The whole experience has left the retired investigative reporter with a profound sense of wonder. 11K views, 222 likes, 16 loves, 14 comments, 18 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from WTOL 11: GOODBYE JERRY: Everyone wants to wish Jerry well as he starts. Quotation [11] = "'Scott Jones, whose FTVLive.com Web site broke the story' - LA Daily News" Even with the ownership changes that have occurred since 2006, WTOL retains its Liberty-era logo. August 8, 2016 | 6:37 am EDT by TVNewsCheck, NetNewsCheck | Director of News and Programming. On set with Melissa Andrews and Andrew Kinsey at WTOL 11. Weekend anchor TaTiana Cash is glad to be back home! Kinsey joined the WTOL 11 news team in 2014, at the dawn of the Toledo water crisis. February 15, 2012 | 3:08 pm EST by Staff, Raycom Media-owned WWBT Richmond, Va. (DMA 57), and WTOL Toledo, Ohio (DMA 74) have added diginet Me-TV to their subchannel lineups. WTOL 11 Chief Meteorologist Chris Vickers is also a St. Jude champion. Copyright 2023 NewsCheckMedia LLC, 238 Crosshill Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096 | 610-649-7989. Average high temperatures in the 40s and no snow; What happened to February this year? Updated: 3:31 PM EST February 28, 2023. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Authorities in Maine said one bison remained on the loose Tuesday after three of the animals were seen running loose on a road Monday. The incident happened just before 1 a.m. Wednesday on the westbound side of the turnpike near mile marker 67. "And sometimes now, as I think about - is there a technical explanation? WTOL (channel 11) is a television station in Toledo, Ohio, United States, affiliated with CBS. var Quotation=new Array() // do not change this! [17] On April 24, 2014, it was officially announced that Emilie Voss would succeed Chrys Peterson and join Jerry Anderson as the evening anchor on WTOL.[18]. Our new Privacy Policy will go into effect on January 1st, 2023. Sheila has been with WTOK since 2000. Raycoms CBS affiliate WTOL leads all of Toledo, Ohio, local media on social media in overall actions, according to Shareablee data. A message to you from former WTOL anchor Chrys Peterson 5,518 views Premiered Mar 20, 2020 82 Dislike Share Save WTOL11 19.6K subscribers Some words of encouragement and hope from Chrys. Longtime sports director Dan Cummins, a fixture at WTOL since 1980, also moved to the news desk and is co-anchor of the noon news. Parcell, who went to WTOL from a Kansas City, Mo., station in November, became ill May 9 following a dinner sponsored by officials in Qinhuangoa, Toledo's sister city in China. Leighs move to the CBS affiliate will make the area native and Bowling Green State University graduate perhaps the first broadcast journalist to deliver news on all four local newscasts, including WTVG and WUPW. She is a former main anchor for Fox26, WTOL 11, and NBC 24. 11listens: Voices of Change | Law enforcers and lawmakers discuss the demands for social justice, 11listens Voices of Change | 3 generations discuss the challenges Black boys face growing up in America, 11listens: Voices of Change | School leaders highlight the effects of racism felt in the education system. July 25, 2012 | 3:33 pm EDT by TVNewsCheck, Toledo Blade | At least seven staff members of an Ohio news channel were fired earlier this week after reportedly playing the risqu game Cards Against Humanity at the station. WTOL also carries preseason Cleveland Browns games from WEWS-TV. It was sold to Filmways (now part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) in 1962. Context is king, and the story is quite different once you know it was done as a community service effort in support of local schools, and not made for broadcast. The Trustoria Service Professional Directory helps anyone discover the best service provider for their next project. Contact David Mack at david.mack@buzzfeed.com. Quotation[3] = "'The TV Blogger who broke the news.' - Gawker"; TOLEDO, Ohio A season of change is upon us at WTOL 11. Tabner was the stations sports director for nearly 40 years until his retirement in 1996. But don't look for Leigh to be on the air right away. [14] This made WTOL a sister station to NBC affiliate WKYC in Cleveland (and later to fellow CBS affiliate WBNS-TV in Columbus from a separate deal), while separating it from WOIO/WUAB. "WTOL takes seriously its employment policies and our obligation to provide an environment in which all employees are treated with respect and dignity," he said. January 15, 2016 | 11:15 am EST by TVNewsCheck. Originally from Toledo, she grew up watching WTOL 11. Scientists believe they've found untapped helium reserves, Nordic stars bring sex, terrorism, murder to U.S. streaming, Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared winner of Nigeria's presidential election, 36 killed, 85 injured in Greece train crash, NBC updates viewers on Hoda Kotb's absence from 'Today'. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Georgia came to the rescue of a dog who fell into a storm drain and ended up stranded about 12 feet underground. Leigh claims that while WTOL was doing a Facebook live, they muted the former Anchor. WTOL's broadcasts became digital-only, effective June 12, 2009. The kids we have reached and helped through Andrew Cares is what I am most proud of and that work will continue in Toledo no matter where I go," he said. Fondessy was a graduate of Start High School and the University of Toledo. Tiffany Tarpley is co-anchor of WTOL 11 Your Morning. 730 North Summit Street Strategic Marketing Communications/PR Pro - aligns the work with business goals and objectives. December 19, 2017 | 9:34 am EST by TVNewsCheck. broadcasts. Quotation[6] = "'The site that everyone that works in TV News turns to' - NPR "; December 29, 2020 | 3:10 pm EST by Kevin Eck, TVSpy | TVNewsCheck | 419-248-1111. You can see him co-anchoring the WTOL 11 evening news with Melissa Andrews at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. Tim Miller is an Emmy award winning reporter and co-anchor for WTOL 11 Your Morning. [3] Digital channel 11 transmits at a lower power than it did on digital channel 17, so in some locations, there has been a reduction in coverage. Lauren Lowrey, a morning anchor and reporter, is moving to Indianapolis to work for WISH. In December 1994, WTOL replaced Detroit's WJBK on the lineup of Cancom (later Shaw Broadcast Services), which provided American networks to cable and satellite viewers in many areas across Canada (particularly Atlantic Canada and the Prairies). Raycom Media announced its acquisition of Liberty Media in 2005. Related Professions for News Anchor in Parkersburg, WV 0 3 6 9 12 News Anchor Commercial Announcer Director Manager Organization Management Vice President Technical Specialist Publicity Writer Chief Research Officer . Three bison escape Maine farm, two recaptured. We also needed to find somebody that could come in here and know how to say Maumee,' and knows how to say 'Oregon', and who understands the market and would complement that team.. [21] Morning anchor Andrew Kinsey was promoted to the evening shift[22] while longtime reporter and fill-in anchor Tim Miller assumed morning anchor duties as of June 18, 2018. Quotation [20] = " ' first published by the website FTVLive' - The Hill" A number of factors, including research on what viewers want, breaking news, weather, stories that deliver polarizing points of view and features designed to encourage viewer engagement. Dog rescued after falling 12 feet into Georgia storm drain. But Grays WTVG puts up a strong fight, and the ABC affil has captured the largest number of fans/followers in this weeks Social Scorecard. As journalists, wed hope we would be more careful about jumping to conclusions before sharing. Because Gray owned WTVG (which the company acquired in 2014 from SJL Broadcasting), and since WTOL and WTVG rank among the four highest-rated stations in the Toledo market in total day viewership, Gray announced that it would retain WTVG and sell WTOL to an unrelated third party, in order to comply with FCC ownership rules; the JSA involving WUPW would be included in the sale of WTOL. 'There's not a person in our newsroom who didn't love her,' said Gevers. - one side of the ledger of reality. [5] On April 20, 2012, WUPW finalized its acquisition and its shared services agreement with WTOL. // to increment the Quotation[x] index! The Blade | The smartphone." 1,053 talking about this. Voss has an extensive background working in local news, having also anchored the news in Palm Springs, California, Lansing, Michigan and Grand Junction, Colorado. Why? // Free for all; but please leave in this header. Polish basketball player breaks slam dunk world record. Station General Manager Brian Lorenzen declined to comment on the dismissals to BuzzFeed News, but referred to a statement he gave to the Toledo Blade, which first reported the story. January 3, 2014 | 2:56 pm EST by TVNewsCheck, Toledo Blade | "I'm extremely honored and excited about this new position, said Kinsey, who began here career here in Toledo during the water crisis of 2014. ", TPS bus driver cleared of wrongdoing after man allegedly broke in, kidnapped 15-year-old girl with autism, Mostly cloudy skies Wednesday, afternoon highs warming near 60 degrees | WTOL 11 Weather. It wasn't just that they turned a blind eye or looked the other way regarding the non-compete. Contact Andrew Kinsey's outreach extends to kids and the community and beyond. David Mack is a senior breaking news reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Those dismissed included two news anchors and a meteorologist. Working in Toledo is not far from home for him, since he grew up just down the road in BG! The phone started working normally again a few hours later, but the image still appears in the background of some emails. However, on her Facebook page she liked numerous messages from supporters that referenced the card game and "political correctness. Quotation [12] = "'has handed in his resignation, according to FTVLive.com' - TVNewser" [13] The deal was completed on January 2, 2019. Today we announce that our 5, 6, and 11 p.m. anchor Andrew Kinsey is being promoted to anchor. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A swimmer visiting a beach in New South Wales, Australia, found a mussel-covered message in a bottle that turned out to have traveled more than 185 miles. _taboola.push({flush: true}); 1,512 were here. Phone experts couldn't explain how the image randomly appeared the first time on Brad's phone although they say they have seen similar things before. Under terms of the deal, WTOL will handle WUPWs news programming. Jon Monk is a native northwest Ohioan. On June 25, 2018, Atlanta-based Gray Television announced it had reached an agreement with Raycom to merge their respective broadcasting assets (consisting of Raycom's 63 existing owned-and/or-operated television stations, and Gray's 93 television stations) under Gray's corporate umbrella, in a cash-and-stock merger transaction valued at $3.6 billion. The station provides city-grade coverage to most of Monroe County and much of southern Wayne and Washtenaw counties, and grade B coverage to most of Detroit itself. // ============================================== Dictionary.com adds 'hellscape,' 'woke' and 311 other new terms. Except of course when its more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. Quotation[5] = "'FTVLive was the first site to break the Jay Leno story' - KNX Radio"; TOLEDO, Ohio Former WTOL sports anchor and reporter John passed away last Friday, leaving behind his wife Kristine Keller-Pawlak and four children. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WTOL airs regional and national sports programming from CBS Sports. Pictures of WTOL-TV News Anchors and Reporters * No longer with Network. 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