Can Someone Help Out WSTR's Sr. Promotions Producer?

My blog earlier today about NBC Universal renewing the “Jerry Springer” talk show (with some great old photos of Jerry from the 1970s and ’80s) prompted an email from Gary Anaple at WSTR-TV, which carries Springer. He says that Jerry told him recently that he made his TV debut on Channel 64 – then a scrambled, subscription-only service called “On TV” on WBTI-TV, before cable had much penetration here — back in 1981, to introduce a pay-TV Rolling Stones concert. He asks if anyone out there has a videotape of Springer’s appearance. If you’ve got it, or just remember it, let us know.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2009/11/06/anyone-have-1981-jerry-springer-video-from-ch-64/

Former WCPO Reporter Wins City Council Seat

Mark Mallory defeated Republican challenger Brad Wenstrup – but it wasn’t a landslide.

Mallory garnered 54 percent of the vote to 46 percent for Wenstrup, a podiatrist and Iraq War veteran who has never held elective office. He will serve another four years a mayor.

http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/11/02/daily29.html

Rachael Ray to Air Special Filmed in Wilmington Nov. 25

Rachel Ray, Nick Lachey Coming To Wilmington

Posted by jkiesewetter

October 29th, 2009, 7:04 pm

Emmy-winner Rachel Ray brings her daytime talk show – and Nick Lachey – to Wilmington the weekend of Nov. 6-8 to improve a soup kitchen and host an early Thanksgiving dinner. She plans to provide “a Ray of hope” to Wilmington residents who lost their jobs with the closing of DHL and ABX Air by renovating and restocking a food pantry and soup kitchen on Saturday Nov. 7.

Then on Sunday, she’ll throw “a Thanksgiving feast filled with surprises” at the Roberts Convention Centre, says her publicist, Lauren Nowell. The weekend activities will be condensed into a one-hour show broadcast Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving and the final day of the November ratings’ “sweeps,” Nowell says.

“Rachel Ray” airs at 2 p.m. weekdays on Channel 5, and at noon on Dayton’s Channel 22.

Comedian Jay Leno performed two free concerts for unemployed Clinton County residents at the Roberts Convention Centre on May 10.

Graphics Woes for WCPO

So who were those people sports anchor Dennis Janson said goodbye to at the end of Friday’s sportscast? They were three veterans of Channel 9’s art department – Jim Steeves (18 years), Mel MacArthur (15 years) and John LaRoche (13 years) — who worked their last day on Friday. They lost their jobs as part of a companywide consolidation of the 10 Scripps TV station art department duties shifted to the Tampa station.

I’m told that the Ch 9 graphics are now being built by news producers in the newsroom using a template system. This started Oct. 23. All 10 Scripps stations will soon have the same graphics package. I’m told the new “desert brown” graphics originated at the Scripps station in Phoenix. Or is it a “rust” color for Scripps’ stations in Detroit, Cleveland or Cincinnati? Says one Ch 9 insider: “We went from the best (graphics on TV in town) to the worst pretty much overnight.”

WDRB's Dick Irby Retires

Television reporter Dick Irby has retired from Louisville’s FOX-41. Friday was the last day for the investigative journalist who became a popular fixture on local television for more than 26 years. Irby announced that he is moving to Arkansas, to be near some of his family.

http://www.examiner.com/x-3747-Louisville-City-Hall-Examiner~y2009m10d31-Louisvilles-Dick-Irby-retires-from-FOX41

Jennifer Palumbo Returns to WDKY

A familiar face returns this week to the Fox-56 10 o'clock News.

Jennifer Palumbo will once again co-anchor the news with Marvin Bartlett, returning to the position she held from 1997 to 2002.

Since 2007, Palumbo has been on the Fox-56 Morning Edition at 7 a.m. She was lured back by WDKY for the show after leaving television in 2005 to spend more time with her family.

http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1000315.html

WDRB Agrees to Work With Beat the Traffic

WDRB is happy to announce that they have reached an agreement to work with Beat the Traffic®. Beat the Traffic®'s new and highly innovative traffic reporting system will significantly help Louisville drivers ease their daily commute. The station is the first local television station in Louisville committed to bringing their audience real-time,data-driven traffic reports each week day morning.

http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=71910

Meteorologist Shuffle in Cincinnati

WLWT Moves Met to Mornings: A move that we had been looking for confirmation on, appears to be true as of this morning.

A source familiar with WLWT-TV 5/Cincinnati's continuing search for a new chief meteorologist (they did not wish to be named) told us yesterday that Valerie Abati would be moved to mornings at least for the short term.

http://ohkyintristatemedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/monday-mix.html

Former WHAS Reporter Turns Style Maven

Since Jenny McLendon left the TV business to become a full-time law student, she has taken advantage of dressing down. But when she shops, she's got the future in mind.

“I really stick toward classics,” said Jenny, who formerly worked as a reporter for WHAS. “I try to get stuff that's popular right now, but that you can pull out next year and doesn't look dated.”

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091024/FEATURES04/910240315/Jenny+McLendon+%7C+Timeless+Taste

WHIO Announces Dayton Flyers Schedule

WHIO-TV has tentatively announced it's schedule of Dayton Flyers basketball games for the coming season.

The University of Dayton and channel 7 have been broadcast partners for the past 36 years.

It's an 11 game schedule starting with the season opener at home against Creighton on Saturday, November 14 at 1pm, and ending with the regular season finale at home against Saint Louis on Saturday, March 6 at 7pm.

http://www.whiotv.com/news/21406487/detail.html

KET Names New Executive Director

A 24-year veteran of KET has been named to lead the network after executive director Mac Wall retires at the end of the year.

Shae Hopkins, who is KET's deputy executive director for education, programming and production, will become KET's fourth leader since its founding more than 40 years ago. Hopkins also currently serves as senior executive for day-to-day operations, KET said in a news release.

http://www.kentucky.com/101/story/987041.html

WVUT Receives Grant for HD Transition

PBS member station WVUT-TV in Southwest Indiana is the third public station in recent weeks to receive federal monies for digital broadcasting. WVUT, owned by Vincennes University, received $596,000 from the Department of Agriculture’s public station DTV transition grant program, Inside Indiana Business reports.

The two-year grant will fund new studio cameras and other digital production equipment that allows the station to create local programming in hi-def.

http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/88832

WOUB Receives Grant for HD Upgrade

PBS member station WOUB-TV received a $255,283 federal grant for its high-definition upgrade. The matching-fund grant will be used by the WOUB Center for Public Media at Ohio University for digital television gear for producing local high-definition content for the primary HD channels of public television stations WOUB in Athens and WOUC-TV in Cambridge. WOUB obtained the other half of the money for the project from the state of Ohio’s eTech program. The federal funding came through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration Public Telecommunications Facilities Program.

http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/88632

Past Ohio AP President Dies

Ohio radio and television news veteran Mike Partin, a two-time past president of the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters organization, has died at age 42.

His wife, Tammy Partin, says he died early Saturday at Genesis Hospital in Zanesville, just hours after serving as the announcer at a high school football game. Doctors told the family the death was from natural causes.

http://www.upnorthlive.com/entertainment/story.aspx?id=361798

Public Broadcasting Adapts in a Changing World

Last week, WNIN-PBS9 received a 2009 My Source Community Impact Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for its efforts to promote healthy lifestyles in the Tri-State. Vincent Curren, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the corporation, presented the award.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/oct/11/public-broadcasting-adapts-in-changing-world/

Viewers React to WHAS Friday Flashback

A special Friday flashback; the Belle of Louisville turns 95 on Sunday, with a special party at 2:00 p.m.

WHAS11 wasn’t there 95 years ago, but as we discovered, we were there on that day in 1962, when the Belle first arrived on the Louisville wharf; looking like a mess. WHAS crews grabbed their film cameras and floated out to the boat.

http://www.whas11.com/news/local/stories/100909whascwTopBelleofLouisville.1feb41d5d.html

Local HD News Coming to Evansville

Last week, I mentioned that 14WFIE-NBC intends at some point to broadcast its newscasts in high definition. That would make WFIE the first station here to broadcast local news in HD.

However, when it comes to network and syndicated programming in HD, the fine folks at 44 Main St. took up the task of converting their station to "all-HD, all the time" just about a year ago — and they did a fantastic job.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/oct/08/wfie-taking-first-leap-into-high-definition-news/

FCC Proposing Changing WCPO's Channel Assignment

The FCC has proposed allowing Scripps' ABC affiliate WCPO-TV Cincinnati to move its channel assignment so it can reach more viewers with its digital signal.

The station told the commission that after the June 12 DTV switch it "received a large number of telephone calls and emails from viewers unable to receive the station's new digital service."

It was not alone.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/357108-FCC_Proposes_Changing_WCPO_Channel_Assignment.php

Is WAVE3 Looking for a New "Troubleshooter"?

Is WAVE3 Troubleshooter on the way out?

A posting on the Louisville Ad Federation’s job board from October 2 leads one to believe that the local NBC affiliate is looking for a new “Troubleshooter.”

http://thevillevoice.com/2009/10/07/changes-with-wave3s-troubleshooter-coming/

WNIN to Air the Indiana Channel

It looks like WNIN is the first of Indiana's eight PBS television stations to carry the new Indiana Channel.

In today's "News from WNIN" e-mail newsletter, WNIN's president and general manager, David Dial, said, "As envisioned, the Indiana Channel will effectively bring greater information about Hoosiers, our communities and our aspirations into homes throughout our great state." He added, "It will create opportunities for expanded public service, better education, more visibility for statewide leaders, and new partnerships among Indiana institutions."

http://jakesdtvblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/wnin-first-to-carry-indiana-channel.html