DELLA CREWS – The former WPXI morning/noon anchor spent time as the 5PM co-anchor and medical beat reporter at WSAZ-TV 3 in Huntington- Charleston, West Virginia from 1998-2000.
Jaime joined the WTAJ team in July of 2014 as the weekend sports anchor and reporter. 404 talking about this. They both stayed until October 1979 when Eric (who succeeded Tim Fritz as news director/anchorman in January 1976) moved on to field reporting in Philadelphia and Jon McClintock simultaneously left to create and head up the Blair County Bureau at WJAC-TV (channel 6) in Johnstown.
He hired news director Jim Thompson and anchorman Patrick Van Horn, both subsequently moved on and were succeeded by a number of different people over the next three decades. 26, 2017 - 4:26 PM Comment.
Former Anchor/Reporter In 2000, Della was hired by News 12 New Jersey in Edison, NJ.
Does anyone remember former WTAJ News anchor David Venable? This began a new area of "Action News" when the station over the next few months hired five new young people: anchorman Tim Fritz, reporters and weekend anchors Eric Rabe and Karen Nash, Sports Director George McKenzie and reporter Jon McClintock.
In late May 2007, WTAJ launched a redesigned website. After the In 1955, WFBG affiliated with CBS. 1.5K likes. Only on WTAE Channel 4.
// John Riley, Wes Maley and Ted Johnson stayed on board after the change, but eventually John Riley would be the lone survivor of the on-the-air personalities. View anchors, reporter and more WTAE staff on the News Team page. The station suffered a devastating loss in early December 1982 when veteran weatherman John Riley suffered an aneurism in which he never came out of a coma and eventually died in April 1986.
On January 28, 2008, the station unveiled a new logo, slogan, and a re-designed set to replace the old set that had been used since 1995. !
WJNL changed its calls to WFAT, and struggled as a low-rated WTAJ's news operation has seen a lot of changes through its more than five and a half decades, both in personnel and technology.
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Spent several years at WTAE-TV 4 in Pittsburgh. The station has had many anchors and reporters come and go, some of whom are listed below on this page. This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s).
Get TVSpy delivered straight to your inbox A news director and anchorman moved to Altoona from Washington, D.C. named Bob Moore, as well as the first female news correspondent from Penn State University Pam Jenkins. WTAJ became the exclusive CBS affiliate for the enlarged market. Former WTAJ Reporter Heads Back To Her Home State. Throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s, it also carried a secondary affiliation with In 1956, WFBG was sold to the Annenberg family's Triangle Publications. The station also announced plans to enlarge its coverage in Johnstown since Radio-TV Broadcast History is a FANDOM TV Community.Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. According to her post, this move closer to home and her alma mater, Elon University.
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Revolving Door. In September 1972 just shortly before the station was sold to Gateway Communications, Vice President and General Manager John Stilli stepped down and was succeeded by Ian K. Harrower, who would lead the station into its transition from WFBG to WTAJ.
WTAJ … Patrick Schurr - WTAJ Your News Leader. Vice President and General Manager Ian K. Harrower said he would hire a news director and an anchorman rather than give both jobs to one man.
The station's digital channel is multiplexed.
By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel on Jun. Don't forget to send any story ideas my way! I start tomorrow and I could not be more excited for this opportunity,” Lane said.Lane spent close to five years reporting for the Nexstar-owned CBS-affiliate in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.