Largely by default, channel 11 rejoined the NBC network on January 2, 1995, and has remained the market's NBC affiliate since then. WBAL-TV chose to test its equipment before making a commitment.[6]. 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. Why Asa Hutchinson is looking forward (and not expected to - wbal.com Ex-WBAL anchor Thomas dead at 55 - Baltimore Sun Prior to that, she had worked for over 15 years at WJZ-TV. Suddenly, Leahan is news herself - Baltimore Sun Its been a good run.". At its launch, WBAL-TV was an NBC affiliate, owing to its radio sister's long affiliation with the NBC Red Network. [12] ABC agreed to the deal as a condition of retaining its affiliations with WXYZ-TV in Detroit and WEWS-TV in Cleveland; CBS was seeking to affiliate with both of those stations, as it was about to lose current affiliates WJBK and WJW to Fox in a separate affiliation deal with New World Communications. All rights reserved. MIKE SCHUH. He covered politics, crime, fires, floods and whatever else you can think of for that stations evening newscasts. EEOC Chairman Evan J. Kemp Jr., reached at his Washington home early last evening, said he was not aware the Miller case had been settled and referred questions about the case to the EEOC's Baltimore office. [2], Daniels began his career as a weekend sports anchor at WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina. [10][11], On June 16, 1994, the E. W. Scripps Company, present owners of WMAR-TV, negotiated with ABC to affiliate with its Baltimore station as part of a multi-station deal also involving KNXV-TV in Phoenix and WFTS-TV in Tampa. "I can't comment beyond that release," Station Manager Joseph Heston said yesterday. Don Harrison (August 8, 1936 - May 2, 1998) was an anchor on CNN Headline News from 1982 until his death from renal cancer in 1998. The last NBC program to air on channel 11 until 1995 was a rerun from the evening before the switch of the first episode of Saturday Night Live, with host George Carlin. One of Kramers closest friends and co-workers, Scott Wykoff, posted a tribute on Facebook recognizing her award-winning career in Baltimore. 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. Email: david.zurawik@baltsun.com; Twitter: @davidzurawik. Scalise calls for Biden to 'get off the sidelines' for debt ceiling 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. After 27 years, Mike Schuh out at CBS-owned WJZ-TV | COMMENTARY She also loves to cook and bake.
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