It was owned by Hearst Corporation along with WBAL radio and two newspapers, the Baltimore News-Post and the Baltimore American (which later merged as the Baltimore News-American before shutting down in 1986). WJZ-TV took the lead in the 1970s and held it for 30 years, but WBAL-TV was a strong runner-up for most of that time. WBAL-TV lent meteorologist Sandra Shaw to Hearst-Argyle sister station WDSU-TV in New Orleans on September 1, 2008, to assist with the Louisiana station's coverage of Hurricane Gustav. It has been an honor working side-by-side such a talented and passionate award-winning journalist for 2 decades at WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5.. This Thanksgiving weekend is the first weekend in what we hope will be Stan's long and happy retirement. He grew up in Northwest Baltimore and attended the St. Paul's School in Baltimore County, where he was "one of the few Jews." [1] Sher received his undergraduate degree in 1963 and his Master of Arts degree in Communications in 1965 from the . Charges against John DePetro have been dismissed as the radio host faced a trespassing charge related to an incident over the summer during a Monday court hearing. He covered politics, crime, fires, floods and whatever else you can think of for that stations evening newscasts. On January 3, 2009, WBAL-TV became the second station in Baltimore (behind WBFF-TV) to begin broadcasting its local news programming in high definition. Christian also covered the Baltimore Orioles playoff run in 2012, with live coverage from the Wild Card win in Texas, and from New York for the Orioles series against the Yankees. WBAL-TV has boasted many television firsts, including: In addition, WBAL-TV became the first Baltimore TV station to win a Peabody Award for local news coverage (and the first Baltimore television station to win the award in any category in more than fifty years). Anne Kramer said goodbye to the WBAL Radio audience on Friday. I really enjoy the show. [1] Baltimore Sun columnist Jacques Kelly described it at the time of Grayson's death in June, 2000, as "pure 1950s live television executed on a low budget the genial hosts ruled the 1 p.m. The Top 8 Sports Media Stories of the Day, sent directly to your inbox, every morning at 8am ET. Introduction : Mary Bubala is a Baltimore-based American news reporter and anchor who currently works for WBFF-TV as an Evening News Anchor. Police searched the house several months earlier as part of an investigation into the disappearance of Charlotte Lester, who has beenmissing for six months. Before his career in television news, he worked at a crab house, a wellness . The architect of the success was news director Ron Kershaw, who had come to Baltimore from Texas and was considered somewhat ahead of his time. After that WBAL continued to broadcast 11 Insta-Weather Plus, which was the same as NBC Weather Plus except without the national feed. In 2005 Christian provided extensive coverage of the Intelligent Design trial, which brought national attention to the federal courthouse in Harrisburg. "All claims have been dismissed . A recorded message there said the office was closed for the day, and efforts to reach the EEOC attorneys handling the case were unsuccessful. BOWDEN started his career in the early 1960s as a reporter at WBAL before moving into television news; he hosted the afternoon news block at WBAL in 1988-89 after leaving WMAR-TV, where he worked for 21 years, some of which included anchoring alongside his wife SUSAN WHITE-BOWDEN. We're pleased that it's settled. One of Kramers closest friends and co-workers, Scott Wykoff, posted a tribute on Facebook recognizing her award-winning career in Baltimore. In her free time, Lacee loves to run. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 11. Earlier in the day, Swain did not answer questions asking whether there were other people at the station beyond Schuh affected by the CBS moves. After a couple years of producing morning and evening newscasts in Boston, Christian decided it was time for a change. WBAL Plus originally carried NBC Weather Plus until it dissolved at the end of 2008. CBS was not pleased with WMAR-TV's frequent pre-emptions and low news ratings. Channel 11 also did not run CBS's late night programming. [1] Daniels graduated from William Paterson University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communications; [1] [2] he received a President's Medal award from his alma mater in 2004. He then moved to WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh as a weekend anchor and reporter, and later to WISN-TV in Milwaukee. Coons labeled the GOP strategy as a form of "hostage negotiations.". WBAL still leads at 5 and 6 pm. In 2012 Christian provided extensive live coverage from Charlottesville, Virginia, of the murder trial of the man who was eventually convicted of killing University of Virginia student Yeardley Love, who grew up in Baltimore County. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have settled their sex discrimination suits against WBAL-TV (Channel 11) and its former general manager Malcolm Potter, the station announced yesterday. Had Fox won, then it would have become the only Hearst-owned TV station to be affiliated with Fox, plus in fact that the station would only allow up to two Baltimore Ravens games at once. The page you are looking for no longer exists messages came up for station pages for Warren and Schuh on Wednesday night. Is Hosting the NFL Draft TVs Hardest Job. Prior to that, she had worked for over 15 years at WJZ-TV. "The vice president, like many vice presidents, has struggled to get positive press coverage and to get the credit she deserves for the hard work that she's been doing," Coons told Raddatz, adding, "The vice president's ready to run and ready to be president, should that ever happen. Lacee stayed on the shore for so long because she fell in love with the communities and especially the people she met. At its launch, WBAL-TV was an NBC affiliate. Also, insight and analysis, and the flagship stations for the Baltimore Ravens, the Baltimore . Coons contended that a different set of numbers matter more: the millions of jobs -- 850,000 of which are in manufacturing -- created during the Biden administration. In response, CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting formed a partnership(they later merged) resulting in the CBS affiliation moving from WBAL-TV to Westinghouse's WJZ-TV (channel 13), Baltimore's longtime ABC affiliate. He was in the Superdome when the lights went out, and on the field interviewing players after the Ravens secured the franchises second Super Bowl win. The station was a prominent feature in the movie Diner, set in Baltimore. In August, 2005, WBAL-TV launched a 24-hour local weather channel, WBAL-TV 11 Insta-Weather Plus, broadcast over-the-air on digital channel 11-2 and by cable in much of Maryland on Comcast channel 208.In 1994, the E.W. Referring to WJZ, he said, They have treated me well. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WBAL-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009 ,[3] as part of the DTV transition in the United States. [16] NBC however won the bid for the station, citing the stronger sports programs. And we should be focusing some on the wisdom and experience he brings to the job. From WMAR-TV Video. WBAL-TV lent then-meteorologist Sandra Shaw to Hearst sister station WDSU-TV in New Orleans on September 1, 2008, to assist with the Louisiana station's coverage of Hurricane Gustav. He worked at WBAL-TV from 1984 to 2015. [2], Daniels began his career as a weekend sports anchor at WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina. WBAL NewsRadio 1090/FM 101.5 - (BENTONVILLE, Ark.) Lacee first joined the "11 News Today" team helping viewers navigate through Baltimore's traffic backups. Teria is a Supervising Producer on Midday. "Two years later, President Biden is stronger," Coons, a national co-chair of Biden's campaign, told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. Early programming on channel 11 included Musical Almanac, Look and Cook and Know Baltimore, along with news and sports productions. WBAL NewsRadio 1090, FM 101.5 and the WBAL mobile app. WBAL Plus is WBALs digital sub-channel. The station even went as far as building and installing several "duckpin" bowling alleys at its studios. During its time as a CBS station, WBAL-TV also broadcast select games involving the Orioles through CBS's MLB broadcast contract from 1990 to 1993. Channel 2 said yesterday that she is going to continue in that job. In June of 2006 Christian came to Baltimore, and started working as a reporter for WMARs 11 p.m. newscast. . Only on WBAL-TV 11 News. [27], On January 12, 2015, WBAL-TV expanded their morning newscast 11 News Today to 4:30a.m.[28], News Anchor Rod Daniels retired from WBAL-TV in 2015 after more than 30 years with the station.[29]. [36], WBAL-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. the first Baltimore television station to broadcast in color; the first station in Maryland (and the eighth in the world) to acquire a videotape cartridge machine; the first station in Baltimore to acquire a mobile satellite news-gathering system (dubbed "NEWSTAR 11"); Outstanding television news operation in Baltimore (by the, Marianne Banister - weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.; also 5 p.m. consumer reporter, Mindy Basara - weekday mornings "11 News Today" (5-7 a.m.) and noon; also investigative reporter. You got me through a lot of tough mornings and I will cherish our relationship.. WBAL's "11 News" was also awarded as one of the top three Best Television Newscasts by the National Headliners Association, alongside WFAA-TV in Dallas, and sister station WCVB-TV in Boston. I am proud of the work I do and have done, and the people Ive worked with, Schuh said Wednesday. She also loves to cook and bake. [5], In the late 1970s, ABC steadily rose in the ratings to become the number one network in prime time. Nikki Haley's team said last week that a vote for Biden would in effect be a vote for Kamala Harris because she suggested Biden wouldn't live through a second term. "That would raise the rates that your viewers are paying on credit cards or student loans or mortgages. But he had been bitten by the television news bug, and in 1994 Christian started an internship at the ABC affiliate in Richmond, WRIC. This biographical article related to television in the United States is a stub. Stern told Morning Joe in an extensive interview that MSNBC is the network for him regarding cable news consumption. She even got married in Ocean City! NBC television affiliate in Baltimore, Maryland, This article is about the television station. He enjoys reading, trips to the beach and from time to time hell play a round of golf, poorly. At the time of her dismissal, Miller was earning $141,000 a year, while the station's two male anchors were making $190,000 and $195,000 respectively, according to court documents. From the early 1960s through the 1970s, WBAL-TV was the ratings leader in Baltimore. I dont think theres much difference there.. She completed her second full marathon in 2018. If you ever meet Christian in person, feel free to ask him how much money he made as a pizza delivery driver on the night of the OJ Simpson slow-speed chase, Christian attended the University of Richmond, where he got a first-hand look at journalism and mass communication. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard . I watch this channel exclusively for news. It is one of two Hearst-owned stations to have been built from the ground up by the company (the other being Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV), and the oldest to be continuosly owned by Hearst through their various television subsidiaries through the years. Doodle, Heads Up, and the teen-oriented Kirby Scott Show. WBAL-TV chose to test its equipment before making a commitment.[6]. Jimenez was a reporter at WBAL-TV, Baltimore's NBC affiliate . Stan Stovall Age and Birthday airwaves".[1]. Wednesday night, former WJZ reporter Richard Sher reported on his Facebook page that another veteran reporter, Pat Warren, who joined the station in 1992, was also out at WJZ. (WBAL photo) Midday Former WBAL anchor Stan Stovall reflects on 52 years in TV news Christian grew up in Prince George's and Calvert Counties, playing soccer and baseball for his schools and club teams. Harrison, a native of Ottawa, Kansas, spent over three decades in the broadcast business.For 11 years he was on the staff of KCMO-TV (now . John Collins (AMS Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m. Tony Pann (AMS Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekend mornings "11 News Saturday/Sunday Morning", Sandra Shaw - Meteorologist; weekday mornings "11 News Today" (5-7 a.m.) and noon, also reporter. Channel 11 also did not run CBS' late night programming. Im watching oldDatelines. He was a member of the original team of anchors when Headline News went on the air for the first time as "CNN2" in 1982. A longtime Baltimore radio news anchor is leaving her position after a 25-year career. He watched Nate McLouths fly ball hit the foul pole at Yankee Stadium in Game 5, which meant that it should have been called a home run, but was not. She spent seven years working on the Eastern Shore at. Her husband, Scott, is also in the TV business. In the interview, Coons defended the Biden White House, and the performance of Vice President Kamala Harris, while criticizing Republicans, including the GOP's latest strategy on raising the debt ceiling to avoid default. Miller worked as a news anchor at WBAL from 1980 until her dismissal in 1989. On March 5, 2012, WBAL debuted a half-hour 10 p.m. newscast on its WBAL Plus digital subchannel, which competes against an hour-long newscast on WBFF. My intention was to let the listeners know what this process was really like, she said. He was 55. [27], On July 24, 2012, Hearst Television renewed its affiliation agreement with MeTV through 2015, to maintain existing affiliations with eight Hearst-owned stations that were already carrying the digital multicast network. [7] Programming on WBAL Plus consists of WBAL 11 Insta-Weather Plus, news casts, and other special programming. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. He went on to be a reporter, and eventually the managing editor of the universitys student newspaper, The Collegian.. DePetro wasarrested in mid-Augustoutside a home on Staples Avenue in Warwick. Christian has covered the cases of people who died in police custody in Baltimore City, including Anthony Anderson, Tyrone West and Freddie Gray and he reported live from Mondawmin Mall during the unrest in Baltimore that started after Grays funeral. His colleagues at the station called him the "Dean of Baltimore Sports".[25]. Two years later it was time to move again, and Christian took a producing job with WHDH in Boston, which at the time was that citys NBC station. For over a year, most field reports were still in pillarboxed 4:3 standard definition.