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NEW 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...
Sarah Wroblewski Promoted at Fox25 - Fox25 has promoted fill-in meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski to weekend met position. She came to 25 in 2010 from WBZ and replaces A.J. Burnett, whose contract was not renewed...

Monthly Archive for September, 2011

7 Summons Sarah

Published by admin on September 13, 2011. 23 Comments


7 News has brought in a fresh face to their weekend evening newscasts. 7 has finally replaced weekender Dave Kartunen, who left the station earlier this year.  Sarah French, most recently a morning anchor at ex-’LVI sister station WTIC in Hartford, departed the Tribune outlet for Boston.  This signals the end of months of speculation noted by our friends at The Laurel.

WTIC, the station that brought Connecticut such journalistic highlights such as “Big Boob Fridays,” is shuffling around their anchor lineups in the wake of her departure.  Lead anchor Ericka Arias is headed to the morning shift, and current weekend anchor Alison Morris will take over duties at 10 and 11.

Still no word from ‘HDH brass about the anchor slot open at 4 and 5:30.

Posted in Boston, Hartford/New Haven, Talent Shuffles, WHDH (7NBC), WLVI (CW56) and WTIC (FoxCT). Tags: .

BREAKING: Lamberty Named Rivera Replacement

Published by admin on September 7, 2011. 2 Comments

Reid Lamberty has been named anchor of 7 News at 5, 6, and 11 p.m.  Lamberty comes to 7 from WSVN in Miami, where he has been since May 2010.  Prior to that, he had been a morning anchor at WNYW in New York City.

Lamberty had been spotted auditioning for the main gig a few weeks ago, but Sunbeam brass made it official this evening.  He will begin anchoring on Monday afternoon.  However, still no word on who will anchor in Matt Lorch’s place.

Hit the jump for a press release from WHDH

Hat tip to astute reader Edward R. Murrow, who broke the news nearly two hours before the Globe.

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Posted in Boston, Breaking News, WHDH (7NBC) and WLVI (CW56). Tags: .