News BACK IN JANUARY WE learned that local television station ABC10 had been purchased by Morgan Murphy Media of Madison, Wisconsin. We hadn’t seen or heard much since then… until this week, when we learned Morgan Murphy has also purchased WJMN-TV from Nexstar Broadcasting. Without a lot of specific details ... Continue Reading
Pride and Prejudice in the Queen City
The Queen City. That used to be the tag line associated with Marquette. I think it had something to do with the fact that Marquette was the U.P.’s biggest, and possibly most important, city. Kind of a royalty thing. But times change and at some point in the last century, “queen” took on another meaning. ... 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 Changes and the end of the News in Munising
Changes On-Air at TV6 TV6 announced last evening that after 30 years in the news department, Greg Trick is retiring. His last newscast will be May 7th. Except for a brief stint as the morning news anchor a couple years ago, Trick has been the face of the TV6 News Tonight and TV6 Late News. He always looked ... Continue Reading