Hearst’s Baltimore stations WBAL-AM and NBC affil WBAL-TV will simulcast an hour-long debate between six Democratic candidates competing for mayor of Baltimore tonight at 7. The debate will originate from the studios of Maryland Public Television, and will also be simulcast on MPT, live streamed on WBAL.com, WBALTV.com, the WBAL-TV mobile app and MPT’s YouTube […]
An Ode To TV News Photographers
You never see them on TV because their job, literally, puts them behind the camera. While the reporters are preening themselves in front of the camera, local TV news photographers are setting up lights, adjusting sound levels, putting up tripods and then pushing the right switches and buttons behind the camera to make sure the […]
It’s ‘Saturday Night Live,’ The Monday Morning Version
Russell Crowe hosted and Margo Price was the musical guest on this past weekend’s Saturday Night Live on NBC. Hillary Clinton Addresses Her Losing Streak Cold Open Russell Crowe Monologue Weekend Update 4-9-16, Part 1 of 2 Weekend Update 4-9-16, Part 2 of 2 Weekend Update: Deenie on The People v. O.J. Weekend Update: Bruce […]
Local TV Commercials Produced By WPEC
TV stations often write, produce and edit commercials for their local advertising clients. Car dealers, restaurants, furniture stores, you name the category, the stations’ creative services team is challenged to produce it. For many local businesses in markets all across the country, advertising on their local TV station means business. But the fact that many […]
WBDT To Air ‘Dayton Dragons’ Baseball Games
WBDT, the Dayton, Ohio, CW affiliate, will broadcast 25 games of the Dayton Dragons, the Class A minor league team of the Cincinnati Reds. WBDT is owned by Vaughan Media and operated by Media General. Baseball Night in Dayton begins with the Dragons home opener on Saturday, April 9. The broadcasts will be in high […]
WNBC Promises Response To Every Call, Email
One of the most powerful benefits of local TV news is as an advocate for consumers — exposing bad business practices, scams, rip-offs, deadbeat deals and government waste and corruption. No scam artist likes to see a local TV reporter with camera in tow at his place of business with documents and hard questions. On […]
WTVA Started By One Man In His Garage
TVNewsCheck is looking for exterior beauty shots of your TV station. In a recent article, Picture This: Beauty Shots of Your TV Station, we requested current pictures, old photos and any unique or interesting stories that you’d like to share. We received a few so far and hope they keep coming. You can contact me […]
WTXF’s AM News Crew Streams Live For 20 Hours
It’s tough to be the life of the party for 20 hours straight. Imagine having to be “on” for that long? Live, on-camera, on the web, streaming for 20 consecutive hours. But that’s what the morning news co-anchors of Good Day Philadelphia did last Friday from the studios of WTXF, the Fox O&O, to celebrate 20 […]
WTAE Airing Debate Between U.S. Senate Candidates
WTAE, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, is aring an hour-long debate, commercial-free, debate tonight at 7 between the 3 Democratic candidates in the primary race for U. S. Senate for the state of Pennsylvania. The station is partnering with The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania to host the event which will be streamed live […]
Former WDSU Production Manager Dies At 66
By far, the most meaningful, and the longest-lasting, benefits of working in local television are the people you meet along the way. Some become like family. For me, and for many others who happened to work at WDSU, the NBC affiliate in New Orleans, in the late 1980s and ’90s, Gaetano Compagno was one of those […]