used the sound bites without permission from CBS.
The name of the song is called ‘Brookly’s Don Diva’
Reporter surprised during a live shot by a fan
- Because your cable bill isn’t high enough already: Univision to abandon its must-carry status and negotiate retransmission-consent deals for affiliate stations; CEO Joe Uva says being the top Spanish network carries a $1/month per subscriber value. Will be 2nd to ESPN as most expensive.
- New York TV stations look to Nielsen ratings alternatives; say Nielsen sample is not big enough
- Did KYW main co-anchor talk to the media after accessing Alycia Lane’s Yahoo Mail account?! FBI wants to know if he leaked messages from her lawyer
- Broadcasters fight localism rules; proposed rules will force stations to locate main studios in the city for which they are licensed; the TV station would also have to have community advisory boards; staff the station whenever its broadcasting and display evidence of local content
- Former MSNBC anchor Randy Meier gets dissed by former station; and literally pushed off camera by radio co-host
- Dr. Phil in HD this fall because he wants to give his audience “the best viewing experience I possibly can”
- WNBC reporter turned co-found of Blip.tv Dina Kaplan profiled
- A young CNBC director David van Dyck dies after a long battle with cancer
