The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is currently underway, and airing on NBC and all of its related channels and affiliates.  Those stations can have easy access to showcasing highlights for news programs and online.  Affiliates of other networks have a tougher time when it comes to showing video as they are not […]

Imagine the torture of being among the only people in Cleveland unable to watch Game 7 of the NBA finals because you’re anchoring a live newscast at the same time. Such was the case with the news team at Cleveland’s Fox affiliate WJW, forced to do a 10 p.m. newscast – that they had to […]

Legendary A Tribe Called Quest rapper Malik Isaac Taylor, known to millions as Phife Dawg, died on Tuesday due to “complications resulting from diabetes.” The tributes quickly came rolling in, from Kendrick Lamar and a crowd of 18,000, to ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt, to Snoop Dogg. He and his rhymes meant so much to so […]

  DALLAS, Tex. – Dale Hansen is a gruff, 65-year-old straight guy who loves watching football and since 1983 has been a sportscaster for WFAA-TV, the Dallas ABC affiliate. He’s seen a lot of controversy in sports. As a reporter, he broke the story about players at Southern Methodist University getting paid to play. That […]