Gray Television’s Fox affiliate WVUE New Orleans announced the return of popular local meteorologist Shelby Latino. After a two-year break from television to focus on her newborn triplets and two toddlers, […]
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.
Gray Television’s Fox affiliate WVUE New Orleans as promoted Bruce Katz promoted to chief meteorologist, succeeding David Bernard who is leaving broadcasting to pursue his master’s degree in social work. […]
Gray Television’s Fox affiliate WVUE New Orleans has named Meg Gatto as the new co-anchor of Fox 8 News at 5 and 10 p.m. Starting Monday, Sept. 19, she will join […]
Exclusives
The station group promotes Ronna Corrente to lead WAVE Louisville, Ky., and Mikel Schaefer to oversee WVUE New Orleans.
Gray Television’s Fox affiliate WVUE New Orleans (DMA 50) has hired Kelsey Davis to anchor Fox 8 Morning Edition along with anchors John Snell, Meg Gatto, Rob Krieger, Meteorologist Shelby Latino and […]
Coronavirus Raises Old And New Lessons For Katrina Vets At WVUE
Many of the staff at Gray’s New Orleans Fox affiliate faced the reporting challenge of a lifetime 15 years ago when Hurricane Katrina struck. The coronavirus pandemic has compelled them to write a new playbook and yet lean on old comforts like local music. Above, WVUE and Katrina veteran Lee Zurik working from home.
Gray Names Two New GMs In Louisiana
The station group promotes Ronna Corrente and Joe Sciortino to lead its New Orleans Fox and Baton Rouge CBS affiliates.
WVUE’s Ingram Leads Big Upset In Big Easy
In the TV business, WWL was as much a New Orleans landmark as Jackson Square or Café du Monde. The CBS affiliate dominated the Crescent City for decades, until General Manager Tim Ingram and his team from Fox affiliate WVUE flipped the market.
Openings For GM, News Director And Producer
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center are for openings at the Nexstar station in Spartanburg, S.C., and the Gray stations in Roanoke, Va., and New Orleans.
WVUE Adds Jeff Duncan As Saints Analyst
Gray-owned Fox affiliate WVUE New Orleans (DMA 50) has hired former New Orleans Times-Picayune sports columnist Jeff Duncan, now writing for the popular sports website The Athletic, as an analyst. Duncan will […]
WVUE Anchor Nancy Parker Killed
The fixture in New Orleans television news was killed Friday in a plane crash there while working on a story. She anchored every primetime newscast at Gray Television’s Fox affiliate WVUE during her 22-year tenure in New Orleans. She was 53.
WVUE’s ‘Morning Edition’ Expands To Weekends
Gray Television’s Fox affiliate WVUE New Orleans (DMA 50) said today it’s expanding its morning news program, Fox 8 Morning Edition, to weekend mornings. The two-hour show will air on […]
WVUE Adds Fifth Meteorologist To Weather Team
Gray Television’s Fox affiliate WVUE New Orleans (DMA 50) has hired meteorologist Zack Fradella. This addition gives FOX 8 a staff of five meteorologists, creating what it says is the […]
In New Orleans, Sports Beats Comedy On WVUE
WVUE Overtakes WWL In New Orleans
WVUE Expands Its ‘Fox 8 Morning Edition’
New Orleans Sweeps: WVUE Wins Late News
Cop Making $240,000? WVUE Investigates
Raycom Completes Purchase Of WVUE
It closes on the sale announced in April of the New Orleans Fox affiliate by Louisiana Media Co.
Anchor Greg Adaline Leaves WVUE For WIS
Tom Benson’s Fox affiliate will be the first station in the market for Raycom, which has operated it since 2013.
WVUE Exposes Insurance Company Abuses
The Scripps Howard Awards celebrate excellence in journalism during 2016 in 17 categories, with prize money totaling $180,000. The winning journalists and news outlets demonstrated courage, resourcefulness and ingenuity.
WVUE Catches ‘Fishy’ Fishermen Making Millions
The former GM of KPTV Portland, Ore., is chosen to be the first director of sales at Raycom’s New Orleans Fox affiliate.
Raycom Producing Senate Debate For La. Stations
RTDNA today announced the winners of the 2016 National Edward R. Murrow Awards, which honors outstanding work produced by radio, television and online news organizations. In large-market television, WXIA-WATL Atlanta scored a triple win for Continuing Coverage, Investigative Reporting and Writing. In small-market television, WVUE New Orleans had a double win for Series and Use of Video and WISC Madison, Wis., got a triple win for Overall Excellence, Newscast and Feature Reporting.
