Good Spot, Bad Headline from WLKY

Big News! It looks like it's actually going to snow 2-4 inches by morning.

Now, that'll make for a good weekend of TV watching, and of course there's the big game on Sunday. So the promo dept. over at WLKY put the two concepts of football and weather coverage together in the spot featured below.

No one could be happier with the forecast than the CBS affiliate.


http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/Louisville_Blogs/84672/Good_Spot__Bad_Taste_at_WLKY

Why Did WKTY Change Its Weather Maps?

Our goal in redesigning our weather maps was to make the weather as clear and easy to understand as possible. To accomplish this, we felt it was important to make the details and differences among weather systems as prominent as possible.

http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/81516027.html

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

WXIX Spring Weather Promo

WXIX Spring Weather Promo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q95vGxpdsY

Cincinnati's 6 Figure Weather Radar Still Broken

The forecast for WKRC-TV's Precision Doppler 12 Radar?

Dark and cloudy.

For the entire year, Channel 12 chief meteorologist Tim Hedrick and his heavily promoted "Weather Authority" team has not used the $750,000 Doppler 12 radar unit in Cold Spring.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091219/ENT/912200313/1175/Channel+s+12+s+radar+still+under+the+weather

WLWT Re-Signs Rico

We got word of this very early this morning from our source close to WLWT-TV 5/Cincinnati.

That source sent word to us this morning that the station has re-signed meteorologist Randi Rico to a three year deal to do mornings for the still struggling NBC affiliate.

http://ohkyintristatemedia.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-this-morning-wlwt-re-signs-rico.html

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

Local School Plugged In to WBNS with Weather Bug

Temperature, wind speed, wind chill, dew point, rainfall, humidity and the percentage of outside light are among the real-world, real-time weather data available to Fredericktown teachers and students through the district’s new WeatherBug system.

http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/09/09/18/real-time-data-available-through-weatherbug

WKYT Spends 1 Million on a New Radar

CBS affiliate WKYT (Channel 27) will announce today that it has bought a new weather radar system that it boasts is "simply the most important, life-saving advancement in weather technology and forecasting ever in Kentucky."
The First Alert Defender dual-polarity radar, which will begin operating in September, was an investment of more than $1 million, partially financed with a sponsorship by Kentucky's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives, that is part of a new class of weather radars that provide more information to meteorologists.

http://www.kentucky.com/101/story/906731.html

Why Derek Beasley Left WLWT for Alabama

Why would Derek Beasley quit as WLWT-TV chief meteorologist in Cincinnati, market No. 34, for the same job in Mobile, Ala., market No. 60?
Because he wants the challenge of forecasting hurricanes.
"Market size means nothing to me. Happiness does, and this is a great opportunity for me," says Beasley, who started at NBC affiliate WPMI-TV last week after four years here.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090823/ENT/908230333/1175/Beasley+left+to+forecast+Ala.+hurricanes

2 New Additions to the WLWT Family

Two Quick Hits on this Friday, both having to do with WLWT-TV 5/Cincinnati:QUICK HIT 1: Congratulations to WLWT's Sandra Ali and WKRC-TV 12/Cincinnati's Shawn Ley. Their baby boy, Roman Alexander Ley was born Thursday. John Kiesewetter reports that Ley emailed his co-workers that mom and baby are doing just fine.

QUICK HIT 2: WLWT has hired back John Bateman, reports Kiese in the above link. Bateman had left Channel 5 back in May, when his contract was not renewed. He gets the call back following the unexpected departure last week of Derek Beasley, who bolted out of town to the chief meteorologist job at WPMI/15 in Mobile, Alabama. (And really, working the split shift, who could blame him?)

http://ohkyintristatemedia.blogspot.com/2009/08/couple-wlwt-quick-hits.html

Where in the World is former WKRC Chief Meteorologist Derek Beasley Heading?

We just got the word on Derek Beasley's new market location. And we were off...wayyyyy off.

http://ohkyintristatemedia.blogspot.com/2009/08/post-monday-mix.html

WKYT's TG Shuck Heading Back to Air

T.G. Shuck, chief meteorologist at WKYT (Channel 27), left Central Baptist Hospital on Monday morning after being readmitted last week with complications from an appendix surgery.
"It depends on how he's feeling, but he very well could be back on the air as soon as the end of this week," WKYT news director Robert Thomas said. "But most likely, it will be next Monday."(July 27th)

http://www.kentucky.com/101/story/868212.html

WBKO Meteorologist Attacked by Dog

Some days, even the dogs don't like the forecast.All kidding aside, WBKO (ABC/Fox/CW, 13, Bowling Green) weekend meteorologist Jason Berry is recovering tonight from a dog attack in his own driveway as he was headed to work this past weekend.The black and gray dog, believed to be a stray, bit Berry on the arm and clawed his head.For more on this story, click here, and if you have any information on the whereabouts of the animal in question, please call the Warren County Sheriff's Department at 270-842-1633.

http://jakesdtvblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/wbko-weekend-meteorologist-attacked-by.html

WKEF/WRGT Adds Meteorologist

Sister stations WKEF-TV (ABC 22) and WRGT-TV (Fox 45) have added meteorologist Jeff Booth to their stable of weather experts.

Booth, originally from Columbus, comes home to Ohio after predicting the relentlessly perfect weather in Honolulu, Hawaii, for the morning show, “Sunrise on KGMB9.”

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/wkef-wrgt-adds-meterologist-to-staff-148652.html

WLWT Losing Meteorologist

WLWT's weather team is losing its "veteran" member. John Bateman, the station's weekend meteorologist since 2004, is leaving to pursue other local interests. Bateman has been working at WLWT since October without an extended contract. According to the station's news director, his position will not be filled. Bateman is looking for public relations work, possibly including the vacant emergency management position in Butler County.

http://cincydaytonmediacenter.blogspot.com/

Meteorologist Roundabout in Dayton

WKEF and WRGT have finally filled the void in the weather department that was left with the departure of meteorologist Greg Dixon. The station has hired Jeff Booth from KGMB in Hawaii, where he was their morning meteorologist. Booth will be covering weekday evenings and is no stranger to the Miami Valley - he had his first weather gig at WLIO in Lima, after working as a news reporter in West Virginia. Expect to see Booth hit the airwaves beginning next week.

BUT....

After only being at the station for roughly a year, Lindsey Kurtz of WKEF/WRGT is leaving the station to become a full time Christian missionary. Kurtz will be leaving the Miami Valley for Atlanta, where she plans to get married before heading off to Haiti.

http://cincydaytonmediacenter.blogspot.com/

WBNS to Launch 24/7 Local Weather Channel

WBNS-10TV announced Tuesday that it has joined forces with national weather provider AccuWeather to bring central Ohioans a new local weather channel operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Doppler 10 Now will launch June 12 on 10TV's digital channel 10.2.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/station/stories/2009/04/07/story_doppler_10_now.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=102&title=10TV+To+Launch+24%2F7+Local+Weather+Channel

WBNS in Columbus to Help Viewers Survive the Storm

In coordination with Ohio’s Severe Weather Awareness Week, Gazette news partner WBNS 10TV will present a 30-minute weather special with important safety information as severe weather season begins.

“Surviving the Storm,” hosted by 10-TV Chief Meteorologist Chris Bradley and the Live Doppler 10 Weather Team, will be shown at 7:30 tonight.

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20090325/NEWS01/90325003