King. News / Apr 11, 2023 / 11:32 PM EDT. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) 7 Eyewitness News is excited to welcome a new addition to the WKBW family. Im in morningswere just off the ground (http://www.walrusfm.com) and response has been awesome. He is now at WEWS-TV in Cleveland. A terrific job, learned a lot, had tons fof fun, and the fantastic opportunity to work with folks like Jack Bogut, OBrien & Garry, Jim Quinn, Larry Richert, Myron Cope (our offices were right next door to each otherYoi! Lia Lando, a veteran anchor at two Rochester stations who recently has done freelance anchoring work for WKBW and at WIVB-TV (Channel 4) before that, will replace Rowe as co-anchor with Jeff. Both networks carried by WKBW on its digital subchannels are now carried instead on WGRZ-TV. 25 overall in NFL draft, Alan Pergament: Roswell Park exits arrangement with WBBZ show over TV station owner's comments, Former WGRZ meteorologist Elyse Smith headed to Houston station, Alan Pergament: Ch. Fortunately, I am on occasion asked to appear on a network show to do political talk or I am offered the chance to do some radio talk. Graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington in 2002and worked swing & fill-in at the Bob & Tom flagship in Indy WFBQ Q95 till Pennsylvania called us back home in 2004. On demand video of newscasts is available. The station's morning show, the first in Western New York, began in 1989. WKBW-TV. During this time he started his own production company (Tom Daniels Productions) which he still operates today. Had the opportunity to work with the likes of Jimmy Roach, Chris DeCarlo, and Kevin Benson just to name a few. Then go home Merkel. Al Gee went on to work at WOOK-AM in Washington DC, WWRL in New York, WLIB in New York, WPIX in New York and is now retired and living in Wilkinsburg. He was president of Harrington & Mitchell Advertising, Inc. for nine years. Currently Director of Coverage and Content at WPXI-TV. In mid-1993, Daniels and Joan Lovett began anchoring the station's new noon newscast. JON SUMMERS formerly with KQV, WPNT and WTAE, works at WKBW-TV/Buffalo. WKBW also updated its set and graphics in October 2010 (by inserting a blue background behind the studio set) ahead of a bigger set overhaul as part of the station's plan to convert its newscasts to upconverted SD. "I don't usually lose my temper when I'm doing a newscast."[3]. Genero's experience as an evening news anchor was minimal, and within months, Leighton quit the station, with Genero being moved to mornings. He previously worked with the Buffalo-based Empire Sports Network and did play-by-play for the now defunct Buffalo Destroyers Arena Football. Since leaving television, I have become a writer, contributing weekly columns to the Tribune-Review, the Washington Observer-Reporter and the Greenwich Time. Rowe and her husband, Dan Greene, welcomed a daughter, Phoebe, in mid-September. JIM HARRINGTON A man for all seasons on KDKA from 1980 through 1984 and then did mid-days on WTAE from 1984 to 1988. KARL HARDMAN was a member of Rege Cordics morning team at WWSW, KDKA and WTAE, and operated a recording studio for more than 30 years. WIVB: Gabrielle Mediak, Angelica Morrison, Marlee Tuskes, Kaly Lynch, Kelly Khatib, Sarah Minkewicz, meteorologist Stevie Daniels and digital sports reporter Mary Margaret Johnson. No relation to Rick Azar. Kelly moved to Denver in 1997 to work as an in-house counsel for MCI and did weekends at Alice 106 for Gregg Cassidy until 2001. His new book, STRIKE AT THE GIANT, will be released soon. Buffalo's Changes in the WKBW Sports Department She left WROC, where she was the morning co-anchor, last month. Jumped into TV to do promotion & marketing for WPGH, helping to launch the Fox network in Pittsburgh, before moving into a corporate programming position. Got flushed from the business in 1990. She earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1977 and a Master's degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University in 1980. Sales Executive, 1998 . She is expected to be on the air next week. They remain trademarks of their respective owners. Update: June, 2008Yes the doors keep revolving. Katie is an Amherst native who now lives in Buffalo. May 1, 2023 at 5:57 PM. ROXANNE STEIN former WPXI anchor, is an anchor and medical reporter at WPTV, the NBC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla. MIKE STEELE Former middays at 106.7 The Force until AMFM (turned Clear Channel) cluster bought the station and changed to The X at 105.9. was moved to WDVE weekends/swing shifts from 1995 to 2000. 98-year-old Leonard Gaj, better known as "Airborne Lenny . WKBW-TV signs off on Saturday and Sunday mornings for a half hour from 4 a.m. to 4:30 a.m.; there is no station info, but the American and Canadian national anthems are played before and after the test pattern, like Sinclair-owned stations WUTV and WNYO. The station's digital signal remained on channel 38. Berns passed way unexpectedly in March 2015. However, no firm date has been set for the upgrade. (7/9/19), JACK CHRISTOPHERaka Cadillac Jack.air personality at WDSY FM from 1983-1994. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Since has moved to Austin, Texas and was afternoon drive for heritage rock station 93.7 KLBJ until September 2006. The two-time AIR award winner for Best Traffic Reporter in Pittsburgh is now a dialysis technician in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 10:58 AM, Oct 21, 2020 . Equity went bankrupt in 2009, selling off RTN to one of its shareholders by January 2009 (which led to WNGS and other Equity stations dropping the network) and the Equity stations being liquidated, with WNGS sold to Daystar Television Network in April 2009 (the station has since been resold to a local group). The first was displacing longtime 5:00 anchor Kathleen Leighton to mornings in favor of former WIVB weather anchor Maria Genero, who had been host of the talk show Good Day New York). Melanie Pritchard- anchor and reporter, 1997-2008. Reporter/News Director at WTAE-Radio 1989-1996. WKBW-TV, Ch. Hardman passed away in 2007 at the age of 80. 7 News WKBW - Facebook Long time anchors have either been dismissed or seen significant pay cuts. JOHN SANDERS formerly of KDKA, does cable TV play by play for the Cleveland Indians and works for the Big East basketball network. Shift changes at 3WS elminated my shift there- it broke my heart, but thats the business. Newsman Irv Weinstein,. 98-year-old Leonard Gaj, better known as "Airborne Lenny," first joined the United States Army in 1943 when he was just 18-years-old. Reach me attvnewsman@hotmail.com. A brief retirement from full-time radio and a return to college studies felt like a good thing to do after new ownership and management suggested it. CLARKE INGRAM air talent at 96KX, WHTX and B-94, went on to become Operations Manager of KZZP in Phoenix, Arizona and PD of co-owned KRQQ in Tucson, Arizona, making it the highest-rated Top 40 station in the nation. From there I launched stations including Ann Arbor, Michigan and oldies Kool 107, then in 1994 I launched Country KIX 96.1 Raleigh, North Carolina. Between 2000 and 2003 (and from 2008 to 2009), the morning show was known as Eyewitness News This Morning, and from 2003 to 2008 was known as 7 News This Morning. Watch Now . Meet the Team | Youngstown, Ohio - WKBN.com . WKBW streamed its noon newscasts via live video on the Internet, one of the few major network affiliates to offer a video stream. Banks' sudden retirement from WKBW came just two days after an announcement was made that the station's owner, Granite Broadcasting, had filed for bankruptcy protection. WKBW redesigned its Web site in April 2007, adding the user-generated content system YouNews TV, a YouTube-like video hosting service centered around news in the Buffalo area. 7 News anchor Ashley Rowe to leave WKBW in June WPNT and WTAE, works at WKBW-TV/Buffalo. His website,http://www.barrykaye.com/will give you more info. WKBW was originally intended to be an independent station. Hinds was also known for his work at WTAE-TV as host of AM Pittsburgh with Cathy Milton and Al McDowell. [3] The station produces less news content during the week than its competitors (24 hours, compared to thirty for WGRZ and forty for WIVB), is the only one in the market that does not produce a 10 p.m. newscast, nor does it produce a weekend morning newscast, while the other two stations in the market have both. Merkel and Dickson. Originally a weekend anchor, Mahoney went on maternity leave in the early 1990s and then returned as anchor of the morning newscast, "Good Morning Western New York," before leaving on maternity again in the mid 1990s and not returning. He left the business to become senior VP with the National Smokers Alliance. However, in April 2007, due to very poor ratings despite a barrage of heavy advertising, the Buffalo Sabres being in the playoffs and the upcoming 2007 NFL Draft, Sportsnitewas cancelled. Rick Azar was a gentleman and a class act. TOM DANIELSPittsburghs Native Son, returned to his hometown in late 1980 from an Afternoon Drive radio position in Baltimore, MD to become the Morning Personality for FM97 (WFFM years before it became WRRK.) His production company (known as Tom Daniels Multimedia Productions) is heavily involved in marketing Desktop Publishing, Audio Recording, both Print and Broadcast Ad Production, Pre-recorded Broadcast Programming, Archival Sound Preservation, and even Photo-Restoration. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. He was the main weatherman for WPVI-TV in Philadelphia from 1983 until his retirement in 2009. She assisted Channel 2 rather than her former Buffalo station. Im also a techno DJ of some note under the name Dr. He would later return to the airwaves at WJAS for a time. After a 3 year stint as the Top Teen Night Jock in the Rockn Roll Capitol, he returned to Drive-Time as Afternoon Personality for pioneer Classic Rock station, WNCX, Cleveland. Penny Daniels - Wikipedia LARRY OBRIEN former partner in the OBrien and Garry Show on WTAE, WHTX and WMXP, is retired in Hilton Head, S.C. (A reminder that Larry is no relation to your PBRTV Owner/Editor!). He can be reached by e-mail at: tomdanielsprod@yahoo.com, SUSAN DAVIES After 8 years in Pgh (through 1995) [at WTAE] I spent 8 years in Cleveland it WEWS as an environment reporter/weekend weather anchor. Kendra Eaglin - joined 2010, Eyewitness News Weekend, Jeff Russo - joined 2004, sports director, Shawn Stepner - joined 2007, weekend sports & host of Sunday Sports Final, Aaron Mentkowski - joined 2000, Meteorologist, Weekdays at 5, 6 & 11 (, Jennifer Stanonis - joined 2005, weather anchor, Eyewitness News this Weekend at 6 & 11 (fill-in mornings), Dave Cash - weather "anchor," occasional fill-in evenings, Elizabeth Carey - joined 1999 (business, by agreement with, John Borsa - joined 2003 (occasional fill-in anchor), Jason Gruenauer- joined 2010 (also fill-in sports), Adam Francis- photojournalist and general assignment reporter, Dave Cash - weekday mornings/fill-in weather, Steve Schnepf - fill-in weeknights & mornings, Linda Pellegrino, joined station prior to 1990, also previously a weather anchor, Jon Summers, joined station prior to 1983, previously the station's announcer), Jon Summers - commercials, 1983 to present (also newscasts from 1983 to 2003). Also the voice ofwww.webjhn.comand can be found atwww.jjsolomon.net. wkbw.com. Furthermore, WKBW was a source for much of WPVI's on-air talent. In a text, Rowe wrote she is set to return in the beginning of January. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Born as Elizabeth Penny Comm, Daniels is a native of Highland Park, Illinois. The magazine program only ran from 1989-1990, but, according to local ratings, was hugely popular in Miami where it was beating the famous A Current Affair, which was then-anchored by Maury Povich and at the time aired on competing station WCIX-TV (now WFOR-TV). WKBW's weather staff provides forecasts to Townsquare Media stations WJYE and WYRK. He is a member of the national Television Critics Association. Ingram returned again to program WJJJ during its Jammin Oldies format, and worked briefly as an air talent at 3WS. In the aftermath of the crash of Flight 3407, Katie followed the families' struggle to change airline regulations, and traveled with them to Washington D.C. as the NTSB investigated the incident. In September 2003, however, came the most iconic change: dropping its entire heritage for the much more nondescript 7 News package. Find out more about them, like where they're from and what they like to do when not on TV. I worked with some of the best. Creative Service/Production for WPTT/WJAS/WSHH-Pittsburgh 2003-2006. NINA PINEDA former WTAE reporter is now at WABC-TV in New York. Tom has since branched into the areas of graphic design and print media. King interview on WKBW-TV in 2002 with former News Anchor Kim Betton.Rest in Peace B.B. Was, at one time, mayor of Los Gatos, California. His first book, SQUEEZE PLAY, was published last year is available at Amazon.com and other online booksellers and at select book stores. (7/9/19), SHAWN ANDERSON Weekend DJ/sports, WCVI, Connellsville, 1976-77Weekend DJ, WCLG-FM, Morgantown, WV, 1977-81.Evening, later Afternoon DJ/Sports, WJHB, Greensburg, PA, 1981-82. At that point WKBW radio was sold to Price Communications and renamed WWKB (currently owned by Entercom Communications). After getting married and going to other markets working in TV, EDYE is now known as E. D. (Donahey) Hill on Fox News Channels Fox and Friends. Ashley Rowe said, "we have received excellent care from the wonderful staff at Oishei Children's Hospital. Azar retired from WKBW-TV in 1989. As a result of the network shuffle, WKBW-TV premiered as ABC's new Buffalo affiliate when it went on the air on November 30, 1958. anchor to exit, Buffalo singer Matt Wilson's quest ends on 'American Idol', Rosie ODonnell says that Madonna has always hit back at people who criticized her appearance, Sir Elton John says he won't give up performing after last tour, Melissa McCarthy would jump at the chance to make a 'Bridesmaids' sequel, Chris Pratt would struggle to play Star-Lord in other Marvel films. [1]. Gil is retired and living on Anna Maria Island in Florida. [4], In 1998, Daniels joined KHQ-TV in Spokane, Washington. [4][5] These gains appear to have held as of May 2009, as the station made gains on a struggling WGRZ. Early life and education WKBW-TV (Channel 7) is bringing back a former anchor to fill in during the holiday season while co-anchor Ashley Rowe continues on maternity leave. Steve Boyd - another longtime weekend anchor, left in the 1990s to pursue law. Since 2008, Keith has been Regional SVP Programming/Brand Coordinator at iHeartMedia in Cleveland. Now at, Don Polec- feature/funny man for the station in the 1980s, before leaving for, Don Postles - former co-anchor with Irv Weinstein, now the head anchor of rival, Luke Moretti - anchor, 1998-2001 - Now an investigative reporter at, John Kosich - anchor of "Good Morning Western New York" - 1990s. From 1998 to 2002, it used the slogan "Your Hometown Advantage.". BOBBY BENNETT Former morning jock at WZUM (1967-68). (7/9/19), DARIETH CHISOLM former WPXI anchor/reporter. 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