Days after a shaky website redesign launch, where the Providence Journal assumed the same corporate template as other GateHouse Media properties, it isreportedby Ian Donnis at RINPR that the Providence Journal will lay off approximately 12 copy desk staffers on Wednesday, February 18, as owner GateHouse Media consolidates those jobs into a Austin, Texas based news hub. WNAC operates under the license of the old WNET-TV, which was forced off-the-air in 1956 largely due to the presence of WPRI. I call them Constitution and The Bill of Rights. New Business Publication is Coming. Lunar time zone push begins, Hate your signature? The legal disputes in Rehoboth were finally settled in late 1954, and WPRO got the go-ahead to begin construction there. PHILADELPHIA (AP) Irv Cross was a man of faith and devout fan of football who could no longer in his final years attend Bible study or watch NFL games with friends. Then Ive got another one called Missouri Compromise. No one will influence the psyche of Rhode Island more this year than Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner. 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. Since then, however, WPRI has mounted a spirited challenge to WJAR's dominance. The long-time relationship between WPRO and ABC New Radio is over. 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. According to an internal MEMO at WJAR - the team at Channel 10 are glad to be done with their old bosses. On the afternoon of Monday October 27, Providence Newspaper Guild members held an "informational picket" outside of the Providence Journal's downtown office located on Fountain Street. 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In December 2011, it was announced that on January 9, 2012, The Rhode Show would move to WPRI and would begin at 9:00a.m. Michaela Johnson and former WPRO-FM (92 PRO-FM) personality Will Gilbert became permanent hosts of the show. Crain's coming to Boston "I was born on the sunny side of the street." . I came to Providence hoping to take the next step in my career and cut down on the distance between me and Travis. - political/military analyst, Bob Hannah - weekday morning (4:30-7:00 and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on WNAC-TV) and evening (5:00 and 5:30 p.m.) traffic. Bridgewater State University graduate Michaela Johnson of East Providence won the honor in 2010. GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST, Ruth Polinsky Leaves WPRI for Miami TV Station, Latest to Leave WPRI-12, RIs Media Getting More Corporate - WPRIs Parent Buying CW28 & WJARs Parent Rivals Fox, WPRO and WPRIs Dr. Tad Forced to Surrender Medical License by RI Dept. The company plans on eliminating more employees at the beginning of the next year by outsourcing the operation's copy editing and page design positions to an out-of-state office in order to increase the company's bottom line to make it more profitable for its investors. Doors open at 3:30 pm and the program starts at 4 pm. Daves new book, Stars and Lights, features more than 130 different lighthouses captured under the stars at night. It is a serene summer day here, all above the snow. In recent months, each of the network-affiliated news stations has lost high-profile, long-time reporters and personalities. The MyFox sites themselves were eventually redesigned to a look similar to those of the LIN TV sites. WPRI operated a 24-hour local weather channel under the branding "Eyewitness News Pinpoint Weather Station", on Cox digital channel 125. Together, this is known in weather segments as "Live Pinpoint Doppler 12". It was in the days and weeks after I had my stroke that this community stood by us. During high school, she interned with the KYW/CBS 3 News Studies program. Under Criticism for Promoting Segment That Claims Fauci Responsible for COVID, Tony Gugliotta Departs WJAR-10 Third to Leave in Six Weeks, WJAR-10s Parent Company Sinclair Pushing Trumps 2020 Agenda, Rappleye Leaves WJAR, Projo Loses Another Reporter, and a Boston Newspaper Closes, WJAR-10s Parent Company Sinclair Hit With Record $48M Federal FCC Penalty, Top Investigative Reporter at WJAR-10 Katie Davis Is Leaving the Station. The station then planned to sign on in 1954, but Hurricane Carol destroyed the Johnston transmitter. 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. "I always have credited theItalians for theeating being so great in Rhode Island," she said. 2022 was a strong revenue year for the TV conglomerates like Nexstar, which owns WPRI and Sinclair, which owns WJAR. Caroline Goggin. It is the rise of the Phoenixin Providence. Horne said she hasnever married, and currently lives in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square neighborhood. READ MORE. It's bittersweet news to share. ", He is the chairman of the Providence Board of Licenses and is in a hotbed READ MORE. 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. Or its story showing that an impossibly high percentage of Providence public officials are awarded special disability pensions. Come join former ABC News Anchor Carole Simpson moderator of a panel of journalists including WJAR Morning Co-Anchor Barbara Morse Silva, Hartford NBC Affiliate reporter Audrey Washington, and keynote speaker Washington Post Reporter, Wesley Lowery. At the same time, HMTF also controlled a large block of Sunrise stock. A series of emails forwarded to Golocalprov.com yesterday show that Providence Journal reporter Tom Mooney said he had no knowledge of the Slater story until he was directed to GoLocalProv.com. Black Journalists Forum at Brown. The Providence Journal is raising the price for a single copy of its weekday newspaper from $1 to $2, effective Monday, March 30. The Boston Globe may have gone where no major newspaper has gone before. Yesterday, however, Golocalprov.com broke the story about a Jorge Elorza supporter, State Representative Scott Slater, who was allegedly caught on video carrying an unfilled out absentee ballot. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Markey, a top labor leader for the RI National Education Association, has drawn criticism by Democrats, Republicans and multiple municipal attorneys because READ MORE, Peter Neronha, the new Attorney General, takes over for the controversial Peter Kilmartin. WPRI announced the . 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. RI Center for Justice Executive Director Jennifer Wood joined GoLocal News Editor on GoLocal LIVEwhere she spoke to the next steps after filing a federal class-action lawsuit in late November on behalf of all Rhode Island public school students to establish the right, under the U.S. Constitution, to an adequate education to prepare young people for full civic education. On Monday, Sabina Matos won back the Presidency of the Providence City Council and returns to the top legislative position in the City of Providence. He worked for both WPRI 12 and ABC6 over the years. Bova, an engineer who grew up in Middletown, attended URI, and moved to Newport in 2012, succeeds Harry Winthrop as the city faces major changes ahead for 2019, including the construction of a new hotel on Thames Street and more hotel proposals in the pipeline and READ MORE. TV newscaster and reporter: Spouse: Ed Mauro: Karen Adams is an American newscaster who worked in many stations around the country, . The other three environment staffers have left NPR or moved to other beats. 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. WPRI-TV - News Team News Team Anchors Patrick Little - weekday mornings (4:30-7:00 and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on WNAC-TV) and noon Danielle North - weekday mornings (4:30-7:00 and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on WNAC-TV) and noon Mike Montecalvo - weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 10:00 (on WNAC-TV) and 11:00 p.m. Friends of his have set up a GoFundMe campaign to defray some of his expenses. 2022 was a strong revenue year for the TV conglomerates like Nexstar, which owns WPRI and Sinclair, which owns WJAR. In 1991, Horne left Providence to take a television job across the country, in Seattle. Executive Chef and Director of Food and Beverage, Matt Voskuil at the newly openedCara at the Chanler READ MORE. Matos will be faced with taking on some of the most difficult issues in the state. I am so grateful for every person who has trusted me to share their story. "GoLocalProv is a hard-working, independent news site, the kind of nimble little guy that's growing as the MSM contracts. On Monday morning, 630wpro.com incorrectly reported that the Providence Journal broke the story of State Representative Scott Slater being caught on video with an unsealed, unflled out ballot in his pocket. Impacto publishes news and commentary in both English and Spanish. But, he faces a number of challenges. In July, I will be joining the team at 7News - WHDH Boston! Meet Gina Raimondo, the Only Democratic Star of 2014. The show was previously hosted by the weekday morning news anchor teams Vince DeMentri and Elizabeth Hopkins from February 2009 to March 2010, Patrick Little and Hopkins from March 2010 to November 2010, and Little and Danielle North from November 2010 to December 2011. It wanted to trade on the well-known WPRO calls and also realized that "PRI" could stand for Providence, Rhode Island. Last week White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer announced the James Brady briefing room would be equipped with four seats meant for reporters who live outside Washington so-called Skype seats. Buddy Cianci invited newly-elected Mayor Jorge Elorza to be his first guest in his return to radio post-defeat. GateHouse has already layed off dozens and will by cutting more in January. We are so pleased to announce Alisons move to morning news, said Chris Lanni, News Director. Katie Davis, the long-time investigative reporter at WJAR, left the station in October. Dan Kennedy, Northeastern Professor and media analyst wrote in his blog: Here is the UMass four-page wraparound ad in todays Boston Globe that you may have heard about. WPRO Radios midday host Dan Yorke and late-morning host John DePetro have made Talker Magazines 2015 Heavy Hundred list of radio personalities in the United States. On January 27, 2016, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced plans to merge with Media General. Walsh and the Providence Journal were successful in killing the proposal, despite the fact that 82 percent of Rhode Islanders have used a state website for services. Rhode Island's favorite TV anchor, Brian Yocono, is leaving WPRI-TV in September 2022. But 2023 is expected to be a year of dramatic belt-tightening, staff reductions, and lower revenue. She's always been a city person, she said; when she was in Providence, she lived on Charles Street and Wesleyan Avenue. The Providence Journals accounts of the story fail to note the fact that the story was broken first by Golocalprov in a Sunday investigation. I couldn't have imagined everything that would happen next., Professionally, I was able to cover countless breaking news stories, co-anchor one of our weekday broadcasts, travel to the Florida panhandle as people began rebuilding after Hurricane Michael, take a deep dive into how burn pits could be affecting the health of our troops overseas, follow a Providence mother's journey to becoming a U.S. citizen, and report on a pandemic that has affected nearly every sector of this community. NBC 10 News at 6:00pm - #1 This sale allowed the merger between Sunrise and LIN TV to be completed the following month. [2][3][4] On August 20, 2014, Media General announced that it would keep WPRI and the LMA with WNAC and sell WJAR to Sinclair Broadcast Group, even though WJAR had higher ratings. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 13,[20] using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 12. 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. , I didn't know many people when I moved here four years ago. 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.". The Newport City Councilor At-Large lined up the votes to votes for Mayor after being elected to just her second term on the Newport City Council this past November. On August 31, 2020, WPRI dropped the Eyewitness News branding after 18 years; WPRI's newscasts are now branded as 12 News, while WNAC's newscasts are now branded as 12 News Now on Fox Providence. 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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. Caroline Goggin Leaving WPRI 12. Tony Petrarca (AMS Seal of Approval) - Chief seen weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 10:00 (on WNAC-TV) and 11:00 p.m. Michelle Muscatello - weekday mornings (4:30-7:00 and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on WNAC-TV) and Mon.-Wed. + Fri. at noon, Pete Mangione (Certified Broadcast Meteorologist) - Thursdays at noon and weekend mornings (6:00-8:00 Saturdays and 6:00-9:00 a.m. Sundays), T.J. Del Santo - Saturdays at 6:00, Sundays at 6:30 and weekends at 10:00 (on WNAC-TV) and 11:00 p.m.; also "Green Team" segment producer, Eric Murphy - Director seen weeknights at 6:00, 10:45 (, Sara Hogan - Saturdays at 6:00, Sundays at 6:30 and weekends at 10:00 (on WNAC-TV) and 11:00 p.m.; also reporter and photographer, J.P. Smollins - reporter and photographer, Susan Hogan - "Call 12 for Action" reporter, Nicole Estaphan - general assignment reporter, Marilyn Schairer - general assignment reporter, Andrew Adamson - morning general assignment reporter (4:30-7:00 and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on WNAC-TV), Steve Nielsen - general assignment reporter; also fill-in anchor, Susan Campbell - general assignment reporter, Sean Daly - investigative reporter; also general assignment reporter, Walt Buteau - investigative reporter; also "Street Stories" segment producer and general assignment reporter, Melissa Sardelli - website producer and nightly webcast anchor, Lt. Gen. Reginald Centracchio (Ret.) Because Media General already owned NBC affiliate WJAR and the two stations ranked as the two highest-rated stations in the Providence market in total day viewership, the companies were required to sell either WJAR or WPRI-TV to another station owner to comply with FCC ownership rules as well as planned changes to those rules regarding same-market television stations which would prohibit sharing agreements; the LMA involving WNAC would be included in the sale. WhenHorne moved to Seattle, it was "a completely different experience. The station is now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. 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. 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