IT’S A GREAT BUSINESS
A dispatch from Birmingham… We’re sure the management at WVTM wishes her well in her future endeavors. Don’t they?
Category: Gone
AN EMPTY DESK IN LA
From a Left Coast Newsblueser: Kris Knutsen, the still-popular KTTV news director (and one of few stabilizing forces in a newsroom that has been ...
ORLANDO NEWS DIRECTOR GONE
He abruptly left the newsroom on Thursday. On Friday, he was designated “former” news director. Jeff Zeller led the newsroom at Fox-owned WOFL in ...
WHAT’S NEXT? WHO KNOWS?
News anchor Nick VinZant said goodbye over the weekend after three-plus years at Quincy Media’s KVOA in Tucson AZ. Someone’s gonna miss him And ...
GONE IN BUFFALO
WKBW (ABC) Buffalo General Manager Michael Nurse and two prominent members of the station’s sales department were released from their duties last week by ...
DID HE EVEN UNPACK?
After just four months on the job, Adam Wilhelm has left Quincy Media’s WBNG in Binghamton, NY. He most recently worked for WOFL in ...
#METOO CLAIMS ANOTHER
A.J. Calloway has been dropped as the co-host of the syndicated “Extra” following multiple allegations of sexual assault. Calloway fronted the showbiz news show ...
HE WENT THROUGH NDs LIKE SOME FOLKS GO THROUGH A BAG OF CHIPS
Brien Kennedy, who’d been the general manager for CBS O&O KYW in Philadelphia, has left the station after four years. During that time, as ...
OUT THE DOOR IN ORLANDO
After 6 ½ years at the helm of Fox-owned dupoly WOFL/WRBW in Orlando, FL and WOGX in Gainesville, Allyson Meyers cleared out her desk ...
BUH-BYE….FOR NOW
The forecast for WFAA meteorologist Colleen Coyle is clear sailing and no on-air shifts ahead. After 9 years, she’s signed off from the Tegna ...
A SHORT STAY IN TOPEKA
After just a year at the station, sports reporter and anchor Nicole Feyh signed off at Gray’s WIBW in Topeka, KS. Smiling through the ...
A SLIP OF THE LIP SINKS A CAREER
Yes, it was definitely something veteran Detroit investigative reporter Kevin Dietz said. Dietz, who is now a FORMER reporter for Graham Media’s WDIV, was ...
SOCIAL MEDIA BLUNDER
A Blogger for Salt Lake City’s BarStool Sports is out of a job after making light of a missing girls plight. That girl, Mackenzie ...
OUT IN PHOENIX
There’s an abrupt ND change at Meredith’s Phoenix duopoly, KTVK/KPHO. Dan Wilson is gone, effective immediately, after 3 ½ years. Jamie Ioos is serving as the ...
A SHORT STAY IN THE FRESNO FRONT OFFICE
Jenny Toste worked for nearly a decade as a TV reporter and news anchor for KSEE and KGPE in Fresno, CA before ascending to ...
AND JUST LIKE THAT….SHE’S GONE.
It is the dreaded “404/Page Not Found” for the online bio of weekend anchor Lydia Esparra, formerly of Gray’s WOIO in Cleveland, OH. Sunday ...
KCBS GM IS GONE
We mentioned his departure a few weeks back, with some grumbling of concerns, but Steve Mauldin, president and general manager of KCBS-KCAL Los Angeles, ...
BUH-BYE TO THE BIZ
Another tv news vet has decided to kiss the business to pursue other goals in life. Beau Berman, a Pittsburgh native and Penn State ...
DEPARTING THE BIG EASY
WDSU (NBC) weekend news anchor and reporter Juliana Mazza has packed her bags and headed North. The native New Englander has left the New Orleans ...
HASTY EXIT IN TALLY
David Lee has left Scripps’ WTXL in Tallahassee, FL after more than five years as ND. He’s a former Assistant ND for KCOY in Santa Maria, CA, ...
INDY VET TAKES THE EXIT
And still another member of the “Three Decades + Club” departs. Veteran reporter David MacAnally called it a career at Dispatch Broadcasting’s WTHR Ah…the ...
A STATEMENT REGARDING LEE CRUSE
“After careful consideration, Scripps’ WLEX has decided to part ways with Lee Cruse. WLEX is committed to reflecting our diverse audiences through our coverage ...
FIRED!
Longtime Baltimore tv news staple Mary Bubala’s station bio and her picture on the WJZ website were the first to go missing. Now she’s ...
SAYING “SORRY” IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES
Babbel, an online language learning platform is profusely apologizing this morning after an ad turned up on Tucker Carlson‘s Fox “News” whinefest. The Fox ...
THE OTHER SHOE DROPS
To absolutely no one’s surprise – well almost no one – Natalie Morales made it official. In a Good Friday news dump, no less. ...
CHIEF MET SUDDENLY DUMPED IN ATLANTA
Suddenly, and without a shred of explanation, Paul Ossmann’s much-ballyhooed comeback at WGCL is over. It was just a little over a year and ...
“YOUR SERVICES ARE NO LONGER NEEDED”
Management at Gray’s WVLT in Knoxville, TN must have some folks waiting in the wings. Otherwise, how do you explain the abrupt severing of ...
BUT WILL IT BE MISSED ?
It’s two seasons and out for “Page Six TV,” yet another daily half-hour strip focused on trivial pop poop . Co-hosted by Bevy Smith, ...
“AND LIKE THAT….HE’S GONE”
In the movie “The Usual Suspects”, Verbal Kint was referring to elusive criminal Keyser Soza. The headline quote also applies to anchor Brad Johansen, ...
SACRAMENTO SIGN-OFF
The Sacramento shakeup continues as weekend anchor Ali Wolf bid farewell to Tribune’s KTXL over Monday night. Her next stop is highly classified, it ...
A QUICK EXIT IN COLUMBUS
News director Steve Koles is out as Director of News and Digital Content at Dispatch Broadcasting’s WBNS in Columbus, OH. His abrupt departure came ...
A HIGHER CALLING BECKONS
Here’s a career switch you don’t see all that often: Weeknight sports anchor Gabriel Sotelo of Telemundo’s KSTS in San Jose, CA has left ...
CNN CUTS MARK GERAGOS
Mark Geragos, celebrity attorney who became famous for defending and trying high-profile cases, was fired Monday as a contributor to CNN after multiple media ...
UH-OH. GONE MISSING
While a station bio remains cached in one of the Internet’s remote corners, Mark Schofield, anchor for Northwest Broadcasting’s KSWT in Yuma, AZ is ...
GONE IN MILWAUKEE
After 15 years sitting at the anchor desk, Brad Hicks rather abruptly left Tribune’s WITI this week. He’d been off the air in recent ...
CHICAGO SHAKEUP
The ratings cellar is not a fun place to be and if you are the most visible component of a newscast, you’re the most ...
DFW TRAILBLAZER HANGS IT UP
Dallas-Ft. Worth’s first African-American tv news anchor signed off at the end of the book (and the week) John McCaa said goodbye to the ...
“PURSUING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES”
Reporter and fill-in anchor Emily Kinzer left Nexstar’s WISH in Indianapolis, IN last month after two years with the station. Of course it’s bittersweet ...
NEW HORIZONS SOUGHT
Chelsea Edwards is now a FORMER reporter for Disney’s KABC in LA. And it’s oh! So bittersweet… “I’ve got some bittersweet news to share! ...
KXAS ANCHOR FINAL SHOW
KXAS (NBC) early morning co-anchor Marc Fein made it official late last week, announcing via social media that Friday was his last day at ...
A DENVER HOUSECLEANING AHEAD OF NEXSTAR?
It wasn’t even two years ago that Tribune’s KDVR excitedly trumpeted the return of long-departed Denver tv new vet Ernie Bjorkman to an anchor ...
WRAL METEOROLOGIST DEPARTS
WRAL (CBS) chief meteorologist Greg Fishel no longer has a job, the station announced in an on-air statement Wednesday evening. The company cited a ...
UH-OH
Guess who appears to be out the door at Disney’s WABC after nearly thrity years? Bill Evans had been senior meteorologist at the station ...
A DECADE AND OUT
You’ll just have to be patient to hear about her next move, but after ten years, CNN tech correspondent Laurie Segall has packed it ...
HE’S “DECIDED TO MOVE ON”
No doubt with a little help from the higher ups, Andres Chaparro has exited Telemundo’s KDEN in Denver. “Andres Chaparro has decided to move ...
BOB COSTAS RETIRES
Bob Costas’ 40-year career with NBC Sports is over. “It’s all settled quietly and happily for all concerned,” Costas told the New York Post in an ...
OUT THE DOOR IN CLEVELAND
We’re getting reports that Mona Kosar Abdi has left Scripps’ WEWS in Cleveland, OH after two years. She was the weekday reporter and weekend ...
“ERROR 404” AT TEGNA PHOENIX
Over the weekend, a Phoenix tipster confided that both anchor/reporter Brandon Hamilton and sports reporter Tresa Tudrick out at Tegna’s KPNX. We checked and, ...
“DISAPPEARED” IN DA ‘BURGH
After 23 years of calling the weather shots at CBS-owned KDKA in Pittsburgh, chief meteorologist Jeff Verszyla had a surprising Twitter message for viewers. ...
ANOTHER KARE EXIT
And the revolving door continues to spin at Tegna’s KARE in the Twin Cities. The latest to leave is Jeff Edmondson, one of the ...
PIX AM REPORTER OUT THE DOOR
Tribune flagship WPIX in New York, is losing a longtime member of the team. Reporter Lisa Mateo’s fitness business has grown to the point ...
ANOTHER FORMER TV NEWSER MAKES AN ABRUPT EXIT
Jennifer Schulze is out at executive producer- new media at the “Chicago Sun-Times.” Schulze, a former news director at WGN back in the 90’s, ...
MORE NRATV RUMBLINGS
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino will reportedly no longer be with the National Rifle Association’s media affiliate, NRATV, after the network opted not to renew ...
BISMARCK ANCHOR LEAVES THE BUSINESS
She’s staying in Bismarck, but her future is evidently not in television. Marcie Bollinger, evening anchor-producer at Gray’s KFYR in this North Dakota market ...
CNN DUMPS BLOVIATOR
Say goodbye to opinionated gasbag Marc Lamont Hill, who’s been dumped by CNN after his anti-Israel comments made in a speech at the UN ...
FLYE FLEW BUT NO ONE’S SAYING WHY FLYE FLEW
Tight lips all around at Scripps’ WRTV in Indianapolis, IN after the sudden disappearance of reporter-anchor Ericka Flye But after 18 years at the ...
A SALT LAKE SIGN-OFF
After seven years, five of them as prime-time co-anchor, at Nexstar’s KTVX in Salt Lake City, Kim Fischer signed off last week to begin ...
NBC CONNECTICUT CUTS SPORTS DIRECTOR
Call it a year and out for John Henry Smith, former sports director for NBC-owned WVIT in Hartford, CT. Smith’s abrupt departure comes just ...
A QUICK EXIT IN MISSISSIPPI
Chris Turner has left Nexstar duopoly WJTV/WHLT in Jackson/Hattiesburg, MS after one year as ND. Both are CBS affiliates. Turner is a former news director in ...
PURSUING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Pamela Padilla is out the door at Telemundo’s KDEN in Denver. She had been the station‘s evening news anchor for the past three years, ...
…AND THE EXPERIMENT ENDS WITH A WHIMPER
The first incarnation of the year-old “Late Feed” news experiment at Tegna’s WXIA in Atlanta ended last night as original anchor-host Vinnie Politan signed ...
GONE IN DALLAS
The latest non-person in a tv newsroom comes at Tegna’s WFAA in Dallas where anchor Alisha Laventure suddenly went “ppphhhhhffft” after just over two ...
KARE WEEKEND CO-ANCHOR EXITS ABRUPTLY
Camille Williams is already a memory as weekend co-anchor at Tegna’s KARE in the Twin Cities. After three years at the station, she announced ...
TELEMUNDO L.A. DEUCE OUT
Although her official exit date is November 2, it would seem that Sandra Salazar is already out the door at KVEA, the Los Angeles ...
“THANKS FOR ALL THE MEMORIES!”
After 13 years over two stints, the last five of them as morning show anchor at Tegna’s WKYC in Cleveland, John Anderson bid farewell ...
MIA IN CLEVELAND
Yeah, the tv business is like that. One day, you’re being welcomed on the set of the morning show you’re now a part of ...
ONE OF LIFE’S LITTLE IRONIES
Brett Kavanaugh is now a US Supreme Court justice – for life. The Palm Springs, CA anchor who imprudently came to Kavanaugh’s defense several ...
PHILLY TV NEWS VET OUT THE DOOR
33 years was enough for veteran Philadelphia investigative reporter Dave Schratweiser to call it a career. He’s leaving Fox-owned WTXF. He announced his departure ...
GONE IN W VA
After a little more than two years, it looks like sportscaster Drew Goldfarb is no more at Nexstar’s WOWK in Charleston, W. VA. While ...
SANTOS MAKES HER EXIT
Siera Santos was once the White Sox reporter for NBC Sports Chicago. But recently, she had been handed other duties. So after three years, ...
PITTSBURGH FORECASTER OUT
We told you a little over a month ago that WTAE weekend forecaster Ray Petelin was headed for the door. His contract with the ...
“RIGHT NOW, I NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME AT HOME”
It’s an oft-repeated phrase on the local level when a newsie decides the hours are too weird or the front office decides that a ...
HOUSTON ANCHOR MIA
Houston blogger Mike McGuff reports that anchor Sara Donchey is no longer with Graham Media’s KPRC. She’s been anchoring the 4 pm newscast after ...
23 YEARS AND GONE IN EL PASO
KTSM chief meteorologist Chuck DeBroder was fired this week after 23 years with El Paso, TX Nexstar station. The El Paso Times reports his ...
HEALTH REASONS CITED FOR REPORTER DEPARTURE
A little more than 2 ½ years after joining Tegna’s KTHV in Little Rock, AR, reporter Katlyn Gardenhire is leaving the station for unspecified ...
OUT THE DOOR IN CLEVELAND
After nearly ten years, weekend weathercaster Beth McLeod has left Raycom’s WOIO. She posted a goodbye note on her Facebook page, and her bio ...
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER NEWS DIRECTOR
Citing unspecified “health reasons” Craig Colson announced late Tuesday he is stepping down after six years as news director at Rockfleet Broadcasting duopoly WVII-WFVX ...
SAYING GOODBYE IN WICHITA
After just over two years, this week marked the final week for KSNW sports director Elliott Polakoff. He signed off after two years at ...
PITTSBURGH NEWS DIRECTOR ABRUPTLY SHOWN THE DOOR
After eight years in the chair, Anne Linaberger is out as news director at CBS O&O KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA. Relatively new GM Jay ...
YOU CAN NO LONGER “GET MARTY”
For the past 15 years, “Get Marty” has been a signature consumer advocacy franchise for CBS-owned KDKA in Pittsburgh. No more. Reporter Marty Griffin ...
WEST PALM ANCHOR EXITS
A career in real estate awaits former WPEC anchor Eric Roby, who left the station after sitting in the morning anchor chair for 17 ...
ANOTHER UNIVISION EXIT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
The endless “drip-drip” drain of Univision executives and talent continues with the layoff of Merijoel Durán, morning anchor at WXTV Univision 41 in New ...
ANOTHER DAY CLAIMS ANOTHER UNIVISION EXEC
This time it’s John Eck who, as Chief Local Media Officer, was in charge of the troubled company’s 126 tv and radio stations nationwide. ...
YUMA REPORTER RESIGNS UNDER CLOUD
We told you a week ago about Yuma reporter Vanessa Dillon’s arrest on a domestic violence charge. Now, the investigative reporter for News Press ...
“SCOTT LEVY IS NO LONGER WITH THE COMPANY. IN THE INTERIM, AMANDA PALUMBO WILL BE YOUR CONTACT IN KC. THANKS”
Scott Levy, who’s been the news director for Meredith’s KCTV in Kansas City since August, 2016, has left the station. The other Meredith news directors ...
GARMAN SIGNS OFF IN DES MOINES
Des Moines sportscaster Andy Garman made good on his promise to leave the business, signing off last week from Hearst’s KCCI . Profuse thanks ...
ANOTHER DOUBLE DEPARTURE IN TOPEKA
Nexstar’s KSNT sports director Matt Gasper (left) is leaving the Topeka, KS station. “Signing off from KSNT News! Thanks everybody,” read his Twitter message. So ...
WHAT DOES A FACT-CHECKER DO WHEN THE FACT-CHECKER CAN’T GET THE FACTS?
So much for the notion of transparency – in an organization that insists on it in others. The former managing editor of Snopes.com, the ...
“THIS IS NOT HOW I EXPECTED IT TO END”
After 15 years of anchoring WCPO’s “Good Morning Tri-State”, Kathrine Nero was unceremoniously kicked to the curb by the Cincinnati Scripps flagship after her ...
FORMER CHICAGO TV REPORTER ABRUPTLY EXITS RADIO GIG
Just days after a published report detailing connections between Chicago radio host Maze Jackson (on the left) and a political consultant working for the ...
THE MILWAUKEE EXODUS CONTINUES…
In another departure from the Scripps station, reporter Ann Sterling said on Facebook Monday that it was her last day at WTMJ. The Florida ...
ANOTHER EXECUTIVE EXIT AT UNIVISION
The door out of the executive suite continues to revolve at Univision. The latest to go is Chief Revenue Officer Tonia O’Connor, who spent ...
GUILFOYLE BOUNCED AT FOX NEWS
After the initial reports made it seem that Kimberly Guilfoyle’s departure from Fox News was due to a really swell opportunity to hook up ...
OK. CITY ANCHOR OUT IN SEXTING CONTROVERSY
According to The Lost Ogle blog, it’s 23 years and out for Lance “Danger” West, anchor/reporter for Tribune’s KFOR. West suddenly stepped down Tuesday ...
BUFFALO FORECASTER SHOWN THE DOOR AFTER 25 YEARS
Another quarter-century run is over and out at Tegna’s WGRZ in Buffalo, NY where veteran weather guesser Kevin O’Connell is out. Contract negotiations ended ...
CHANNEL ONE NEWS GOES DARK
Because why in the world would you want kids to get into the habit of watching tv news? The classroom tv service provided by ...
BRIAN ROSS QUIETLY EXITS ABC NEWS
Well, we knew it was just a matter of time didn’t we? From the day Brian Ross was handed a month-long suspension by the ...
SALINAS ND CALLS IT QUITS
Bay area blogger Rich Lieberman looked up from composing one of his blistering posts about the sad state of local radio and noted that ...
