WVLA
Encyclopedia
WVLA-TV, virtual channel 33, is the NBC
-affiliated television station for Baton Rouge, Louisiana
. It transmits its digital signal on UHF channel 34. It is owned by White Knight Broadcasting
, but it is controlled by ComCorp
. and is sister station to the area's Retro Television Network
affiliate, KZUP-CD. WVLA also shares facilities and staff with WGMB-TV and WBRL-CD. WVLA's transmitter is located near Addis, Louisiana
. The station is seen via satellite
through DirecTV
and Dish Network
and on cable Cox Communications
and AT&T U-verse.
affiliate. The station was originally founded by Richard O. Rush, Ramon V. Jarrell, and Southern Educators Life Insurance Company who made up Romac Baton Rouge Corporation, and the station temporarily operated from Florida Boulevard before moving to its Essen Lane studios, where it stayed until 2000. Before WRBT began, ABC programming was shared between WBRZ-TV
and WAFB
, each of which ran some ABC programs along with their own respective NBC and CBS affiliations. The station originally broadcasted from 10:30 AM until midnight on Mondays thru Fridays; 7 AM until midnight on Saturdays; and 9 AM until midnight on Sundays. In March 1976, Rush Broadcasting Corporation, owned by Jules B. LeBlanc and Cyril Vetter, purchased the station. In the late 1970s, ABC became the most-watched network and was seeking out stronger stations in major markets to switch affiliations to, while NBC fell to third and last place in ratings.
With Baton Rouge being one of those markets, WRBT swapped affiliations with WBRZ on September 5, 1977, and became an NBC affiliate. In 1979, Vetter purchased LeBlanc's share of station ownership and owned it outright. In mid-September 1983, the station received national attention when it pulled Late Night with David Letterman
and replaced it with All in the Family
reruns due to poor ratings. 3,500 LSU
students presented Vetter with a petition to bring the show back to television, and Vetter told them he would only reinstate Letterman if every student maintained a C average for the fall semester. Other Baton Rougeans, including then-Secretary of State Jim Brown, lobbied WRBT to keep Letterman on the air, and this compelled Vetter to reinstate the program by late September. Eventually, many residents of New Orleans tuned to WRBT to watch Letterman when NBC affiliate WDSU
preempted the show in favor of Thicke of the Night
.
It changed its calls to WVLA in 1987 after building a higher tower boosting its power to five million watts. On May 2, 1986, the station was the first local station in Baton Rouge and the second station in Louisiana to broadcast in stereo
, after KMSS
in Shreveport
.
Businessman Cyril Vetter owned this station until 1996, when he sold it to Sheldon Galloway and Lafayette
-based White Knight Broadcasting
. This move created a partnership, as Galloway's father, Thomas, owned Fox
affiliate WGMB
. Around this time, WVLA began branding itself as NBC 33, which, with the exception of a brief period in the early 2000s, is what the station calls itself today. Since then, WGMB, WVLA, WBRL, and KZUP have shared the same studios, moving to its current studios on Perkins Road in 1999.
Digital channels>
Channel
Name
Programming
33.1
WVLA-DT
Main WVLA Programming / NBC
33.2
WVLA-DT2
This TV
WVLA had carried NBC Weather Plus
as channel 33.2, a digital subchannel
, before that network ceased national operation on December 1, 2008.
, digital television receivers display WVLA-TV's virtual channel
as 33.
, KZUP and WBRL.
WVLA currently airs all of NBC network programming in high definition
and most of its syndicated programming such as Rachael Ray
, Anderson
, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
and Entertainment Tonight
in HD. WVLA also airs first run syndicated programs, including, Family Feud
, Maury
and The Chris Matthews Show
. Since 1973, the station has annually aired the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
.
, originally lasting 30 minutes before becoming a full hour. This newscast was cancelled in January 2005 in favor of Early Today
. In the early 1990s, the station had an information hotline service for viewers to call for news updates.
The station's latest generation of newscasts debuted on January 8, 2007, with weeknight shows at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. The 6 p.m. shows began airing on January 29, 2007. On August 28, 2007, WVLA launched a 30-minute newscast titled NBC 33 News Morning Edition, which airs weekdays at 6 a.m. On August 11, 2008 NBC 33 News Morning Edition began airing for one hour.
WVLA began airing weekend edition newscasts on September 13, 2008. The shows were produced by KETK in Tyler, Texas
. This has led to several errors when the show ultimately airs in Baton Rouge, including on November 16, 2008, when an entire newscast from the previous Sunday was shown. On September 22, 2008, WVLA changed the format for its 10 p.m. weekday newscast with the "Ten at 10
". It promised all the important local news and a full weather forecast in the first ten minutes.
On April 28, 2009, most of the news staff was let go, including the main anchors, and WVLA NBC 33 announced that the 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. weekday newscasts will originate from sister station KETK in Tyler, Texas. NBC 33 News Morning Edition still originates from Baton Rouge.
WVLA's newscast has struggled since it launched. Numerous technical problems and inexperienced staff plagued its launch. WVLA achieved its highest ratings in March 2009 before most of its news staff was let go. It is consistently rated the worst in Baton Rouge in the Nielsen TV ratings, failing to register a full rating point as of July 2009.
In April 2010, BP Oil's Deepwater Horizon Rig exploded, then sank. Oil began leaking from a well and was threatening coastal Louisiana. WVLA began once again producing local newscasts entitled "Crisis on the Coast", although the sportscast was still anchored from Tyler, Texas, but now the anchor does their own sports news.
As of July 5, 2010 WVLA began broadcasting their newscasts in 16:9
standard definition widescreen.
In August 2011, WVLA expanded morning newscasts. NBC33 News Morning Edition airs from 5-7am.
On September 12, 2011, WVLA launched a 6:30pm addition NBC33 News.
Storm Tracker 33 Weather Team
Reporters
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
-affiliated television station for Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
. It transmits its digital signal on UHF channel 34. It is owned by White Knight Broadcasting
White Knight Broadcasting
White Knight Broadcasting is a company based in Lafayette, Louisiana. It is a shell company for the Communications Corporation of America , owning seven ComCorp-controlled stations, all based in Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi...
, but it is controlled by ComCorp
Communications Corporation of America
Communications Corporation of America is a broadcasting company in the United States that owns television stations in smaller markets. The company is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana...
. and is sister station to the area's Retro Television Network
Retro Television Network
The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...
affiliate, KZUP-CD. WVLA also shares facilities and staff with WGMB-TV and WBRL-CD. WVLA's transmitter is located near Addis, Louisiana
Addis, Louisiana
Addis is a town in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,238 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Addis is located at ....
. The station is seen via satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
through DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
and Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
and on cable Cox Communications
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...
and AT&T U-verse.
History
The station first signed on the air on October 16, 1971 as WRBT, an ABCAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate. The station was originally founded by Richard O. Rush, Ramon V. Jarrell, and Southern Educators Life Insurance Company who made up Romac Baton Rouge Corporation, and the station temporarily operated from Florida Boulevard before moving to its Essen Lane studios, where it stayed until 2000. Before WRBT began, ABC programming was shared between WBRZ-TV
WBRZ-TV
WBRZ, virtual channel 2 , is an ABC affiliate television station serving Baton Rouge, Louisiana, south-central and southeastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi. It is owned by the Manship family, who also publishes the Baton Rouge daily newspaper, The Advocate. Its transmitter is located in...
and WAFB
WAFB
WAFB is the CBS-affiliated television station for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 9 from a transmitter southwest of Arlington. Owned by Raycom Media, WAFB is sister to Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate WBXH-CA. The two share studios on Government...
, each of which ran some ABC programs along with their own respective NBC and CBS affiliations. The station originally broadcasted from 10:30 AM until midnight on Mondays thru Fridays; 7 AM until midnight on Saturdays; and 9 AM until midnight on Sundays. In March 1976, Rush Broadcasting Corporation, owned by Jules B. LeBlanc and Cyril Vetter, purchased the station. In the late 1970s, ABC became the most-watched network and was seeking out stronger stations in major markets to switch affiliations to, while NBC fell to third and last place in ratings.
With Baton Rouge being one of those markets, WRBT swapped affiliations with WBRZ on September 5, 1977, and became an NBC affiliate. In 1979, Vetter purchased LeBlanc's share of station ownership and owned it outright. In mid-September 1983, the station received national attention when it pulled Late Night with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night...
and replaced it with All in the Family
All in the Family
All in the Family is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. In September 1979, a new show, Archie Bunker's Place, picked up where All in the Family had ended...
reruns due to poor ratings. 3,500 LSU
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
students presented Vetter with a petition to bring the show back to television, and Vetter told them he would only reinstate Letterman if every student maintained a C average for the fall semester. Other Baton Rougeans, including then-Secretary of State Jim Brown, lobbied WRBT to keep Letterman on the air, and this compelled Vetter to reinstate the program by late September. Eventually, many residents of New Orleans tuned to WRBT to watch Letterman when NBC affiliate WDSU
WDSU
WDSU, virtual channel 6, is the NBC-affiliated television station for the New Orleans, Louisiana television market. It is owned by Hearst Television, which in turn is wholly owned by the Hearst Corporation. It broadcasts on UHF digital channel 43...
preempted the show in favor of Thicke of the Night
Thicke of the Night
Thicke of the Night is an American late night talk show produced by MGM Television, distributed in syndication by Metromedia and broadcast in first-run syndication during the 1983-1984 TV season....
.
It changed its calls to WVLA in 1987 after building a higher tower boosting its power to five million watts. On May 2, 1986, the station was the first local station in Baton Rouge and the second station in Louisiana to broadcast in stereo
Multichannel television sound
Multichannel television sound, better known as MTS , is the method of encoding three additional channels of audio into an NTSC-format audio carrier.- History :...
, after KMSS
KMSS-TV
KMSS-TV is the Fox affiliate in Shreveport, Louisiana. The station is seen via satellite through Dish Network and DirecTV...
in Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
.
Businessman Cyril Vetter owned this station until 1996, when he sold it to Sheldon Galloway and Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...
-based White Knight Broadcasting
White Knight Broadcasting
White Knight Broadcasting is a company based in Lafayette, Louisiana. It is a shell company for the Communications Corporation of America , owning seven ComCorp-controlled stations, all based in Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi...
. This move created a partnership, as Galloway's father, Thomas, owned Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
affiliate WGMB
WGMB
WGMB-TV is the local Fox affiliate for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is owned by Communications Corporation of America, and is sister station to the area's The CW affiliate, WBRL-CD. WGMB also shared facilities and staff with WVLA-TV and KZUP-CD...
. Around this time, WVLA began branding itself as NBC 33, which, with the exception of a brief period in the early 2000s, is what the station calls itself today. Since then, WGMB, WVLA, WBRL, and KZUP have shared the same studios, moving to its current studios on Perkins Road in 1999.
Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
This TV
This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
WVLA had carried NBC Weather Plus
NBC Weather Plus
NBC Weather Plus was a 24-hour, commercially sponsored, weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the NBC network. It debuted on November 15, 2004 and shut down on December 31, 2008...
as channel 33.2, a digital subchannel
Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
, before that network ceased national operation on December 1, 2008.
Analog-to-digital conversion
WVLA-TV shut down analog transmission on June 12, 2009. The station remained on its current pre-transition channel 34. However, through the use of PSIPProgram and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...
, digital television receivers display WVLA-TV's virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
as 33.
HD and Syndicated Programming
Baton Rouge Lagniappe is a Sunday morning public affairs program that airs at 6:30 a.m. and is hosted by Matt Kennedy. It features interviews with Baton Rouge community leaders about local issues and upcoming events. Topics include city development, education, career advice, arts and entertainment, and health and fitness. It also airs on WGMBWGMB
WGMB-TV is the local Fox affiliate for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is owned by Communications Corporation of America, and is sister station to the area's The CW affiliate, WBRL-CD. WGMB also shared facilities and staff with WVLA-TV and KZUP-CD...
, KZUP and WBRL.
WVLA currently airs all of NBC network programming in high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
and most of its syndicated programming such as Rachael Ray
Rachael Ray (TV series)
Rachael Ray, also known as The Rachael Ray Show, is a talk show starring Rachael Ray that debuted in syndication in the United States and Canada on September 18, 2006....
, Anderson
Anderson (TV series)
Anderson is an American first-run syndicated talk show that is hosted by CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper, who also serves as co-producer in his first foray into daytime talk television. The show debuted on September 12, 2011, and is distributed by Warner Bros...
, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
and Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
in HD. WVLA also airs first run syndicated programs, including, Family Feud
Family Feud
Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people...
, Maury
Maury (TV series)
Maury is a syndicated American tabloid talk show hosted by Maury Povich.When the series first aired in 1991, the show was called The Maury Povich Show and was produced by MoPo Productions in association with Paramount Domestic Television...
and The Chris Matthews Show
The Chris Matthews Show
The Chris Matthews Show is a half-hour weekend news and political roundtable program produced by NBC News. It is taped in Washington, D.C., and nationally syndicated by NBC Universal Television Distribution...
. Since 1973, the station has annually aired the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
The MDA Labor Day Telethon is an annual telethon in the United States to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association . The first MDA telethon was during the Thanksgiving Day weekend of 1952 and titled Party for MDA. It has been held annually since 1966...
.
Newscast
WVLA used to air a 6 p.m. and a 10 p.m. newscast during the 1980s. In 1987, the 6 p.m. newscast moved to 5 p.m.; however, both newscasts were canceled in 1989, citing poor ratings. In late 1989, it premiered a morning news program called "Morning Edition" that aired before The Today ShowThe Today Show
Today is an iconic American morning news and talk show airing every morning on NBC. Debuting on January 14, 1952, it was the first of its genre on American television and in the world. The show is also the fourth-longest running American television series...
, originally lasting 30 minutes before becoming a full hour. This newscast was cancelled in January 2005 in favor of Early Today
Early Today
Early Today is an American morning news programme airing on the NBC television network. The program goes out live at 4:00am Eastern Time Zone for those few stations which start their local news at 4:30am, and is transmitted in a continuous half-hour tape delay loop until 10:00am ET, when Today...
. In the early 1990s, the station had an information hotline service for viewers to call for news updates.
The station's latest generation of newscasts debuted on January 8, 2007, with weeknight shows at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. The 6 p.m. shows began airing on January 29, 2007. On August 28, 2007, WVLA launched a 30-minute newscast titled NBC 33 News Morning Edition, which airs weekdays at 6 a.m. On August 11, 2008 NBC 33 News Morning Edition began airing for one hour.
WVLA began airing weekend edition newscasts on September 13, 2008. The shows were produced by KETK in Tyler, Texas
Tyler, Texas
Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, in the United States. It takes its name from President John Tyler . The city had a population of 109,000 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau...
. This has led to several errors when the show ultimately airs in Baton Rouge, including on November 16, 2008, when an entire newscast from the previous Sunday was shown. On September 22, 2008, WVLA changed the format for its 10 p.m. weekday newscast with the "Ten at 10
Eleven @ 11:00
Eleven @ 11:00 is the title of the 11:00 p.m. newscast on many local television stations in the United States. The name is based on the fact that the newscast will run for at least eleven minutes before the first commercial break, a summarized weather forecast segment will air during that time, or...
". It promised all the important local news and a full weather forecast in the first ten minutes.
On April 28, 2009, most of the news staff was let go, including the main anchors, and WVLA NBC 33 announced that the 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. weekday newscasts will originate from sister station KETK in Tyler, Texas. NBC 33 News Morning Edition still originates from Baton Rouge.
WVLA's newscast has struggled since it launched. Numerous technical problems and inexperienced staff plagued its launch. WVLA achieved its highest ratings in March 2009 before most of its news staff was let go. It is consistently rated the worst in Baton Rouge in the Nielsen TV ratings, failing to register a full rating point as of July 2009.
In April 2010, BP Oil's Deepwater Horizon Rig exploded, then sank. Oil began leaking from a well and was threatening coastal Louisiana. WVLA began once again producing local newscasts entitled "Crisis on the Coast", although the sportscast was still anchored from Tyler, Texas, but now the anchor does their own sports news.
As of July 5, 2010 WVLA began broadcasting their newscasts in 16:9
16:9
16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
standard definition widescreen.
In August 2011, WVLA expanded morning newscasts. NBC33 News Morning Edition airs from 5-7am.
On September 12, 2011, WVLA launched a 6:30pm addition NBC33 News.
Newscast titles
- NewsCenter 33 (1977-1979)
- Metro News (early 1980s)
- 33 News (1979 to early 1980s, mid 1980s-1989)
- Baton Rouge Tonight (10 p.m. newscast; late 1980s-1989)
- Morning Edition (1989-1990s)
- B. R. Sunrise (mid-1990s)
- 33 Today / NBC 33 News Today (morning newscast; late 1990s-2002)
- Morning Baton Rouge (morning newscast; 2002–2005)
- NBC 33 News (2007–2009 and 2010–present)
- Ten at 10Eleven @ 11:00Eleven @ 11:00 is the title of the 11:00 p.m. newscast on many local television stations in the United States. The name is based on the fact that the newscast will run for at least eleven minutes before the first commercial break, a summarized weather forecast segment will air during that time, or...
(10 p.m. newscast; 2008–2009)
Station slogans
- A Whole New World of Television (1971, first slogan)
- 33 is NBC (1977, first slogan as an NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate) - Come Home to 33 (ca. 1986; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
- Come On Home To 33 (1987–88; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
- Come Home To The Best, Only on 33! (1988–1990; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
- Now That's Entertainment! (early 1990s)
- WVLA: The Place To Be (1990–1992; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
- Your Friends of the Family (1992)
- Got everybody watching WVLA (mid 1990s)
- The New Choice for News (2007)
- We Tell Your Stories Every Day (2010–present)
- We Are YOUR Weather Team (weather slogan; 2010–present)
- NBC 33, More Colorful (2010–present; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
News music packages
- NBC-TV Radio Newspulse (Fred Weinberg Productions, Inc., 1977-19??)
- Let's All Be There (NBC Affiliate Package) (1983–1987)
- WVLA 1996 News Theme (1996-early 2000s)
- News Matrix (Stephen Arnold MusicStephen Arnold MusicFounded in 1993 by Stephen Arnold, Stephen Arnold Music is a Dallas-based music production company, specializing in Television news music. With additional offices in San Diego, California and a studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the company services television networks, cable channels, TV stations,...
, early 2000s-2005) - L.A. Groove (Groove Addicts, Inc.Groove WorxGroove Worx is a custom music house that produces music for various categories of media. Based in Marina Del Rey, CA, Groove Worx was founded in 1996 as a custom music house for television commercials and radio stations, producing custom jingle packages for domestic and international clients...
, 2007–2010) - The Rock (Stephen Arnold MusicStephen Arnold MusicFounded in 1993 by Stephen Arnold, Stephen Arnold Music is a Dallas-based music production company, specializing in Television news music. With additional offices in San Diego, California and a studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the company services television networks, cable channels, TV stations,...
, 2010–present)
Current on-air staff
Anchors- Tammi Arender - Sunday - Thursday at 5, 6:30 and 10 p.m.
- Andrew Capasso - Friday's at 5 and 10pm.
- Neeha Curtis - weekday mornings; also producer, and occasional reporter
- Ben Hill - weekends at 5 and 10 p.m.
- Emily Turner - weeknights at 9 p.m. (on WGMB)
Storm Tracker 33 Weather Team
- Jesse Gunkel - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6:30 and 10 p.m.
- Chris Paulson - meteorologist; weekend evenings
- Jesse Vinturella - meteorologist; weekday mornings
Reporters
- Matt Boudreaux - sports reporter
- Andrew Capasso - general assignment reporter; also fill-In anchor, and Executive Producer
- David D'Aquin - general assignment reporter; also news director
- Brix Fowler - general assignment reporter
- Nicholas Madere - general assignment reporter
- Jason Newton - general assignment reporter
- Kelsey Scram - general assignment reporter
Former staff
- Heath Allen - news reporter, now a reporter for WDSU-TV in New Orleans
- Monique Bienville - morning news reporter, later did community affairs for TCITCI-Medicine:*Transient Cerebral Ischaemic attack, see Transient ischemic attack*Tricyclic antidepressant medication*Target Controlled Infusion, a method for controlling intravenous infusions.-Psychology:*Theme-Centered Interaction, a method of psychotherapy by Dr...
Cablevision - Shawn Brooks - news reporter
- Jeanne Burns - morning news reporter, now at WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge
- Isiah CareyIsiah CareyIsiah Carey is an American television broadcast journalist and reporter who has worked for television and radio stations throughout the southeast portion of the United States and whose reporting videos have been seen by millions of people around the world.-Background:Carey was born in Baton Rouge,...
- news reporter, now at KRIVKRIVKRIV, channel 26, is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox, located in Houston, Texas. KRIV is co-owned with MyNetworkTV affiliate KTXH...
in Houston, TX - Duke Carter - Reporter
- Kiran Chawla - news reporter, now weekend anchor at WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge
- Erin Cofiell - news reporter, now sports reporter at WJAR-TV in Providence, RI
- Hilarie Courtney - news reporter
- Brett Cummins - chief meteorologist, now at KARK-TVKARK-TVKARK, virtual channel 4, is the NBC-affiliated television station for Central Arkansas that is licensed to Little Rock. Owned by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, the station is sister to MyNetworkTV affiliate KARZ-TV and the two share studios on West Capitol Avenue in Downtown Little Rock one block...
in Little Rock, AR - Larry Davis - morning news reporter, now manager of WBRH radio
- Robyn Ekings - anchor and managing editor, now at Louisiana Public BroadcastingLouisiana Public BroadcastingLouisiana Public Broadcasting is a state-run, viewer-supported state network of Public Broadcasting Service non-commercial educational Public television member stations serving the state of Louisiana outside Greater New Orleans. The stations are operated by the Louisiana Educational Television...
- Jon Fairbanks -
- Stone Grissom - news anchor, now at WRNN-TVWRNN-TVWRNN-TV is an American independent television station licensed to Kingtson, New York.Broadcasting on digital channel 48, WRNN broadcasts a schedule of mainly infomercials and home-shopping programming. The station's studios are located in Rye Brook, New York, and its transmitter is based on Beacon...
in Rye Brook, NY - Melanie Hebert - morning news anchor, now at WDSU-TV in New Orleans
- Jenny Heroman - morning news anchor and reporter, now anchor and producer for EATEL Channel 4 and the "Community Connection" TV show (Ascension Parish and Livingston Parish, LA)
- Leo Honeycutt - currently a biographer
- Dana Kaye - anchor, later went to WBRZ-TVWBRZ-TVWBRZ, virtual channel 2 , is an ABC affiliate television station serving Baton Rouge, Louisiana, south-central and southeastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi. It is owned by the Manship family, who also publishes the Baton Rouge daily newspaper, The Advocate. Its transmitter is located in...
in Baton Rouge and then WTVF-TV in Nashville - Kianga Kelley - reporter, now operations manager at KGRMKGRMKGRM is a radio station broadcasting a variety format. Licensed to Grambling, Louisiana, USA. The station is currently owned by Grambling State University....
-FM in Grambling, LA - Tony Lightfoot - photographer and news reporter
- Pamela Henkel Matassa - now director of communications for the LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts
- Jack McCracken - evening news reporter
- Chris Mycoskie - sports director, now director of television and electronic media at Southland ConferenceSouthland ConferenceThe Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision...
- Huel Perkins - coanchor (1980-1986), left for KSDK-TV in St. LouisSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
now at WJBK-TV in Detroit - Mike Reeves - now a radio host in TampaTâmpaTâmpa may refer to several villages in Romania:* Tâmpa, a village in Băcia Commune, Hunedoara County* Tâmpa, a village in Miercurea Nirajului, Mureş County* Tâmpa, a mountain in Braşov city...
- Mike Rhodes - morning news anchor, retired
- Nelson Robinson - chief meteorologist, now self employed
- Rachel Slavik - former weekday mornings
- Lauren Unger - reporter/anchor, now at WXMI-TV in Grand Rapids, MI
- Bree Smith - meteorologist
- Dick Walcott - former sports director
- Valentina Wilson - news anchor, now owns and operates Quote Unquote Media, a marketing and public relations firm.
- Cole Wright - sports director, now at ESPNEWSESPNEWSESPNEWS , launched on November 1, 1996, is a 24-hour-a-day sports news television channel...
in Bristol, CT