Category: Transitions

A LEGEND PASSES

For 41 years, Bill Shields covered the news for Boston audiences with flair, creativity, empathy and  accuracy. As a reporter for CBS-owned WBZ, he covered it all from New England blizzards to the reuniting ...

AL PRIMO: HE CHANGED TV NEWS

You’ve seen stations around the country branded “Eyewitness News” That was Al Primo’s idea. The revolutionary idea he came up with was to have reporters interact with anchors to try to bring more light ...

BILL PLANTE

Four U.S Presidents, the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement. Over the course of more than half a century, Bill Plante covered them all as a correspondent for CBS News. He joined the network ...

HE LEFT AN IMPRESSION

Jim Murphy left an impression during his two decades at WBZ Boston. Over the course of his career, Murphy scooped up three Emmys for his editing work for the CBS O&O He was a ...

JIM LEHRER, LONGTIME PBS ANCHOR

Jim Lehrer co-created PBS’ “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report” and co-anchored it for decades. Lehrer and Robert McNeil teamed for the enduring program in the mid-70’s and underwent several name changes, including one when McNeil retired ...

SHE’S BAACK

Dana Loesch formerly of The Blaze and now defunct NRA TV has a new network. It’s called “The First” and news of her return was mentioned on social media late last week. You’ll recall ...

MIKE SANDS, TV ANCHOR

Mike Sands, the former anchor at Fox 40 in Jackson whose battle with cancer prompted a nationwide outpouring of love and support, has died. Sands “died Saturday evening, surrounded by family and friends,” WLBT-TV ...

KEN WHITE, FORMER NEWS DIRECTOR

Three-time news director Ken White lost his battle with cancer Friday morning White fought mantle cell lymphoma for five years. Before he died, this detailed note was posted Thursday to his Facebook page. White’s most recent ...

WBBM MORNING CHANGES

CBS-owned WBBM on Wednesday announced several key personnel changes in the station’s news department — all apparently intended to help lift the station’s struggling news ratings. The biggest change (one we reported on last ...

DICK ELLIS, AUSTIN ANCHORMAN

Dick Ellis anchored KVUE’s newscasts throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. The Texas native had recently returned to the station to work on a series of special news reports about unsolved crime cases in ...

RIP 415 MEDIA?

We are sorry to report the death of 415 Media, the Bay Area media blog operated by Rich Lieberman since…well it seems like the dawn of time. To be fair, we have gone down ...