WMUR continued to broadcast in black-and-white until 1973, long after the Boston stations had all upgraded to color capability. Jessica is a former New England sports anchor and reporter at Comcast Sportsnet New England. Through the years, Eyewitness News has made the world smaller - by taking viewers to Mexico and backstage with Michael Jackson. Died 1979. At various points, channel 50 (as WNDS, WZMY-TV, and WBIN-TV) and WGOT (channel 60, now WNEU), as well as the aforementioned WNHT, have offered New Hampshire-focused local newscasts in competition with WMUR; the most recent of these operations, on WBIN-TV, was cancelled in 2017 after that station sold its spectrum in an FCC auction, leaving WMUR once again as the only television news source in New Hampshire. Prior to joining WXIX in 2012 . Swim faster, he replied. Audio simulcasts of WMUR's newscasts are broadcast on WTPL (107.7 FM) in Hillsborough, WTSL (1400 AM) in Hanover, WTSN (1270 AM) in Dover, WASR (1420 AM) in Wolfeboro, and WEEY (93.5 FM) in Keene. WMUR News 9 at 4 will replace The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which is in its final season and concludes original episodes in May. Lisa Mullins - Guest Host, Here and Now. Cherise and her family are happily living in Manchester, New Hampshire. Actually working with him was such a pleasure for me and so much fun," Moyer said. The two Fox stations started simulcasting WMUR when WMTW (at that time separately owned) relocated its transmitter away from Mount Washington. Through the years, Eyewitness News has delivered slick opens, fast pacing, big personalities and quality journalism. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Woman fatally shot after holding petrified worker hostage inside store, A-Listers Ashton Kutcher, Tiki Barber in training for the NYC Marathon, An anchor again: Ted Koppel hosts show on US divisions, LA anchor pays tribute to former co-host who was fired after rogue on-air comments. LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Everyone at ABC7 is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Eyewitness News, which is one of the most recognized brands in America - and it's far more than just a name. During the 1960s and 1970s, one of the station's well-known local programs was a weekday children's program known as The Uncle Gus Show. Josh Judge: former weekend meteorologist, now meteorologist for WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH. Barbara Barr: former weekend sports anchor/reporter (19982004), now reporter at WGAL, Harrisburg, PA, Vivian Bean: former weekday morning co-anchor, now stay at home mother, Bruce Berlinger: former Chief co-anchor 1978-1989, also did kids interest features, Julene Britt: former general assignment and sports reporter, late 1990s/early 2000s, Crystal Canney: former reporter, now president of Canney Communications, Tom Caron: former sports anchor/reporter, to NESN. Bob O'Wril: former weatherman & host of the MDA telethon. On December 19, 2001, WMUR dropped all Fox programming after the Hearst acquisition (Hearst has never affiliated any of their stations with Fox, a rarity in American broadcasting); in early 2002, W27BL and WMUR-LP began to carry WMUR-TV's full schedule, including ABC programming. Shes also telling her friends how happy she is to have her mom home at night. At the time of the arrest, I was inside of a parking vehicle in a Las Vegas neighborhood alone.. Jacqueline joined WMUR's Storm Watch 9 team in October 2021. On paper, southern New Hampshire is large enough to be a market in its own right. She was ordered on April 21 to pay a $1,000 fine and to attend driving school, the newspaper reported. So if I run into you at the bank or grocery store or the dry cleaners, that is the true story about what REALLY happened. Nh Chronicle Archives. However, CBS' ownership of WBZ-TV (channel 4) makes this unlikely as it would result in the dilution of that station's advertising revenue, along with viewer upheaval at the loss of newscasts from the Boston area. There's a legitimate journalistic philosophy with Eyewitness News and it's led to groundbreaking stories we've brought you through the years. "There was a place for everybody to feel like they were part of something important," he said. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Advertisement Mike is headed to join the anchor team at our sister station. In public buildings set aside for the care and maintenance of the goods of the middle ages, a staff of civil service art attendants praise all the dead, irrelevant scribblings and scrawlings that, at best, have only historical interest for idiots and layabouts.George Grosz (18931959). When I entered the world of broadcast journalism, I was single and laser-focused on building a career. The second thing: My daughters teacher told me she was falling behind in reading. In 2005, it was demonstrated from our helicopter pad. There was something that set it apart from the other stations," he said. It was all created by Al Primo, who started in a mailroom in Pittsburgh and worked his way up, way up, becoming a giant in the industry. When the kids were little, working at night wasnt an issue. This theme was replaced at some point[when?] Max Riseman: former weekend meteorologist (2005-2007), now providing radio forecasts on WHOM and MPBN. He was on that first broadcast in 1969, covering the trial of Robert Kennedy's killer, Sirhan Sirhan. And only a few months after that first broadcast, Wiman helped crack the Charles Manson case by finding bloody clothes on a hillside. wmur wmur - tv - inc wmur - tv inc wmur-tv inc wmur tv wmur tv inc WMUR-TV Global Presence Search All Employees Key Employees of WMUR-TV Andrew Vrees President & General Manager Phone Email Search Full List of Executives The two . I joined WMUR in May of 2022 as a weekday anchor and reporter. There has not been a CBS affiliate in the state since then. TODAY IS MIKE CHERRYS LAST DAY WITH WMUR BEFORE HE LEAVES FOR OUR SISTER STATION, KCRA, IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. We got married and were blessed with two amazing kids. While a buyer was found immediately for the AM station, there were few takers for channel 9. I was very fortunate. But then I fell in love with videographer Danny Ryan. WMUR, NH's largest television broadcast network, will expand its news by adding a 4 pm newscast to its weekday lineup beginning in June. 2023, Hearst Television Inc. on behalf of WMUR-TV. After posting a 3D virtual tour of its TV studio facilities online, it briefly became the most visited attraction online in the world. In the early 1990s, that station operated a news bureau in Manchester which was re-established on Elm Street in November 2006. -- THE OTHER COAST. This was the first widely promoted and executed worldwide live streaming video event. In 1955, channel 9 boosted its signal significantly, providing a strong signal extending well into the Boston area. [2][18] MDA moved the telethon from syndication to ABC in 2013 as the MDA Show of Strength; as a result, WMUR continued to broadcast the program for two more years until the telethon ended in 2014. Jennifer Sabih: former reporter/weekend anchor, now reporter with CBS Newspath. Monica Hernandez joined the WMUR news team as a reporter and anchor of the 10 and 11 p.m. newscasts in December of 2018. It fit well, was super-comfortable hell, it still looked pretty good. [13], In February 2010, WMUR introduced a new slogan, "It's how you know." It was founded by former governor Francis P. Murphy, owner of WMUR radio (610 AM; now WGIR) through a company known as the Radio Voice of New Hampshire, Inc. Murphy beat out several challengers, including William Loeb III, publisher of the Manchester Union-Leader. John is a decade older than Jessica and was also in the process of divorcing his wife of 30 years. Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios on South Commercial Street in downtown Manchester, and its transmitter is located on the south peak of Mount Uncanoonuc in Goffstown. [12] Cos and Carroll counties are part of the Portland, Maine, market and thus had WMTW as their ABC affiliate, while Grafton and Sullivan counties are part of the BurlingtonPlattsburgh market and hence received ABC programming from WVNY; these areas had no source of in-state news until WMUR's uplinking. I would explain that I left to spend more time with my family, and they would say, yeah, but what REALLY happened? As if some other nefarious force played a hand in my departure. Mark Rosenthal: former chief meteorologist (2005-2006) Josh Judge: former weekend meteorologist, now meteorologist for WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH. Erin Fehlau - weekday mornings and noon (also New Hampshire Chronicle host) Josh McElveen - weeknights at 5 and 5:30 p.m. (also Close Up host) Jean Mackin - weeknights at 5 and 5:30 p.m. (also reporter weeknights at 11 p.m.) Jennifer Vaughn - weeknights at 6 p.m. and medical reporter. W16BC was the only Fox affiliate to serve a portion of the BurlingtonPlattsburgh media market until WFFF-TV began broadcasting on August 31, 1997. We shared wonderful, carefree mornings together, but as they got older and school started, our morning togetherness evaporated. 59 talking about this. 1.65m). What if there are sharks in the water? I asked. She worked there for 6 years 6 months from Sep 2009 to Feb 2016. Last month, I was arrested by Metro for driving under the influence, she said. Two of the few things the station had going for it during this period were The Uncle Gus Show, hosted by Gus Bernier for more than 20 years, and an increasingly active news department led by Tom Bonnar and Fred Kocher. It was killing me. I dont know that I would go as far to say it was bullying, but it was very upsetting to her. The company cut all the ties with Jessica and erased her company profile from their website. Feven Kiflegiorgis, known professioanlly as Feven Kay, apologized on-air for being arrested. She is a happily married woman to her loving and devoted husband Tim Callery. In addition, WMUR and WCVB share news footage for stories occurring within the other station's coverage area; WCVB also operates a live truck for news gathering that is based at WMUR's studios in Manchester. I left my job working for WMUR-TV back in May, after having spent 15 pretty fun years doing the gamut of news jobs there - producing, reporting, anchoring, and in the final four years managing . "We were just after the truth and the truth is very elusive," he said. It's also been the energy and spirit of the people in this family that have kept Eyewitness News alive. Simpson's elation when he heard the words "not guilty.". During weather segments, the radar system used by WMUR that utilizes this data is presented on-screen as "Storm Watch 9 Storm Tracker", which is provided through a graphics system by Weather Services International. Staton joined WMUR in 1998, and has covered local and national sports, major news events, and has been a community advocate, even establishing the Battle of the Badges charity hockey game. Since I left the station, Ive been repeatedly asked, So what really happened? The woman in the checkout line at the grocery store, the group at a local chamber meeting, all asking the same question, Why did you really leave?. 12 talking about this. If it were ever to break off from Boston, it would rank in the top 100 of all U.S. media markets. 2022 People of Color-Led Businesses in NH Survey. Ina Jaffe Correspondent, National Desk. Chronicle is an American newsmagazine television program that is produced by two New England television stations owned by Hearst Television: WCVB-TV (channel 5) in Boston, Massachusetts and WMUR-TV (channel 9) in Manchester, New Hampshire. Getting all those people on the set moving at once is what we call "the walk on.". She is a well-known American journalist presently working as a news anchor and reporter at WMUR since she joined the station in August 2016. The resolve to leave the broadcast media and the career that had become a huge part of my identity and, in essence, give the gift back, wasnt easy. They also launched three low-powered repeaters in the northern portion of New Hampshire, one of them (W38CB in Littleton) carried WMUR's full ABC schedule, while the other two (W27BL in Berlin and W16BC, now WMUR-LP, in Littleton) were full-time primary affiliates of Fox. "Well the name - Eyewitness News - it's never changed since Primo brought it in '68 or whenever it was. In lieu of its own weather radar, WMUR uses live radar data from several regional sites operated by the National Weather Service. Jessica had her first job in 2009 by working as a sports anchor, reporter, and host for Comcast Sportsnet New England. It was also the first television station to use the Internet to supplement its broadcast news by posting additional information online like the Megan's Law list. Jeff Barnd: former co-anchor, to WLVI Boston, now anchor WBFF Baltimore. For many years, WMUR's nighttime sign-off was accompanied by "New Hampshire Naturally" by The Shaw Brothers. 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Fox 5 Las Vegas morning weekday anchor and reporter Feven Kiflegiorgis was busted nude and . Jessica secured and conducted live and taped one-on-one interviews with athletes and coaches. It broadcast from a Victorian-style house on Elm Street in Manchester, alongside its sister radio station. Catherine Parrotta: former Weekend Anchor at 6 & 11 pm and Weekend Anchor on FOX at 10 pm; also reporter, now reporter at WFXT-TV Boston, Doug Ray: former Good Day Maine anchor / reporter, Anne McNamara: former reporter/substitute anchor, now at WAVY-TV in Hampton Roads, VA. Erin Ovalle : former Daybreak and Good Day Maine (FOX) co-anchor, now with WMTW anchoring "News 8 This Morning". A Las Vegas news anchor was arrested after being found naked and passed out in her car, police said. Mark Rosenthal: former chief meteorologist (20052006). In early 2017, Jessica relocated to manchester in New Hampshire and started working for WMUR-TV as a sports reporter and freelance new reporter. A random draw determined the order with the top 20 in owners' points in 2022 being the last 20 to go. In 2000, WMUR, CNN and WMUR.com simulcast the New Hampshire presidential primary debates held at the TV station. On January 1, 2017, Merrimack-licensed Telemundo owned-and-operated station WNEU (channel 60) began simulcasting NBC programming via its new Boston O&O WBTS-LD (channel 8, now Telemundo O&O WYCN-LD in Providence) on its second digital subchannel; however, the new station, known on-air as NBC Boston, is focused on Boston and eastern Massachusetts rather than New Hampshire. Read more about this topic: WMUR-TV, News Operation, News Team, We achieve active mastery over illness and death by delegating all responsibility for their management to physicians, and by exiling the sick and the dying to hospitals. "You take diverse personalities that all these people had and put it together and somehow it just worked," Moyer said. Cherise served at the station for five months before relocating to Manhattan where she also interned at FOX News Channel for another four months. 0. Dave Santoro: former weekend/Daybreak meteorologist who became Chief Meteorologist in 1999, now a math teacher. M DAN, NOT JUST AS A PROFESSIONAL AN AD JOURNALIST, BUT AS A FRIEND. Video: Cathy Burnham gives Tom Griffith advice; congratulates him on retirement (WMUR Manchester) New Hampshire boy, 8, killed in shooting during family vacation in South Carolina. In the cases involving two other television stations (WOOK-TV in Washington, D.C. and WMET-TV in Baltimore),[4] as well as two other radio stations (WOOK (AM) in Washington and WFAB in Miami), their licenses were revoked entirely, each for different reasons. She began her career as a journalist in September 2008, when she accepted a job invitation to work as a production intern at WGBY. Kiflegiorgis was later charged with reckless driving with a disregard for the safety of a person or property in the incident. But it also saved dozens, if not hundreds, of lives. MONICA: AND WE HAVE A SAD FAREWELL TONIGHT FOR NEWS 9 AT 5:. She was brought to this world by her parents on March 23, 1983, in New England, United States of America. The station continued to be run very cheaply into the early 1980s, but a change in ownership marked the beginning of a new era for WMUR. While there, Jessica anchored and wrote a nightly 30-minute, sports-news program (SportsNet Central). Cherise is 30 years old and stands a height of 5 ft 5 in (approx. Sports Director Jamie Staton, a NH native, will move into the role of anchor/reporter for both the 4 pm and 6 pm newscasts. She was born in 1992, in Hampden, Massachusetts, in the United States. As I move forward, I want you to know I have learned from this and I will continue learning and I truly thank you for your support, she said. Jessica is a former New England sports anchor and reporter at Comcast Sportsnet New England. Cherise is 30 years old and stands a height of 5 ft 5 in (approx. [2] In September 1987, the station moved from its original Elm Street studios to facilities in the historic Millyard area of the city.[2]. In 1974, we put our attention on one of our country's biggest killers - breast cancer. Our girl is the kindest creature on earth. "We started the camera from the outside and rolled it through the door. The station signed on the air on March 28, 1954, as the first television station in New Hampshire. WMUR-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Manchester, New Hampshire, United States, broadcasting ABC programming to most of New Hampshire. W38CB was removed from service on December 27, 2018, to enable T-Mobile to launch 600MHz services; the license was surrendered for cancellation on February 10, 2020. Jessica had her first job in 2009 by working as a sports anchor, reporter, and host for Comcast Sportsnet New England. I was missing family dinner, bath time and nightly snuggles. Why waste time watching people preach the news to you? Kiley Bennett, former anchor/reporter May 2002-September 30, 2010, later features reporter for Outside Television and commercial spokeswoman for Electricity Maine. Their report on breast cancer was groundbreaking for many reasons. On February 1, 1988, WNHT (channel 21, now occupied by WPXG-TV), an independent station based in Concord, became southern New Hampshire's first CBS affiliate and began to produce local newscasts. When Sandy struck and the wind began howling, the kids crawled in bed with me, scared. Mindi Ramsey: former anchor/reporter, now weekday morning/noon anchor for WNEP in Scranton, PA. Jeremy Reiner: former meteorologist, now a meteorologist at WHDH in Boston. Mike is headed to join the anchor team at our sister station KCRA in Sacramento, California. consultant Fletcher Media. Dianna Fletcher: former daybreak anchor/reporter, now media/p.r. In July 1981, following Richard Eaton's death, WMUR was sold to Columbus, Mississippi, businessman Birney Imes Jr. and his company, Imes Communications, which also owned that city's WCBI-TV, as well as WBOY-TV in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
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