It’s not something I’m eager to do again.”, It’s not likely to happen on “News with a Twist.”. By coincidence, the station's call letters reflect a connection with Tribune's flagship station, WGN-TV (channel 9) in Chicago, but channel 26 had WGN in their calls long before Tribune even thought of buying the station; and, with two other Tribune television properties also sporting the three letters in their call signs (KWGN-TV (channel 2) in Denver and WGNX (channel 46, now WGCL-TV) in Atlanta), channel 26 kept the WGNO call letters. “That’s a way you can help God,” she said. WGNO, channel 26, is the ABC affiliate for the greater New Orleans, Louisiana metropolitan area, as well parts of southern and coastal Mississippi. I would love to see WGNO revived generally as ABC 26 New Orleans and more importantly, changed WGNO News to ABC 26 News with a new logo, new set, new graphics, new theme, new anchor team, and new news staff of reporters, anchors, meteorologists, and sports anchors. In July 2005, the station moved its facilities from the World Trade Center New Orleans to a facility at the New Orleans Centre. Tag photos and videos with #WGNO for permission to share on air and online.

Just get rid of News with a Twist, or at least do News with a Twist at 11am and 4pm. Shortly after taking the ABC affiliation, WGNO launched a full-scale news department, and began airing half-hour newscasts at 5 and 6 p.m. on weeknights and nightly at 10 p.m. in March 1996. By using TVNewsTalk you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. She joined the network's Gulf Coast bureau after Hurricane Katrina, then took a post in Chicago in 2007. It is owned by Tribune Broadcasting, and is the only Big Three network affiliate owned by the company. [2] Prior to June 12, 2009, its digital signal (with full resolution HDTV content) was carried on a sub-channel of WNOL's digital transmitter on channel 15. [3] WGNO received help covering Gustav from the Tribune Company/Local TV partnership, which combines the control and Internet operations for both entities -- stations that sent crews to New Orleans included Fox affiliate WBRC (channel 6) in Birmingham, Alabama (now owned by Raycom Media), NBC affiliate WHO-TV (channel 13) in Des Moines, Iowa and CBS affiliate WHNT-TV (channel 19) in Huntsville, Alabama.

List of films portraying paedophilia or sexual abuse of minors. Of course, it helped that they had only one GM during that time in J. Michael Early, while all the other stations changed GM's faster than a revolving door. The real question is: does Nexstar even have the stomach to do another WPTY-to-WATN style makeover, AGAIN? It was the first independent station in Louisiana, as well as the first new commercial station to sign on in the city since WWL-TV (channel 4) signed on in 1957. LeBron "LBJ" Joseph is a morning-drive deejay at old-school R&B outlet KMEZ FM-106.7 and an alumni of St. Augustine High School (where he was a member of the Marching 100) and Loyola University. Currently, WGNO produces and broadcast its local newscasts in 16:9 widescreen standard definition; it is one of three major stations in the New Orleans market who carries its local newscasts in this format, along with CBS affiliate WWL-TV (channel 4) and NBC affiliate WDSU (channel 6). It was owned by David Wagenvoord until its sale to Communications Corp. of the South in 1971, and its call letters were changed to the current WGNO. Display as a link instead, × https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/article_d7fe6f1c-d881-52bf-b625-e4968307ed78.html.
I think WGNO needs some TLC it will take while before they get out of the basement hey if they do Nexstar should thank there pals from TEGNA since they aren't very well run. Fittingly, two anchors with unconventional backgrounds will launch WGNO's unconventional "News with a Twist. That's the foundation of a solid prime-time weeknight news team, w/Hank Allen as chief meteorologist. It is owned by Tribune Broadcasting, and is the only Big Three network affiliate owned by the company. Ted Jackson/The Times-Picayune 'News with a Twist.' Nexstar spent millions to update WATN/WLMT and got virtually nothing out of it in return (other than selling it to Tegna). On April 20, 2009 WGNO moved its 6 p.m. newscast ahead a half-hour to 6:30 p.m., the move was intended to reach a believed large segment of New Orleans who commute to work and do not arrive home in time to watch a 6 p.m. newscast; billed as "Your Only Newscast at 6:30", the newscast is anchored by Jessica Holly (who also solo anchors the weeknight 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts), however recent ratings indicate that the time slot did not attract significant viewers as ratings fell in 2010, with WGNO placing last with a 1.7 Nielsen at 6:30. “I certainly welcome the opportunity to work in a different vehicle, and especially anything that’s really concentrating on the city. I would love to see WGNO revived generally as ABC 26 New Orleans and more importantly, changed WGNO News to ABC 26 News with a new logo, new set, new graphics, new theme, new anchor team, and new news staff of reporters, anchors, meteorologists, and sports anchors.

What have ratings been like for them lately? Temporary facilities (including a makeshift studio and control room) were eventually established in two trailers outside of the Louisiana Superdome, and most of the station's broadcast equipment was purchased from eBay resellers. “I never (did) much talking about God. I used to wake up at 4 in the morning and ask, ‘What city am I in?’ and ‘What’s the story?’ I’d get home and not know how to use my own shower. Be the first to know with breaking news alerts, and find out what's happening in your area with News Near Me. IMO, I hope there is a rebranding. Susan Roesgen is a popular former reporter and anchor at WDSU-Channel 6 and WGNO in New Orleans, who has also worked for the National Geographic Channel, NPR affiliate WWNO FM-89.9 and CNN. For its first eight years as an ABC affiliate, WGNO was one of the largest Big Three stations (in terms of market size) not to have a weekday morning or midday newscast. This is fun. For a time after Hurricane Katrina hit, nightly newscasts were broadcast from various locations throughout the New Orleans area because the main studio was inaccessible. It’s really different.” And, she added, “It pays for tuition.”, The new show’s philosophy is, “Most people know the news by 6,” she said. In terms of TV markets, New Orleans and Memphis are the same size. A year later, WGNO reinstated its 6 p.m. newscast, pairing it alongside the existing 6:30 newscast; it is currently one of three stations in the New Orleans market with an hour-long newscast, the others being NBC affiliate WDSU (which carries an hour-long 4 p.m. newscast) and Fox affiliate WVUE (which carries hour-long 5 and 9 p.m. newscasts on weeknights). Her separation from CNN gave Roesgen an opportunity to “stop, take a deep breath, re-assess and explore something I’ve been thinking about since Katrina,” she said.
Clear editor. She’s back in town attending Loyola University, where she’s enrolled in a dual graduate program to study traditional and pastoral counseling. It really didn't help that Katrina just gave a runway to the Sam Zell era of Tribune and that management screwed up the station worse than if the hurricane never came, and their transmitter situation until June 2009 didn't help, along with a studio situation which was 'best we could get for the money' after the downtown mall location they planned to go full-throttle from was torn down post-Katrina. Livestreaming, breaking news notifications, and all the local news you want from WGNO and News With A Twist in a fast, high-performance app. WDSU could get some traction at the market if they have the ability to compete like WVUE, time-wise. You can post now and register later. If Nexstar makes the investments to WGNO that Benson, Raycom, and Gray made to WVUE, WGNO might actually be a factor in New Orleans.

“Bad day and a tough crowd,” she said. “He reached out and said, ‘We have this show,’” she said. The two strikes against WGNO are that it was a latecomer in the market compared to the others (because of the WNOL-WGNO-WVUE switch), and UHF, and has been treated as such with an endless barrage of talent, formats, and branding. This is the official Facebook page for WGNO, the New Orleans ABC affiliate. Plus in Memphis WMC and WATN are failing by the newscast.

[3], [4]. × Yes, and that definitely helps. Tegna and CBS did that damage by moving the news to WUPL and giving in to finally airing  CBS This Morning in pattern. With a little TLC from Nexstar, maybe they could get out of the basement and at least attempt to challenge WWL since they've fallen so far under Tegna.   Your link has been automatically embedded. WGNO was sold to Seymour Smith and family in 1976. ABC network programming airing on WGNO is broadcast in the network's recommended high definition picture format of 720p HD.

From 1982 to 1987, WGNO aired 1000 PSAs (public service announcements) called "Tom Foote"; Tom was a local entertainer in area schools and in the Quarter. Tegna probably got a group discount, along with WZDX, WPMT, WTCI, and a few others all for the venerable WNEP.

“After Katrina, so many people, myself included, were emotionally wounded — broken relationships, broken lives,” said Roesgen, whose marriage to former Times-Picayune photographer Alex Brandon dissolved post-K. “I had been looking for a long time for something I could do that would be helpful.”.


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