The Noon News will be on at 11AM....wait.....Huh?!
/Does this mean the 5:00 news will start at 4? I'm Confused....
Fired Miami Anchor Looking to Sue?
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FTVLive was the FIRST to tell you that WFOR sacked morning anchor Josh Benson.
The company was that Benson was sacked "for his operation of a personal website that streamed the station's newscasts without the knowledge and consent of the station.”
FTVLive told you that insiders said that Benson was let go for blogging and tweeting about the web streaming service Aereo. WFOR's parent company CBS has an ongoing lawsuit against Aereo.
It appears that Benson is not going away quietly. Gossip Extra says that Benson is now exploring his legal options and is looking at a possible lawsuit against the station.
The site reports that "on Friday, Benson told colleagues “it’s not over” as he was escorted out by corporate security goons."
FTVLive reached out to Benson for comment days ago, we have not heard back.
TV Helicopter Crash Caught on Video
/All three crew members aboard survive a TV chopper crash in New Mexico.
Really?!
/If Brittany Gray is near climax, she sure disguises it well.
It's a Bit Early Don't You Think
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The NFL football season kicked off last night, but that hasn't stopped WNYW in New York from already starting the Super Bowl hype.
The station and it's longtime sports anchor Russ Salzberg are launching a Super Bowl countdown show starting tonight.
The NY Daily News says that the weekly half-hour show, 10:30-11, is called "Super Football Friday." It will run through the Super Bowl, five months from now, and is doubtless just the first of many shows that will beat the drums for the big game, which will be held in the Meadowlands and telecast on Fox.
The show will cover the full gamut of Super Bowl prep, and give viewers plenty of time to digest it.
Salzberg's first guest will be chef Todd English, who will talk about Super Bowl recipes that would work either for tailgating or for a party at home.
Presumably they will also be suitable for freezing, if you're planning to make them this weekend.
Like Shuffling the Deck Chairs on the Titanic
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Struggling Tribune station WPIX in New York has gone through a number of changes over the past months.
The station has changed news management, shuffled around the anchors, named new producers and made some reporter changes.
Now they are going to move the chairs around in the newsroom.
The station has hired and architect, engineer and interior designer for a full-scale renovation of WPIX’s newsroom.
“WPIX has been at this location for the past 65 years and is a quintessential New York City broadcaster; its new environment will reflect that and be unlike any other presently seen on the airwaves,” said William J. Hallisky, project manager and senior designer for the Media + Entertainment Group.
The company says that the entire facility — beyond the anchor desk — will be “camera ready” and able to be used for broadcasts as needed.
If the entire facility is camera ready...... I don't know about you, but I can't wait for the live shot from the bathroom stall.
Stay tuned....
Signing off in Chicago
/WFLD Anchor Bob Sirott signed Fox Chicago....again.
Sirott he has been a fixture in Chicago media and has worked on and off at the Chicago station signed off last night and heads to WGN radio.
Starting October 1st, Jeff Herndon who came from Wichita, takes over for Sirott on the anchor desk.
He is Sirott's goodbye from last night:
Print Reporters Takes TV Gig
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It appears that the print reporters are seeing the writing on the wall and making the move over to the TV side.
Veteran South Dakota print journalist Kevin Woster has joined KELO and will report on air and online from the CBS affiliate's Rapid City bureau.
Woster left the Rapid City Journal last month. He worked previously in Sioux Falls and Pierre.
KELOLAND-TV Vice President and General Manager Jay Huizenga says Woster brings a wealth of experience and reporting skills to the station.
Woster says he looks "forward to learning the broadcast side of covering the news."
Over in Louisville, not one but two print people are jumping to TV.
Two Courier-Journal reporters left have left the newspaper to work for WDRB.
Marcus Green and Jason Riley both joining WDRB-TV to write for the station's website, WDRB.com.
At The Courier-Journal, Riley covered state courts, and Green covered growth and development.
WDRB GM Bill Lamb said Riley and Green will cover similar topics at the Courier-Journal, including the Ohio River Bridges project, the KFC Yum! Center and the judicial system.
“But they’re also going to have the opportunity to work on some longer-term, more in-depth stories,” Lamb said. “And everything they’re doing is going to go on WDRB.com and some of what they do will be on TV.”
H/T The Republic and Business First
Tacking on a 5PM Newscast in Bean Town
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Fox O&O WFXT in Boston is expanding their news product.
Starting October 7th, the station is going to start doing a 5PM newscast.
Fox25 News at 5:00 will be anchored by Maria Stephanos, Mark Ockerbloom.
The station did not say if the viewers demanded the new newscast.
There Goes What's Left of MSNBC's Credibility
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MSNBC the cable news network that admits they don't do a good job of covering news has hired a new host.
So what top flight journalist did MSNBC go with?
Brian Williams? Lester Holt maybe? Or did they sign Ted Koppel after NBC pulled the plug on Rock Center?
The answer is none of the above, in fact staying true to their mission, MSNBC did not hire a Journalist at all.
They hired actor Alec Baldwin.
Here is the internal memo MSNBC boss Phil Griffin sent out to the staff. You can read it, while I go throw up.
From: Griffin, Phil (NBCUniversal)
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 02:49 PM
To: @MSNBC Everyone
Subject: Announcement
Please join me in welcoming Alec Baldwin to MSNBC. His new show is coming in October and you'll be hearing much more in the coming weeks. This is an exciting new addition to our lineup and I’m really looking forward to getting started.
Out at Door CNN
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Atlanta sources are telling FTVLive that CNN national correspondent Alina Cho is out the door at the cable network.
Sources say that Cho who joined the CNN in February 2004 quietly left the network a week ago.
Word is that her contract was not renewed.
No public goodbye, no memo, no one talking.
Her bio remains on the CNN website. Word is she will file a story or two from fashion week but then you can stick a fork in her....she's done.
You gots to love TV news.
When Life Gives You Lemons...Get a Haircut
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CNN's Don Lemon has been trending on Twitter. Not because he told Black teens to pull their pants up.
He's trending because he got a haircut.
Lemon posted a picture of his "high top fade" and the Twitterverse went crazy.
Word is that Anderson Cooper and Kate Bolduan are getting the exact same haircut later Today.
Stay tuned....
Olbermann's Ratings Dropping Fast
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Keith Olberman's ratings are dropping faster than a pass from Tim Tebow (i just put Tebow's name in this story to get traffic from search engines).
Olby's new show debuted on ESPN 2 back in late August. The first show like all those since have been all about Keith Olbermann as seen through the eyes of Keith Olbermann.
Olby's first show pulled a good number with 319,000 total viewers, according to Nielsen.
On night two, that dipped to 200,000. And by night three on Wednesday, “Olbermann” drew less than a third of its opening-night audience, 86,000.
The show did not air in its regular timeslot on Thursday or Friday.
The big decreases suggest that people tuned in the first night merely out of curiosity, to see what Olbermann, who left ESPN in 1997 after a falling out with the network, would say.
Looks like Olbermann might not be as interesting as he thinks he is.
Oops!
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Hoda wasn't even drinking wine when she made a big boo boo on this mornings Today Show.
Hoda and Kathie Lee were getting their first look at the new Samsung smart watch.
Kotb decided to use her cell phone to call herself on the watch's phone she was demonstrating.
She turned her wrist to the camera just before the watch started to ring. When it did, like most phones, it displayed the phone number calling — Hoda's very own personal cell phone line.
Sure enough, within minutes, the calls started pouring in. Stranger after stranger began dialing Hoda, who answered the initial round of calls.
“That was from Bridgeport,” she said after the first caller hung up on her.
“Did it really show my number? Oh my God, it’s doing it again,” she said, looking at her cell phone. “Hello. Hello? Who is this?”
And the calls kept coming.
More plus the video after the hop.
Read MoreI have Turned Over a New LEAF
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Yesterday, NBC's Brian Williams had a story on Nightly News that car sales had their best August in years.
And I'm happy to say that I contributed to that.
I have been on the car market for quite awhile, but I really didn't have the guts (or the money) to buy a car.
I kept putting it off and I decided now was the time.
I have my 2006 Hummer H3 that I love, but it is not a practical everyday car. The gas mileage sucks and I knew I wanted something smaller and a vehicle that got good gas mileage.
I was talking to KIRO (Seattle) News Director Bob Jordan a couple of months ago. Bob drives a Chevy Volt which is an electric car that you plug in and charge. The car goes for about 50 miles on a charge and then an onboard gas engine kicks in and keeps the car going after the electric charge has run out.
Bob urged me to go drive the Chevy Volt and he promised I would love it. I took the Volt for a test drive and Bob was right, I loved it.
What Does the Fox Say?
/If Fox News doesn't use this as their new theme song, then I don't know what's wrong with the world.
