Looking forward to Greg joining WNYT. February 13, 2017. Streeter next came to the Albany area to work as reporter at WTEN. Cannot believe Channel 10 is number one. WTEN has certainly lost some great weather folks Cant imagine why they think their current AM person can possibly replace Greg Pollack (not talking about Christina Erne)! In 1966, WTEN and WROW-AM-FM moved to new facilities to Albany's northside on Northern Boulevard, where WTEN remains to this day (the WROW radio stations moved out in 1993, ten years after they were sold by Capital Cities). WNYT overtook WTEN for the runner-up spot by the late 1980s, and in 1992, scored its first late news victory. Despite an influx of more than $2.5 billion dollars in coronavirus funds, many Massachusetts school districts have been slow to put that money to work. [5] The company planned to auction off its stations in a New York City bankruptcy court on July 14, 2009 but canceled the auction last minute. Streeter will be honored by the Womens Press Club of New York State as Media Person of the Year at its annual awards and scholarship dinner on Oct. 24. [11] When it returned to the air in 1957, the call letters were changed to the current WCDC and the station became second relay of WCDA in Albany. I was still fascinated by what made people tick and what made the world work, she explained. In January 2009, after failing to meet the minimum standards for being listed on NASDAQ, Young Broadcasting was dropped from the exchange. In an email to the staff earlier this week, Salamone wrote We have a number of openings right now and you should be assured that we are working quickly but intelligently to find new members of the staff that exemplify those that are already here.. dir., NY Lt. WTEN remains at this location to this day although the radio station moved out of the facility in 1993. Wednesday was Connecticut Day at The Big E. Tuesday was Rhode Island Day at The Big E. Day one of The Big E was Military Appreciation Day and all active-duty military and veterans got in for free. WTEN had a record month in May (a key month as it is sweeps), placing first at 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, 10 and 11 p.m. Their morning show, which is second to WNYTs, has crept closer to the powerhouse that is channel 13 in the morning. He concurrently worked for commercial radio stations in Buffalo and Dunkirk, New York, in addition to the campus station, WCVF-FM. After that, she worked for three years at the Missouri School for the Blind, which she loved. Elliot, who has been a CBS daytime anchor for about a year, had first shocked . Good Ridence to Marlowe and McLaren. 19 (UHF, 1957-2009), CBS (1954-1977) Thursday was Massachusetts Day at The Big E, but on Friday, it was about New Hampshire. [8] Tune to channel 10 using PSIP.[9][10]. WCDA (1956-1957) The reporter's contract extension ended and she's looking to move to a larger market, according to Dan Salamone, director of local content development with Nexstar Media Group. Kumi Tucker lived in Japan for 4 years, where she did an English-teaching TV show. WJAR, a Rhode Island television station, last week reported the death of Dick Wood, best known in the Capital Region as a former anchor at WTEN and current TV pitchman. I havent watched them since they let Sue Nigra go, and then tried to prevent her from making a living elsewhere which she won in court. Governor; corporate PA advisor; real estate developer; private investor), Jeff Stoecker (reporter 2005-2008); now reporter with WVIT in Hartford, CT, Vic Vetters (General assignment reporter); now general manager of, Dick Williams, (reporter-weekend anchor, early 70s, hosts. Tracy Egan (5:30 p.m. anchor, 1994-2008) Now the executive director of the New York State Breeding and Development Fund. In December 1954, WMGT moved to UHF channel 19 extending the station's range to the Capital Region of New York State. [11][12][13] The move was completed on March 23, 2013. You'll see all the posts for that time period. Rachel Yonkunas did get to move up from the Capital Region (#59) to her hometown of Hartford (#33), working for the CBS affiliate there. [4], Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Anchors away: Larry Mendte finds new home at Channel 3", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Lake&oldid=1105578540, This page was last edited on 20 August 2022, at 21:47. While the journalist did not post a formal announcement on his social media channels, he did update his LinkedIn profile to reflect the new role. The debt service of these chains is immense so that giving out a pay raise above certain parameters will never happen.As far as ratings they are a statistic..more important is how large are the cumes. She grew up taking trips to Yankee Candle and Holyoke Mall and showed dairy cattle at The Big E with her 4-H club. It was reported on Feb. 17 that the parent company of Crossgates Mall was facing an imminent monetary default on loans totaling $157 million. Because the Young purchases of the two stations plus WTEN satellite WCDC were made through two separate deals, they were consummated more than three months apart. Lake began working for daily and weekly newspapers while attending State University of New York at Fredonia. Make all of your mistakes early in life. Kristi Gustafson Barlette is a features writer who writes about what is trending in your life and in hers. Gray co-anchors the 5, 6 and 10 p. Dick Wood spent almost 50 years in broadcasting and was the main man on WTEN. Doug Myers (Reporter and News Producer, 1971-1989) Did morning and weekend news anchoring. Upon Knight-Ridder's exit from broadcasting in 1989, WTEN and sister station WKRN-TV in Nashville, Tennessee were sold to Young Broadcasting. WTEN (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Albany, New York, United States, serving the Capital District as an affiliate of ABC. Mary Wilson comes to Western Mass News after anchoring and reporting in Albany, NY for 6 years. She had a baby earlier this year and will "focus on (her) family," according to her good-bye. WTEN shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 10, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. WJAR radio sounds like they could use a vist from the company Dick Wood does the commercial for Quick Response the help clean up after a disaster !! Popular Big Yellow Slide returns for another year at The Big E, West Springfield crews respond to a car fire on South Boulevard, Winner claims $33 million Mega Millions jackpot prize sold in Belchertown, Public File: gary.rivest@westernmassnews.com - (413) 846-0118. ALTAMONT Elisa Streeter was introduced to the world of television news at an early age. Weather extremes can pose many threats, including to our water systems. At WYBN we feel that the big competitor is Netflix & Amazon Prime etc. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WCDC carried WTEN's two subchannels as 19.2 and 19.3 respectively, and they were carried locally in Massachusetts on the digital tier of Time Warner Cable, and later its successor, Charter Communications. He's also written long-form historical articles for The Buffalo News, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jamestown Post-Journal, and for Thousand Islands Life magazine. Owned by Young Broadcasting and Browse previous blog posts by month and year of entry. [25], On December 22, 2017, WAMC entered into an agreement to purchase the Mount Greylock transmitter and tower from Nexstar for just above $1 million. This was due to its relatively close proximity to WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island. The station went to full power and installed a permanent tower next to the studio a few months later. The two stations shared space inside a former retirement home for nuns on a farm dirt road in the town of North Greenbush, near Troy. As The Big e comes to an end, fairgoers have two more days to visit the fan favorite, the Big Yellow Slide. Seems suspicious. You'll see all the posts for that time period. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had concerns that WTEN's signal might interfere with WJAR and held this station to a 170-mile separation requirement to protect WJAR. In December 1954, WMGT moved to channel 19 extending the station's range to the Capital District of New York State. [29] WXXA's weekday morning newscast (seen 7 to 9 a.m.) and nightly prime time broadcast at 10 were retained as this programming does not directly compete with local news airing on WTEN. The story features a Syrian-American who becomes a national hero, a stewardess who gets limited credit for her role among the survivors because of her gender, and a simple farmer's wife who helps rescue the survivors while keeping a deadly secret of her own. In her time at WTEN, she anchored live from the Saratoga Race Course, hit the campaign trail for the . Thomas S. Murphy (Station Manager of WROW-TV and radio, 1954 - 1960) Rose through the ranks of CapCities became Chairman and CEO in 1966. Jim Carrey Makes His Debut on National Television | Carson Tonight Show Johnny Carson 3.7M views 3 months ago Introducing Women in Sport as Panel Facilitator Kirstin Ferguson 90K views 3 years ago. Dan Burke (Station manager) 1960-66 became President and CEO of CapCities/ABC before retiring in 1995 when Company was sold to Disney. A staple of The Big E is handcrafted goods. I know Ive been moved to tears by video, or its moved me to do something.. Prior to that, she was an evening anchor at WUTR in Utica, NY where she took the lead role in live coverage from the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and the famous Boilermaker Road Race. Whatever You were paying Jimmy Marlowe wasnt enough. Local officials report that domestic violence is widespread and on the rise in western Massachusetts. Dan Bazile joined Spectrum News in April 2018 after previously working at WNYT, NewsChannel 13. It switched to CBS in 1955. Television news anchor Elisa Streeter will be honored as the 2018 Media Person of the Year by the Womens Press Club of New York State this month. The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Lake into its Hall of Fame in 2011. In the spring of 1956, satellite station WCDB on UHF channel 29 in Hagaman was launched to reach areas in the northern portion of the market where the main WCDA signal couldn't reach. In her time at WTEN, she anchored live from the Saratoga Race Course, hit the campaign trail for the 2016 presidential elections, and followed the aftermath of the deadly Schoharie limousine crash. Streeter instead studied sociology at the University of Missouri, and received her bachelors degree in the subject. Many of the vendors come to the fair year-after-year, including one jewelry maker who is 81-years young. It also features America's top plane crash investigator who makes the first visit to a commercial airlines crash. Mary and her fianc live in the Pioneer Valley where they look forward to using the bike trail and exploring restaurants and breweries in the area. They call it the \"boob tube\" for a reason! WTEN is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Capital District of New York State and Western New England that is licensed to Albany. John (Stewart) Mucci - Co host 'Dialing for Dollars' with Vartigian in the mid to late 60's (retired). + Elisa Streeter - weekdays at 4:00 and weeknights at 5:00 and 11:00 p.m. Lydia Kulbida - weekdays at 4:00 and weeknights at 5:30, 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. (WXXA). You just have to walk a mile in peoples shoes, she said. CBS (1954-1977), 423814.2N735953.4W From left, Felix Perez of the Salvation Army, Capital News 9 anchor, Rhinebeck restaurant alleges town conspiracy to disrupt business, Mom of child victim angered by resolution in case alleging rape, Albany Empire adding Antonio Brown to ownership group, Hudson Valley man charged in connection with killing dogs, Police confirm body in Mohawk is Samantha Humphrey, Megna, a fixture in state government, to be budget director again, At 100, WWII vet Bill Scharoun sets a USS Slater record, Union leaders say New York state workforce could see mass exodus. Vartigian'; hosted "Dialing for Dollars" and later co-anchor of the noon news), Sharman Sachetti (Former morning anchor) - as of 2005 a reporter at, Robin Schwartz, anchor and reporter (Early 1990s-1998), now at, Mai Shiozaki (Former freelance morning anchor - was press secretary for National Organization for Women), Alyssa Van Wie (weekend morning anchor 2004-2008), Bruce Williamson - News Anchor early 60's early 70's. You can discuss the departures in Kristi Gustafson Barlette's blog. Getting Answers: does our soul survive bodily death? WJAR, a Rhode Island television station, last week reported the death of Dick Wood, best known in the Capital Region as a former anchor at WTEN and current TV pitchman. According to the American Cancer Society, when breast cancer is detected early, in the localized stage, the survival rate is 99 percent. 28,473 talking about this. "Solomon Syed was appointed deputy commissioner of public information in our public information office (PIO), effective October 10," wrote Shiela Poole, the commissioner at the Office of Children and Family Services, in this week's newsletter. She follows breaking news from the Alert Desk in the morning on 7 News and hosts The Coronavirus Alert Desk, a program that connects viewers . Holidays. Timothy W. Lake (born December 27, 1959) is a television news anchor[1] and historical narrative nonfiction author, currently at WTEN in Albany, New York. Two million air fryers are being recalled due to faulty wires causing them to catch fire. For one, the news is no longer delivered solely by dull, uninteresting talking heads. Chris Onorato, WNYT-TV sports reporter and master of ceremonies for An Evening to Remember Gala, a benefit for the Upstate Northeastern New York Chapter of Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, at Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia on Nov. 4, 2016. This was part of a test of the network with sister stations WBAY-TV in Green Bay and KRON-TV in San Francisco. Former NewsChannel 13 anchor, From left, Susan Kambrich, NewsChannel 13 anchors, Ken Higa of the Make-A-Wish Foundation with CBS6 anchor. The WCDB call sign would return to the air in 1978 for the student-run radio station at University at Albany. [9] After multiple issues with RTV's operations and programming, Young switched their main subchannel affiliations to ABC's Live Well Network as part of a group deal with Young's other stations in 2012.[10]. Their news sucks. He was a unique and refreshing addition to local news (and reminded me a lot of Stan Munro, who used to report in the mornings over at CBS6). Marlow is headed to Hartford. Do you think that looks matter when it comes to finding success in the field of journalism? That company then entered into a shared services agreement with Young Broadcasting resulting in WTEN operating WXXA. (deceased), Dick Wood (anchor from 1973-1991), as of 2006 hosts a jazz show on. WROW-TV was owned by Hudson Valley Broadcasting Company along with WROW-AM 590. WCDC's digital signal on UHF channel 36 signed on nearly eighteen months before WTEN's did. WTEN had a record month in May (a key month as it is sweeps), placing first at 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, 10 and 11 p.m. Their morning show, which is second to WNYT's, has crept closer to the . Wood said staffers at the station were horrified by the error when he called to tell them that he is, in fact, alive. So now Christina Erne is leaving, suddenly. Nexstar informed the FCC that, due to insufficient time and a lack of available tower crews, the line would not be repaired before the planned shutdown date. Im just looking forward to where life takes me, she said. Greg Pollack was another that did His job in an excellent manner and had a personality. He was smart and entertaining. which resulted in WTEN swapping affiliations with WAST (channel 13, now NBC-affiliated WNYT) on October 23, 1977, thus returning ABC back to channel 10 (WPRI-TV had switched to ABC from CBS that June and would eventually reaffiliate with CBS in September 1995, nine years after WTEN's former owners, Capital Cities, completed its acquisition of ABC in January 1986). WCDC-TV's signal covered portions of western Massachusetts and southern Vermont that received a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from WTEN, although there was significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States and the risk of getting heart disease is even higher for African Americans. Syndicated programming on WTEN includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Inside Edition, and The Doctors. Within their first year, the station was losing money, and on the verge of bankruptcy. In an effort to cut costs, the company eliminated ten positions from WTEN on January 31, 2008 fueling speculations that the company might sell the station in order to pay down its financial debt. A local police chief says illegal marijuana grow houses are being busted, flipped, and sold to sometimes unsuspecting homebuyers. WTEN had a record month in May (a key month as it is sweeps), placing first at 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, 10 and 11 p.m. Their morning show, which is second to WNYT's, has crept closer to the powerhouse that is channel 13 in the morning. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 26. Following its purchase of several broadcast properties from Triangle Publications, Capital Cities had to sell off two VHF stations to stay within the FCC's limit of five stations per owner at the time. Despite WCDC being located in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Time Warner Cable carries WTEN instead of WCDC. 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