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A NEWS VET PLANS A GRACEUL EXIT

Longtime news executive Noel Sederstrom is retiring as news director for Quincy Media duopoly KTTC-KXLT in Rochester, MN. He’s led the newsroom since February ...

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SAN ANTONIO ANCHOR DEPARTS

A San Antonio TV news anchor who’s been battling health issues is stepping down. Jessica Headley has left KABB (FOX). ” I have been ...

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SIGNING OFF IN SPARTANBURG

Since 1993, anchor Tom Crabtree delivered the news to viewers of Nexstar’s WSPA in Spartanburg, NC. A career spanning five decades drew to a ...

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37 YEARS AND OUT FOR PITTSBURGH TV VET

After 37 years and somewhere in the neighborhood of 11,000 stories, veteran KDKA reporter Ralph Iannotti signs off after one last assignment and for ...

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SIGNING OFF IN WICHITA

Yesterday marked the last day on air for KWCH meteorologist Merril Teller. He is retiring after 38 years at the Wichita, KS station, and ...

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40 YEARS HAS FLOWN BY

WRTV (ABC) reporter Derrik Thomas signs off today after 40 years on air. He celebrated his 40th anniversary in April. Thomas calculates he’s done ...

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“SEE YOU LATER”

Morning anchor Kevin Hunsperger celebrated his final day at Quincy Media’s WSIL in Harrisburg, Ill. last week. Complete with cake, even “Finally, thank you, ...

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ST. JOE VET HANGING IT UP

Heather Shearin is retiring after 20 years as GM of KQTV in St. Joseph, MO. She’s worked for this ABC affiliate, now owned by Heartland Media, ...

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GANDY’S GOODBYE

45 years in broadcasting drew to a close Friday night as Tegna’s WLTX in Columbia, SC waved goodbye to chief meteorologist Jim Gandy. He’d ...

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SAN DIEGO VET RETIRES

KNSB (NBC) Newsman Whitney Southwick has retired, 43 years after he got his first paying gig in broadcast television. Folks in San Diego have been watching ...

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FOX CATHOLIC CONTRIBUTOR LEAVING PRIESTHOOD

You’ve probably seen Catholic Priest Father Jonathan Morris as a contributor to Fox News. He’s asked to be dismissed from the clerical state, indicating ...

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KROFT SIGNS OFF

Back in 1980, my wife and I along with another couple were taking a long weekend from our jobs in Miami for a Manhattan ...

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“I AM READY FOR A NEW CHALLENGE AND A NEW ADVENTURE”

The end of the May sweeps will be especially sweet for one news director. The outcome of the book doesn’t matter to KSHB news ...

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HOUSTON ANCHOR BOOK

If you have paid attention to the Houston Texas market, say since 1964, then you’ve heard the name Dave Ward. Dave Ward’s new book ...

PASSING THE HALF-CENTURY MARK

Just one more book to go (of course) and Mobile, AL anchor mainstay Mel Showers will be hanging it up at WKRG after 50 ...

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GOODBYE AFTER 36 YEARS

We mentioned awhile back that KDFW (FOX) reporter RICHARD RAY was hanging up his spurs and riding off into the sunset. Wednesday was his ...

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A NEWSROOM “HEART AND SOUL” YOU NEVER KNEW

Buffalo media watcher Alan Permagent recently spent some time with a former Buffalo tv news vet who made the circuit of all three city ...

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SHE PLAYED ONE ON TV

Well, kinda. Georgia Engel, who played the charmingly innocent, small-voiced Georgette on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and amassed a string of other TV ...

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HANGING IT UP IN CHARLOTTE

After 18 years as news director for Gray’s WBTV in Charlotte, NC, Dennis Milligan will retire after the May rating period. GM Scott Dempsey sent this ...

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WICHITA FORECASTER PREPARES HIS EXIT

38 years of calling the weather is enough for Wichita’s most senior meteorologist, Merril Teller of Gray’s KWCH. Come July 26th, he’s gone. Which ...

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NM ANCHOR CALLS IT QUITS

KOAT (ABC) News anchor Marisa Maez has announced she is leaving the station in Albuquerque NM to spend more time with her family. “I ...

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LIFE AFTER NEWS

Retirement for some only means opening another door. Take for example Dave Gwizdowski who “retired” last month after 20 years with the AP, working ...

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NEWS REPORTER NOW PIO

Nashville TV News reporter Larry Flowers is Murfreesboro’s new police public information officer, city leaders have announced. “I look forward to telling positive stories about the men ...

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SCRIPPS REVS UP COURT TV RE-LAUNCH

As we reported yesterday, the E.W. Scripps-owned broadcast company Katz Networks is re-launching Court TV in 2019, including the brand’s trademark, website and 100,000 ...