The Boston Globe may have gone where no major newspaper has gone before. WJAR was the first in Rhode Island to have made the upgrade, on May 16, 2011, followed by WLNE on September 13, 2011. The credit union crisis, It's been a great privilege to have been an eyewitness to history for 42 years, says Daly. Hogan had won a number of New England Emmy awards during her tenure at WPRI. Baron lead news and political coverage for the Pawtucket Times for decades and his column, "Politics as Usual" was a must read for every elected official. No one will influence the psyche of Rhode Island more this year than Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner. She's always been a city person, she said; when she was in Providence, she lived on Charles Street and Wesleyan Avenue. This is extremely bittersweet, Halperin tweeted. Prior to joining the station, Caroline served as a news reporter at WPRI Media based in Rhode Island from October 2016 to June 2020. Americans turn to radio and print publications for news far less frequently than to digital devices and television," adds Pew. NBC 10 News at 6:00 (Sat/Sun) - #1 Clearly not a great night for Democrats to win the Governorship in a state in which Dems have more than 300,000 registered voters and the GOP has 88,000. As a young person, she said, "I felt like there was a world of possibilities.". For more than three of those years he was president and chief executive. In 2004, an hour-long extension of WPRI's weekday morning show was added to WNAC at 7:00a.m. branded as Eyewitness News This Morning on Fox Providence. Rhode Island Republican Party Chair Brandon Bell was defeated in his run for the General Assembly in 2018. Rhode Island Public Radio announced Monday that General Manager Joe OConnor is leaving the local National Public Radio outlet at the end of January to become General Manager of WFAE-FM, Charlotte, North Carolinas NPR affiliate. WPRI-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, affiliated with CBS and MyNetworkTV. View Larger + Hot 106's Deanna Cruz leaves Providence for Seattle. Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst (forerunner to HM Capital Partners), a private-equity firm co-founded by Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars then-owner Tom Hicks, was the majority owner of LIN TV. 2022 was a strong revenue year for the TV conglomerates like Nexstar, which owns WPRI and Sinclair, which owns WJAR. READ MORE, GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST, Exclusive: Dan Doyle Threatens to Sue WPRI 12 for Libel, WJAR 10 Crushes WPRI 12, Rolling Stone Fallout, and Projo Moving - Moore News, WPRI Reporter Calls Out Providence Journal for Plagiarism - 2nd Time in 10 Days, NBC 10 Claims Big Ratings Victory Over WPRI 12, Dan Doyle Sues WPRI, Former 12 Sportscaster Calls Stations Actions Unethical, Top Democratic Leaders Have Paid WPRI Pollster More than $153,000, NEW: Karen Rezendes Named News Director at WPRI. Chef Mike McGovern -- formerly the chef at Red Stripe -- is taking the helm at East Greenwich's Kai Bar -- and now 241 Main Sports Bar and Grill. WPRI's long-running weekend public affairs show, Newsmakers, debuted on September 17, 1978, and is still on the air. The book is going well, election night was a clear victory for us and - assuming you are not a Media General fan - we now have new reason to want to clobber the competition. Since then, however, WPRI has mounted a spirited challenge to WJAR's dominance. Be sure to check other states around Providence, RI to locate the names of more professionals. Both murder trials of Newport socialite Claus Von Bulow The 1 million-square-foot property at 529 Main St. is owned and in the process of being renovated by The Flatley Co. . However, LIN TV was forced to put WNAC back on the market almost as soon as it closed on the station's purchase due to the ownership structures of Sunrise and LIN TV. and will be held at George Houston Bass Theatre, Department of Africana Studies, Brown University 155 Angell Street in Providence. Hard times have fallen on former Providence Phoenix writer and WHJY/WHJJ host Rudy Cheeks (Bruce McCrae). Sunrise merged with LIN TV in May 2002. In 2013, Matt Taibbi, the then-star reporter of Rolling Stone magazine came to Rhode Island and took on the investment strategy of General Treasurer Gina Raimondo. In return, WPRI does the same for its coverage of the same area. Even when it became apparent that WPRO-TV would miss its target air date, CBS opted to continue its secondary affiliation with NBC station WJAR-TV (channel 10) rather than move its programming to ABC affiliate WNET-TV (channel 16, now the present-day WNAC). Goggin, who suffered a stroke in 2019, became a strong advocate for stroke awareness. The panel was comprised of a diverse group of panelists comprised of many ethnic media members in Providence and interviewed indepenent candidate Vincent "Buddy" Cianci last Saturday. We are so pleased to announce Alisons move to morning news, said Chris Lanni, News Director. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. And total TV spending fell about $1.5 billion (about $5%).". Specifically, its broadcast weeknights at 11:00p.m. has gained enormous popularity. of Health, RIs Media Getting More Corporate - WPRIs Parent Buying CW28 & WJARs Parent Rivals Fox, Ruth Polinsky Leaves WPRI for Miami TV Station, Latest to Leave WPRI-12, Charges Against WPRIs Patrick Little Dismissed, Former WPRI Top Exec Fired by CBS After Investigation Finds Hostile Workplace for Minorities & Women, WPRIs Patrick Little Arrested and Charged with Assault By Newport Police, NEW: WPRI Reporter Halperin to Leave Station After 2 Years, NEW: WPRI Called Wrong Winner in Cumberland Democratic Mayoral Primary, WPRIs Parent Co. Buying Tribune, Projos Parent Co. Stock Plummets Along With Circulation, WPRIS Parent Co. Nexstar Pumps Hundreds of Thousands into GOP Coffers, Ch-12 Exec is PAC Donor, WPRI-12s Parent Company Settles with Department of Justice Over Price-Fixing Scheme, Michaela Johnson Leaving The Rhode Show on WPRI, VIDEO: WJAR Anchors Read Pro-Trump Sinclair Script About Fake News, Whitcomb: Big Breakthrough in Fall River? The Providence Journal, which has been highly critical (to put it in the mildest of ways) of Cianci and endorsed Elorza, neglected to run a story about the incident in its printed paper on Monday at all--despite the story having broken before 2 p.m. yesterday. He has been the sports director, anchor, reporter, and host at WPRI for eight years. Kait Walsh, currently the weekend morning anchor/reporter, will be taking North's place as co-anchor of "12 News This Morning." Walsh will be co-anchoring with Patrick Little. On Monday,630WPRO wrongly stated that The Providence Journal broke the story. "A large majority of U.S. adults (82%) say they often or sometimes get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet, including 49% who say they do so often. Recently, GoLocal featured the attorney as one of Rhode Island's "Emerging Leaders. Healey said he was looking forward to being able to ask direct questions of his two opponents, Democrat General Treasurer Gina Raimondo and Republican Cranston Mayor Allan Fung. A third alternating host for a period of one year was found annually through an open audition in a contest titled The Rhode Show Search for a Star. Providence, one of the oldest cities in the United States, also gave her an appreciation forall things historic, including "houses built in the 1700s.". Brian Yocono to Exit WPRI-TV On October 2, 2017, the Bounce TV subchannel was moved to channel 12.3, replacing GetTV, which moved to a newly created 12.4 subchannel. Eyewitness News has won the Massachusetts/Rhode Island Associated Press News Station of the Year award nine years in a row since 2004, its most recent coming in May 2012. ", He is the chairman of the Providence Board of Licenses and is in a hotbed READ MORE. ", FBI creates fake news story to nab suspect. But 2023 is expected to be a year of dramatic belt-tightening, staff reductions, and lower revenue. Now during sign off hours on weekend overnights, a loop of the stations' Doppler radar is shown. Setting aside any sentiments about Raimondo, the Providence Journal has significant credibility problems in trying to point the finger at anyone else for taking part in the state's "know a guy" culture. Besides Providence, he also worked at KYW-TV in Philadelphia,where he was a weekend anchor, and at WABC-TV in New York. Former Journal, WPRI reporter thriving in Seattle Deborah Horne began her career in Providence, and fondly remembers the food Christine Dunn cdunn@providencejournal.com View Comments 0:03 0:49. Former WJAR-10 staffer is not just a superstar in hosting the Today Show, but now according to press reports out of New York, he got his new boss (former ESPN Exec) Jamie Horowitz fired. During her time in upstate New York, she filled the roles of anchor, reporter, and producer. It has always been our policy to welcome the press to our events and report on them in a manner which is accurate and fair Lawrence Lepore General Manager, RI Convention Center / Dunkin Donuts Center. Quoting the late Jack White, a former Journal colleague and a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1974 for his coverage of President Richard Nixon's underpayment of income taxes, she said, "Sometimes good government is better than a good news story.". SNEABJ is an affiliate of the National Association of Black Journalists. The 950,000-square-foot property at 201 Brookline Avenue is owned by Samuels & Associates and is within a five minute walk from Fenway Park. Channel 10 claims they were first in calling the Governor's race, but they have a lot of race calling to make up for the year they in correctly called that Myrth York was the winner of the Governor's race over Lincoln Almond. It is a serene summer day here, all above the snow. We got engaged on a beach in Newport, planned a wedding from our home in Foxboro, got married, and came home to endure our greatest test so far. Travis is a former sports reporter at WICZ and also WBNG based in Binghamton. It, in turn, was acquired by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group in 2014 and merged with its two other CMS providers, Inergize Digital and Internet Broadcasting to form a new CMS unit, Lakana, as a result of a new partnership between LIN TV and NewsCorp. All of WPRI and WNAC's weekday newscasts are streamed live on WPRI's website and mobile app. Elorza's would have also been conducted in English as well the release states. WPRI 12 announced that reporter Sean Daly will retire, after more than 30 years. WNAC-TV also discontinued regular analog service on February 17, 2009, and began operation of its new digital facility on channel 12. NBC 10 WJAR is the news, sports and weather leader for Providence, Rhode Island and surrounding communities, including Cranston, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Warwick, Newport, Bristol and Narragansett . Its been a good fit and a fun run. Dan McKee's administration reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the Providence Teachers Union in 2021 . The merger was completed on January 17, 2017. Ann was an Emmy-nominated anchor and reporter. CNBC said funeral arrangements have yet to be made. She is a Rhode Islander turned Texan returned back to Rhode Island. NBC 10 News at 11:00pm - #1 READ MORE. [12] WPRI-TV also carries the majority of New England Patriots games through CBS Sports' American Football Conference package. Hogan is the second senior on air news reporter to leave WPRI in the past few month. To my family at WPRI - the photographers, reporters, anchors, producers, directors, managers, and every other member of our team thank you for your friendship. Now they're curious to know if the anchor's new position will require him to relocate from Rhode Island. Jack Griffin, chief executive of Tribune Publishing, said Daniels' deep knowledge of the New England market will serve him well in Hartford. Most of the Web sites of the television stations Media General acquired since the announced merger with Young Broadcasting have also adopted this platform. I am so grateful for every person who has trusted me to share their story. ", "He was an authentic voice in business media," said EricJackson, who runs the hedge fund Ironfire Capital. Shannon Hegy is a popular American journalist who works for WPRI News channel 12 as the Main Evening Co-Anchor. Caroline joined the Eyewitness News team in October 2016 as a reporter. The portion of Americans who often get news from television has also decreased, from 40% in 2020 to 31% in 2022. She is a home cook and baker. According to an internal MEMO at WJAR - the team at Channel 10 are glad to be done with their old bosses. Retail, Business Analysis, Consulting, Team Building, Vendor Management, Program Management, Team Reporter, writer, photographer, videographer at 630WPRO.com, Reporter, Reporter, writer, photographer, videographer at 630WPRO.com. According to sources in the Salty Brine broadcast center in East Providence, the dismissal of Haynes may be tied to a series of ongoing personnel issues or could be tied to the parent companys weak financial performance. At ABC6, the station has lost all three of its weather personalities Tim Studebaker, Jeff Desnoyers, and Chelsea Priest. The backbone of the Pawtucket Times and the Rhode Island State House's most veteran reporter has died according to WPRI. To every person who cheered me on as I recovered - thank you. The Providence Journal's new parent company may not be the most generous employeer. In September 1993, the station created a 30-minute 5:00p.m. newscast, the first in the market. Media Post reports, "Local TV stations will see a major decline next year of 22.9% -- which was expected in a non-political advertising year. This weekend ABC News Anchor Byron Pitts will appear at a forum at Brown University on Race and Media which is being hosted by the Southern NewEnglandAssociation of Black Journalists. 2023 www.providencejournal.com. The story was sent to a 15 year old suspect's myspace account, and when the suspect clicked on the link, the authorities were provided with his location. 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Beginning in 2007, Daniels spent nearly six years at GateHouse Media New England, whose string of 100 newspapers and 160 web sites includes The Bulletin in Norwich. That's because earlier this year, Golocalprov.comuncovered that when Governor Lincoln Chafee sought to save Rhode Island taxpayers roughly $1 million dollars by removing an outdated state law that forces cities and towns to post legal notices in a newspaper, the Providence Journal hired Joe Walsh, the well-connected lobbyist who is considered one of the most powerful in the state. He won Ivy League Freshman of the Year and this year he is READ MORE. The property's owner and developer is Catamount Management Corp. of Lynnfield. Halperin made the announcement in a tweet on Wednesday. Channel 12's studios were originally located on the top floor of 24 Mason Street in Downtown Providence with its sister radio stations. And some radio news reporters headed into the field with photographers to cover stories simultaneously for radio and TV. At the time, the FCC normally did not allow common ownership of multiple stations with overlapping coverage areas and would not even consider granting a waiver if the overlap was between city-grade signals. National Public Radio is down to just one environment reporter, and he's only covering the beat part time,InsideClimate News reported Friday. ESPN Star Gives GoLocal a Shoutout for Investigative Reporting. of Health. The Cianci interview was conducted in English. She returned to intern at CBS Philadelphia during her senior year of college. The Memo to staff from News Director Chris Lanni: As we prepare for the arrival of Sinclair and the departure of Media General, I am very optimistic about the next chapter for NBC 10 News. In 2011, WNAC-DT2 televised local college basketball games on Wednesdays under the banner "Game Night".[11]. Hes previously interned for 60 Minutes in New York City and WCVB-TV in Massachusetts. But, he faces a number of challenges. Hospital Closings and Epidemics. Lauer was co-host of the WJAR news magazine in the 1980's. Their front page was an ad - a big color ad. Healey stated on his website. The mid-term elections were a boon to the conglomerates that own the local TV stations in the market. Traditionally, WPRI has been a solid, if usually distant, runner-up in the ratings to long-dominant WJAR. In this case, WNAC cannot be co-owned directly with WPRI. The Providence Journal did run a story on its website. Caroline Goggin Leaving WPRI 12. WhenHorne moved to Seattle, it was "a completely different experience. Moore News is the go-to column for coverage of Rhode Island, regional and national media, focusing on the transformation of legacy media, the explosion of mobile, the influence of social media, and their impacts on journalism. On . 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Or its story showing that an impossibly high percentage of Providence public officials are awarded special disability pensions. The hens steal their nests, and I steal their eggs still, as formerly. Haines is survived by his wife, Cindy, his son, Matt, anddaughter, Meredith. When Sunrise bought WPRI from Clear Channel in early 2001, WNAC was sold to LIN TV due to FCC regulations forbidding common ownership of two of the four highest-rated stations in the same market. After two incredible years in RI, Im on the move. Rhode Island's favorite TV anchor, Brian Yocono, is leaving WPRI-TV in September 2022. Travis and I constantly say we've lived a lot in the last four years. "I really like my life here, and I still really love to cover the news," she said. READ MORE. WPRO-TV was then sold to Poole Broadcasting (owners of WJRT-TV in Flint, Michigan) on June 16, 1967; that sale was necessary because CapCities' purchase of KTRK-TV in Houston left it one VHF station over the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ownership limit at the time. The 57-year-old Baron was from Brooklyn, New York. Ritholtz said that the biggest complaint about CNBC in the 1990swas that its anchors cheered on the stock-market bubble. Matos will be faced with taking on some of the most difficult issues in the state. In addition, Eyewitness News This Morning on Fox Providence was extended to fill the hour previously occupied by The Rhode Show. Cherry & Webb sold WPRO-AM-FM-TV to Albany, New York-based Capital Cities Television Corporation, the predecessor of Capital Cities Communications, in 1959, earning a handsome return on its purchase of WPRO radio in 1931. While digital spending is up a total of 16% during the nine-month period, national TV spending fell by $1.1 billion, or about 4%. WPRI Reporter Calls Out Providence Journal for Plagiarism - 2nd Time in 10 Days Dan Doyle Sues WPRI, Former 12 Sportscaster Calls Station's Actions "Unethical" Susan Hogan Leaving WPRI . I came to Providence hoping to take the next step in my career and cut down on the distance between me and Travis. Sunrise Television acquired WPRI in early 2001 for $50 million. It is the rise of the Phoenixin Providence. The story, with its incorrect attribution, was written by reporter Sam Wroblewski. It was then simulcast on weekends when the main channels of WPRI and WNAC signed off overnight. In an unprecedented maneuvor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation created a fake news story to catch a juvenile suspected of making bomb threats. In 1991, Horne left Providence to take a television job across the country, in Seattle. OConnor has been with RIPR since 2006. NBC 10 News at 5:00pm - #1 In 2018, Bishop Tobin with the Diocese of Providence landed on GoLocal's 18 to Watch as the Catholic Church was and continues to remain at the center of lawsuits pertaining to the collapse of the St. Joseph pension fund. All rights reserved. Top WPRI.com Reporters Headlines Rhode Island Foundation awards $75K in grants to local Honoring Black History / 2 years ago Bond referendum in RI special election would invest in Politics. Even their apology needed a correction, as Buzzfeed reported. Providencewas a change for Horne, a native of Newport News, Virginia, and a graduate of Hampton University, a private, historically black university in Hampton, Virginia. For a newspaper that rails against the percieved know-a-guy culture in Rhode Island, it sure had no problem hiring the lobbyist who arguably knows the most people. But what was jaw dropping was the how paper implied that Raimondo is an outsider saying "shewill most emphatically not represent Rhode Islands Good Old Boy network", as if the Journal is a stalwart opponent of insider dealings. At the same time, HMTF also controlled a large block of Sunrise stock. During high school, she interned with the KYW/CBS 3 News Studies program. Hogan had won a number of New England Emmy awards during her. What is the Media Saying About Deflategate? The frightening experience has put life into perspective for Goggin, who has spent . New Starbucks line a curiosity, RI lawmakers seek to legalize magic mushrooms, Prov. Try plastic surgery for autographs, Fan brings Olympian Mary Lou Retton to tears, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Last year, a woman at Brown University brought a rape case forward. The channel was due to join CBS because of WPRO radio's long affiliation with CBS Radio. 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"He is a champion of strong journalism, a builder in the community and a digital innovator, and he understands and appreciates the qualities and strengths of The Hartford Courant and the Hartford community," Griffin said. He was well known in the financial community, and traders at theNew York Stock Exchange paused for a moment of silence. After Nexstar's acquisition of EndPlay was completed, the LIN station Web sites switched to the WordPress.com VIP CMS platform. Thus WPRI has a 1080i CBS channel and 720p MyNetworkTV subchannel, with WNAC having a 720p Fox channel and 720p CW subchannel. It is an honor to give them a voice. Caroline graduated from Penn State University in May 2014 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Business. In recent days, WPRI-12 has seen both morning news co-host Danielle North and Micheala Johnson, the co-host of the advertiser-sponsored Rhode Show, resign. Both stations share studios on Catamore Boulevard in East Providence, Rhode Island, while WPRI-TV's transmitter is located on Pine Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Maybe she was taking an Eyewitness Snooze. Kim Kalunian is an anchor and reporter for WPRI channel 12 television in Providence, RI, where she has emerged as a signature talent on the station's roster.Ahead of pursuing a full-time broadcasting career, which launched with radio work, and a stint at Providence news-talk station WPRO, Kim was a full-time stage actress, performing . READ MORE, Blake Filippi is the new House Minority leader and is a fresh-faced leader for the GOP in Rhode Island. [15], WPRI and WNAC were the last stations in the market to upgrade their newscasts to high definition, though they were first to experiment with the format through promotional materials and debates during the election season in 2010. Just months after the sale was announced, the FCC eliminated the requirement of a waiver for common ownership of television stations in adjacent markets with substantial grade B signal overlap. WPRI-TV Facebook page Black News Hour presented by The Boston Globe Run by Black journalists at The. (They may be for others, but certainly not themselves. She also created an Emmy-nominated show about women called "KIRO Backstage.". On March 21, 2014, LIN Media entered into an agreement to merge with Media General in a $1.6 billion deal. WPRI announced the . 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