Jon Decker is the White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor for Gray Television and has been a member of the White House Press Corps since 1995. She joined the Gray Television in January 2022 as a producer. Today, Sells is still reporting but in a very unexpected way. at URS Corporation, Director of Marketing and Communications at Central Physical Therapy. As a former news anchor, I know what it is to be a wafb. Nancy was 53 and is survived by her husband, Glynn Boyd, and three children. One of Donnas biggest passions while at WAFB was her ten years as a volunteer at Progress Elementary School where she referred to herself as the schools library elf. Every month, she decorated the schools library with giant cardboard decorations she painted at home. Molly Martinez rejoined Gray Television in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist in the Washington News Bureau. There will be no funeral. and attended St. Thomas More Catholic High School. Upon being taken over by AFLAC, station management canceled the daily Storyland on September 30, 1988 and converted it to a Saturday morning hour-long program called Buckskin Bill and Friends that began airing on November 5, 1988. 3 Local TV Group", "Gray Closes On $3.6 Billion Raycom Merger", ":: Baton Rouge Business Report:: Ron Winders heads back to Savannah", "Longtime WAFB anchor Donna Britt dies following battle with ALS", "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds", Louisiana State Archive and Research Library, LA Art and Science Museum (Yazoo&MS. Former WAFB News and Sports Anchor Dies. Nicole Neuman joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2021 as a multimedia journalist. Well, after a few months working for the wafb news channel, I feel like I have a pretty good handle on what is going to come out of their mouth. Former WAFB-TV news anchor George Sells is keeping busy in retirement, producing video obituaries and lending his distinctive voice to various projects. All rights reserved. This includes two newscasts on sister station WBXH-CD (weeknights at 9, which began on January 8, 2007, and Saturday mornings). She was given the associations highest honor, the Kentucky Mic Hall of Fame Award. I felt the love.'. The WBXH broadcasts were included in the upgrade. He is married with 2 daughters, Eliana and Clara. He called her in for an interview and hired her right away. BATON ROUGE, La. Over the years, she played for thousands of church services as well as hundreds of weddings and funerals. Jill is an investigative producer with decades of experience reporting on health, safety and corruption. Donna passed away on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. She now anchors 9News This Morning. Despite becoming rarer among other television news operations, WAFB occasionally broadcast an editorial that was usually delivered by the station manager. WAFB also has a Cox cable channel devoted to airing simulcasts and rebroadcasts of its news broadcasts. When her husband, an officer in the U.S. Army, was relocated to San Antonio. Former Baton Rouge television news anchor Jay Young died this morning at his home of an apparent heart attack. There were several characters that were regulars on the show including "Seor Puppet" (a marionette voiced by Sid Crocker) and "Whatsyourname" (another puppet voiced by Mary Hillen). How to solve pii_email_f2a0262b445aaa99b47a error? Kylie Maris is a content producer for Louisiana Weekend. He now serves as Supervisor of Videography. Nancy worked for WAFB for numerous years as a reporter and the anchor of the stations 5 p.m. newscast. Miranda, a 2019 graduate of Southern University, comes to WAFB from a television station in Alexandria, LA where she also worked as a reporter. While there, she covered the escape of the Texas Seven and the Spurs 2003 NBA Championship. NEW ORLEANS (WAFB) - Former WAFB news anchor, Nancy Parker, was killed in a small plane crash in New Orleans East Friday, Aug. 16. The self-awareness of the wafb is a nice side effect. Tisha has also jumped with the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team in Laurinburg, North Carolina. And when they do, they are the ones who go and get the most attention, and they are the ones who have the most authority in the minds of the people they are talking to. She attended numerous scouting Camporees and was fiercely proud of carrying a canoe over mountains and paddling the Northern Tier Extreme Boy Scout Adventure on Americas Northern border. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power, Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate WBXH-CD (channel 39). He previously worked at the Bureau from 2017-2019. That was interesting all that security, said Sells, who interviewed former President Bill Clinton back in 1993. The People's Court also once aired on WAFB before going to WBRZ and later WGMB. Dec. 17--Seven years ago, George Sells stepped down as one of the most trusted newsmen in the greater Baton Rouge area. Buckskin was also one of the first shows in the United States to have a sign-language interpreter for hearing-impaired viewers prior to closed-captioning. Swiber Holdings Limited Anchor Foreman since Jun 2012 Leighton International Limited - Al Fao, Basarh Iraq Offshore Construction Foreman since May 2011 Full Profile Whitney Vann Baton Rouge, LA Professions & Specialties News Anchor Commercial Announcer Presenter Experience & Education Position: TV News Anchor at WBRZ-TV Location: It started with the death of a friend at St. James Place, where he and his wife, Sandy, moved three years after he retired. The good news is that there is a lot of news that is going to come out of wafbs mouth. STAFF PHOTO BY PAM BORDELON George. A native of Mississippi, Perry has been recognized by the Mississippi Associated Press Broadcasters for a number of stories between general news, editorials and sports pieces. Coincidentally, the call letters of the station, WAFB, also spelled out their new owner: American Family Broadcasting (although the WAFB calls predate this ownership by 40 years when its former original sister radio station signed on in 1948 with the slogan "Always For Baton Rouge"). The show had a way of educating young children while making it fun to learn. For over two decades, the WAFB anchor brought viewers the news of the day. The only station to get a bigger share of the local audience was KCCI, the CBS affiliate in Des Moines, which was watched by 17.9% of area households. Louis S. Prejean and associates (Modern Broadcasting of Baton Rouge) were the first owners of the station, and they sold it to Royal Street Corporation of New Orleans in 1956, which owned WDSU-TV, the first television station in Louisiana. Not so much here in Baton Rouge, though," said Sells. The Trustoria Professional Directory provides you with all the information needed to find the right person for every need. Id like to share some personal news with you tonight, Donna said. Her mother trained for a ministry in church music. Donna Britt (news anchor) Donna Britt (July 10, 1958 - January 21, 2021) was a longtime television news anchor at WAFB in Baton Rouge. "She didn't know who I was," he said, laughing. I am humbled to be able to work in the studio where Donna Britt worked for 37 years to bring you the news with class and grace. During 1988, AFLAC invested $2 million in redesigning the studio, dropped the -TV suffix from its call letters and began branding itself as "Louisiana's News Channel," a slogan the station continues to use today. The kids were told they could use the 20 or more toppings for their ice cream in an allyou-can-eat buffet. She was eventually teamed up with George Sells and the two of them became one of the most successful news anchor teams in the country. Baton Rouge native Miranda Thomas joined the WAFB 9NEWS Team as a reporter in July 2022. Tisha met her husband while they were in high school. In the recent ratings period, it beat the others stations' combined weeknights at 5, 6, and 10. BATON ROUGE - Longtime WAFB anchor and investigative reporter Paul Gates has died at the age of 69 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts in Telecommunications and Digital Media with an emphasis in Sports. The combined company will be in every Louisiana market except for Lafayette as a result. There is a tremendous shortage of volunteers in New Orleans, Monroe, Lafayette and other CASA agencies throughout the state. Two games many adults can remember Buckskin playing were called "Hully Gully" which helped to teach counting numbers and the "Monday Morning March". The WAFB news director at the time, Carlton Cremeens, heard Donna on the radio as a DJ and loved her voice. In addition to his various jobs, Sells also has taken on another role husband. Scottie Hunter is the lead investigative reporter and noon anchor for WAFB 9News in Baton Rouge. Bill Black later became involved with the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools Board and other civic organizations until his death on January 10, 2018. Lee also works as an Evening News Anchor and Chief Investigative Reporter at WVUE. As a former news anchor, I know what it is to be a wafb. West anchored in Baton Rouge with other well-known WAFB anchors, Paul Gates and Donna Britt, between 1982 and 1985. In the past, the wafb news anchors were the ones who had a strong opinion about everything, and who were the ones who thought that everyone should be like them. Former KLFY news anchor, Chuck Huebner, who was reportedly let go from the station this week, responded to a request by the Daily Advertiser for an interview and issued the following statement. [4][5][6] The sale was approved on December 20,[7] and was completed on January 2, 2019.[8]. Not so much here in Baton Rouge, though, said Sells. She previously covered politics at Gray TV's KFYR-TV in Bismarck, N.D. Josh Rultenberg joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2022 as a multimedia journalist. Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Gray holds a 50.1% interest in this company. BATON ROUGE, La. John Pastorek -. During this campaign, he asked children to bring in their pennies to buy an elephant. Former BR News Personality Jay Young Dies. Kevin Batiste Jr. is a reporter for for the 9Sports Team. Rachel is an investigative journalist with more than 20 years experience. This launched such a voracious battle to win the party, that the schools reading comprehension scores on standardized tests went up 4.7% the very first year and continually improved. The pilot of the plane was also killed. Get breaking news, exclusive stories, and money- making insights straight into your inbox. I know she use to fly back to Oklahoma for the magazine. Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor. "It was a big part of my life," said Sells, who was 15 when he started in the news business at WKPT AM-FM in his hometown of Kingsport, Tennessee. In April, he and Patti Toups married. Donna also served on boards for the Baranco-Clark YMCA, the Southern University Art Museum, the Baton Rouge Ballet Theater and the Louisiana Association for Arts in Education. State Rep. Richard Nelson becomes fourth republican to enter governors race, 18-year-old killed in Donaldsonville shooting late Tuesday night. Meredith will replace Sandy Breland, who left Baton Rouge for WVUE New Orleans. Nielsen Media Research ratings showed that 16.2% of all households in the Baton Rouge area watched the show. Cali Hubbard is a reporter for WAFB in Baton Rouge, La. On September 12, 2011, WAFB became the first station in the market (and, to date, the only station) to begin its morning newscasts at 4:30a.m. instead of 5 a.m. On March 26, 2020, WAFB became the second station in the Baton Rouge market to launch a 4 p.m. newscast in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and on August 3, 2020, WAFB became the first station in Baton Rouge to expand its 6 p.m. newscast to a full hour.[11]. They are also often too willing to speak their minds, so they often end up being quite controversial in public. Touched by the reception to it, Sells now produces similar videos for any St. James resident who dies. When it comes to news anchors, I always like to think I know what is going to come out of their mouth and what is going to come out of their lips. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. Daniela is a bilingual investigative producer for InvestigateTV. Its fun for me (to produce the videos), and Ive got the time.. WDAM-TV in Hattiesburg, Mississippi moved to channel 7 to accommodate this switch. All rights reserved. A lot of these people started out in journalism and they are very savvy at reading the world around them and making sure that they are telling the truth. From there, she moved on to Louisville, Kentucky to work for WHAS as noon anchor, then became the evening an 11 p.m. anchor. They are the proud parents of two daughters who were born on the same day twelve years apart. I dont think its fair to say that they are self-aware, but they definitely have self-awareness. They are so common that they are actually now a recognized by many who are not news anchors, and are thus considered more than just news anchors. Meteorologist Steve Caparotta is a native of Metairie and has been with WAFB since 2003. Fellow resident and former LSU Law School instructor Lucy Bowers McGough told him about the need for CASA volunteers across the state and asked if she could put him in touch with juvenile court Judge Kathleen Richey. Syndicated programming on WAFB (as of September 2022) includes Tamron Hall, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Inside Edition, 25 Words or Less, TMZ and Access Hollywood. She is currently a Purdue University Master of Science candidate pursuing a degree in Communication and Leadership. Nolan Crane is the weekend evening anchor and reporter for WAFF 48 News. On weekends, Donald covers a wide range of events and feature stories. He put together a video obituary for Paul Davey's family and friends. I never would have been so successful without her.. She co-anchored the station's top rated 6 PM and 10 PM news broadcasts. I initially thought Id move, but there was such a support system here. Greg Meriwether is an EMMY and Edward R. Murrow award-winning anchor at WAFB. Former WAFB anchor George Sells picks up new reporting projects for his community, 'It's time': Beloved Baton Rouge TV news titan Donna Britt to sign off next week amid ALS battle. 8 Ways To Defeat It, Royal Lifestyle Doesnt Have To Be Hard. I know what it is to be an honest person in your own head. They met standing in the takeout line at Gino's Restaurant. The way wed like to hear about these things is that we would like to hear about them. Shes gorgeous for a women whos the same age as I am, he continued. I stay up until about 2 a.m. and then sleep late, he said. She later became evening anchor. newscasts. The station made this change to give its noon and 5 p.m. newscasts a strong lead-in. "The first thing I noticed about her were her steel-blue eyes.". 'She didn't know who I was,' says the former WAFB anchor who was on the air locally for 24 years. Former WAFB news anchor, Nancy Parker, was killed in a small plane crash in New Orleans East Friday, Aug. 16. Valley Rail Depot), Odell S. Williams Now And Then African-American Museum, sorted by primary channel network affiliations, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WAFB&oldid=1132905661, Television channels and stations established in 1953, Television stations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles using infobox television station, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, derived from former radio sister stations, This page was last edited on 11 January 2023, at 05:47. 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