Making News AS WE START THE NEW YEAR, it might be a good time to look at the local small screen scene… where it is and where it’s going. We can start with the recent news of WZMQ-TV adding veteran sportscaster Mike Ludlum to their daily newscasts. As you may recall, it was just about a year ago when Ludlum was ... Continue Reading
A Bohnak Return? • Summer Ready • Bald for a Cause
Bohnak Coming Back to TV? We see his regular reports in the Mining Journal. We hear him on the radio. Will we see him again on television? The word on the street is that Karl Bohnak will be back in front of the weather map with the new station in town, WZMQ. Confirmed? No. Believable? Sure. And why not? It was ... Continue Reading
More News from TV6
The Story Continues It was one week ago today when we first reported that Karl Bohnak would be leaving TV6. And possibly others as well. And now this well-documented story about vaccination mandates and on-air talent departures has taken an even more serious turn with Sarah Blakely’s recent Facebook post explaining, as ... Continue Reading
TV6/Fox UP… continued
More Departures? It looks like the Karl Bohnak resignation/firing was just the tip of the vaccination needle. Watching the regular news programs last night on both TV6 and Fox UP, we didn't see any sign of popular anchors Sarah Blakely or Elyse Chengery. Since corporate policy is to not comment on personnel matters, ... Continue Reading
TV6… IN the News
Karl Bohnak Just when we thought we had our weekly Word on the Street post ready to go, with relevant and timely articles, new s--t hit the fan. And though that phrase isn't the most delicate, it's quite appropriate in this case, cuz this is a messy one. As you surely know by now, long-time TV6 weatherman Karl Bohnak ... Continue Reading