Former WSPA-TV anchor and reporter Dianne Derby worked with Colones from 2006 to 2011. Graham had been an evening news anchor for WSPA … Surviving are his brother Robert Colones (Deborah) of Florence, and sister, Jean Ligon (Randolph) of Chester, and a host of friends and relatives who cared deeply for him and enjoyed his ever-pleasant nature. "This week has been tough," Henderson said. Every year for a week he hosted a fellow journalist from Germany to help them learn more about journalism in the Carolinas and Georgia. The station shared some resources with WNEG-TV in Toccoa, Georgia while that station was co-owned with WSPA; this included a CBS affiliation. "His dedication to balanced reporting and leading investigative journalism in the Upstate has delivered news that families have counted on for decades.”. He greeted everyone with genuine kindness.". It appeared in the Charlotte Observer television listings well into the 1990s. It's licensed to Spartanburg, South Carolina; with it's transmitter is located on Hogback Mountain in South Carolina southwest of Tryon, North Carolina. The pair worked on a series of medical stories and traveled the world together on assignments including a trip to Northern Ireland. Syndicated programming on WSPA includes: Everybody Loves Raymond, Judge Judy & Dr. Phil. Kimberely Brown is the weekend anchor and reporter at WSPA 7 News. [citation needed]. WYCW was the only one of the three stations affected by the merger that could have been legally acquired by Meredith Media General either by maintaining the existing duopoly with WSPA or by forming a new duopoly with WHNS, as its total day viewership ranks below the top-four ratings threshold. WSPA-TV, ch. On cable in South Carolina, WSPA is carried outside the market in McCormick and Newberry. He also met several U.S. Presidents while on the job and treasured his interviews with the Rev. "[3] The deal was approved by the FCC on January 11, 2017, and it was completed on January 17.[4]. When it is published, “readers will understand the full context and impact of Farrow’s work, and the bravery of the sources who entrusted him with their stories.”. The station operates an aerial news gathering helicopter with a gyrostabilized camera that is outfitted with a 72 power zoom lens & a motorized 2 power drop-in extender. WSPA was picked up in 1995 after Atlanta's longtime CBS affiliate, WAGA-TV, became a Fox owned-and-operated station. Anderson will share more stories about her friend at Colones' service at 3 p.m. Friday which will be held at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel in Spartanburg. Industry: Writing and Editing. This is a promo for WSPA TV Channel 7 in Spartenburg, SC from the 1980's. The camera system is manufactured by Flir Systems International & the helicopter is maintained by U.S. Helicopters Inc. of Charlotte. On September 8, 2015, Media General announced that it would acquire the Meredith Corporation, owner of WHNS, for $2.4 billion to form Meredith Media General. Period.”. Colones, a son of a career military veteran, had a passion for World War II veterans and telling their stories. Following the Pulitzer purchase, new arrivals at WYFF included Carl Clark, Kim Brattain and Carol Anderson – now Carol Goldsmith and co-anchor of the 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. newscasts. It also provoked the first public response from Lauer, who said in a defiant and graphic letter made public by his lawyer that “my silence was a mistake.”. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via AP). Wagner’s past work includes working as an editor-in-chief for the Fader magazine and cultural correspondent for the Center for American Progress. Working with the World War II Foundation, Colones would help film documentaries for the organization based in Rhode Island. © 1998 - 2020 Nexstar Inc. | All Rights Reserved. "He worked with me daily on my "Problem Solver" segment in … He said that he hadn’t responded publicly before to allegations in order to spare his family pain, but that now he has their support to address them publicly. On September 16, 2007, WSPA became the first television station in the Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville market to begin broadcasting its newscasts to high-definition. "Tommy had a way about him and nobody covered more ground than Tommy did. Notice they were still using typewriters back then. By Johnny Diaz "He never needed those accolades. Nevils, who was working for Meredith Vieira in Sochi, met her for drinks one night and Lauer joined them. WSPA began broadcasting a 24-hour schedule in July of that same year, after previously having signed off during the overnight hours on Fridays and Saturdays. NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack sent a memo to his staff on Wednesday, saying that any suggestion that NBC knew of Lauer’s conduct prior to the night before he was fired for “inappropriate sexual conduct” was wrong. By Johnny Diaz He also acknowledges other extramarital encounters, and criticized the women involved for having “abandoned shared responsibility” for the affairs to shield themselves from blame behind false allegations. What time US election results are expected – and when polls close in each state, Wisconsin trooper stops driver hauling snowmobile atop Toyota Corolla. 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A woman who worked with NBC at the Sochi Olympics claims she was raped by former anchor Lauer at a hotel there, an encounter the former “Today” show host says was consensual. “Nowhere in his letter does Lauer acknowledge the power he yielded as a celebrity and the star of NBC’s highest-rated show. For Colones, winning awards for his work wasn't what drove him throughout his career. It’s Election Day. Spartan Radiocasting bought several other radio and television stations over the years, and was renamed Spartan Communications in 1995. WSPA evening anchor Tom Crabtree announced his retirement Monday after working in broadcast for 45 years. Anderson first met Colones when she first started working at the station in 1983 anchoring the weekend newscasts. He didn't panic and knew what needed to be done and got it done.". It's licensed to Spartanburg, South Carolina; with it's transmitter is located on Hogback Mountain in South Carolina southwest of Tryon, North Carolina. "When I would go out to festivals and parades he would be my photographer," Henderson said. “They have avoided having to look at a boyfriend, a husband or a child in the eye and say, ‘I cheated,'” Lauer said. He was just happy to show up to work and do a good job every day.". Prior to this, channel 7 was the last remaining locally owned television station in the market. “Anyone who knows me will tell you I am a very private person,” Lauer wrote. The Greenville Bureau is located on Villa Road & the Anderson Bureau is located on South Main Street. He won national awards for a series of reports in war-torn Northern Ireland, where he escaped a car bombing just hours before leaving the country. [1][2] That sale was canceled on January 27, 2016, in favor of a sale of Media General to the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, and WSPA and WYCW became part of "Nexstar Media Group. In addition to it's main signals, WSPA operates a network of 16 translator sites throughout the mountains of western North Carolina. The station's newscasts were known as Eyewitness 7 News until 1994 when they were re-branded as NewsChannel 7.
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