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Meteorologist Kyla Grogan Out at WTNH

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Meteorologist Kyla Grogan Out at WTNH

After 7 months, chief meteorologist Kyla Grogan is no longer with WTNH-TV ABC 8 in New Haven, CT, New England One has confirmed. WTNH has already scrubbed her bio from their website.

Kyla replaced meteorologist Erika Martin who left in December after two years at WTNH. We're told that Kyla chose to leave the station to persue other opportunities. Her boyfriend also lives in New York City, so that may have played a role.

Kyla came to WTNH from The Weather Channel where she was a on-camera meteorologist. She began her meteorology career at The Weather Channel where she was part of the team that covered Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath, as well as several major tornado outbreaks.

Prior to The Weather Channel, Kyla was a anchor/reporter for KLAS-TV CBS 8 and for KVVU-TV FOX 5, both in Las Vegas, NV.

Kyla also has a theatre and acting background. She played the part of fake news reporter "Andrea Bennett" for years with the "Onion News Network," which won a Peabody Award. She also toured the world with several productions of Broadway Shows.

A native of Connecticut, Kyla is a 1991 graduate of Boston University where she studied journalism. She also holds a broadcast meteorology degree from Mississippi State University.

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Meteorologist Kevin Coskren Leaving WLNE

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Meteorologist Kevin Coskren Leaving WLNE

Chief meteorologist Kevin Coskren is leaving WLNE-TV ABC 6, New England One has learned.

Kevin joined ABC 6 in August 2012 when former chief meteorologist Fred Campagna and the station failed to come to terms with a new contract.

Prior to ABC 6, Kevin was the chief meteorologist at Citadel Communications sister-station KLKN-TV ABC 8 in Lincoln, NE.

A native of the Northeast, Kevin made it no secret that he would like to return to this part of the country one day. When Citadel purchased WLNE in 2011, Kevin got his chance.

“The day I heard that, the hair stood up on the back of my neck,” he said in 2012 to the Lincoln Journal Star. “I thought, ‘This is my chance.’ So I carefully crafted an email to the president of the company, and included my boss in it, that if anything ever became available, I would like to be considered for it.”

Kevin started at KLKN in 1999 as the meteorologist for the newly launched morning newscast. He was promoted to chief meteorologist in 2001.

Kevin also worked for WKBT-TV in La Crosse, WI, and earned his AMD Seal of Approval while there.

Kevin was born in Massachusetts, and grew up in New Jersey. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame where he earned a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He also graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Master's degree in meteorology.

Kevin has not yet said where he is going, and is expected to leave ABC 6 at the end of the month.

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Stephanie Coueignoux Joining FOX 25 as Reporter

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Stephanie Coueignoux Joining FOX 25 as Reporter

Stephanie Coueignoux is joining WFXT-TV FOX 25 in Boston as a reporter, FOX 25 news director Lee Rosenthal has announced.

Stephanie joins FOX 25 from WSOC-TV ABC 9 in Charlotte, NC where she is currently a reporter and fill-in anchor.

Prior to WSOC, Stephanie was a reporter and anchor at WKYC-TV NBC 3 in Cleveland, OH. While there, she was the recipient for several awards including a local Emmy, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and an award from the Society of Professional Journalists for covering the 2012 shooting at Chardon High School. She also covered the story of three women kidnapped for years in a Cleveland home, and was the only reporter to interview Michelle Knight, one of the victims, during a live visit to the house.

Before that, she worked for Central Florida News 13 in Orlando, FL, where she was the primary night side reporter and a web content producer since 2006.

Stephanie has also worked as an anchor and reporter at WJFW-TV in Rhinelander, WI; and KSTF-TV in Scottsbluff, NE. During college, she interned at WHDH-TV in Boston, and Newton News in Newton, MA.

Born in France, Stephanie's family moved to Colorado, then California and Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Wellesley College where she achieved a Bachelor's degree in psychology.

She is a member of the Asian American Journalist Association; the Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; and Society of Professional Journalists and National Academy of Television Arts.

Stephanie starts at FOX 25 at the end of August.

 

 

John Cuoco Joins WHDH as Reporter

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John Cuoco Joins WHDH as Reporter

John Cuoco has joined WHDH-TV NBC 7 in Boston as a reporter, New England One has learned.

John comes to 7 News from WDJT-TV CBS 58 in Milwaukee, WI where he was a reporter and multimedia journalist. While in Milwaukee, John reported on stories like the Sikh Temple Shooting, Historic Wisconsin union rallies/recall elections, both Republican and Democrat National Conventions, Vice Presidential Debate, Iowa Caucus, and the Brookfield spa shooting. He also had a weekly franchise reporting on "Milwaukee's Unsolved Bank Robberies."

Prior to WDJT, John was a nightside reporter at fill-in anchor at KXXV-TV ABC 25 in Waco, TX. While in Waco, John covered the Fort Hood shootings, and also uncovered racism claims at the local Veterans Administration hospital. Before that, he was a reporter and multimedia journalist at KRHD-TV in Bryan, TX.

This is somewhat of a full-circle moment for John as it marks a return to WHDH for him - he was an intern for the sports department in 2007 during college.

A native of Boston, John is a 2008 graduate of the University of Rhode Island where he achieved a Bachelor's degree in journalism.

John started at WHDH today.

 

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John Cuoco Demo Reel/WDJT-TV

FOX 25 and The Boston Globe Partner for Boston 2024 Debate

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FOX 25 and The Boston Globe Partner for Boston 2024 Debate

Boston 2024 chairman Steve Pagliuca and No Boston Olympics Co-Chair Chris Dempsey will face off for the first time in a debate Thursday, July 23rd, co-sponsored by The Boston Globe and WFXT FOX25.  “The Boston Olympics Debate” will air live on FOX25 from 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. and be live streamed on www.bostonglobe.com, www.myfoxboston.com and the FOX25 News App. 

Joining Steve Pagliuca in the discussion will be Daniel Doctoroff, a Boston 2024 and United States Olympic Committee board member.  On the opposing side, Chris Dempsey will be joined by Andrew Zimbalist, a Smith College economist and author of Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup. Co-moderated by FOX25 anchor Maria Stephanos and Boston Globe reporter Sacha Pfeiffer, the one hour discussion will provide an in-depth look at all of the issues surrounding an Olympics in Boston as viewers and readers decide whether to support Boston as a host city for the 2024 games.  

"The Olympic bid is one of the most transformational ideas that Boston has had to consider in a generation and also one of the most controversial,” said Boston Globe CEO Mike Sheehan.  “In the spirit of constructive civil discourse, the region's two leading news organizations - The Boston Globe and FOX25 - are proud to partner on a candid and open discussion with the leading proponents and opponents of the bid."

The debate format calls for participants to answer questions raised by Pfeiffer and Stephanos, as well as questions from the public.  Viewers and readers are invited to submit their questions on the Boston Globe and FOX25 Facebook pages and via Twitter with the #OlympicsDebate hashtag.

“We hope this open, public dialogue will give viewers a clear picture about the financial viability of the Boston Olympics host city plan and its potential impact on them,” said WFXT Vice President and General Manager Tom Raponi.  “FOX25 is delighted to team up with the Boston Globe and combine our journalistic resources to organize this important community event.”

Following the debate, there will be post-debate analysis live streamed on bostonglobe.com, myfoxboston.com and the FOX25 News App.  Reporters from both outlets will discuss the debate and fact-check statements made.  Other news media is invited to attend the debate and speak with the participants following its conclusion.

WFXT FOX25 is part of the Cox Media Group.  The company’s operations currently include 14 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 57 radio stations, eight daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services. 

Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC provides news and information, entertainment, opinion, and analysis through its multimedia properties.  BGMP includes the Boston Globe, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com, Cruxnow.com, BetaBoston.com, and Globe Direct.

 

Kirsten Glavin Joins ABC 6 as Reporter

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Kirsten Glavin Joins ABC 6 as Reporter

Kirsten Glavin has joined WLNE-TV ABC 6 in Providence as a reporter.

"The Northeast will always be home" Kirsten told New England One. "I am absolutely thrilled to join the WLNE news team and share the stories that deeply impact our colorful New England community."

Kirsten joins ABC 6 from Nexstar's KFXK-TV FOX 51 in Tyler, TX where she was an evening anchor. She also anchored the broadcasts for Nexstar's Fox stations in the Bryan & Waco, TX and Shreveport, LA markets. Kirsten was also a reporter and anchor at sister-station KETK-TV NBC 22 also in Tyler.

A native of Grafton, MA, Kirsten is a 2014 graduate of Boston University where she acheived a Bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.

While in College, Kirsten interned at places like WJMN-FM Jam'n 94.5 in Boston and Dennis Publishing: Health and Fitness Magazine in London, England. She also spent two summers interning for WHDH-TV NBC 7 in Boston, where she assisted with coverage of the James “Whitey” Bulger Trial. She also worked as a reporter and anchor at BUTV10, Boston University’s student produced and managed content distribution network.

Kirsten started at ABC 6 this week, and is expected to be on-air today.

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Kirsten Glavin Demo Reel/KETK-TV, KFXK-TV

 

Meteorologist Torrance Gaucher Joining WFFF/WVNY

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Meteorologist Torrance Gaucher Joining WFFF/WVNY

Torrance Gaucher is joining Nexstar's WFFF-TV FOX 44/WVNY-TV ABC 22 in Burlington, VT as a weekend meteorologist and reporter, New England One has learned.

"I am pleased to announce Torrance Gaucher will soon be joining the Local 22 & Local 44 weather team!" news director Jolene Reilly Greene announced in an email to staff.

Torrance joins WFFF/WVNY from KIEM-TV NBC 3 in Eureka, CA where he has been the chief meteorologist since January 2015.

Torrance tells New England One that he is "excited to return to New England."  He says that he is "excited to forecast for blizzards and summer time storms as well as report on environmental stories." He also tells us that he is "thankful for my experience [at KIEM], but I am happy to move home to be closer to my family and loved ones."

A native of Harrisville, RI, Torrance is a 2014 graduate of Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, VT where he achieved an Associate's degree in television news studies, as well as a Bachelor's degree in atmospheric sciences and meteorology.

During his time in college, Torrance was a meteorologist and reporter for News 7, Lyndon State's student-run news station broadcasting to cities and towns in northeastern Vermont. He also spent some time as a weather road forecaster for Vermont Institute for Applied Meteorology in Lyndonville. In addition, Torrance spent two summers interning for the weather department at WPRI-TV in Providence, RI.

Torrance starts at WFFF/WVNY in late August.

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July 13, 2015 forecast/KIEM-TV

 

Tara Joyce Promoted to Morning Anchor at NBC Connecticut

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Tara Joyce Promoted to Morning Anchor at NBC Connecticut

NBC Connecticut / WVIT-TV NBC 30 announced today that Tara Joyce will join its weekday morning news team as co-anchor, joining Todd Piro, Bob Maxon and Heidi Voight on “NBC Connecticut Today” from 4:30 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.

“Tara has demonstrated tremendous dedication to NBC Connecticut and our viewers,” said Matt Piacente, Vice President of News. “She solidifies our morning team and our station commitment to provide viewers with local news, weather and traffic that impacts their daily lives.” 

Joyce has been with NBC Connecticut since May 2014 as a reporter and weekend anchor. She previously worked in Green Bay, Wisconsin as an anchor and general assignment reporter.

Joyce graduated from the University of Connecticut where she received a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Journalism and Communications. During her time in Storrs, she also interned at NBC Connecticut in the newsroom.

About NBC Connecticut
Owned by NBCUniversal, NBC Connecticut / WVIT serves its audience with local news and weather information across multiple platforms. This includes more than 35 hours of newscasts each week on WVIT, news segments on CT COZI TV and digital content on NBCConnecticut.com. The station is Connecticut’s leader with Facebook and Twitter followers and provides mobile users on-the-go breaking news updates and weather information through its customized applications. NBC Connecticut’s commitment to excellence in journalism has been recognized with numerous Emmy Awards and the prestigious Peabody Award. NBC Connecticut supports the community through its signature Partners in a Caring Community initiative.

 


Reporter Mike Magnoli Out at FOX CT

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Reporter Mike Magnoli Out at FOX CT

Mike Magnoli has left WTIC-TV FOX 61 (FOX CT) in Hartford, New England One has learned.

Mike had been a reporter for the FOX CT Morning News since 2011. During his time in Connecticut, some of the biggest stories in the state and the Northeast such as the Aaron Hernandez Investigation, the Bridgeport Train Derailment, the Stamford Christmas Fire, the Boston Marathon Bombing, Hurricane Sandy, and the Sandy Hook School Shooting, among others.

With a new general manager hired in March, we hear a few changes are being made to improve ratings. Amanda Raus joined the FOX CT Morning News at the end of June, and this week the station launched "Nonstop News at 5 - 20 minutes of commercial free, uninterrupted news and weather."

Mike joined FOX CT from KATC-TV ABC 3 in Lafayette, LA where he was a reporter. One of the biggest stories he covered while at KATC was the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Prior to that, Mike was a reporter at KALB-TV NBC 5/CBS 2 in Alexandria, LA. While there, he covered hurricanes, crime, racial tension in Jena, LA, and the U.S. Army at Fort Polk. He also won two Associated Press awards in 2009 and 2010 for breaking news coverage. He also met his wife while working at KALB, who is currently a news producer at FOX CT.

Before his time on-air, Mike was a news writer for WFSB-TV CBS 3 in Hartford. He has also spent time as an intern with Fox News Channel, ABC News, and WABC-TV, all in New York City.

A Connecticut native, Mike is a 2006 graduate of Marymount Manhattan College where he studied communication and media studies.

Mike's last day at FOX CT was July 17.

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Mike Magnoli reporting on West Hartford Redtail Hawk Nest/WTIC-TV

 

Big News for Fox 25's Sorboni Banerjee

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Big News for Fox 25's Sorboni Banerjee

You may have noticed that Sorboni Banerjee has been missing from the FOX 25 Morning News on WFXT-TV in Boston for a while.

Sorboni, and her husband Jarrod Holbrook, are expecting their first child due this November. Sorboni has been on leave recently taking every precaution necessary to ensure she and the baby stay healthy.

Sorboni tells New England One that "we waited to share the news because of a history of complications, but I want women to know they're not alone."

"I felt pretty isolated and scared in my experience with miscarraiges until I started talking about it and want other women to experience that same support, not even women really - couples - because it takes a toll on both" she said.

With this good news, Sorboni will be leaving FOX 25. "I'm moving to Florida to be with Jarrod and concentrate on my family and my health" she tells us. Jarrod left Boston to join WFTS-TV in Tampa, FL this past May.

She says that she will "miss Boston and our amazing viewers after a decade of reporting there."

FOX 25 issued a statement saying that Sorboni was no longer with the station, and that they "wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors."

Sorboni joined FOX 25 in 2012 as a morning anchor/reporter. Most recently, she was co-anchor of the FOX 25 News at 5 with Mark Ockerbloom and Maria Stephanos before being moved back to mornings to co-anchor the 4am-6am news with Daniel Miller.

Before coming to FOX 25, Sorboni was a morning anchor/reporter at WHDH-TV NBC 7 also in Boston. Prior to that she was the morning anchor at WLNE-TV ABC 6 in Providence, RI. She has also been an anchor/reporter at WHAG-TV NBC 25 in Hagerstown, MD.

A native of South Kingstown, RI, Sorboni is a 2002 graduate of Boston University where she studied broadcast journalism.

Sorboni will surely be missed in Boston, but we wish both her and her husband the best in this very exciting new chapter of their lives together.

You can send Sorboni well wishes on Twitter @sorbonified, as well as Jarrod @JarrodHolbrook.

 

FOX 25 Scores with Olympics Debate

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FOX 25 Scores with Olympics Debate

Nearly 78,000 viewers watched an unprecedented debate co-sponsored by The Boston Globe and FOX25 News that focused on whether to bring the Olympics to Boston in 2024, according to Nielsen.  In addition, “The Boston Olympics Debate”, which aired Monday at 8 p.m. and re-aired at 11:30 p.m., had more combined Adult 25-54 viewers than all but three programs on any broadcast network the entire day.  Thousands more watched the debate stream live on myfoxboston.com, the FOX25 News App and BostonGlobe.com.

Boston 2024 Chairman Steve Pagliuca, and Daniel Doctoroff, a Boston 2024 and USOC Board Member, faced off against  the Co-Chair of No Boston Olympics, Chris Dempsey, and  Smith College Economist Andrew Zimbalist, who is the author of “Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup.”  The debate was co-moderated by FOX25 anchor Maria Stephanos and Boston Globe reporter Sacha Pfeiffer.
 
“This spirited discussion gave viewers, readers and social media users important information to help them determine if they should support bringing the Olympics to Boston, “ said FOX25 Vice President and General Manager Tom Raponi.  “We are proud to have partnered with The Boston Globe on this important community event.”

While concerns about transparency, transportation and venues were discussed, the biggest point of contention in the debate was the cost of funding the games. "Most of the numbers that I look at reflect drunken optimism, they don't reflect conservatism,” said Andrew Zimbalist.
 
Daniel Doctoroff quickly responded: "I looked at literally every bid  and studied every trend over a 10 year period of time.  I think to call those assumptions  drunken optimism is completely unfair and inaccurate."

Several viewer questions about the issues were posed to the panelists from twitter with the hashtag #olympicsdebate.  By the end of the debate, #olympicsdebate was the top trending twitter hashtag in the Boston area. 

“Readers, viewers and social media users confirmed that they have a hunger for learning more from both sides,” said Boston Globe CEO Mike Sheehan.  “The combined effort of the region’s two leading news organizations - The Boston Globe and FOX25 – has created even more transparency."

Following the debate, reporters from The Boston Globe and FOX25 carefully reviewed statements and facts from the panelists in a post-debate analysis that streamed live on myfoxboston.com, bostonglobe.com and  the FOX25 News App.  Viewers also stayed for continuing coverage on FOX25 News at 10, which ranked as the #1 Late Newscast with 42,586 Adult 25-54 viewers. FOX25 News at 11 was the #1 11 p.m. newscast with 37,735 A25-54 viewers.

 

WFXT FOX25 is part of the Cox Media Group.  The company’s operations currently include 14 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 57 radio stations, eight daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services. 

Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC provides news and information, entertainment, opinion, and analysis through its multimedia properties.  BGMP includes the Boston Globe, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com, Cruxnow.com, BetaBoston.com, and Globe Direct.

 

WFSB Partners with the NBMAA for Art & Education Uncorked Event

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WFSB Partners with the NBMAA for Art & Education Uncorked Event

WFSB-TV Channel 3 is proud to announce its role as exclusive television partner with The New Britain Museum of American Art for its “Art & Education Uncorked – Cheers to 16 Years!” event on Thursday, October 15, 2015.

This is a celebratory event, honoring the past and celebrating a vibrant future of this Connecticut treasure. The museum will bid farewell to Director Douglas Hyland, and open the doors to the brand new Art & Education Addition to the Chase Family Building. This one-of-a-kind evening will feature food created by some of the region’s most notable chefs, wines from around the world, and spirits, by way of a fine selection of small-batch bourbon and single malt scotch. The event will feature a silent auction, replete with unique offerings.

“WFSB enjoys the opportunity to support our local arts, through news coverage, public appearances and media partnership,” said Vice President/General Manager Klarn DePalma. “We are excited to work with The New Britain Museum of American Art to celebrate the contribution it brings to our greater community.”

The evening will kick off opening week festivities for the new 17,346 sq. ft. addition, which boasts 7 new galleries and 3 new art studios. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the NBMAA’s ambitious and effective programming for children and families.

For more information about the event, please contact Event Director Vicky Cirilli, at vicky@cirilliassociates.com, or call 860-395-4095

 

Meteorologist Monica Cryan Leaving NBC Connecticut

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Meteorologist Monica Cryan Leaving NBC Connecticut

Meteorologist Monica Cryan is leaving WVIT-TV NBC 30 (NBC Connecticut) in Hartford after one year there.

Monica joined NBC Connecticut in June 2014 as the weekend evening meteorologist.

"Freelance Meteorologist Monica Cryan is leaving NBC Connecticut. Monica and her husband are relocating to Colorado and we wish them all the best" NBC Connecticut spokesperson Laura Gremelsbacker told New England One.

Monica came to NBC Connecticut from WSFA-TV in Montgomery, AL where she was the noon and 4pm meteorologist. She left WSFA in April to follow her husband who took a new job. Before that, she was at KTAB-TV/KRBC-TV in Abilene, Texas where she was the early morning and noon newscast meteorologist. She started her career as a meteorologist at KMID-TV in Midland, TX.
 
A native of Philadelphia, Monica is a 2010 graduate of Pennsylvania State University, one of the top meteorology schools in the country, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in meteorology. While in college, she was very involved in Penn State's meteorology program, taking part in the Campus Weather Service, PSN, and Weather World. 
 
She also was involved outside of the meteorology department, and joined Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity for woman. Through Kappa, Monica became involved in Penn State's Dance Marathon, the largest student run philanthropy.

Monica's last day at NBC Connecticut will be Sunday, August 2nd.

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Monica Cryan Forecast, January 2015/WVIT-TV

 

 

July Ratings Results for Boston

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July Ratings Results for Boston

Here is a look at what viewership looked like in Boston for the July 2015 rating period.

WCVB won all newscasts in households & P2+, WFXT and WCVB split wins in the advertiser friendly A25-54 demographic.

Highlights:

  • WFXT expanded its wins in the morning over last month, winning all time periods (including edging out WCVB from 5am-6am by a small margin) except 6am-7am, which WCVB won
  • WCVB won noon, but it was a virtual tie with WHDH
  • WCVB won early evening
  • WFXT won both 10pm and 11pm

Take a look at the rating chart below.

Read WCVB Rating Press Release Here

Read WFXT Rating Press Release Here

 

Matt Blanchette Leaves WLNE and TV News

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Matt Blanchette Leaves WLNE and TV News

Reporter Matt Blanchette has left WLNE-TV ABC 6 in Providence, RI, and has announced he is leaving the television news business altogether.

Matt explained his decision to leave on his Facebook page:

"Today is my last day with ABC 6, and in the television industry. In many ways, it is a bittersweet day. I will actually miss the adrenaline of chasing down stories and local newsmakers. In my 3 years at ABC 6 I may be the only one to have anchored every single show (Morning, noon, 5, 6, 11 and weekend, plus sports). And I leave with quite a bit more gray hairs than when I started.

From the Nimrods to the Jayhawks, the Patriots to the Chiefs, Governors to Principals. Championships and scandals, awards and arrests. After a decade, I am leaving the television news industry.
I want to thank all the great people I have worked for and with in Marquette, MI, Wausau, WI, Topeka, KS and Providence, RI. I have met some unbelievable people and told some amazing stories. It’s been one hell of a ride.

After 10 years of long nights, early mornings and plenty of weekends, I have decided to make the move to a more stable career.

I started out as a kid in journalism school at Boston University, not knowing exactly what I wanted to do. The TV bug bit me, and I followed my dream. I wouldn’t trade any of it for the world. But as I get ready to marry to love of my life, I know the timing is right to make the move. I am very excited to start the next chapter in my life. I will remain in the Providence area, and look forward to seeing you all soon."

Matt joined WLNE in 2012 as the weekend sports anchor and reporter, and in 2014 was promoted to weekday morning news anchor. He was most recently a general assignment reporter, and while at WLNE has covered the sale of the Pawtucket Red Sox, the Aaron Hernandez trial, the Patriots run to the Super Bowl, and the Boston Marathon Bombing Trial.

Prior to joining WLNE, Matt spent 4 years as a sports anchor/reporter for WIBW-TV CBS 13 in Topeka, KS. He has also worked as a sports anchor/reporter at Gannett; WSAW-TV in Wausau, WI; and WBUP-TV in Marquette, MI.

A native of Gloucester, RI, Matt is a 2005 graduate of Boston University where he studied broadcast journalism.

Matt's last day was yesterday.

Related: Read 11 Questions with Matt Blanchette

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Matt Blanchette Promo/WLNE-TV

 


Tina Martin Joins WGBH News as Reporter

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Tina Martin Joins WGBH News as Reporter

Tina Martin has joined WGBH News in Boston as a reporter, she has announced.

Tina tells New England One that she is "so happy to be telling stories in my hometown of Boston!"

She says that she "had time to consider what kind of stories I wanted to tell and how I wanted to tell them. WGBH is the perfect place for me to do my best work."

In her new role, she will be working for both the television and radio outlets of WGBH, as well as www.WGBHNews.org.

WGBH Radio general manager Phil Redo tells New England One that "Tina has a great deal of experience and a real talent for finding and telling compelling stories. Not only is she a talented broadcaster and writer but she grew up in Boston and her family still lives here, so her knowledge and context of the region is significant. She's a great addition to our fast growing newsroom."

Tina can be heard on WGBH-FM 89.7 during the "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered," and can be seen on WGBH-TV PBS 2/44 on Greater Boston.

Tina is also a freelance blogger for the Huffington Post, writing on a variety of topics. Prior to that, she spent 6 years as an anchor and reporter at WFSB-TV CBS 3 in Hartford, where she also hosted a segment called "Tina Around Town."

During her time at WFSB, she won several awards. She was the 2009-2010 winner of the Jacque Minnottee National Health Reporting Fellowship from the Radio Television Digital News Foundation. She was chosen as Best Local TV Reporter by readers of Hartford Magazine in the 2011 Best of Hartford Contest. Tina's series Tina Around Town was honored by the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists in the 2010 Excellence in Journalism contest.

Tina has also worked as a freelance reporter for "Worcester News Tonight" & New England Cable News; a freelance writer for WCVB-TV ABC 5; and an anchor and reporter for WMCT-TV. In addition, she spent 3 years at WATD-FM 95.5 radio in Greater Boston as a reporter and anchor. During her time at WATD, she was the first African American in the station's history to win an Associated Press award for her work on the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

Outside of television news, Tina has been the director of communications for the Massachusetts Office of Business Development; and the statewide communications manager for The Salvation Army.

Tina is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, and a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

A native of Boston, Tina is a graduate of Emerson College where she received a Bachelor's degree in mass communication and broadcast journalism.

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Tina Martin Reports - Dorchester Community Coping After Murder/WGBH News

 

NECN and Telemundo Boston Announce Pet Adoption Initiative

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NECN and Telemundo Boston Announce Pet Adoption Initiative

Necn and Telemundo Boston / WNEU today announced they are teaming up with animal shelters across New England on a first-of-its-kind pet adoption initiative – Clear the Shelters – on Saturday, August 15. The Clear the Shelters effort, part of a national initiative spearheaded by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal, pairs local television stations with animal shelters across the country to find new homes for homeless pets.
 
“We are thrilled to be working with local animal shelters all across New England to help raise awareness about the benefits of pet adoption,” said Mike St.Peter, General Manager, necn and Telemundo Boston. “On Saturday, August 15 we will all have the opportunity to join in this national day of action to help match homeless animals with their new forever homes. I encourage you all to come out and help us ‘Clear the Shelters’ and give a local pet a chance at a new life.”
 
The Clear the Shelters effort, which is sponsored nationally by Overstock.com, is a national pet adoption drive that will take place in 19 markets across the United States and Puerto Rico, including New England. On Saturday, August 15, 11 NBC-owned stations, 17 Telemundo-owned stations, the NBCUniversal-owned regional news network necn and more than 300 local animal shelters across the country will match up thousands of homeless pets with new homes. This initiative marks the first time that the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations have joined forces on an initiative like Clear the Shelters.
 
Locally, English- and Spanish-speaking viewers will be able to watch special programming that raises awareness about the actual pet adoption day as well as issues, like the benefits of pet adoption, the situation at New England shelters and the overall efforts happening across New England. Moreover, both stations will engage viewers with news and information across various platforms, including on air during newscasts, online and via social media.
 
necn’s special programming for the Clear the Shelters initiative will begin airing this week in all newscasts and will highlight adoption efforts of animal shelters across all of New England. Spanish-speaking viewers will also be able to watch special programming for the national pet adoption drive on Telemundo Boston leading up to and including Clear The Shelters day, August 15.
 
Additionally, necn and Telemundo Boston, along with the other NBC Owned Stations plus more than 100 NBC affiliate stations will air a 30-minute post-adoption drive special that will be hosted by Natalie Morales, News Anchor and Co-Host of NBC News’ TODAY Show, on Saturday, August 22. Telemundo Boston will also air a post-adoption drive that will be co-hosted by Elva Saray, Host of Telemundo 52 Los Angeles’ (KVEA) daily entertainment show, Acceso Total and Jessica Carrillo, Host and Reporter for Telemundo network’s Al Rojo Vivo (check local listings).
 
Clear the Shelters was initiated last year in the Dallas-Fort Worth market as a partnership between NBCUniversal-owned stations NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth / KXAS and Telemundo 39 Dallas-Fort Worth / KXTX and dozens of North Texas animal shelters. The day resulted in the adoption of more than 2,200 homeless animals, the most adopted in one day in North Texas.
 
For more information about the national pet adoption drive, visit www.ClearTheShelters.com. You can follow the initiative on Twitter by using the hashtag #ClearTheShelters.

About necn
Owned by NBCUniversal, necn is the largest 24-hour regional news network in the U.S. Since its launch on March 2, 1992, necn has grown to include 3.6 million subscribers in more than 1,050 cities and towns throughout all six New England states. Necn has established itself as an industry leader and as the only regional news network of its kind to earn a George Foster Peabody Award and the Alfred I. duPont – Columbia University Broadcast Journalism Award, among many other accolades.
 
About Telemundo Boston / WNEU
Owned by NBCUniversal, Telemundo Boston / WNEU is Telemundo’s local television station that serves Spanish-speaking viewers in the Greater Boston area. As one of the 17 stations that make up the Telemundo Station Group, Telemundo Boston delivers its viewers world class programming produced by the Telemundo Network. Telemundo Boston also airs local special community events, daily live weather updates, health and entertainment segments as well as sports programming in Spanish. Sports programming includes the specially produced weekly feature, The Red Sox Report.

 

Peter Jennings Remembered - 10 Years Later

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Peter Jennings Remembered - 10 Years Later
Ask many journalists today who they looked up to, or who their inspiration to get into the news business was, and they will tell you it was Peter Jennings.
 
He was mine as well.
 
I remember watching Peter as a kid, one of the only kids I knew that was watching "World News Tonight." He was professional, experienced, and fair. A newsman inside and out.
 
It's hard to believe that its already been 10 years since his death of lung cancer in 2005. Though he is gone, his career and his mark on television news will be here for a long time to come.
 
You can read about his career, and watch some tribute videos from 2005 below.
 
Reported World-Shaping Events
 
As one of America's most distinguished journalists, Jennings reported many of the pivotal events that have shaped our world. He was in Berlin in the 1960s when the Berlin Wall was going up, and there in the '90s when it came down. He covered the civil rights movement in the southern United States during the 1960s, and the struggle for equality in South Africa during the 1970s and '80s. He was there when the Voting Rights Act was signed in 1965, and on the other side of the world when South Africans voted for the first time. He has worked in every European nation that once was behind the Iron Curtain. He was there when the independent political movement Solidarity was born in a Polish shipyard, and again when Poland's communist leaders were forced from power. And he was in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Romania and throughout the Soviet Union to record first the repression of communism and then its demise. He was one of the first reporters to go to Vietnam in the 1960s, and went back to the killing fields of Cambodia in the 1980s to remind Americans that, unless they did something, the terror would return.
 
On Dec. 31, 1999, Jennings anchored ABC's Peabody-award winning coverage of Millennium Eve, "ABC 2000." Some 175 million Americans watched the telecast, making it the biggest live global television event ever. "The day belonged to ABC News," wrote The Washington Post, "… with Peter Jennings doing a nearly superhuman job of anchoring." Jennings was the only anchor to appear live for 25 consecutive hours.
 
Jennings also led ABC's coverage of the Sept. 11 attacks and America's subsequent war on terrorism. He anchored more than 60 hours that week during the network's longest continuous period of news coverage, and was widely praised for providing a reassuring voice during the time of crisis. TV Guide called him "the center of gravity," while the Washington Post wrote, "Jennings, in his shirt sleeves, did a Herculean job of coverage." The coverage earned ABC News Peabody and duPont awards.
 
Overseas, and at Home
 
Jennings joined ABC News on Aug. 3, 1964. He served as the anchor of "Peter Jennings with the News" from 1965 to 1967.
 
He established the first American television news bureau in the Arab world in 1968 when he served as ABC News' bureau chief for Beirut, Lebanon, a position he held for seven years. He helped put ABC News on the map in 1972 with his coverage of the Summer Olympics in Munich, when Arab terrorists took Israeli athletes hostage.
 
In 1975, Jennings moved to Washington to become the news anchor of ABC's morning program "A.M. America". After a short stint in the mornings, Jennings returned overseas to Rome where he stayed before moving to London to become ABC's Chief Foreign Correspondent. In 1978 he was named the foreign desk anchor for "World News Tonight." He co-anchored the program with Frank Reynolds in Washington, D.C., and Max Robinson in Chicago until 1983.
 
Jennings was named anchor and senior editor of "World News Tonight" in 1983. In his more than 20 years in the position he was honored with almost every major award given to television journalists.
 
His extensive domestic and overseas reporting experience was evident in "World News Tonight's" coverage of major crises. He reported from all 50 states and locations around the globe. During the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 War in Iraq, his knowledge of Middle Eastern affairs brought invaluable perspective to ABC News' coverage of the war in Iraq and the drug trade in Central and South America. The series also tackled important domestic issues such as gun control policy, the politics of abortion, the crisis in funding for the arts and a highly praised chronicle of the accused bombers of Oklahoma City. "Peter Jennings Reporting" earned numerous awards, including the 2004 Edward R. Morrow award for best documentary for "The Kennedy Assassination — Beyond Conspiracy."
 
Jennings also had a particular interest in broadcasting for the next generation. He did numerous live news specials for children on subjects ranging from growing up in the age of AIDS, to prejudice and its effects on our society. After the events of September 11, and again on the first anniversary, he anchored a town hall meeting for children and parents entitled, "Answering Children's Questions."
 
Jennings was honored with many awards for news reporting, including 16 Emmys, two George Foster Peabody Awards, several Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards and several Overseas Press Club Awards. Most recently, "World News Tonight" was recognized with two consecutive Edward R. Murrow awards for best newscast, based on field reporting done by Jennings on the California wildfires and the transfer of power in Iraq.
 
Jennings was the author, with Todd Brewster, of the acclaimed New York Times best seller, "The Century." It featured first-person accounts of the great events of the century. In 1999, he anchored the 12-hour ABC series, "The Century," and ABC's series for The History Channel, "America's Time." He and Brewster also published "In Search of America," a companion book for the six-part ABC News series.
 
His start
 
Genetics may have had something to do with Jennings' passion for journalism.
 
His father, Charles Jennings, was the first nightly anchor in Canadian television journalism and later headed the CBC.
He always kept a picture of his dad prominently displayed in his office at ABC News.
 
At the age of nine, Peter Jennings had a radio show in Ottawa on Saturday mornings.
 
He never finished high school or college -- something Koppel said his friend always regretted.
 
"I have never spent a day in my adult life where I didn't learn something,'' Jennings told the Saturday Evening Post. "And if there is a born-again quality to me, that's it.''
 
The drop-out is the co-author, with Todd Brewster, of two books: The Century and In Search of America.
 
Instead of getting a formal education, Jennings entered the working world of broadcasting as a news reporter in Brockville, Ont.
 
Jennings quickly became an anchor at CTV. But while covering the U.S. Democratic national convention in 1964, his work caught the eye of ABC's news president, who offered him a job.
 
ABC gambled on making him an anchor -- at age 26. His first broadcast was Feb. 1, 1965. In retrospect, even Jennings thought that was a bit much, seeing as he was competing against CBS's Walter Cronkite and Huntley and Brinkley at NBC.
 
Critics pounded on him. He lasted three years before being reassigned as a foreign correspondent -- an area in which he thrived, covering stories like the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
 
The Middle East became his special bailiwick. He earned a Peabody Award for a 1974 profile of Anwar Sadat.
 
In 1978, Jennings returned to the anchor desk as part of a three-person team. He was based in London.
 
But when, Frank Reynolds, one of the other anchors, died from cancer, Jennings was made sole anchor, starting Sept. 5, 1983.
Rising to the top
 
In 1986, Jennings rose to the top of the ratings and stayed there for a decade. His foreign experience shone through. Even the show's name, World News Tonight, suggested a more sophisticated approach.
 
Fans responded to his intelligent, controlled style. Jennings said in one interview the anchor should keep his or her emotions under control.
 
Not only fans recognized Jennings' approach. A 1993 survey by Broadcasting and Cable magazine found Jennings to be the best anchor. Washington Journalism Review named him anchor of the year three straight years.
 
Times, however, change. Americans lost interest in the world, and NBC's Tom Brokaw surpassed Jennings in the latter 1990s. But Jennings was always close.
 
Brokaw retired in November 2004 and Rather stepped down in March -- a move seen as prompted by a journalistic scandal.
 
When Jennings, a long-time smoker, announced he had lung cancer, he said: "I will continue to do the broadcast.
 
"On good days, my voice will not always be like this," he said, referring to how husky and strained it sounded.
 
He would never appear on air again.
 
"He knew that it was an uphill struggle. But he faced it with realism, courage, and a firm hope that he would be one of the fortunate ones,'' Westin said. "In the end, he was not.''
 
In retrospect, one clue Jennings' health could have been deteriorating was when he didn't travel to Asia to cover the tsunami disaster from the field.
 
Highlights from Jennings' television news career:
 
1962 - co-anchor for CTV news.
1964 - joins ABC News.
1965-1968 - anchor of "ABC Evening News" while still in his 20s.
1968-1974 - established first American television news bureau in the Arab world as ABC bureau chief in Beirut, Lebanon.
1975-1976 - news anchor for "A.M. America," predecessor to "Good Morning America."
1977 - chief foreign correspondent.
1978-1983 - chief foreign correspondent for ABC News and foreign desk anchor for "World News Tonight."
1983-2005 - anchor and senior editor of ABC's "World News Tonight."

 


Note: The videos are low quality, remember they are from 2005!

 

Emily Volz Joining WJAR as Anchor

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Emily Volz Joining WJAR as Anchor

Emily Volz is joining WJAR-TV NBC 10 in Providence as an anchor, New England One has learned. Emily will co-anchor the stations 5:30pm & 7pm newscasts.

"WJAR is thrilled to welcome Emily Volz to the award-winning NBC 10 news team" news director Chris Lanni tells New England One.  "As our Tell 10 Consumer Advocate, Emily will be a champion for our viewers who feel they’ve been ripped off or wronged.  In addition, Emily will co-anchor NBC 10 News at 5:30 and NBC 10 News at 7:00.”

Emily joins WJAR from WGGB-TV ABC 40/FOX 6 & WSHM-LD CBS 3 (Western Mass News) in Springfield, MA where she currently anchors the morning and noon newscasts alongside Tom Lewis.

Emily joined Western Mass News in 2012 from BRC13, a local cable channel in the Pocono Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania, where she was a general assignment reporter. She has also interned at WSHM-LD (before it was part of Western Mass News) in Springfield; and at WTNH-TV in New Haven, CT.

A native of Burlington, NJ, Emily is a 2010 graduate of the University of Connecticut where she attained a degree in journalism and American studies.

Emily's last day at Western Mass News is August 12, and she starts at WJAR on August 24.

Related: Read 11 Questions with Emily Volz

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Emily Volz Interview Segment/WGGB-TV

 

Meteorologist A.J. Burnett Leaving TV News

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Meteorologist A.J. Burnett Leaving TV News

Meteorologist A.J. Burnett is leaving television news to become a high school science and math teacher.

He had been a substitute math and science teacher for Beverly Public Schools in Beverly, MA during the 2013-2014 school year, and will now take on a full-time position.

A.J. took to his Facebook page to explain his decision:

Every now and then, I like to take some time to write an open letter of thanks to those who still make time to tune in to get their weather forecast from me as well as those who follow me on social media. On some level, you allow me to be a guest in your home or be a small part of your day when you check in on Facebook or Twitter. This truly is a privilege for me. Thank you for your viewership, your comments, your criticisms, and your questions over the years.

I want to say a special thank you to the Mainers who have welcomed me to this wonderful state. Your hospitality has made a long 90-mile commute very worthwhile. You have been generous with your positive feedback, yet honest with your constructive criticism. Sometimes change is hard, but you gave me a chance when I began working at NEWS CENTER in October of 2013. Thank you for that chance.

Recently, I was offered an opportunity to do something I have long wanted to do. Of course, I love meteorology and the challenges of forecasting. I also love sharing my passion with you and helping you understand not only what the weather is going to do, but why it is going to be that way. I believe my role as a television meteorologist is not only as a forecaster, but as an educator. That is why this new opportunity has such appeal to me.

Beginning in the fall, I will be (mostly) leaving television to become a high school science and math teacher at a school very close to my home. I am incredibly excited on so many levels: I will still be able to share my knowledge, educating students about things that I am passionate about. I will also be working much closer to home, allowing me to spend more time with my family (also worth mentioning is the nice perk of having weekends, holidays and snow days off for the first time in 19 years!).

I am not saying goodbye completely, however. I will hopefully be filling in from time to time on TV, perhaps on a station near you! That’s another reason this opportunity is so perfect for me: I’ll still be able to do the other thing I love to do — essentially living two dreams!

This has been one incredible ride! From covering so many snowstorms to the Springfield Tornado, annual trips to cover Great White sharks off Cape Cod, watching the sun rise at Fenway Park one morning, flying in a helicopter to cover traffic, and working with some of the most incredibly talented and dedicated meteorologists, anchors, reporters, photojournalists, producers, writers, and technical staff, I’ve had a wonderful television career. I am even blessed to have met my wife, Carrie, while working in Boston (and we’ve been married for nearly seven years and are about to have our second child very soon)!

There are lots of reasons to say “thank you” and lots of reasons to be thankful. So, thank you for being wonderful viewers, for welcoming me, for following me, and for your smiles, waves, hellos, handshakes and hugs out and about. I am thankful for you all, thankful for the passions I’ve been given to share with others, thankful for my loving wife, daughter and incredibly supportive family and thankful for new and exciting opportunities.

A.J. has been forcasting the weather in New England since 1996, most recently as a meteorologist for WCSH-TV NBC 6 in Portland, ME & sister-station WLBZ-TV NBC 2 in Bangor, where he has been since 2013.

Prior to joining WCSH, A.J. spent time as a freelance meteorologist at WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH; New England Cable News and WCVB-TV in Boston; and WLNE-TV in Providence. He was also a meteorologist for Hometown Forecast Service, which provides forecasts for radio clients around the country.

Before that, A.J. spent 12 years at WFXT-TV FOX 25 in Boston, first as a freelance fill-in meteorologist, then as the morning meteorologist. He's also been a freelance meteorologist at WPRI-TV in Providence.

Outside of television news, A.J. has worked as a staff meteorologist at WSI; and a radio broadcast meteorologist at Weather Services Corporation.

A native of Barnstable, MA, A.J. is a 1996 graduate of Rutgers University - New Brunswick where he studied earth and atmospheric sciences. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society and holds the AMS Television Seal of Approval, given for excellence in broadcast meteorology.

A.J.'s last day at WCSH is August 16.

 

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