The Red Cross is asking "civilians" not to go to Moore, OK, to assist residents there devastated by a tornado that has killed at least 51 people (now downgraded to 24), saying they will simply get in the way of emergency personnel and hamper rescue efforts. Instead, the Red Cross will use the latest tragedy as a fund-raiser. The best thing people can do is send the group money. Could the sam...
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KMBC CRITICIZED FOR STATION’S EXCESSIVE STORM COV..
For years KCTV was the TV station in Kansas City with the "Live, Late-Breaking, Investigative" slogan. To many viewers that meant a steady diet of over-the-top "Breaking News" stories, salacious "Major Investigative" stories and "scare the hell out of them" weather coverage. The CBS affiliate had a weather policy of "first on, last off," and veteran meteorologist Katie Horner (now in St. Lou...
SHIVELY NAMED WEEKEND ANCHOR AT KSHB
Lindsay Shively, who joined 41 Action News in May 2009 as a multimedia journalist from WIBW in Topeka, has been named an anchor for the NBC affiliate's "41 Action News Weekend Today," according to an announcement by News Director Carrie Hofmann. Shively will continue her weekday reporting duties. "41 Action News Weekend Today" airs Saturday from 8 am to 10 am, and Sunday from 8 am to 9 am. ...
FOX 4 HAVING A TERRIFIC MAY TV SWEEPS
As the May TV sweeps heads into its final week it looks as if WDAF-Fox 4 will be the morning winner and KMBC the champion at the all-important 10 p.m. news slot. Although KMBC has won the mornings the past three days, the crew at Fox 4 has built up a lead that will be difficult to beat. Fox 4's $100 American Express gift card giveaway at the 6 a.m. hour has proven to be a winning tactic. T...
ROYALS’ ICON FRED WHITE RETIRES, DIES
In one of the strangest media announcements in years, the Kansas City Royals officially announced yesterday that broadcasting legend Fred White had officially retired. Today the announcement is that White has died of melanoma while in hospice care. He was 76. The team had announced ...
SECOND CHANCE FOR ANCHOR? NOW A BARTENDER…
Remember the young anchor who began his TV career in Bismarck, N.D. and promptly dropped an f-bomb and added a few other swear words? The anchor, AJ Clemente, was fired, but then made a name for himself going on various talk shows. Matt Lauer was very sympathetic to AJ's plight and suggested another station give him a chance. That sounded nice, but TV Spy is
TARGETING AP REPORTERS LABELED AS ‘NIXONIAN’..
The Justice Department used a secret subpoena to obtain two months of phone records for Associated Press reporters and editors without notifying the news organization, a senior department official told NBC News, saying the step was necessary to avoid "a substantial threat to the integrity" of an ongoing leak investigation (
‘RELIGION ON THE LINE’ CELEBRATES 20TH ANNI..
"A Priest, Rabbi and Protestant Minister..." That almost sounds like the start of a joke. But it's no joke when a local Sunday morning radio show can remain on the air for 20 years, but that is what the "Religion of the Line" program achieved this morning. Begun on Mother's Day in 1993, "Religion on the Line" made its debut on KCMO-710 AM (and now 103.7 FM) at noon and featured a Rabbi, ...
FORMER KMBC REPORTER NAMED NEWS DIRECTOR IN OK. CITY
Carlton Houston, who began his career at KMBC in Kansas City as a reporter, has been named news director at KFOR, the NBC affiliate in Oklahoma City. Houston, who served as the president of the Kansas City Association of Black Journalists, most recently was with Tulsa ABC affiliate KTUL, accord...
NEW RADIO STUDY: 92 PERCENT ARE REGULAR LISTENERS
The perception is that many people have stopped listening to radio--especially the Millennial generation. The reality is that might not exactly be the case as a recent study by Latitude Research and OpenMind Strategy says that 92% of Americans regularly tune into FM/AM radio. It should be noted the research was funded by media conglomerate Clear Channel. The report says radio remains more...
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