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NEW Jack Williams Off at 11 - Veteran WBZ anchor Jack Williams is moving off the anchor desk at 11 p.m. to spend more time with his wife. He will continue to anchor at 6 and 10 but will be replaced by Jonathan Elias for the "Nightbeat"
Larry Ridley to Orlando - Former 7Sports weekender Larry Ridley has taken a position with NewsCenter5 sister station WESH in Orlando, where he will become the station's sports director. He leaves Boston after five years...
Miss CT to Learn About the Weather - Former Miss Connecticut Brittany Decker will begin the process to become a weather presenter with News8, apprenticing with their weather team with the hopes of taking over the AM shift...
7 Rakes in Ratings - Sunday night's Super Bowl was the highest rated football game ever in the Boston market, pulling in a 56.7/81 share according to Neilsen. Total viewers was 114 mil, making SB46 the most watched ever...
Baghdady Renewed at 8 - News8 anchor Sonia Baghdady has come to an agreement with the station, ending weeks of speculation fueled by a posting for her job on the station's website...
Investigative Unit for NBC CT - NBC Connecticut has created a ten-person investigative unit, hiring Chris Coffey from Austin and Sabina Kuriacose from YNN in New York. Reporters Jeff Stoecker and Monica Buchanan were reassigned. The unit is helmed by former ME Sharon Butterworth...
Matt Stairs Hired by NESN - Former baseball player Matt Stairs has been hired by NESN as a studio analyst. After a 19 year career with twelve teams, Stairs retired with the Nationals in 2011...

Monthly Archive for January, 2011

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NECN Brings in Orlando Anchor for Expanded AM Presence

Published by admin on January 18, 2011. 1 Comment

Erick Weber's current home at WKMG

Orlando morning anchor Erick Weber is headed to Boston, according to his Facebook page.  Currently a morning anchor at WKMG-TV, Local 6, Weber has accepted a position with NECN in their expanded morning news department.  “It is with both great excitement and great sadness that I am announcing I have accepted a morning news position in Boston” he says.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, Weber will serve as the main anchor from 4:30am until 7:00am, and will act as a newsreader for the newly-launched The Morning Show on NECN.  His last day at WKMG will be March 2nd, and his first day at NECN has yet to be determined.

Sources: The Orlando Sentinel, RogerSimmons.com

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Revamped NECN Morning Show Debuts Monday

Published by admin on January 14, 2011. 0 Comments

NECN’s revamped breakfast program, The Morning Show on NECN, debuts this Monday, January 17th.  The updated broadcast kicks off at 7am and features one of the most dramatic transformations of a newscast since Comcast Corp. gained majority control of the network after acquiring the network wholly from Hearst-Arglye Television (now Hearst Corp.) in June 2009.

The new morning program features two new anchors, Steve Aveson and Taryn Winter Brill, both of whom are no strangers to breakfast television, having reported for ABC’s Good Morning America.  They will replace Karen Swensen and Mike Nikitas, who relocated to New Orleans’ WWL-TV and was reassigned, respectively.  In addition to the new anchors, the program makes use of eight new contributors, ten new features, new graphics, and a new set.

This change comes at the height of a major shift for Boston media in the morning hours, with every major station fortifying their news in the morning.  This onslaught, however, was instigated by NECN with the expansion of their early-morning newscast to 4:30am just about a year ago.

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Sources: Boston.com, BostonHerald.com

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WCVB Helicopter Makes Precautionary Landing in Boston Common

Published by admin on January 11, 2011. 0 Comments

WCVB’s helicopter, Sky5, made a hard precautionary landing in the Boston Common on Tuesday night around 6:00.  There were no injuries to either the pilot, Michael Young, or the photographer, Karen Lippert, inside the Bell LongRanger helicopter, which was testing out new equipment according to Channel 5.

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Source: TheBostonChannel.com

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BTVN 4.0 STARTS THIS WEEK: SO PLEASE WELCOME STEPHEN AND JOEY!

Published by Max on January 9, 2011. 0 Comments

Hello All,

The time has come for me to say goodbye.

As of Monday, January 10th, I’ll be handing BTVN over to our new Managing Editor, Stephen; you’ll see him on our boards under stephenbtvn. Also joining the team will be Stephen’s friend Joey (board handle: outsideofboston), who will act as News Editor and Moderator of the newly-formatted site, which they’ll be bringing to you very soon. I will now be posting as just another member under MaxBTVN, except under emergencies if someone posts something so horrific that we could be sued or arrested for it, in which case you might see the BTVNadmin name pop up again on the boards. Stephen has very graciously offered me an informal position as a visiting contributor, but how (or even whether) that will take shape, I cannot yet officially say.

It’s been my immense pleasure and privilege to share these last eight years of Boston TV News with you, and I look forward to continuing to be a member of the BTVN community.

Please make Stephen and Joey feel welcome, and most importantly, please do what you can to help them make the new incarnation of the site a tremendous success!

It’s been fun – thanks,

Max

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