I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time telling the difference between the real Sarah Palin and Tina Fey’s impersonation of her. Often, I find myself laughing at some clip of the real Palin because I thought it was Tina Fey’s version. Anyway, Tina Fey returned to Saturday Night Live on NBC […]
WJXT Documentary Answers Questions About Challenger Disaster
On Jan. 28, 1986, it’s estimated that almost 1 in 5 Americans were gathered in front of their televisions ready to watch a historic national event. A high school teacher was to be the first civilian to fly into space. NASA wanted an ordinary person, an educator, who could communicate with students while in space. Christa […]
WPVI’s Fire Safety Program A Hot Topic For 24 Years
ABC O&O WPVI’s Operation 6abc: Save a Life teams up with Philadelphia-area firefighters to help save lives by educating the community about fire prevention. Plus, Operation 6abc: Save a Life will distribute 10,000 Kidde smoke alarms to local families in need. These donated alarms contain a battery proven to last a decade. WPVI, with the […]
WNJU New York Rebrands Weather Team
If you’re a Spanish-speaker living in the New York Tri-State area, you’re probably saying, just in time, as a major blizzard is being forecast for the East Coast this weekend La Autoridad en El Tiempo (Weather Authority), is now the new brand of WNJU New York’s weather team. WNJU, which brands itself Telemundo 47, is […]
KVUE Morning Promos Document Viewers’ Routines
I’m guessing that when Dax Dobbs outlined the shooting schedule to the promotion/production staff for the new morning news campaign for KVUE, there was some moaning from the staff at the Tegna ABC affiliate in Austin, Texas. I don’t know exactly what time they all had to be on location ready to shoot, but it’s […]
‘Old-School’ TV Commercials And News Promos
Young television writers and producers working in local TV news or marketing or at production houses and ad agencies have probably heard the old-timers talk about the bygone days of shooting on film and videotape. The word “on” there refers to the image actually being on a piece of film or videotape. In my early […]
WTXF Tells Irish Viewers ‘Cead Mile Failte’
It’s OK, it’s a common greeting in Irish that means “A Hundred Thousand Welcomes.” And it was the station’s way of announcing that it will be airing the St. Patrick’s Parade on Sunday, March 13, from noon to 3. “We are so excited to be celebrating Irish and Irish American culture in our region by […]
Q&A With WABC Promo Manager Kristie Gonzales
I saw this, where else, on Facebook, and thought I’d share it with you. Kristie Gonzales is the promotion and digital brand manager at the ABC O&O in New York, WABC. She previously worked at stations in California and North Carolina. Andy Bechtel writes a blog about writing and editing and teaches at UNC-Chapel Hill. […]
KELOLand, Covering News In America’s Largest Viewing Area
What’s a typical day like covering local news in America’s largest viewing area by geography? Expect you might have to drive 350 miles — one way. You might start out in one state and end up in three others. You could begin your day in the newsroom then find yourself in the mountains at over […]
Adam Driver Drives ‘Saturday Night Live’ Laughs
Adam Driver was the Saturday Night Live host for its first show in 2016 on NBC. According to the entertainment website, The A.V. Club, Adam Driver “exhibited a winning ability to be a big, energetic goof, which was plenty endearing.” Driver is the actor known for playing the villain Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The […]