With its colorful festivals, two major pro sports teams and lots of crime and corruption, New Orleans feels like a larger market than No. 50 to the newsgatherers toiling in the region. There’s never a shortage of big-time happenings.
Peyton LoCicero Trist works for WGNO New Orleans and previously worked at WMBB Panama City, Fla. — two stations that hurricanes have damaged.
As of Monday, over 350,000 cable subscribers were without service in the path of Hurricane Ida, with 338,115 of those in Louisiana, where the category four storm made landfall with sustained winds of 150 mph. On the broadcast side, two TV stations reported being out of service, WGNO and WNOL, both in New Orleans.
Producers and directors were forced to evacuate their control room at Nexstar’s New Orleans ABC affiliate WGNO on Sunday night. Reporter Chris Welty tweeted a photo where people could see straight through the damaged roof and into the sky (above). Also on Twitter, Meteorologist Brooke Laizer described parts of the ceiling as coming down inside the weather center.
Exclusives
WGNO Promotes Meteorologist Jason Disharoon
Tamica Lee Leaving WWL For WGNO
WGNO’s Award-Winning Promos Feature A ‘Yat’
The new agreement covers the company’s WGNO New Orleans and WQAD Davenport, Iowa, and Dreamcatcher Broadcasting’s WNEP Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Jacki Jing Joins WGNO As Morning Co-Anchor
Tribune Broadcasting’s ABC affiliate WGNO New Orleans (DMA 51), has named Jacki Jing co-anchor of Good Morning New Orleans. She will join the station in early December. Jing will co-anchor […]
Tribune-owned ABC affiliate WGNO New Oleans (DMA 51) has named Bill Wood reporter on WGNO’s News with a Twist. WGNO has also promoted Vanessa Bolano to weekend news anchor. “Wild” […]
WGNO Names Anne Cutler Morning, 11 A.M. Anchor
Tribune-owned WGNO, the ABC affiliate in New Orleans (DMA 51), has named Anne Cutler anchor of Good Morning New Orleans, which she will co-anchor with Jon Huffman and Chief Meteorologist Hank […]
Multi-screen media measurement firm Rentrak Corp. today announced that Tribune Broadcasting’s ABC affiliate WGNO and CW affil WNOL New Orleans (DMA 52) have signed contracts for Rentrak’s StationView Essentials service. […]
Multiple news layoffs on- and off-camera accompany the expansion Monday evening of the Tribune ABC affiliate’s almost-year-old News with a Twist brand into the 5 p.m. time slot, in addition to its current 6 p.m. time slot. Gone are Jessica Holly, Glynn Boyd, Kristina Pink and Christian Jennings, plus four photographers. Also gone is the station’s 6:30 p.m. newscast, which Holly once anchored.
Stephen Arnold Music, WGNO Get Religion
[vzaarthumb:830588]Stephen Arnold Music and Tribune’s WGNO New Orleans won Promax gold for God Bless Louisiana, a rare exception to the unspoken commandment “Thou shalt never mix promotion with religion.”
Jeffrey Funk today was named Creative Services Director of Tribune Broadcasting’s ABC affiliate WGNO New Orleans (DMA 52). Funk has over a decade of creative, marketing and TV promotions experience. […]
