Talking TV: WCBS Widens Its Community Reporting Web In NYC

Johnny Green, president and GM of CBS-owned WCBS New York, and Sarah Burke, the station’s VP and news director, say its community-focused reporters are gaining traction — and trust — in the neighborhoods where they’ve been embedded, a strength to draw on in a fractious news year ahead. A full transcript of the conversation is included.

Legendary NYC Reporter Pablo Guzman Dies At 73

Arnold Diaz, Who Reported On New York’s Swindlers, Dies At 74

A correspondent for three New York TV stations, he became famous for his “Shame on You” segments that investigated consumer fraud and aggressively confronted wrongdoers on camera.

Six Stations Launch NextGen TV In New York

WCBS, WLIW, WMBQ, WNBC, WNET and WNJU are now available in ATSC 3.0 technology in the country’s No. 1 market.

Award-Winning CBS New York Medical Reporter Dr. Max Gomez Dies At 72

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Northeastern Fellows Poised For ‘Most Ambitious’ Crack At Reinventing TV News

Northeastern University’s Reinventing Local TV News Project will place fellows at three major-market stations — WCBS New York, WCVB Boston and WLS Chicago — for a year-long effort to build radically new models for digital news storytelling.

WCBS Meteorologist Elise Finch Dies At 51

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This ‘Happy Holiday’ Promo Is Graphic Animation Genius

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Field Journalists Have Left The Building. Engineers Are Working to Keep Them Out There

Connectivity, security and cloud-based applications top newsroom tech wishlists, technology executives from Sinclair, Gray Television, WCBS New York and Avid said at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum event. Above (l-r): WCBS New York’s Rich Paleski, Avid’s Craig Wilson, Gray Television’s David Burke and Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Mike Palmer (Alyssa Wesley photo). Read a full report here and/or watch the video above.

NewsTECHForum: New Frontiers In News Production

Technology executives from Gray Television, Sinclair Broadcast Group, WCBS New York and Avid share how they’re rethinking approaches to reporting, editing, production and multimedia distribution in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum event at the New York Hilton on Dec. 13. Register here.

Dana Tyler, WCBS Anchor, Joins NY State Broadcasters Hall Of Fame

Also honored by the association was Michael Strahan, named 2022 Broadcaster of the Year.

Cindy Hsu To Anchor WCBS New York 9 A.M. Newscast

Emmy Award-winning anchor and reporter Cindy Hsu has been promoted to anchor of CBS O&O WCBS New York’s weekday 9 a.m. newscasts that will debut on the station and the […]

WCBS Switches Website Design, Gets New URL

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Future-Proofed News Trucks Are A Crucial COVID Tool

IP-centric news trucks became essential ad hoc mobile editing booths during COVID, leaders from WCBS, Fox News, Sinclair and Verizon said at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum, noting 2 GHz and LTE bandwidth, low earth orbit satellites and 5G networks have also become key live shot tools.

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Flexibility, Agility: News Production’s New Bywords

Executives from ABC News, Fox Owned Stations, WCBS New York, News 12 and FX Design Group took the measure of remote production’s changes on the industry in a NewsTECHForum panel this week. While traditional studio and field reporting are returning, permanent workflow adjustments are also settling in. Above (l-r): Glen Dickson, Jacques Natz, Fabian Westerwelle, Peter McGowan, Mack McLaughlin and Erik Smith.

Kevin Lightfoot Named WCBS New York Assistant News Director

CBS-owned WCBS New York has appointed Kevin Lightfoot assistant news director of the O&O as well as co-owned independent WLNY and their digital platforms. He joins with nearly 20 years […]

News Operations In A Changed World

Executives from ABC News, Fox Television Stations, WCBS and FX Design Group will look at how widespread remote production has charted a new path forward for news operations at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum on Dec. 14, presented in-person at the New York Hilton and virtually. Register here.

CBS Taps Sarah Burke As WCBS-WLNY News Director

The veteran TV journalist moves from WLS Chicago to lead the CBS flagship’s journalism efforts in New York.

Sarah Dunlap Burke Leaves WLS, Expected To Be Next WCBS News Director

Still reeling from a massive decline in ratings, the firing of sports anchor Mark Giangreco, the cancellation of Windy City Live and the layoffs of more than a dozen staffers, ABC-owned WLS Chicago just lost its No. 2 news executive. Sarah Dunlap Burke resigned Friday after seven years as assistant news director at ABC 7. She is expected to be named vice president and news director of WCBS New York, where she once worked as executive producer.

WCBS Anchor Cindy Hsu Opens Up About Living With Mental Illness

Johnny Green Jr. Named GM Of WCBS-WLNY

He currently is interim news director at WCBS New York, a role he has held since January of this year; and vice president of news services at CBS News, where he has overseen Newspath, the division’s affiliate news service, since August 2020.

WCBS To Host Debate Between NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary Candidates

CBS-owned WCBS New York will host a one-hour debate between leading contenders in the New York City Democratic Mayoral Primary on Thursday, June 10 (7-8 p.m.). The debate will air live on […]

Former WCBS And CBS Newspath Journalist Accuses Top Executives Of Mistreatment

NFL Goes Out On WCBS On Sunday

National Football League fans were left in the dark for about a half-hour on Sunday, as what were described as technical issues at CBS took the game off the air. The outage happened around 3 p.m. ET and affected viewers using Verizon FioS, DirecTV, Altice/Optimum, Xfinity and Spectrum in New York, New Jersey and Long Island.

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TVN Tech | TMC Tackles Return-Feed Challenges

Getting return video to talent in the field, particularly those working from at-home studios, has been one of remote production’s biggest challenges. Japan’s Techno Mathematical Co. (TMC) is using low-latency encoding and decoding technology that has become indispensable for the likes of NBC and CBS stations. Above, By using a TMC encoder, WCBS New York is able to keep the end-to-end delay low enough to allow meteorologist Lonnie Quinn to present the weather map remotely from his home Weather Barn.

WCBS Reporter Nina Kapur Dies Following Moped Accident

WCBS Moves Some Operations To YES Network In Connecticut

WCBS Turns Local News Over To KCBS

With the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City essentially out of commission while it’s cleaned, the network’s flagship affiliate WCBS originated its newscasts from KCBS Los Angeles March 12 and 13.

WCBS New York Crew Caught In Shooting Crossfire

WCBS News Van Stolen Near Yankee Stadium

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Mark G. Peters Named WCBS Urban Affairs Expert

Mark G. Peters today was been named Urban Affairs Expert at CBS-owned WCBS and WLNY (independent) in New York. Peters joins the stations after serving as the commissioner of the […]

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WCBS Reporter Doris Won’t Return To AM Show

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Longtime NYC Anchor Michele Marsh Dies At 63

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WCBS New York Moves To Temporary Set

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WCBS’s Wragge Is Top Social Anchor In NYC

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KSNV Anchor Jessica Moore Leaves For WCBS

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Anchor Dana Tyler Returns To WCBS

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Anchor Dana Tyler To Return To WCBS

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What In God’s Name Is Happening At WCBS?

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WCBS Anchor Diagnosed With Bell’s Palsy