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CBS 46 brings back noon news program Sept. 15
Jocelyn Connell will anchor the CBS46 new noon program starting Sept. 15. CREDIT: CBS46 CBS 46 (WGCL-TV) is bringing back a noon news program on Monday Sept. 15 after dumping it three years ago. At the...
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Is Fox 5’s Cynne Simpson dating Chris Tucker? She may even be engaged!
Cynne Simpson and Chris Tucker: are they an item? CREDIT: Getty Images There is evidence online via photos and video that Fox 5 anchor Cynne Simpson is dating actor and comedian Chris Tucker and two...
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CBS46 boots GM Trey Fabacher, hires new news director Larry Perret
Trey Fabacher joined WGCL as GM in September, 2012. He was cut today. Poor CBS46. Another GM (in this case Trey Fabacher) has been booted today, two sources informed me. On the bright side, the station...
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WSB anchor Erin Coleman enjoying first baby; Craig Lucie takes John Bachman’s...
I’m three weeks behind on this news. My apologies! Erin Coleman with her son. CREDIT: public Facebook page Erin Coleman, the Channel 2 Action News anchor at 4 p.m., had a son last month. Her son...
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Pebbles sues TLC over VH1 biopic for $40 million
Perri “Pebbles” Reid at a charity event in Atlanta in 2009. She is suing TLC for defamation based on the VH1 film “CrazySexyCool.” CREDIT: Getty Images Perri “Pebbles” Reid is still angry about her...
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11 Alive’s Jaye Watson chronicles her MS scare
Jaye Watson thought for a few days earlier this month that she had MS. CREDIT: 11 Alive Jaye Watson, a veteran 11 Alive news reporter, considers herself a healthy person who takes care of herself. She...
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Midterm election coverage on TV and radio in Atlanta
Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper broadcast live from the Election Center in Washington, D.C. on Election Day. Election night is CNN’s Super Bowl. It’s often the night the Atlanta-based network pulls in...
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Jennifer Rigby new news director at 11 Alive
Ellen Crooke accepting a Southeastern Emmy last year for 11 Alive. CREDIT: Rodney Ho Former Weather Channel executive Jennifer Rigby has been named the new 11 Alive news director, replacing Ellen...
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Tom Brokaw, Brenda Wood honored at Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame dinner
Emcee and former Channel 2 Action news anchor Monica Pearson with Tom Brokaw and inductee Brenda Wood. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.om As a board member of the Atlanta Press Club for the past five years,...
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Exclusive: CBS46’s Markina Brown departing after four years
CBS46 Chief Meteorologist Markina Brown is leaving the station after four years. CREDIT: Publicity photo CBS46 chief meteorologist Markina Brown is leaving her post after four years at the station and...
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Video: ‘Walking Dead,’‘Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ Markina Brown
CineStars’ Brittany Umar and I discuss what was revealed in this week’s “The Walking Dead”, Apollo getting sentenced on the RHOA’s 1st episode & meteorologists leaving Atlanta. ( function() { var...
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Who should replace Markina Brown on CBS46?
Paul Ossman and Jennifer Valdez are both popular meteorologists on CBS46 and could potentially take Markina Brown’s spot as chief meteorologist. CREDIT: CBS46. Being a chief meteorologist at a major TV...
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Jim Kosek replaces Markina Brown as CBS 46’s chief meteorologist
New chief meteorologist Jim Kosek worked under the current CBS46 news director in Kansas City. Two hours ago, I posted a story speculating who might replace CBS46 chief meteorologist Markina Brown,...
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Ken Cook (Fox 5), Mike Roberts (V-103) in Georgia Assoc. of Broadcasters Hall...
Ken Cook was a stable force at WAGA-TV from the time it was a CBS affiliate through Snowmageddon. By Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com, filed Dec. 4, 2014 Local TV weather forecaster Ken Cook, who just retired...
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Photographic proof that Cynne Simpson and Chris Tucker are at least engaged
Cynne Simpson and Chris Tucker are now out and about as a couple but are they married? CREDIT: Getty Images By RODNEY Ho/rho@ajc.com, originally filed December 29, 2014 Comic Chris Tucker and Fox 5...
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TV/radio briefs: Power’s Scotty K & Riley’s ‘Stuff the Bus,’ Erin Coleman’s...
Scotty Kay and his staff take a selfie with a donor Jack English on Dec. 18, 2014 on the bus where they were “stuffing” donated toys for Toys for Tots. (center). CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com By RODNEY...
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Briefs: Kiss 104.1 adds classic hip hop songs, Ryan Young departs, new...
By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, originally filed January 23, 2015 This week, Kiss 104.1 began slipping in classic hip hip tunes into its R&B mix in response to the three classic hip-hop stations that...
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David Chandley going to Fox 5 as chief meteorologist
David Chandley worked at WSB for nearly 26 years but begins January 26, 2015 at WAGA-TV. CREDIT: Fox 5 By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, filed January 26, 2015 David Chandley, a long-time mainstay on Channel 2...
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Feting Ken Cook, Mike Roberts in the GAB Hall of Fame
Mike Roberts and Ken Cook after they received their official entry into the Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, originally filed...
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11 Alive adding a 5 p.m. newscast, dropping noon and 7 p.m. news programs
11 Alive anchor Brenda Wood (left) will be anchoring the new 5 p.m. newscast. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, originally filed January 28, 2015 11 Alive is dropping “Dr. Phil”...
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