Former longtime Columbia news anchor dies after contracting COVID-19 By Sarah Ellis Updated April 28, 2020 5:24 PM "Free at last," exclaimed news anchor Ed Carter as the 6 o'clock. 1000.1 is in the national radio quite area that's used for radio astronomy. Raycom is in the business to make money for there owner Alabama State Employees Retirement system. Jamie Bittner joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in December 2021. It's likely he was in negotiation for a new contract and possibly in negotiation with WLTX/Gannet as well and they had him make the social media post that started the fire storm. Judi is currently the WIS News 10 Troubleshooter. WBTV begins local live television programming from a converted radio studio in the Wilder Building. They run stories from all over the country in a vain attempt to move traffic to their web site. However, most cable systems on the Myrtle Beach side of the market began carrying WIS in the mid-1980s. Trained in video editing software such as Final Cut Pro and iMovie. Author at Twilight Times Books, Voice Artist at Voice123.com and Natasha-r.com, Voice/On-Air Talent and Writer: Production and Performance Powerhouse, Writer and Artist at Independent Contractor (Self-employed), Writer and Artist at Independent Contractor, Digital Journalist/Reporter at WSPA-TV News Channel 7, ENPS, Final Cut Pro, Editing, Video, Stories, Storytelling, Non-linear Editing, Avid, Feature Articles, Full time photojournalist intern at KCRG-TV9, Public Information Director at South Carolina Forestry Commission. [6][7][8][9] The sale was approved on December 20,[10] and was completed on January 2, 2019.[11][12]. Yeah. But no matter our personal affinity (or professional respect) for the guy, you won't see us joining the local handwringing in response to his employer's decision not to renew his contract. While it is not immediately clear. http://www.raycommedia.com/. CICI see you as one who likes FITS, and I see FITS do something well sometimes. Dawndy? Sure enough, Stanton got canned - and went to work for Jean Toal in her Court Administration office. WIS-DT airs WIS and NBC programs on digital channel 41, including many hours weekly in High Definition (HD). Sorry the guy lost his job, don't really care what the reason is, but it's over. It is a private personnel matter. Joce is a national investigative reporter focused on accountability reporting on the 3 Local TV Group", "Gray Closes On $3.6 Billion Raycom Merger", "Gray Completes Acquisition of Raycom Media and Related Transactions", "The CW Moving To WIS-TV Columbia In Fall", "He was Mr. Knozit, a weatherman, a news reporter and more. Man Accused of Killing Two Wisconsin Brothers Sentenced. WIS-TV airs a live telecast of the running of the Carolina Cup Races from Camden, SC. Deleted any reference to you. General Manager Ron Loewen leaves WIS. Loewen doubled the amount of news on the station. He was probably caught having sex with the owners wife or daughter. Except I copied and pasted it directly from your blog. Cynthia Beasley is an award-winning journalist who anchors the 7, 10, and 11 p.m. newscast. FITS OBVIOUSLY IS UPCHUCKING SOME DANG ROADKILL, LIBERAL ROADKILL. State. Submit your letter to the editor (or guest column) via email HERE. Marketing Consultant/Owner at Hill Company, Board Member - Marketing and Communications Chair at E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, DE). And the screen capture for when the Google Cache is cleared. Get over it, move on, find something that is really worth complaining about. Channel 10 continues to enjoy a staff with remarkably long tenures for a market of Columbia's size, including Jack Kuenzie, Judi Gatson, Dawndy Mercer Plank, Ben Tanner and Rick Henry, some of whom have been figures at the station for two decades. Full Profile Holy shit, who wrote that, there are grammatical errors every other word. pic.twitter.com/d7XWD4pGoP. Give her a warm Med City welcome! West Columbia Riverwalk closed due to flooding. She soon finds a spot on the television news team. We'll explain that in a moment Hoover broke the news about his employment status to his Facebook fans just prior to the long holiday weekend "Recently, I was informed by station managers that they did not wish to renew my contract," he wrote. Jim Gandy? The station first signed on the air on November 7, 1953. She is leaving ignorant comments all over blogs etcher days are numbered. One of the country's most dominant television stations, it has been the far-and-away market leader for most of its history. Intisar Faulkner is a co-anchor for WIS Sunrise, weekdays from 4:30 to 7 a.m. You can also catch her anchoring WIS Midday 3 days a week. Roesler was hired at WIS to replace Mary King, who left the station to become the new morning anchor atWBTV TV-3(CBS Charlotte, N.C.). In recent years, it has consistently lost the #1 ranking in the noon timeslot to WLTX (mainly because of that station's CBS Daytime programming lead-in), and the early morning ratings crown has switched between the two stations multiple times. In 1963, the station debuted a long-running children's program Mr. Knozit, which was hosted by weather anchor Joe Pinner, who had been hired by WIS-TV a few months before. WIS maintains the local rights to the highlight program from the South Carolina State Bulldogs (which it airs on Sunday mornings during the college football season); it had held rights to the South Carolina Gamecocks coach's show until the University of South Carolina decided to move the program to regional sports network Fox Sports Carolinas. Before joining Channel 12 as weekend morning news anchor in late January 2019, Amhara, who grew up in Jamaica . Additionally, Columbia has only eight full-power stations, one fewer than what ownership rules allow to legally permit a duopoly in any case. I was going to congratulate you on getting commenters, but then I realized a bunch of the posts with "2 comments" were actually just yours. Updated September 07, 2014 8:00 AM. Pinner, known in his later years as "Papa Joe," went into semi-retirement in 2000, but continued to provide weather reports and feature segments on the Friday edition of its noon newscast. He returned to Milwaukee in 1996 after. Yuck is right. Leave it to a total scumball like Will Folks to call someone else a "mouthpiece." He also lives in a very politically connected neighborhood in Forest Acres. Holly Ann Mohr. Rick Henry is promoted to WIS Sports Director from weekend sports anchor. Ignore this troll! It doesn't take a lot of investigative reporting to copy and paste from The State and WIS. Emily, you're just experiencing a classic case of penis envy and wish you could join in a circle jerk. An "at will" employer has no obligation whatsoever to inform the employee, let alone anyone else, why their employment was terminated. Jon Decker is the White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor for Gray Television and has been a member of the White House Press Corps since 1995. Although WIS broadcasts on a 24-hour schedule, the station is one of the few remaining U.S. television stations that continues to sign off during the overnight hours for reasons other than necessary transmitter maintenance, occurring annually during the early morning hours of Christmas Day. And, What's up with the plastic blonde with three friggen names? We also want to thank our viewers for their concerns and comments regarding this matter. Sorry that is happening. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:87HkkEaR4LkJ:scdigest.blogspot.com/2014/07/is-there-agenda-of-bias-in-hiring-in.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us. WIS adds the "News at 6" after war breaks out in the Persian Gulf. Adam Clark is the chief meteorologist for WIS News 10. Hoover knew his contract was up and probably they wouldn't pay him what he demanded. Scotty is an investigative photojournalist based in Washington DC. The station's on-air staff are named in the Best of the Media awards by the Columbia Free Times, and the station has been voted the "Best" by readers of The State newspaper several times. Previously, she served WIS in Columbia, South Carolina as a weekday evening anchor and reporter for 6 years. He became Sports Director in 1996. Not impressed either. It would remain the tallest structure in South Carolina until Florence's WPDE-TV activated its signal in 1981. It seems something besides merit is dictating decisions in media jobs: GREAT Read::And NAILS IT: http://scdigest.blogspot.com/2014/07/is-there-agenda-of-bias-in-hiring-in.html. Metrocast Cable (formerly Northland Cable)'s system in Bennettsville was one of the few providers in the Florence/Myrtle Beach/Lumberton market that did not drop WIS; it has since been dropped by that system also. Colleen Crocker . In 1991, Holly met NickSlaby at JB's in Waumandee. He got the tip that Benjamin had been fired from his law firm, days before The State got it (today.) She coordinates content and produces stories with a particular passion for digging into government programs and waste, health care policy and education. The station was originally owned by the Broadcasting Company of the South, a subsidiary of the Liberty Life Insurance Company, owners of WIS radio (560 AM, now WVOC). So he sold his house a year and a half ago because he knew he was getting fired? From the mid-1980s until the mid-1990s, it was the only station in the market that offered a full schedule of local newscasts in all four dayparts (morning, midday, early and late evening). A child of military service parents she entered adulthood from Virginia to Erskine College in South Carolina in 1972 when she was seriously injured in a car accident in 1974. "Like so many other anchors and reporters inthe past, I wish I was in a position to announce the next opportunity for my family and me. They wouldn't let him do his job, and when he did, they hung him out to dry. CBS 58 is your local source for the Milwaukee news, Milwaukee weather, and . With the upgrade, the set received a refresh and a modified graphics package was introduced; the station also changed its weather branding to "First Alert Weather". They are all pretty much the same. (803-758-1261) News Director, Mark Little: mlittle@wistv.com (803-758-1018) General Sales Manager, Scott Sanders: ssanders@wistv.com (803-758-1283) Creative Services Director, Jim Hays:. Remember when we used to post on WLTX and how we'd groan about the spelling errors, grammatical train wrecks, and dearth of information that any "reporter" worth his or her salt should have had enough sense to have asked for before typing their wordly abortion? No amount of bellyachin' and whining is going to bring him back. Cosmos sold WIS radio in 1986, but kept the WIS calls for channel 10. Although Columbia was the state's largest city for most of the 20th century and well into the new millennium, it has always been a small-to-medium-sized market because the surrounding suburban and rural areas are not much larger than the city itself. Fire Donita Toad. WIS formerly preempted the third hour of the Today Show to air WIS Today; the third hour now airs on the station. If you are replying to "Emily Peterkin" it's not me. I know another protest is scheduled for this afternoon at 1111 Bull St at 5:00 PM to again attempt to get WIS's managements attention. This person "Emily Peterkin" started a profile on FB in my name last month. Long time CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee G. Richard Shafto retires. Rick first joined WIS in 1988 as an anchor/reporter. Ty Wilson joined the WIS team in January of 2023. A similar situation prevailed in Augusta, where WIS provided a stronger signal than WATU/WAGT (channel 26, now defunct) even though its transmitter was 100 miles (161km) north of Augusta. they were unceremoniously canned by WIS also. Over the years, channel 10 preempted NBC programming in moderationmost notably, the soap opera Search for Tomorrow during its NBC tenure from 1982 to 1986. The Broadcasting Company of the South, the owner of WIS-TV becomes Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation with the acquisition of a third property, WTOL-TV in Toledo, Ohio. [5], On June 25, 2018, Atlanta-based Gray Television announced it had reached an agreement with Raycom to merge their respective broadcasting assets (consisting of Raycom's 63 existing owned-and/or-operated television stations, including WIS), and Gray's 93 television stations) under Gray's corporate umbrella. Former WIS TV 10 (NBC - Columbia, S.C.) news anchor Ben Hoover is a good guy - as far as we know. And, maybe say a little prayer for my family and me. It remained on most Augusta-area cable systems, including in Augusta itself, well into the new millennium. Between them, these five stations cover almost all of South Carolina. She's not making any new friends. 809 S. 60th St, Milwaukee, WI 53214 News tip hotline: (414) 777-5808 . COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - After nearly 20 years, First Alert Meteorologist Ben Tanner is leaving WIS for new opportunities. This is a tradition that is still carried on today. She's all over political blogs, The Charleston City paper, The State etc pissing people off. I guess the poster boy for white trash got off his knees from T-Rav's pecker popsicle long enough to come up with this drivel. BTW Columbia is market number 79. WIS adds the "7 O'clock Report" to the schedule. He's now the news director at WQOW in Eau Claire. The station's first telecast was a college football game between the University of South Carolina and the University of North Carolina. Got a tip for a story? It was one of only a few stations in the Eastern Time Zone at the time to air a local newscast at 7:00p.m. The best meteorologist at WIS right now is Tim Miller as far as knowledge and engagement. But FITS REALLY screwed up on the Ben Hoover thing. Don't know Hoover's situation, but I have confirmed with one former local TV reporter that not renewing contracts is rarely a last minute decision. Billie Jean Shaw anchors Soda City Live at 3:00 & WIS News 10 at 4:00, and 5:30. If not the owner's then so board member's or maybe even one of the on air personalities. WIS' broadcasts became digital-only, effective June 12, 2009. You are the biggest paid shill in SC. WLTX News 19 CBS Gannett - Columbia, South Carolina Area Anchor /Reporter since Jul 2010 Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity - Columbia, South Carolina Marketing & Communications Jun 2011 - Jun 2013 Skills: ENPS, Broadcast Journalism, Avid Newscutter, Avid, Media Relations, Journalism, Constant Contact,. In Georgia, the station was formerly carried in the Screven County town of Sylvania. I can't stand the eye squinting mouth piece Judy Gaston. What website? I'm not sure its the talk anywhere around SC..I'm in Charleston and never heard or seen of the dude until I read he got fired today on here. But, to be honest, I didn't see this one coming. He's also a halfway decent investigative reporter you know, as TV "journalists" go. The parent company of WIS, Liberty Corporation, is acquired by Raycom Media, Inc. Raycom is one of the nation's largest broadcasters and owns and/or operates 46 television stations in 36 markets and 18 states. Did u inbreds read the national ink T-Rav got over the holiday weekend? It's the talk of the town around South Carolina right now. How the hell do these people graduate with a Journalism degree, much less maintain a job at a supposedly "reputable" media outlet???? April 28, 2023. . Nicole Neuman joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2021. WIS has become a media has-been. A Missouri man has been sentenced in federal court on. By WIS News 10 Staff. WIS News 10 receives the Southeast Region Emmy Award for the "Best Newscast" from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Carter became the station's main anchor in 1972, and Audby then known as Susan Aud Fisher (she divorced in 2000)joined him at the anchor desk in 1982. Squishy, YOU'RE PROBABLY THE BAD ROADKILL FITS WAS UPCHUCKING. However, we simply cannot engage in a public conversation regarding details of Ben's departure from WIS TV. As mentioned above, Joe Pinner served as a weatherman and children's host at the station from 1963 until his retirement in 2018. Google Cache is a wonderful thing. agency media policies. Gentlemen, we are created in the image of a hokly God. It was the NBC affiliate of record for the Pee Dee (Florence) side of the market while Wilmington's WECT was the affiliate of record for Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand. A funny and heartfelt video from Lisa Desjardins, a former WIS reporter who was laid off by CNN last week, has gone viral. Now, he just mindlessly repeats what Toal tells him to say. ----- Fleece Johnson. The South Carolina Broadcasters Association (SCBA) names WIS its Television Station of the Year for the third consecutive year. Reporter/Anchor at WSAW-TV Title: Video Journalist/Anchor at WSAW-TV Location: Wausau, Wisconsin Industry: Broadcast Media Work history: WSAW-TV Reporter/ Anchor since Nov 2011 KSFX/KOLR - TV Washington D.C. "For the past two decades, I have considered WIS and the greater. I don't remember much about the Joe Dagget situation other than he left WIS and then came back later as a political commentator for a year or so. If you're going to be a cunt, you might as well be one that spells out words she's trying to say. Reporters. Correspondent Jul 2011 - Aug 2011 Full Profile Melissa Langbehn Wausau, WI Professions & Specialties For many years, WIS was one of two NBC affiliates that served the FlorenceMyrtle Beach market, since that market was one of the few areas on the East Coast without its own NBC affiliate. Dan was the weekend anchor at WFRV from 1976 until 1978. Kara Gormley arrives at WIS as David Stanton's co-anchor on WIS's "News at Sunrise" Kara Gormley later anchored "Live at 5" and currently anchors the weekend evening newscast. The station signed on a full-time digital transmitter from its Lugoff tower on June 19. WIS Television: The Midlands' first choice since 1953. Just outside that market, WIS remains on cable providers in many areas around South Carolina such as Georgetown and Williamsburg counties. Actually I thought both of them were quite classy.