Cincinnati Reporter Follows Bengals to Samoa

Did you stay up after the Super Bowl, and CBS’ “Undercover Boss,” to watch Local 12 news with Tara Pachmayer’s reports from Samoa with Bengals players Domata Peko, Rey Maualuga and Jonathan Fanene? (Many of you did. The Local 12 late news Sunday averaged a 18.5 ratings and 34% share of the available TV audience.) You can catch the rest of her stories from Samoa at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. today through Thursday on WKRC-TV.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/02/08/channel-12-reports-from-samoa-through-thursday/

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http://www.jobs.net/Job.asp?jid=J3H17H6LQN989290N9K

CET Kicks Off 43rd Action Auction

Yep, they’re shifting into home shopping mode at CET for the 43rd annual Action Auction coming April 14-17. The station’s biggest fund raiser again needs donations of antiques, collectibles, vacation packages, concert and sports tickets, jewelry and gift certificates.

Action Auction chair Dr. O’dell Owens will be in the CET studio 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday for a kick-off party. Donors, sponsors and potential buyers can preview some of the items already rounded up for the April telecast, and drop off donations.

More information on sponsorship, donating items or volunteering is available at CETconnect. Or call the CET Events Line at 513-345-6549. CET, the nation’s first licensed public TV station, is a valuable community asset that needs you help. Think about how you could offer a unique item or volunteer your time to help at the fund-raiser. And if you’ve helped at the Auction before, post a comment to tell others about the experience.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/

WCPO A.N.D. Gets Promoted to Palm Beach

WCPO Cincinnati Assistant News Director Jeff Brogan has been named news director at WPTV West Palm Beach. Both are Scripps stations.

Prior to his long stint at WCPO, Brogan worked at WXIX Cincinnati as a producer and assignment editor.

"Jeff has extraordinarily strong skills in both content and production," WPTV VP/General Manager Steve Wasserman said in a memo. "He is a hands-on manager who is anxious to join our team and work side-by-side with our newsroom staff and other department heads to make our newscasts even better than they are today."

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/446595-WPTV_Names_Brogan_News_Director.php

CET Arts Channel Has Big Ambitions

Come Monday, Cincinnati’s CET will unveil what the Public Broadcasting System says is the first public television station to devote one of its new digital channels to 24/7 arts programming.
The immediate impact of CETarts — digital channel 48.3; Time Warner Cable Cincinnati channel 987 — will be to offer expanded broadcast of PBS shows CET already features on its primary channel. Those include Great Performances, American Masters, Masterpiece, Independent Lens, Austin City Limits and more. and it will allow room for some arts series CET now has no time slot for on channel 48, such as Sierra Center Stage, Jubilee, Classic Gospel, Theater Talk, Woodsongs (a Folk music show out of Lexington) and others.

http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-19851-new-cet-arts-channel-has-ambitious-goals.html

WLWT Settles "Sexting" Lawsuit

Joanna Argus was shocked when she heard her name was shown on a television news show's graphics accompanying a story about "sexting."

That's because Argus, 30, complained several times to WLWT-TV, Channel 5, about the graphic it was using on the air and its Web site and was told each time it would be removed.

The story was about sexting - sending sexually explicit photos or text messages - but had nothing to do with Argus.

WLWT Goes Widescreen But Not True HD

It’s not true HDTV — like Channels 9, 12 & 19 — but Channel 5 has started broadcasting news in a widescreen format, to fill up your HD screen like the other guys. Here’s how Richard Dyer, WLWT-TV president and general manager, explains it:

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/21/channel-5-goes-widescreen-but-not-true-hdtv/

A Discussion of Social Media on WXIX

Dave Hatter from Libertas Technologies on Fox 19 (WXIX) discussing social networking / social media – 090522

http://socialmedia123.com/?p=75

Family and Friends Remember Francene Cucinello

Family, friends and fans of Francene Cucinello gathered Monday morning in Louisville to honor the WHAS Radio personality who passed away last week. Among the speakers at the Southeast Christian Church memorial service was longtime friend Kristin Emery, who met Cucinello when they were students at West Virginia University.

http://www.wfpl.org/2010/01/18/memorial-service-held-for-francene-cucinello/

Host of "The Francene Show" Dies at 43

Francene Cucinello, the host of “Francene Show” passed away Friday. She suffered a heart attack on Monday, January 11th followed by a brain aneurysm on Wednesday. Francene passed away at 3:15 p.m. Friday (January 15) at Norton Hospital. She was 43.

http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Francene-Cucinello-host-of-Francene-Show-on-WHAS-dies-81765067.html

Springer vs. Cunningham - Were You Surprised?

Score Round One for Jerry Springer. That’s my take on the “Jerry & Bill Show,” the pilot for a weekly debate show starring Springer and 700 WLW-AM’s Bill Cunningham that aired Sunday night on WXIX-TV (Ch 19).

I’m still stunned from hearing conservative Cunningham declare that there “aren’t any dirt poor” people in the the United States. And that all the poor people in this country are overweight. He said: “We have fat poor people.”

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/11/did-you-watch-springer-and-cunningham/

More Weather Shakeups in Cincinnati

Valerie Abati will move to weekends, and Eric Green move to Albuquerque, after Kevin Robinson arrives today at WLWT-TV from the Weather Channel. Robinson, 30, a 1997 Princeton High School graduate, replaces chief meteorologist Derek Beasley, who quit in August to become chief forecaster for a Mobile station. Robinson will debut here on the 5, 6 & 11 p.m. newscasts by the end of the week, once he’s comfortable with the technology, says GM Richard Dyer.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/11/ch-5-news-valerie-abati-to-weekends-eric-green-leaving/

We just received late breaking word that Eric Green is leaving WLWT-TV 5 and heading west.

Green becomes the new morning meteorologist for KOAT-TV 7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A source which asked not to be identified tells us his last day will be January 13th (as in, Wednesday). We're not sure when Green will be allowed to work for KOAT.

Ah, but KOAT is a Hearst station...just like WLWT. So there may not be a non-compete involved here, with Green moving within the Hearst group.

http://ohkyintristatemedia.blogspot.com/2010/01/this-just-in-green-headed-out-wlwt-door.html

Why Andrews is Out at 11 on WKRC

So why did WKRC-TV remove Kit Andrews from Channel 12's 11 p.m. news last week after 19 years?

The official word from Local 12 was that she "expressed an interest in ... a lifestyle change."

But Channel 12 also was looking for a ratings boost by promoting Cammy Dierking to main co-anchor with Rob Braun.

Clyde Gray and Carol Williams on WCPO-TV (Channel 9) have been closing the gap at 11 p.m.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100110/ENT11/1100332/1175/ENT/Andrews+wanted+off+evening+news+

Jerry vs. Willie is ON

You could call it Jerry vs. Willie…. or Willie vs. Willie? You can see that Bill Cunningham-Jerry Springer pilot for a possible weekly debate show at 10:30 p.m. Sunday on WXIX-TV (Ch 19). It will air at the same time Cunningham does his national radio show (10-midnight) on 700 WLW.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/08/jerry-vs-willie-sunday-on-fox-19/

Job Hunting on Social Media

The job prospects are supposed to improve in 2010. WXIX does a feature on finding employment through social media networks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXhuhEASixU

More Details About New Jerry Springer-Bill Cunningham Show

The Chicago Tribune took notice of my Dec. 27 column item about Jerry Springer and Bill Cunningham taping a point-counterpoint TV pilot…. for the Tribune TV stations run by Randy Michaels (but not WGN America). The pilot was taped Dec. 16 at WXIX-TV, because Pat Barry — a longtime friend and former coworker of Springer (at Ch 5 news), Cunningham and Michaels (from Clear Channel/Jacor) — is producing the show. It’s modeled after ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption,” where Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon argue over topics.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/06/more-details-about-springer-cunningham-show/

Scripps, Cablevision Battle Escalates

Less than a week after Cablevision Systems Corp. pulled Food Network and HGTV from 3.1 million homes in the New York area, Scripps Networks said it plans to re-air a popular new show on local TV stations that reach the region, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal.

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2010/01/06/daily.9/

WLWT's Ken Broo Talks About Heart Attack

Channel 5 sports anchor Ken Broo has spent a lot of time the past 10 days thinking about “What if?” What if his heart attack came two days later – the Saturday after Christmas, instead of Christmas eve morning — when he would have been driving to New Orleans to cover the Sugar Bowl for WLWT-TV?

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/04/ken-broo-talks-about-his-heart-attack/

Anchor Shake Up at WKRC

It seems to be a busy news day.

We briefly caught WKRC-TV 12's noon news today...and saw Kit Andrews doing the midday news which left us scratching our heads. Andrews, of course, has done evenings with Rob Braun for 19 years.

In an update just posted by John Kiesewetter, we get the answer. It's a big move.

http://ohkyintristatemedia.blogspot.com/2010/01/major-shakeup-at-wkrc-tv.html