Michigan Radio & TV Buzzboard

Staffing changes are beginning to be announced. WSYM’s Bryan Bachman will be moving to the 7pm to 11:35 news programs. A J Walker has announced August 7 is her last day. I assume Jake DeRees is also on the way out as there is no need for more than 5 meteorologists. As far as the WSYM reporters, I e ...

Colton Cichoracki from WILX heading to FOX 17. He will be a great addition.

I watched the 10pm news last night for the first time in months….I wasn’t impressed. The first 20 minutes were stories from the neighborhoods that few people even those living in the neighborhood would care about. The second half-hour were news features from various news services. The weather, while ...

Sister station WILX in Lansing is also broadcasting the tournament.

Early history article….I remember visiting WKAR in the old studios with sets for Land of Play and others.

https://www.wkar.org/history/2019-02-27 ... liest-days

Here’s the new lineup beginning October 1.
10.1 and 29.1 NBC
10.2 and 29.2 ME TV
10.3 Circle
10.4 ION
10.5 Antenna TV
10.6 True Crime
10.7 Heroes and Icons
29.3 Start TV
29.4 Story TV
29.5 Movies TV
29.6 Decades
29.7 TCT

Many more choices for those in the Lansing area where both can be picked up.

paul8539 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:12 am OK, so where is he going?

Alabama

Chris Easlick was promoted to chief meterologist at WNEM.

I watched a newscast on 47 today for the first time since their awful launch at the beginning of 2021. Back then it was an embarrassingly bad newscast. What I saw was a great improvement. Gone is the anchorless news which was a horrible decision which fortunately they corrected. While weather is ...

Seth Wells is moving back to WILX from WOOD as a morning weekday anchor beginning December 6th.

The translator on 105.1 will be moving to 102.3 at noon on Wednesday. This will be the second move. Looks like more changes in store in the future.
https://www.wkar.org/blogs/2021-10-27/t ... -on-nov-10

Mallory Anderson’s last day was today. After 4 years at WILX she is moving to KRDO in Colorado Springs. David Andrews will move to mornings until a replacement is hired.

With Emily gone to Chicago, WILX has promoted Darrin Rockcole and hired a 4th meteorologist. While there has been no announcement, Blake Hansen is my guess. He left 7 & 4 today saying he wouldn’t be moving very far away. His twitter posts are being liked by Justin Bradford.

The day before Emily was supposed to start -- she got an offer somewhere else out of state and told Wilx she was leaving. Whole plan blew up on them. A year getting paid to do nothing at WILX completely worthless. So, back to Darrin whose retirement happened before Emily was even in the picture ...

Beginning on Monday… Are you sure? Obviously, things have recently changed. Darrin said a couple weeks ago he would be splitting weekends and the 11am news. He announced he would be taking over mornings next week this am. They also had an ad campaign for Emily joining on the air beginning today a ...