Her career includes 30 years at the television station WTEN, or News10 ABC, where she first worked as a reporter before becoming a news anchor. He was a unique and refreshing addition to local news (and reminded me a lot of Stan Munro, who used to report in the mornings over at CBS6). Bruce Willis' family said Thursday that his condition has progressed and that hes been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD. Despite WCDC being located in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Time Warner Cable carries WTEN instead of WCDC. While the journalist did not post a formal announcement on his social media channels, he did update his LinkedIn profile to reflect the new role. Meteorologist Greg Pollak is also leaving Channel 10. She grew up watching her father, television anchor Howard Streeter, on stations in Baltimore; Washington, D.C.; and St. Louis. NewsChannel 13's previous morning team of, from left. Tests show students across the board saw learning loss due to the pandemic, but English learners were particularly impacted. UMass Amherst held a community brunch Tuesday honoring the National Day of Racial Healing, which comes a day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In 1978, Poole sold WTEN, WJRT-TV in Flint, Michigan, and WPRI-TV in Providence, Rhode Island to Knight-Ridder. Meet The Local 10 News Team. At the end of this year, Streeter, who is 61, plans to retire. Concerts & Performances. Marlow is headed to Hartford. Management really screwed up by letting Him go. The tower location on Mount Greylock (part of a state reserve) helped WMGT serve first as the market's secondary affiliate of DuMont and later as a major boost to WCDA. He was a unique and refreshing addition to local news (and reminded me a lot of Stan Munro, who used to report in the mornings over at CBS6). As the critical drought in western Massachusetts drags on, many municipalities are under water restrictions and now, were finding some privately-owned wells are running dry. You can read that here.. For one, the news is no longer delivered solely by dull, uninteresting talking heads. In January 2009, after failing to meet the minimum standards for being listed on NASDAQ, Young Broadcasting was dropped from the exchange. Its regional weather radar is known as "News 10 Storm Tracker HD Doppler". Former NewsChannel 13 anchor, From left, Susan Kambrich, NewsChannel 13 anchors, Ken Higa of the Make-A-Wish Foundation with CBS6 anchor. I cant believe they didnt renew Greg!!! Though he never had any broadcast experience, Murphy's leadership and his conservative financial restraint help bring WROW-TV to profitability three years later. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 26. This can also be seen on Time Warner digital channel 1810. After leaving WCAU, Lake published three books, Henderson Harbor (2012), Association Island (2013), and Hang on and Fly, A Post-War Story of Plane Crash Tragedies, Heroism, and Survival (2015). Not only has she occasionally used her knowledge of sign language while working she learned sign language on the job in order to communicate with children who were both deaf and blind by signing into their hands she also learned about understanding the different challenges people may face in life. Giving on 10. He's also written long-form historical articles for The Buffalo News, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jamestown Post-Journal, and for Thousand Islands Life magazine. WTEN has generally remained at a stable second place since then, although for a period in the early 2000s, it fell back to third. [6] However, Gray Television (who now operates the station) is currently in talks to purchase WTEN and six other stations from Young Broadcasting. WMGT (1954-1957), WTEN: A local police chief says illegal marijuana grow houses are being busted, flipped, and sold to sometimes unsuspecting homebuyers. Many of the vendors come to the fair year-after-year, including one jewelry maker who is 81-years young. Nol McLaren, who anchored the weekend news over at WTEN, is also leaving. (deceased March 2000). Hmm, In 1967, the old studios in East Greenbush was burned down by a fire caused by arson. Who was the male reporter on Channel 10 who did most of the lead stories at 11pm during the week? WCDC: But the new transmitter proved inadequate for serving the Capital District proper. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is a sister station to Fox affiliate WXXA-TV (channel 23, also licensed to Albany), which is operated under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Mission Broadcasting. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. So now Christina Erne is leaving, suddenly. In February 1956, it was forced off the air when a storm damaged its transmitter tower. And, finally, Rachel Yonkunas is leaving. Last weekend, he received a flurry of phone calls from Rhode Islanders upset by the news. WTAE-TV is the ABC affiliated television station for Western Pennsylvania that is licensed to Pittsburgh, broadcasting on UHF channel 51 and identifying via PSIP as channel 4 (its historic analog allocation). [1] Nexstar surrendered the WCDC-TV license for cancellation on February 12, 2018. Upcoming concerts in the Capital Region. From the day it went on the air, the two stations shared space inside an old retirement home for Nuns (formerly owned by The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet) on a farm dirt road in the town of East Greenbush. Related: it was announced earlier this week that Paul Caiano is moving to evenings and nights over at WNYT. (Whereabouts Unknown). These are all the departures in the Capital Region's broadcast industry that Kristi Gustafson Barlette has reported in 2021. Before the sale could be completed, Knight-Ridder signed an affiliation deal with ABC. She moved to the Capitol Region from Western Mass, where she was the morning anchor and reporter at WGGB in Springfield. By November 1954, Hudson Valley's shareholders sold controlling interest to a New York City-based syndicate group led by legendary radio broadcaster/author Lowell Thomas and his manager/business partner Frank Smith, who also became president of the company upon completion of the sale. John (Stewart) Mucci - Co host 'Dialing for Dollars' with Vartigian in the mid to late 60's (retired). Two million air fryers are being recalled due to faulty wires causing them to catch fire. So many come out to help when things are really, really bad, she said. Syed, who we featured as a "20 things you don't know about me" as well as "20 Things +" was at Spectrum News for more than 10 years. Because the Young purchases of the two stations plus WTEN satellite WCDC were made through two separate deals, they were consummated more than three months apart. For most of its history, WTEN was a solid runner-up to WRGB, especially after moving its transmitter to Voorheesville. More departures by on-air staffers at WTEN/News10ABC, Old friends reunite. She now hosts the 4, 4:30, 5:30 and 11 p.m. newscasts. Due to it sitting on Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation land and WTEN's lease having expired two years prior, WAMC could have been taken off the air without their purchasing of the facility. WCDC423813.7N73106.2W. WTEN (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Albany, New York, United States, serving the Capital District as an affiliate of ABC.Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is a sister station to Fox affiliate WXXA-TV (channel 23, also licensed to Albany), which is operated under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Mission Broadcasting.Both stations share studios on Northern Boulevard in . Yesterday was his last day on the air. In the spring of 1956, the station's call letters were changed to WCDA (for "Capital District Albany")[4] and a satellite station, WCDB (channel 29) in nearby Hagaman, New York was launched to reach areas in the northern portion of the market where the main signal didn't penetrate. This was part of a test of the network with sister stations WBAY-TV in Green Bay and KRON-TV in San Francisco. They call it the \"boob tube\" for a reason! "Solomon Syed was appointed deputy commissioner of public information in our public information office (PIO), effective October 10," wrote Shiela Poole, the commissioner at the Office of Children and Family Services, in this week's newsletter. Television news anchor Elisa Streeter will be honored as the 2018 Media Person of the Year by the Womens Press Club of New York State this month. It was a career she had decided to follow until she was 18 years old and tragedy struck: Her father died of a heart attack. However, it did not upgrade to high definition until WTEN-DT signed-on. [2] This signed-off in 1957 after the WCDA move rendered WCDB superfluous even though it did provide some primary CBS coverage to Utica. As The Big e comes to an end, fairgoers have two more days to visit the fan favorite, the Big Yellow Slide. TBD - weeknights at 6:00, 10:00 (WXXA) and 11:00 p.m. Josh Sims - weekends at 6:00, 10:00 (WXXA) and 11:00 p.m.; also sports reporter, Nicol Lally - weekday mornings (5:00-7:00 on WTEN and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on WXXA), Jim Brennan (6:00/11:00 p.m. anchor, 1991-2000) now hosts "New York Week in Review", aired on PBS stations across New York state. [23] Nexstar subsequently announced that WCDC would instead go dark December 1, 2017;[24] however, damage to the station's transmission line in a storm would take WCDC off the air on November 19, almost two weeks earlier than scheduled. In December 1954, WMGT moved to channel 19 extending the station's range to the Capital District of New York State. News anchor Jerry Gretzinger in July 2012. It switched to CBS in 1955. And being open to what this new chapter brings.. One notable personality let go from the NBC affiliate was Lydia Kulbida who was hired by WTEN in time to help launch the market's only over-the-air weekday local news show at 4 (which occurred on September 21, 2009). In an effort to cut costs, the company eliminated ten positions from WTEN on January 31, 2008 fueling speculations that the company might sell the station in order to pay down its financial debt. WCDC-TV's signal covered portions of western Massachusetts and southern Vermont that received a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from WTEN, although there was significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. In an email to the staff earlier this week, Salamone wrote We have a number of openings right now and you should be assured that we are working quickly but intelligently to find new members of the staff that exemplify those that are already here.. WTEN's various owners also leased tower space to other entities, including the Massachusetts State Police and competitor WNYT for their area translator station, as well as the area's main NPR station, WAMC-FM. The Altamont Enterpriseis focused on hyper-local, high-quality journalism. WAMC now owns the facility itself, but not the land beneath, which is under lease with the MDCR until 2025, and will fundraise in order to rebuild their financial reserves.[26]. He was smart and entertaining. As a full-time satellite of WTEN, WCDC simulcast all newscasts from its parent outlet. I remember him saying a swear word during one of those 10 second promos about 20 minutes before the news came on. It made me rethink my life choices because I saw the stress that the industry caused, she said. [4], Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Anchors away: Larry Mendte finds new home at Channel 3", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Lake&oldid=1105578540, This page was last edited on 20 August 2022, at 21:47. Good Ridence to Marlowe and McLaren. WTEN began broadcasting on October 14, 1953 as ABC affiliate WROW-TV. While the Vail Mills location met the separation requirement, it proved inadequate for serving the Capital District. Dan Burke (Station manager) 1960-66 became President and CEO of CapCities/ABC before retiring in 1995 when Company was sold to Disney. Whatever You were paying Jimmy Marlowe wasnt enough. Apr 26, 2021. Share your thoughts in the comments below.Contents of this video00:00 - Intro00:20 - Heather Childers00:46 - Heather Nauert01:23 - Sandra Smith01:59 - Harris Faulkner02:27 - Maria Molina03:01 - Shannon Bream03:52 - Courtney Friel04:12 - Julie Banderas04:45 - Jamie Colby05:04 - Dana Perino05:29 - Megyn Kelly05:53 - Martha MacCallum06:28 - Lea Gabrielle 06:54 - Katie Pavlich07:24 - Ainsley Earhardt07:57 - Kimberly Guilfoyle08:26 - Jenna Lee08:51 - Rebecca Diamond09:29 - OutroLike this content? Syndicated programming on WTEN includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Inside Edition, and The Doctors. A disturbing crime is targeting teen boys. UMass Amherst released its COVID-19 policies for the fall semester. Reporter Jimmy Marlow is going to Hartford. When the FCC allocated two additional VHF channels to Albany, Hudson Valley sought and received permission to move to channel 10. This limited its signal to the immediate area. Dan Bazile joined Spectrum News in April 2018 after previously working at WNYT, NewsChannel 13. Kristi Gustafson Barlette is a features writer who writes about what is trending in your life and in hers. WCDC shut down its analog signal on channel 19 on June 12, 2009, following WTEN's lead. [15] The merger was approved by the FCC on November 8, after Media General shareholders approved the merger a day earlier;[16] it was completed on November 12. It can be considered a rim-shot signal into the Springfield/Holyoke, Massachusetts television market. + Mark Baker - weeknights at 5:00, 5:30 and 11:00 p.m. John Gray - weeknights at 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. (WXXA), January Keaton - weekends at 6:00, 10:00 (WXXA) and 11:00 p.m.; also reporter, Tim Drawbridge (AMSSeal of Approval) - weekday mornings (5:00-7:00 on WTEN and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on WXXA) and weekdays at noon, Steve Caporizzo (AMS and NWASeals of Approval) Chief; weekdays at 4:00 and weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 10:00 (WXXA) and 11:00 p.m., also "Pet Connection" segment producer, heard on WTSA-AM1450, WTSA-FM96.7, WTMM-FM104.5, WGNA-FM107.7,WQSH-FM105.7, Andy Gregorio (AMS Seal of Approval) weekends at 6:00, 10:00 (WXXA) and 11:00 p.m.; also weeknight fill-in. WJAR, a Rhode Island television station, last week reported the death of Dick Wood, best known in the Capital Region as a former anchor at WTEN and current TV pitchman. 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